GC88JTA Traditional Cache McKay Lake -- Galea aponeurotica
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: peace love pi @ | Hide Date: 05/29/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 57.168 W105° 00.492 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Available during winter  Not Wheelchair accessible  Parking available  Bicycles  Short hike (less than 1km)  No Tree Climbing 



I am a natural klutz -- so much so that when my caching pals Periwinkle128 saw this patch in a cache, they thought of me. But still, as I was placing a group of caches around McKay Lake I suffered an inordinate number of flesh wounds. Placing this cache smashed the tip of my right ring finger! I'm hoping noone was around to hear the string of expletives I released upon the smashing! I am excited to share this injury with my anatomy students as we learn forearm muscle anatomy!

The Flexor digitorum superficialis is in the anterior compartment of the forearm. It is sometimes considered to be the deepest part of the superficial layer of this compartment and sometimes considered to be a distinct, "intermediate layer" of this compartment. It is relatively common for the Flexor digitorum superficialis to be missing from the little finger, but that was not the finger I smashed.

McKay Lake Trail is a 1.6 mile flat, concrete & crushed gravel loop trail where you are treated to ancient, towering cottonwood and willow trees along the south side of the small lake and uninterrupted views of the mountains to the west.

While you're here, check out the other caches around McKay Lake:

Shelob's Tree

Mondo's McKay Lake

McKay's Southside

Robuster's McKay Lake

Periodic Fable

McKay Lake -- Pronator quadratus

McKay Lake -- Flexor digitorum superficialis

McKay Lake -- Subcutaneous fat

McKay Lake -- Rhomboideus major

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18 Logs: Found it 15  Didn't find it 3  

Didn't find it 05/05/2022 By gweevo
Such a great park, thanks.

Found it 04/30/2022 By Wonderlust21
TFTC!

Found it 04/30/2022 By doristhefinkasaurus
TFTC!!!

Found it 04/24/2022 By Evan.Robertson
Nice find with my buddy. I have a baby strapped to my chest so I couldn't sign it!

Found it 04/11/2022 By owlcachetins
Searched for so long and thought it was another goner but I was completely wrong! It stands out like a diamond in a tree so I could not believe I didn’t find it at first! SL TFTC

Found it 04/09/2020 By outdooradventurer95
Found it!

Didn't find it 04/06/2020 By JourneyRunner
Found a dog poop bag someone left so gave uo

Found it 04/06/2020 By pjc99
TFTC

Found it 03/31/2020 By lasouthpaw
The little one is getting tired of the same old walks and bike rides, so we headed over here today. We didn't have much time, only made it to the first two caches before we had to head back to the car. The little one's had the training wheels off for not quite a week now, and riding is her new obsession. She'd ride ahead and stop and wait. The little one was excited to find this one, especially after I told her who hid it. I had been warned that this one was hiding in plain sight, and shared this with the little one. So we got to GZ and we started looking for something in plain sight. She said something and I turned to look at her... and there it was. In. Plain. Sight. We both got a good laugh out of it. Thanks for the smiley!

Found it 03/31/2020 By jwhyne
Thanks! New quickest find of the day!

Found it 07/03/2019 By mondou2
Enjoyed the hunt for this cache. SL. Thanks for the fun!

Found it 06/22/2019 By joshuahansen290
Tftc

Found it 06/14/2019 By GanderGoose
Out for a geocaching adventure with Spartacus Geodog. We enjoyed our walk around McKay Lake. Spartacus scored with some pets from another pedestrian. Thanks for the placement, peace love pi!

Found it 06/12/2019 By tracylhs
This one was not what I was expecting! TFTC!

Found it 06/12/2019 By jacobboulder
Quick find with tracylhs. Getting some caches in Broomfield/Westminster on this very nice summer day. SL. TFTC!

Find #4308

Didn't find it 06/10/2019 By Nighthawkers
So so many muggles on this beautiful Monday morning! Hunted and circled a few times but there were several families that I kept passing g then stopping that I gave up looking suspicious after a Few passes. I’ll be back!

Found it 06/05/2019 By LiveWire77
Thank you for placing this cache so we could enjoy the search and its discovery. sl

Found it 06/05/2019 By shortcircuit77
Ditto with us. Took us 3 or 4 times around before seeing it. Just concentrating on too small an area.

Live Wire 77 and Short Circuit 77 having had brunch, proceeded to McKay Lake for a very nice walk around it and found 4 caches. Thank you for placing this cache so we could enjoy the game. sl