GC8QZZF Traditional Cache 5 - The countdown continues
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: dondjay @ | Hide Date: 05/16/2020 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 41.967 W104° 40.416 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  No Poison plants  No Public restrooms nearby  No Telephone nearby  Bicycles  Motorcycles  Quads  Off-road vehicles  No Snowmobiles  No Campfires  Stealth required  Needs maintenance  Truck Driver/RV  Park and Grab  No Tree Climbing 

So I am creating a trail of caches inspired for two different reasons.  The first is the satellite series all over El Paso County thanks to WitzAbout.  The second is how hard it is to find caches beginning with a number for the AlphaNumeric challenge.  So in honor of that I am creating the countdown series that will result in a rocket launch to get another satellite into orbit for WitzAbout.

I am hoping to get the entire series along Link Road.  The countdown caches themselves are kinda boring, but I am looking for something a little more creative for the final cache.  If you needed one of these caches for your challenge, please let me know in your comment.

Recomend you parkinbetween 6 and 5 where the pull-off is a bit wider.

See also: GC8N8NN Let the countdown begin - 10
GC8PT2A: 9 - The countdown continues
GC8Q5FE: 8 - The countdown continues
GC8QKGG: 7 - The countdown continues
GC8QY57: 6 - The countdown continues
GC8R2P5: 4 - The countdown continues
GC8RET0: 3 - The countdown continues
GC8RHJM: 2 - The countdown continues
GC8RKW2: 1 - The countdown continues
GC8T0RK: 0 - We have lift off!

Congrats to TheBrecks for the FTF!

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Just a magnetic attached to the guardrail.

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13 Logs: Found it 11  Publish Listing 1  Needs Maintenance 1  

Needs Maintenance 06/12/2020 By NanCycle
The magnet has come detached from the container, which I found on the ground. I replaced it so that the container would not fall on the ground so easily.

Found it 06/12/2020 By PatriotFan97
So on this Friday afternoon with my normal crew off doing more fun things than work all day...I decided to head south and hit up the rocket ship lift off countdown and work on getting through a good portion of dondjay's caches! Its just a shame that he couldn't find a good place to put the blast off cache so that I could finish the whole series. Man, was it hot out for this trip!! This one also had the added benefit of being the last one that I needed to complete the alphanumeric challenge!!

Found it 06/11/2020 By NanCycle
I also have a series of caches that start with the numbers from 1 to 9, all at exits off of I25 between Pueblo and Trinidad. Thanks fo r hiding this cache.

Found it 06/06/2020 By Sasquatchandwife
Another smiley

Found it 06/04/2020 By Rob14erGuy
Got it, thanks!

Found it 06/02/2020 By teamawsome101
Found!

Found it 05/28/2020 By CacheCrewCO
6 of 10 down. CCC

PS. Magnet fell off

Found it 05/27/2020 By DASHON
Series gets a Favorite. What a fun Series ~ counting down 10, 9, 8 but as LADDITUDE posted we did the countdown on the west side of the road first then turned around and did the east side. NICE TO SPEND THE DAY IN THE AREA WITH LADDITUDE THAT INTRODUCED US TO GEOCACHING IN 2004 OR SO. Thanks to Mr LADDITUDE for.excellent driving and Mrs LADDITUDE for her sharp eye. We snagged 21 caches this afternoon. In this Covid-19 virus season Chili's opened today for indoor seating so it was a bonus for us to enjoy our main meal for the day.

Found it 05/27/2020 By ladditude
Out doing many caches in Fountain area with DASHON, our caching buddy from California. So much fun to be together again. Thanks so much for placing this run... we did the road twice, finding all the caches on one side, then turned and did those on the other side. Lots of traffic today so didn't feel like walking across the street. TFTC SL

Found it 05/18/2020 By Trea
Thanks for the GR find. Nice that you have a wide area to park as this road is quite busy.

Found it 05/17/2020 By mwdaley
SL. TFTC.

Found it 05/16/2020 By TheBrecks
You have got to be kidding me Dondjay! So we knew that 5 The countdown continues would be publishing soon. We had the phone at the ready all day, we turned up the volume on notifications so we would hear the phone chirp, nothing happened. But alas, no phones at the dinner table at our household, then we forget to look for a couple of hours. So 15 minutes ago our daughter call and there it is! Published at 7:03PM it is 9:38PM. So in the dark, while it is raining, on a bridge we park the truck and walk on the far side of the guardrail back to find your latest cache. {FTF} Was it worth it? Yes! Thank for placing this cache to feed our addiction. Favorite point for the fun!

Publish Listing 05/16/2020 By IgnotusPeverell
Published