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The Most Famous Address

Posted: December 29, 2005 at 2:56 pm by admin in Geocaching
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The Most Famous Address

N 39° 49.179 W 077° 13.864
Nice, easy walk on paved path. Opens at 8am and closes at dusk. Use silence and respect while pursuing this cache.

“Here, where they fell,
oft shall the widow’s tear be shed
oft shall fond parents mourn their dead;
the orphan here shall kneel and weep”

War, History, Peace & Plenty with Liberty holding a Wreath of Victory and a Sword of Battle

You are required to answer the following questions in order to claim the cache as a find:

1) What is the “most famous address”?
2) What was the duration?
3) What is the name of the monument?
4) Whose name is carved on the base of the monument?

Please e-mail the answers to us. DO NOT post them, encrypted or otherwise on this cache page. No internet “finds” - use your GPS to visit the site and gather the answers.

This was a virtual cache with some history to it up in Gettysburg.
With all my Christmas stuff done, I headed up to this one several days before Christmas.

The place was very quiet and the visit was really quite humbling. I encourage everyone to go and appreciate what so many did, so we do not forget.
I took some pictures.

What lies beFORE me?

Posted: December 24, 2005 at 12:26 am by admin in Geocaching
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Monday I headed out to do a little geocaching since I had some time. It was quite cold, the walk a little longer than I thought up an icy hill and I had a dog half take a run at me. Besides that, it was a good cache. On the way to the path I walked passed what is left of a Lime Kiln built into a hill. I took a picture. Interesting, I never knew one was there.

What lies beFORE me?

N 39° 34.130 W 077° 01.512
Wooded setting near hilltop alongside bike/jog trail.
This cache was originally placed by Stripes17 on December 27, 2003. It was adopted by Jmatt50 on November 13, 2005. This rubbermaid container contains Stripes17’s first hidden cache. It’s name implies it’s golf theme. It was restocked by Jmatt50, after adoption, with some golf related items, including: tee packs, a couple sleeves of golf balls, a greens repair tool from the Las Vegas Country Club, a putt alignment gadget, a golf tool gadget, an emergency hooded pouncho plus a fresh log book & pen. Also included in this cache are some CITO bags. If you see any trash in the area of the cache and are so inclined, feel free to take a bag and practice CITO.

There is a nice golf course visible from the paved trail leading to this cache. In fact, Stripes17 says they heard a golfer yelling “Fore” while they were hiding the box. Recommended parking is at N39-34.141/W77-01.376. The entrance to the paved trail is a short walk away at N39-34.231/W77-01.483. Be sure to check out the Lime Kiln across from the parking lot. Total round trip walk is approximately 1 mile.