Apr 20/2010
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Geocache Activity 644 |
FIND 586 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 1; Terrain 1.5; size micro Creator: smartee Date First Hidden: 9/12/2009 Date Last Found: 4/12/2010 Description This park in the 1890s was called the Athletic Park and was used as a football playing field. By 1906 funds had been solicited and a grandstand built. It was destroyed in 1919 by kids smoking under the wooden seats. From 1911 until the 1960s it was known as Eckstorm Park. I believe he ran the Dallas Hotel (later Coalbanks Inn). By 1956 the park had shrunk and after being revitalized by the Kiwanis Club they changed the name to honour themselves. Hint Comments
PLANNING
There have been a few new caches, and a couple of re-activated caches, in the Lethbridge area. I also noticed a new cache in Magrath and 4 new ones near Cardston. Since the weather is ideal today (warm, sunny, bright blue sky, no wind) I have decided to see how many of these I can find. The overall goal is 11 caches. I have downloaded the coordinates for all 11 caches into my Garmin GPS unit and I have made notes of the coordinates and the hints in a small book I carry with me. This is a valuable backup if I am having difficulty locating the precise cache area. This will also be the first time I have taken my Canon EOS Rebel T2i camera. I am becoming comfortable with the carrying case for the camera, which also has an external pocket for geocaching equipment (tweezers, small flashlight, extra pen).
OUTCOME
I first tried to find this cache on November 6, 2009. I was the first to log a DNF after the previous find on October 2. Everyone since my DNF also logged a DNF and the cache was finally disabled on March 18, 2010. It was re-activated on April 12, 2010 with a slightly different location and found later that day. I am the second person to log a find since it was reactivated.
I had noticed this had been reactivated and drove over to the area, arriving at 10:26 am. I first had a look at all the trees in the general corner of the park where the previous location was centered. I then began a more serious examination of the area looking for any possible hiding spot. I noticed the brick lying out of place at 10:37, making it 11 minutes to find the cache.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
Glad to add this one to my finds. SL. TFTC. Here are a few photos.
approaching park from truck (cache site is in far corner)
brick is the shadow!
brick moved to reveal container
I am now 3/3 for today.
