[GeoStL] Re: Weldon Springs access
- From: Weymouth <wey6567@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:37:40 -0700 (PDT)
-
I still need to get down that way as well. I have not
found any in Greensfelder Park either. Wish I was
available to join you guys.
Have a good time if you go.
Jeff
--- Mike Griffin <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> -
> I would be interested in doing the Cesar's cat box
> cache. You can email me
> offlist and we can set something up. Living in
> Weldon Spring, I could pick
> you up and give you a lift if you don't mind hitting
> a few more caches.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Martin" <faery_generic@xxxxxxx>
> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:06 AM
> Subject: [GeoStL] Weldon Springs access
>
>
> > -
> >
> > There is a access trail that gets you to the
> Weldon Springs area from the
> > Katy trail. It is marked with brown signs on both
> sides of the trail. It
> > is located about a quarter mile to the northeast
> of Acts of Congress...
> > and a bit lower elevation. If you leave your bike
> chained near there and
> > do the loop, you can get the caches and come back
> to your bike, but you
> > will hike a long way. It is worth it for the
> scenery. Bring repellent
> > though, and plenty of h2o.
> >
> > You can park at these coordinates to get to the
> access from Katy Trail N
> > 38 39.605 W 090 44.600 or if you just want to
> drive there, the parking
> > lot off 94 is at N 38 41.470 W 090 43.470. be
> aware of hunting season
> > too.
> >
> > ha ha on the ER! I have gotten better at watching
> the trail, and stopping
> > for sight seeing. However, trying to climb to Acts
> of Congress is not so
> > smart. Also, I will only visit an ER when I
> absolutely must from now on.
> > Using urgent care type clinics is much safer in
> regard to avoiding
> > contracting a staph infection... which by the way
> suck hard core in a bad
> > way!
> >
> > I plan to cache tonight if someone will let me
> ride with them to the cache
> > hunt location. ON THAT NOTE: I really want to go
> after Cesar's Cat Box
> > GCNNGA tomorrow either earlier am or earlier
> evening. I have the key TB
> > and the code figure(thanks to a hint from
> Strider). The cache is kind of
> > far from Metro service though. Would anyone want
> to take me to that area
> > and retrieve the caches near there? I have a 3 day
> limit so it must be
> > today, tomorrow or Thursday. If not I will get
> there on my own, but a ride
> > would help so much and get the ride giver Cesar's
> gift... which is not a
> > usual cat's gift in a box I hope.
> >
> > Thanks, Stephen
> >
> > On Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at 08:29AM, "Andrew
> Senger"
> > <asenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>-
> >>I'm just surprised you didn't have to go to the
> ER. Then again, you were
> >>WALKING the bike, not riding it.
> >>
> >>2. So it's not accessible easily from the Katy
> Trail? Where is it
> >>accessible from?
> >>
> >>See you this evening. Are you planning on
> caching, too, or just eating?
> >>
> >>Andrew (yawetag)
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Stephen Martin" <faery_generic@xxxxxxx>
> >>To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 07:56
> >>Subject: [GeoStL] Re: NGR: not for the faint of
> heart or stomach
> >>
> >>
> >>> -
> >>>
> >>> In regard to your subject line... or part of
> it... Weldon Springs area
> >>caches are in a beautiful setting, but not for
> anyone who is faint of
> >>anything. However, walking a bike, wearing a book
> bag with a laptop and
> >>geoschwag galore while hiking this crazy hilly,
> long and needle defying
> >>land
> >>could kill a person, so a normal hiker/cacher may
> survive. Thank (insert
> >>higher power) that I woke up at 5:30am and
> atleast beat most of the heat
> >>yesterday. I loved this cache day and only got 5,
> but felt very proud
> >>once
> >>finished.
> >>>
> >>> Two notes:
> >>>
> >>> 1 Brawny Bear's hint for My favorite tree GCQV1J
> could have made me
> >>> extra
> >>scared while finding the cache had I read it
> first... i was a little
> >>creeped
> >>out without reading it :-p Did you actually read,
> eat lunch etc where the
> >>actual cache placement is?
> >>>
> >>> 2 Do not attempt to climb up to Acts of Congress
> from the Katy trail.
> >>> It
> >>will work your muscles to near exploding and you
> get to a wall of
> >>sedimentary rock... which has the nature of The
> Sugar Ray song Falls
> >>apart.
> >>>
> >>> just up early and finding any reason to type.
> Excuse my nonesense. Now
> >>> I
> >>need to bike across the river so i may find
> Cesar's cat box and
> >>surrounding
> >>caches. Chat with y'all later and see some of you
> at BBQ tonight. Feel
> >>free to discuss how awesome, fearless and
> clever(read cool enough, crazy
> >>and
> >>lucky) I am.
> >>>
> >>> stephen
> >>
> >>
> >>
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