[GeoStL] Re: Packwood open again.
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- Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 13:46:40 -0500 (CDT)
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Needed a real LOL today :)
Nancy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie"
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Packwood open again.
I was trying to forget Myotis, but yes, I remember it well. I had
asked the engineer if he picked up hitchhiker. That was a welcome
ride. Bernie
Have GPS, will cache. Have smartphone, will munzee.
On Fri Sep 20 06:10:29 CDT 2013, Tom Wolpert
<tom_wolpert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Mass transit only runs on Sundays, May thru October I think. But
> the Trilogy is worth the walk!
>
> Tom
>
> On Sep 19, 2013, at 10:13 PM, Susan Ring <susanmring@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Man, does this bring back memories...
>>
>> I found these caches with Happy Kraut and Myotis (just think
>> about that) way back in 2004. If I remember correctly, when we
>> were done and starting to walk back to the car, we came upon the
>> little train that runs out there. We were so tired they let us
>> ride back to the parking lot on the train.
>>
>> Bernie, does that sound about right?
>>
>> Susan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 19, 2013, at 9:29 PM, R. sheffold wrote:
>>
>>> For those new to caching after 2006, you will find 5 or 6 new
>>> caches and I?m sure more will show up, along with the new
>>> Munzees that are now there.. The area is located just off the
>>> Al Foster trail in Glencoe at the home of the mini RR.(Old
>>> State Road and HW 109 near Eureka).
>>> Back in 2003 we were asked by the STL County Park rangers
>>> (prior to the Al foster trail which was just an old RR right
>>> away then) to place some caches in this undeveloped park since
>>> it was an area where intruders were digging up the area looking
>>> for Indian relics and arrowheads. These 3 caches were there
>>> until the end of 2006 when the county lawyers found out about
>>> geocaching and decided it was not a safe place for anyone to be
>>> because of the steep bluff, hidden holes, old fences. etc. So
>>> Glenn archived the 3 cache.
>>> So now fast forward to Sept. 2013. Now the old Packwood area
>>> has a new bike trail leading up to the top of the bluff from
>>> the East side, and we have permission to place caches again,
>>> and use the area. Only rules are the normal Groundspeak rules
>>> and the County Park rules, which means the 528? rule from
>>> Groundspeak and the ?no ammo boxes or PVC pipe rules from the
>>> county. Same as in all the STL county parks.
>>> The 3 original caches were called the ?Packwood Trilogy, and
>>> they were Packwood Estate (GCH97X), Water Water Everywhere...
>>> (GCHA60), and Enchanted Forest of Packwood (GCHA5G)
>>> These 3 caches were basically just un-archived to keep all the
>>> historical logs over the 3 years they were available. Glenn and
>>> I went out Tuesday to replace the containers, double-check
>>> waypoints, and make minor changes. The cache hidden date was
>>> changed from 12/02/2003 to 9/18/2013 or almost 10 years ago.
>>> So what this means to those cachers who had logged them when
>>> originally placed, you will NOT see them as a new cache
>>> notification or when running a PQ for new caches since they had
>>> already been logged as found. So, all 3 have at least one minor
>>> change of a WP, calculation, or the final location. Unless you
>>> have a great memory or kept really good notes, you will
>>> probably need to go through all the steps again anyway to find
>>> them so you CAN log them again.
>>> That area should make a nice day trip or a group hunt,
>>> especially as more caches get placed there.
>>> As a warning, some of you may be aware of the locked gate on
>>> Old State Road that has a STL County Park sign on it with room
>>> for ?maybe? 2 cars.in front of the gate, and right next to an
>>> old house. DO NOT PARK THERE! The couple living there are very
>>> unfriendly and they will yell at you for being next to their
>>> house, even though it IS county Park property. Even the rangers
>>> who park there in uniform and marked ranger cars get hassled by
>>> those people. Back in 2003 on a Sunday when scouting for cache
>>> placements, I received a ticket from Wildwood for parking too
>>> close to a mailbox. So the park neighbors have not changed.
>>> Rich and Glenn
>>
>
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