GCF23E Virtual Cache The Real Price of Freedom
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: Tahosa @ | Hide Date: 04/04/2003 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 24.287 W105° 05.965 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
A simple place to recollect on native Coloradoans Fallen in Iraq, during the start of the hostilities

April 4, 2004; as we all know by know the cost has become quite high, and there are too many names to add to this Cache. But those names are in our hearts and we should keep them there, "Lest we Forget"

Cache is Wheelchair accesible

Capt. Russell Rippetoe, USA
Corporal. Randall Rosacker, USMC
Lance Corporal Thomas Slocum, USMC
Sgt. 1st Class Randy Rehn, USA
Sgt. Donald Walters, USA

In order to verify your find please answer by EMail the following questions.

  1. Describe the boots?
  2. There are two metal reliefs on the side of the memorial. The one on the right is derived from a pulitzer prize photograph that was taken by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
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24 Logs: Found it 24  

Found it 10/04/2018 By geogooose
A very cool memorial here. I'm glad I was able to make the stop here and see the memorial. Thanks for the virtual here!

Found it 09/25/2018 By marmotandgoatcachers
I had no idea this memorial was here. Thank you for the virtual cache and bringing me to this location! Message sent with answers to your two posed questions.

Found it 09/24/2018 By montaukjen
We are visiting from Florida and enjoyed exploring the area. Answers sent. Thanks

Found it 09/24/2018 By Tippytoes4489
Nice memorial

Found it 09/24/2018 By DiamondGirl49
Found it with CWLD who sent the answers. TFTV

Found it 09/24/2018 By cwlinedancer
Found with DG49 on our way to Rocky Mountain NP. Thanks for bringing us to this small beautiful Monument. This keeps our Summer RVing/Cruising Adventure & caching streak alive at 133 days.
TFTV!!!!!

Found it 09/02/2018 By Firemnky
On a Fall trip through Colorado doing some caching and seeing the sites. A beautiful scenic drive through Rocky Mountain National Park. Visiting the downtown areas of Boulder, Denver, Castle Rock and Colorado Springs to name a few. We enjoyed a beautiful hike on the Barr trail at the Summit of Pikes Peak. It was a wonderful trip with quite a bit of caching thrown in along the way. Thanks to all the CO's for all the caches along the way. Answers emailed.

Found it 08/27/2018 By qrang
A fitting memorial - answers sent to CO and here is a photo TFTC

Found it 08/26/2018 By doglover&pups
Nice memorial. Thanks for bringing me here. TFTC

Found it 08/22/2018 By GMommy
I came up to the Loveland area after dropping my son off at CU in Boulder as I saw several virtuals and some new AR caches up here. This was my first stop, and a little rain has started, hopefully I can log a few more. Very nice spot. Answers sent. TFTC

Found it 08/09/2018 By rocketglider
Stopped and gathered my information and have now sent my answers.

Found it 07/25/2018 By TalonLS
TFTVC On a trip to Estes Park today. Nice to know this memorial is here.

Found it 06/29/2018 By zanna
Out from Atlanta exploring Colorado with FLtravelers for a few days. He was able to finish all his counties, while I made more progress on the state. Lots of fun caches were found along the way, including this one.

TFTC

Found it 06/29/2018 By FLtravelers
Flew out to Denver with zanna to grab a cache in the smattering of counties I had left in Colorado. Along the route we stopped for highly favorited caches, virtuals, earthcaches, webcams, Colorado's oldest, and whatever else that looked interesting. This was certainly one of these. Great spot. TFTVC.
GCF23E

Found it 06/22/2018 By C3GPS
Out with C3KID and DrC3GPS to find these. We are having a great time in Colorado. Too bad we have to leave soon. TFTC!

Find number 12500

Found it 06/16/2018 By mwdaley
Answers to CO's questions just e-mailed. I sure love virtual caches as they often are at historic or commemorative sites I'd probably not otherwise come across. And this virtual was no exception. THANK YOU for "placing" the virtual cache here and causing me to see this fine site today.

Found it 04/27/2018 By foomanjoo
Interesting find during my second day of a six day caching spree across a dozen states. TFTC!

FMJ#32671

Found it 04/14/2018 By AndrewsDK
Interesting little memorial.
Thanks!

Found it 04/01/2018 By quinnster212
Found the virtual in the least expected place. All is well here. The POW flag is torn and tattered. Thanks for bringing us here.

Found it 09/30/2016 By NanCycle
After lunch at Dickies we continued on to find this cache. Had some trouble finding the right way to get to GZ, but finally made it. This is a lovely spot to visit and remember those who were lost. Thanks for creating this virtual cache and maintaining it all these years.

Found it 09/26/2016 By BerkeleyBoomers
Caching in Colorado with Team 5-12: the 6th and last full day. We came here for the Earthcache Mega Event on Saturday, but stayed a few days afterwards to find some interesting caches.

Stopped by here to pay our respects. I recognized both symbols right away. Answers emailed to the CO.

Thanks for the virtual cache!

Found it 09/26/2016 By Team 5-12
Dropped by with BerkeleyBoomers to acknowledge the real price of freedom. Thanks for highlighting this most poignant reminder.
TFTC

Found it 09/25/2016 By Cyclops
This is day 10 of a 17 day geocaching trip. This trip was to attend the 5th International Earthcache event in Denver, CO, and still to attend the MiGO Fall Fun Day in Marquette, MI. I enjoyed all 5,103 miles through the 14 states of it . Saw some amazing scenery and met some new cachers. Thanks to all of the CO for their hides. TFTVC

Found it 09/23/2016 By bugbitten
Enjoyed a lengthy tour of Colorado and also included 8 states. Along the way I visited many sites, a couple sporting events and over a hundred caches. The weather was great and my time spent in this region was unforgettable. My apologies for the many copy and paste logs, but with that many finds to log I chose to add cache specific comments/photos when necessary. Thanks to all who placed these caches and many were truly some of the best I've seen.
A virtual found leaving Loveland heading to RMNP.