Apr 17/2010
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Geocache Activity 635 |
FIND 577 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 2.5; Terrain 2; size regular Creator: Elementry Date First Hidden: 2/14/2010 Date Last Found: 4/2/2010 Description A great view and some old stone walls and history of the area. This was the sight of "The Point" it consisted of a house of ill- repute, where prostitutes, whiskey traders and others on the fringe of the law could be found.The Point was one of the last spots in north america continent to allow a recognized prostitution district.Stories told to me in the local restaurants from the old timers told of a place they could not go as children.it was closed in 1944 and has since been torn down all that remains is the stone walls. enjoy this one. Hint more than one wall Comments
PLANNING
This morning I planned to attend a photography field trip in the Crowsnest Pass. I then thought I would try to combine this with some geocaching in the same area. There are a number of new caches in this area and since it is almost an hour and a half drive to get here, I wanted to make the most of the trip. This time I was going to focus on the Bellevue area. I am slowly working my west through the Pass. Since I had no sense of how long the photography field trip would last, I decided to make notes for only 4 caches in the immediate vicinity of the field trip.
OUTCOME
The photography field trip took a break at noon for lunch. I decided to leave the group at that point and spend the afternoon geocaching. This was my 4th search. Time of find: 2:10 PM.
I decided to park in a large parking area about 400 yards from the cache area as I did not want to park on the side of the highway. There is a good path along the Crowsnest River. My GPS indicated that the cache was on the other side of the stream so I walked up to the bridge, crossed over, and then came back a short way to where 3 vehicles were parked. From there I could see a small rock wall on the hillside. As I approached it I noticed that the rocks at the near end were a different color and when I lifted the top rock I could see the cache container. A quick find. I enjoyed the walk - very relaxing with the water beside me.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
The cache is high and dry and in good shape. Good view from the area. TNLNSL. TFTC. Here are a few photos:
rock wall is at base of trees
approaching the rock wall
removing the top rock
view from cache area
I am now 4/4 for today.
