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Nov01/2010

Geocache Activity 967

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GC277TD

Jackalope Flats #2

N 50° 02.084 W 110° 43.320

Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 2.5; size micro; Creator: navypeople Date First Hidden: 4/21/2010 Date Last Found: 10/30/2010
Medicine Hat

Description
The Jackalope is a wily creature that haunts the flatlands of Southern Alberta (as well as some other places). One must keep their eyes open to find the creature though. they are very timid and will only usually be seen in pictures taken with a hidden camera, or in local gift shops sitting on shelves. The Jackalopes cousin, Jack Rabbit, has no trouble being seen cavorting around in the flatlands. He has a tendency to leave a number of holes in the ground so building a golf course is an easy task. Jackalope's other cousin, Antelope, really likes hanging out in the grassy area of the flatlands and can usually be found standing around with its brothers and sisters acting as a gallery for the avid golfers/geocachers. Jackalope Flats is a 9 holes golf course built into an open area near one of Medicine Hat's campgrounds. A player doesn't need golf clubs to enjoy the course, but good walking shoes, a walking stick, some water and maybe even some bug spray are a good idea. Bring your own pencil to record the score as well. The number to get into the Clubhouse will be found on the bottom of the lid of 5 of the holes. Be sure you record them as you "play the hole". If you walk the course progressively from 1 to 9 to the Clubhouose, you will cover about 1 1/2 miles or just over 2 kms. The terrain is fairly rough but there is not much level change. Lots of grass, Rabbit and gopher holes and some very deep ruts, because Quad drivers (another creature of the flatlands) really like the area too! This series is more about the adventure rather than the hide and the caches should be farily easy to find. It is a good place for folks overnighting in Medicine Hat to get out and grab some caches as they stretch their legs and give the family pet a run. Keep close to the smaller children. As usual, in the flatlands, watch out for desert critters. Enjoy!

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PLANNING

The weather is unseasonably warm and I am now eager to see if I can reach the level of 900 finds before the snow flies. After a few modest ventures in the downtown core of Medicine Hat I decided to try creating a list of potential finds that were on the western edge of the city. This time my list contained 13 geocache sites. At the end of the day I had looked for them all and was successful 12 times. I still had some time before heading back to Lethbridge so I decided to try for two caches that I had failed to find earlier this summer. This was the first of these.

OUTCOME

2:35 PM. This was my 15th search of the day. I almost missed seeing this again, but then noticed the telltale green under a rock that was holding the cap down.
Here is my posting to this geocaching.com website:

Fresh from a successful first hole, I had no trouble with this hole on my second round. Since I completed the remaining holes on my first round, I did not feel it necessary to play the remaining holes a second time. SL. TFTC. A truly great course, and hopefully a model for many more.

Here are a few photos:

cache area

rock over cover

cover after rock is moved

rock, cover, container & ruler

I am now 14/15 for today.

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GC277TD	Jackalope Flats #2	N 50° 02.084 W 110° 43.320
	Difficulty 1.5; Terrain 2.5; size micro; Creator: navypeople Date First Hidden: 4/21/2010 Date Last Found: 10/30/2010	Medicine Hat
Description	The Jackalope is a wily creature that haunts the flatlands of Southern Alberta (as well as some other places). One must keep their eyes open to find the creature though. they are very timid and will only usually be seen in pictures taken with a hidden camera, or in local gift shops sitting on shelves. The Jackalopes cousin, Jack Rabbit, has no trouble being seen cavorting around in the flatlands. He has a tendency to leave a number of holes in the ground so building a golf course is an easy task. Jackalope's other cousin, Antelope, really likes hanging out in the grassy area of the flatlands and can usually be found standing around with its brothers and sisters acting as a gallery for the avid golfers/geocachers. Jackalope Flats is a 9 holes golf course built into an open area near one of Medicine Hat's campgrounds. A player doesn't need golf clubs to enjoy the course, but good walking shoes, a walking stick, some water and maybe even some bug spray are a good idea. Bring your own pencil to record the score as well. The number to get into the Clubhouse will be found on the bottom of the lid of 5 of the holes. Be sure you record them as you "play the hole". If you walk the course progressively from 1 to 9 to the Clubhouose, you will cover about 1 1/2 miles or just over 2 kms. The terrain is fairly rough but there is not much level change. Lots of grass, Rabbit and gopher holes and some very deep ruts, because Quad drivers (another creature of the flatlands) really like the area too! This series is more about the adventure rather than the hide and the caches should be farily easy to find. It is a good place for folks overnighting in Medicine Hat to get out and grab some caches as they stretch their legs and give the family pet a run. Keep close to the smaller children. As usual, in the flatlands, watch out for desert critters. Enjoy!
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