GC96HP8 Traditional Cache Reflections on Denver's Light Rail
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 2.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Clarkowski @ | Hide Date: 02/21/2021 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 41.901 W104° 59.078 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Parking available  Public transportation  Stealth required  Stroller accessible  Park and Grab  Food Nearby  Tourist Friendly 

NOTE: You will need your own pen to sign the log!  

RTD's first light rail line offically opened on Friday, October 7, 1994. I was 14 years old at the time, and I remember feeling like Denver was really becoming a big city!  This cache is along the southeast corridor extension along I-25 that was completed in November 2006 as part of Denver's T-REX project.  The FasTracks program, apporved by metro Denver voters promised a full system of trains connecting Denver and its surrounding communities, and a train to the planes!  I remember when my son was born thinking how amazing it would be to be able to ride a train to the airport, but it was a long way off!  He would be in 4th grade by the time the A line to Denver International Airport was planned to open, but it was finished ahead of schedule, and time sure flies when you have kids.  

When I rode that first light rail line in 1994, I never could have imagined the experience of landing at the airport, hoping on a train, and entering Denver, this City I grew up in and love so much, at a totally reimagined Union Station.  Talk about feeling like a big city!  This cache is along the final leg of my route home from the airport, a place I hope to never drive my car to ever again.

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You should REFLECT on this location, like I did ;-)

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7 Logs: Found it 7  

Found it 03/05/2021 By MonteLukast
TFTC!

Found it 02/28/2021 By Savannah_K
Great find!

Found it 02/24/2021 By geocyclists85
Oh how I love the A-Line and W-Line and have missed lightrail during the pandemic. I geocycled over here and made a quick 16-mile loop at lunch before the snow comes. Cute cache. My pen was having trouble but I managed to scratch GC for Geocyclists85 in box 5. TFTC!

Found it 02/24/2021 By trytobepurple
Oooo so fun! TFTC!

Found it 02/24/2021 By Bhob
Got out and about today to acquire some of the new wave of Wonders of the World items - this was the eighth of twelve geocaches found in the process, also the third stop on a park-once-find-four excursion. TN-LN-SL. Thanks !

Found it 02/22/2021 By geoguru1
Interesting container. SL

Found it 02/22/2021 By Kroozer
Good one! Signed log. Thanks for the cache!