GC5KGM2 Traditional Cache Ted's Place
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: cacheman48 @ | Hide Date: 01/19/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 39.839 W105° 11.360 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Wheelchair accessible  Parking available 
This is a family friendly cache near the Ted's Place kiosk at the intersection of US 287 and Colorado 14.  It is a mico log only, so please bring your own writing device.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EGROEG38 FOR BEING FIRST TO FIND!!!

In May 1922, the first day of fishing season, Ted Herring and his older brother Cameron opened the filling station and general store affectionately called “Ted’s Place.”  The small store did a thriving business from the sale of groceries to the convicts building the first road through the Poudre Canyon.

Inside, the rustic atmosphere of the pine wood paneling and a moss rock fireplace hummed with the sound of the jukebox and friendly conversation.  During Christmas Ted played Santa.  His wife Nellie would cook up a feast and decorate the store with a huge Christmas tree loaded with presents.

In the 1930s when the road up the canyon was paved, the original store was moved and converted into a house.  A new two-story building with an alpine appearance took its place, but the friendly atmosphere never changed.  That store remained in Ted’s family until 1962.

After 70 years as a landmark to the gateway of the Poudre Canyon, Ted’s Place was razed in 1989.

There have been at least two other caches placed at this location --- I thought it was proper to keep it going so that the history of Ted's Place would be known to more cachers.
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11 Logs: Found it 10  Write note 1  

Found it 07/05/2019 By dougshow
Found, thank you for the cache and the story about Ted's Place.

Found it 07/02/2019 By theojoseph
Found it cool idea. I will have to remember that.

Found it 07/02/2019 By oliepitcher
Found it. P.S. Behind the kokiosk about three yards.

Found it 06/11/2019 By apple nut
We’ve been to teds place many times. The guy was mowing in the area so a little nervous about muggles. TFTC

Found it 06/05/2019 By Bobber889
Found it!

Found it 09/30/2018 By lintner
Tftc!

Found it 09/04/2018 By Casper&Aero
Notre périple a débuté le 22 août dernier et nous amènera à visiter douze états Américains et deux provinces Canadiennes... Notre départ s'est fait à partir de Baie-Comeau, une ville sur la Côte Nord du Québec pour ensuite se poursuivre quelques jours à Québec où nous avons fait un peu de Géocaching.... Par la suite, nous avons fait un arrêt à St-Eustache et Ville de Laval, toujours au Québec, pour ensuite prendre l'avion et arriver à Portland, Oregon... Nous avons fait un arrêt le 28 août à Umatilla toujours en Oregon, le 29 août à Boise en Idaho, le 30 à Twin Falls et le 31 nous sommes à Salt Lake City pour deux jours... Le 2 septembre nous étions à Rock Springs, Wyoming et hier nous avons fait un arrêt à Laramie, Wyoming... Aujourd’hui nous continuons notre périple vers Colorado Spring où nous passerons deux jours...

Pendant tout le voyage nous avons ciblé quelques caches qui nous aideront à atteindre nos objectifs personnels et nous découvrirons certainement de nouveaux endroits que les Géocacheurs d'ici voudront nous faire découvrir... Nous préparons ce voyage depuis plusieurs mois et savons que nous ne pourrons pas tout voir par manque de temps... Il y a beaucoup de caches mais devons fermer les yeux ne pouvant toutes les trouver... Mais c'est avec plaisir que nous apposerons notre signature sur certaines d'entre-elles...

Merci pour la création de ces caches qui ajoutent des sourires à notre profil et qui nous font passer du bon temps peu importe l'humeur de Dame Nature... Notre log sera le même pour toute la journée et s'il y a une particularité nous l'ajouterons au début du texte... Des favoris seront ajoutés ici et là pour tout le travail accompli... MPLC

Casper&Aero de Baie-Comeau, Québec, Canada


Our English is not perfect, we use Google Translate to help us ...

Our journey began last August 22 and will take us to visit twelve US states and two Canadian provinces ... Our departure was from Baie-Comeau, a city on the North Shore of Quebec and then continue for a few days in Quebec City where we did some Geocaching .... Then we stopped at St-Eustache and Ville de Laval, still in Quebec, and then flew to Portland, Oregon... We made stop in Umatilla on August 28 still in Oregon, August 29 in Boise, Idaho, August 30 in Twin Falls and August 31st we are in Salt Lake City for two days... The 2nd of september we were in Rock Springs. Wyoming and yesterday the road brought us to Laramie, Wyoming... Today our trip will take us to Colorado Springs where we will stay for two days

Throughout the trip we have targeted some caches that will help us achieve our personal goals and we will certainly discover new places that Geocachers here will want us to discover ... We have been planning this trip for several months and know we will not be able to not all see for lack of time ... There are many caches but we must close our eyes can not find them all ... But it is with pleasure that we will put our signature on some of them ...

Thank you for creating these caches that add smiles to our profile and make us have a good time regardless of the mood of Mother Nature ... Our log will be the same for the whole day and if there is a particularity we will add it at the beginning of the text ... Favorites will be added here and there for all the work done ... TFTC

Casper&Aero from Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada

Found it 09/01/2018 By tronaminer
Came from Green River Wy travelling to Estes Park Colorado. Finding caches along the way. Thanks for your cache and the fun we had in finding it.

Found it 08/25/2018 By Team Wiggy
Had to use the hint for this great hide. Totally unexpected and Doh! moment when we found it. A little rain didn't hinder us, either. Found by Dad Wiggy - TNLN SL. Thanks so much for the cache placement!

#6 of 8 today on our way up to Poudre Canyon.

Found it 08/18/2018 By Team SCR
Quick P&G traveling around parts of Colorado today... TFTC!!

Write note 08/18/2018 By galloquest94
Thanks