GC27DAA Traditional Cache Think Spring #4
Type: Traditional | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: cocoalminer and utwildflower @ | Hide Date: 04/24/2010 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 29.274 W107° 06.491 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Available at all times  Drinking water nearby  Stealth required  Needs maintenance 
Nice easy cache located at 6446 ft. above the level of the
oceans

Watch for muggles along the busy highway... Good wide parking area
here on the south side of road.
Lock and Lock container with a pen, pencil, log book and
room for trade items


This cache is located at what I call "Bear River Spring". This
spring supplied some of the water for the numerous coal mining
camps that used to thrive along this section of the Yampa River or Bear
River as it was sometimes called in those days. The nearest camp was also
named Bear River. The spring still runs cold and clean. I know
people who to this day will drive over 30 miles to fill containers
with this water for home drinking and cooking. The spring is
located directly across the highway from the cache site. Be careful
crossing the road, but by all means be sure to sample the water.
Some even claim it has healing and protective qualities, I just
know it tastes good!

Have fun!

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9 Logs: Found it 7  Didn't find it 2  

Didn't find it 06/21/2019 By richardnajera
Biked here from Austin, Texas and are headed to Anchorage, Alaska as a part of a nonprofit organization called Texas 4000. We fundraise money for cancer research and support services and then cycle over 4500 miles to Alaska.

We decided to stop for a cache here and check out the views.

Check us out at Texas4000.org or bit.ly/biking4cancer

Rockies '19

Didn't find it 06/21/2019 By richardnajera
Biked here from Austin, Texas and are headed to Anchorage, Alaska as a part of a nonprofit organization called Texas 4000. We fundraise money for cancer research and support services and then cycle over 4500 miles to Alaska.

We decided to stop for a cache here and check out the views.

Check us out at Texas4000.org or bit.ly/biking4cancer

Rockies '19

Found it 06/15/2019 By Htribe33
It's a little wet inside the cache.

Found it 09/25/2018 By mjqrock
TFTC!

Found it 08/04/2018 By PackSux
Quick grab on my way down the highway. TFTC!

Found it 04/28/2018 By cachemonster2015
quick find, TFTC! Our 5 year old took the squirt gun and left a monster

Found it 03/28/2018 By SimonAndSchuster
Cute little spring. Good secret to keep. Thanks for sharing the history and tftc

Found it 10/31/2017 By snowmo69
Not much water coming out of the spring today. Cache is in good shape. Happy Halloween!

Found it 09/16/2017 By FeatheredFriends
Visiting from North Carolina. today I started my county run of Colorado. I have all counties east of I-25. Working on the western ones now. Starting in the central and northern sections. Quick find. I signed the logs with my handle or as "FF" on the smaller logs. This was my '20th' find for today. Thanks 'cocoalminer' for a fun time in the area.