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9/21/2006 by rockitbiker
N24° 38.494 W81° 46.757
What an adventure. This is the kind of stuff great caches are made of, even if it is mostly a virtual at this point in time. I had been looking at this cache for a long time now, knowing that I make my annual pilgrimmage to the Phins home opener and stay down in Key West for the rest of the week. The hardest part of this cache was finding someone who would rent us a kayak for the long haul, even with credentials of kayaking the Puget Sound and points where the swells are greater than the tide table here, no one liked hearing about the distance involved. I didn't want to make the trip on a sit on top model, so once I found someone who had a enclosed kayak, the PIC and I commited the crime... "No, we are only going to go a few miles around and look at the local backcountry" . The did the trick and we were off. We had spied the key from the room, so we knew where to site in and then we paddled and paddled and paddled. I figured 2 hours to get there and with our leisurely pace, checking out all the wildlife and views, we made it to the remote key in just over 2. All was going as planned, other than ooops... the sunscreen is still in the car!!! Since there was no market on the Bay Key, we opted for a non-FTF dance in finding the remains of the cache container. Not much left in it but some seaweed and sand crabs, but the joy was still there. We had brought a sealed container for the putting in the ammo box to keep the log dry, but since the ammo box couldn't even hold itself up (broke apart in my hands) I started looking around for a place where I could stuff the new container. As luck would have it (hopefully), I found a classic NW hidey spot not far from the original container. The stump hole was a good 7 feet up, hopefully to avoid the storm surges and nice and deep so I could wedge the container in, but only time will tell if it survives. If anything, its a great virtual to me and I recommend it to all adventurous souls looking for some great beauty and cool wildlife. Thanks for the hide, I hope the container survives for a few visitors. I posted new coords for the container and Jaded posted a pic of me placing it.

[This entry was edited by rockitbiker on Saturday, September 23, 2006 at 8:28:44 AM.]

9/21/2006 by Jaded
The adventure began a few weeks ago when we saw this cache - two years without a find - and owner confirmed that the cache was still here a month ago. So while we were unable to get a replacement ammo can (little hard to pack a 40 caliber ammo can without a few questions thru security these days!) We settled on taking out some new lock and locks for the cache.

Up early, got our kayak from lazy dogs and started out - just a small fib - told the proprietor we were going out to Bay Key - she asked how far, .... um maybe 2 miles? (try 5.25). Saw lots of neat things along the way - a big turtle popped his head outta the water to say hello, shortly after that we saw the flying fish - followed by a heart thumping moment when we saw a five or six foot long nurse shark who also liked the flying fish.

We saw and heard many amazing birds as we continued out, and so enjoyed the silence, just paddling away we finally reached our destination and yes we found what was left of the ammo can - sadly the rust is pretty complete - the lid and the can were several feet apart and no contents of course but we left behind a temporary container and signed the new log.

Thanks for the adventure - despite the heat, the sun (and sun burn) this was an awesome cache - one to be remembered well over a cold brew (and we promptly rehashed this cache over a cold one after we pulled back in!)

[This entry was edited by Jaded on Wednesday, October 04, 2006 at 9:06:44 AM.]

8/26/2006 by DnG
I visited the cache, the 40mm ammo can is still there, but it has endured many tropical storms and is very rusty now. The tupperware container is now gone, since somebody did not secure the top properly. It is a great trip to the cache, just not a very good "cache" anymore. Feel free to improve the cache is desired. Great adventures!

5/7/2006 by stiffler
missed getting out there last time, hopefully this time

1/4/2006 by tripperthegeodog
woof

[This entry was edited by palmetto on Saturday, August 26, 2006 at 10:27:06 AM.]

Decoded Hints

There is a small beach on the island, park there. Walk up to the fence and look to the right approximately 20 paces. The cache is in a large ammunition can.