July30/2010 |
Geocache Activity 782 |
FIND 720 |
IDENTIFICATION
Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 1.5; size micro; Creator: Elementry Date First Hidden: 4/04/2010 Date Last Found: 7/29/2010 Description Mine Locomotive has a micro 35mm film canister.Lots of Muggles at certain times so have fun with your stealth. “Old Maude” was the name given to the steam engine that pulled coal cars up and down the hillcrest mine tipple to the C.P.R. mainline until the closure of the Hillcrest mine in 1939.For the next 20 years Old Maude worked at the Greenhill Mine .In 1967,as a Centennial project,Old Maude was moved to its present location. Hint No need to enter the fenced in area to get this one.Please take care to rehide in same spot. Comments
PLANNING
I created a set of 14 searches for the Crowsnest Pass. However by 1 PM I had visited them all. Two were occupied by muggles and I planned to try them again on the return trip. I used my iPhone to obtain the coordinates for one additional cache, which involved a good hike up a hill. It was 2 PM by the time I was back at the truck, so I headed home with two searches still in front of me. At this point I was 13/13. The final result for the day was 14/15.
OUTCOME
10:30 am This was my 7th search of the morning. I began by circling the locomotive, just to see it. I was surprised to see that the cab was made of wood and then attached to the boiler. My GPS indicated that the container was likely in a nearby tree, and I soon located it.
Here is my posting to the geocaching.com website:
I love to see these old steam engines (so long as the container is not hid on them). TNLNSL. TFTC. Here is a photo of Old Maude. I forgot to take any photos of the cache or the container.
I am now 7/7 for today.
