July08/2010 |
Geocache Activity 737 |
FIND 678 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 1; Terrain 1.5; size micro; Creator: smartee Date First Hidden: 6/27/2010 Date Last Found: 7/05/2010 Description It died with Polio — a plague that put fear in parents every summer. The house at 1920 7 Ave. South was built in 1922 as an orphanage but is best remembered as the Isolation hospital and the dedication of an English nurse named Mildred Dobbs who cared for patients with diphtheria, polio, even smallpox for 39 years . It was the third and final location for the isolation hospital a concept done away with after the polio outbreak in the 1950's. Miss Dobbs was only allowed out once a month to get provisions as she had to be isolated too. A 2008 article in the Lethbridge Herald relates that "if she sent someone out to get supplies, they would hang the bags on the fence away from the door, and she would go out and get them." Maybe so, but her nephew Ken Dobbs was a good friend of mine and many times in the 1940s we got on our bicycles and delivered family baking right to her door. She died in 1974, well into her nineties. The main thoroughfare through Legacy Ridge in north Lethbridge, Mildred Dobbs Blvd., was named in her honour. Hint Why do the trees across from the old hospital have cancer? Hmm... Comments
PLANNING
Today was devoted to geocaching. I set up an early morning route for 11 caches in north Lethbridge. I found 10 and was unable to look for the 11th because of muggles. I came home and worked out an afternoon route for 10 caches in south Lethbridge. This time I found 9 caches and was unable to look for the 10th because of muggles. I came home and then set out again in the early evening, this time looking for the two I missed earlier as well as 6 new caches in south Lethbridge. I found one of the earlier muggled caches and 5 new caches and missed one more due to muggles. My total number of finds for today was 25 out of 25 (muggles preventing a search don't count). This is almost twice as many as my previous record for a single day. I doubt I will try to beat this but one never knows ...
OUTCOME
This was my 21st search of the day, and the 2nd on my early evening route. The container was nestled in the cancerous growth on the tree.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
I remember the days when polio was a concern. Thank goodness for researchers like Jonas Salk, and for research in general. SL. TFTC. Here are a few photos:
Isolation Hospital
trees across the road from the hospital
GeeCee with container
I am now 21/21 for today.
