GC88KYC McKay Lake -- Rhomboideus major
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: peace love pi @ | Hide Date: 05/30/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 57.137 W105° 00.616 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
             

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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. Amazingly, I didn't hurt anything placing this cache, so I'm choosing one of my favorite muscles.

Rhomboideus major is a skeletal muscle on the back that connects the scapula with the vertebrae of the spinal column. In human anatomy, it acts together with the rhomboid minor to keep the scapula pressed against the thoracic wall and to retract the scapula toward the vertebral column. When I was a student learning anatomy I used to create songs to help me memorize each of the muscles... I sing this song to my students, although I don't think it helps them much. I'll be happy to sing it for you the next time we see each other!

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 -- Galea aponeurotica

04/09/2020 By outdooradventurer95
Found it!

04/09/2020 By PennywiseTheBanana
3rd find from my mother!!!! LWP has done it again

04/08/2020 By lasouthpaw
Brought the little one out here today for a school assignment to create a video where she talks about three different plants. I remembered the cat tails and other plants we saw at the edge of the water from our last visit. She rode her bike while I jogged. Wow, that kid is speedy! We made it most of the way around the lake before I got a call from work and turns out we only did one loop instead of two. But one was all we needed to stop by and sign the log. Thanks for the smiley!

04/08/2020 By robuster91
stopping by while taking the dog for a walk all is well

04/06/2020 By JourneyRunner
Tftc

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

07/02/2019 By Alpenist
TFTC Found this cache after a night at work in the ICU near here.

06/22/2019 By joshuahansen290
Great find. Lots of fun at McKay lake today.

06/19/2019 By JohnA747
Here's the snake

06/19/2019 By JohnA747
Late night find with a snake on top of it, freaked me out but I had to get the cache!

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

Find #4309

06/12/2019 By tracylhs
This Lake is so lovely; I am really enjoying the walk around. Thanks for placing these caches! TFTC!

06/10/2019 By Nighthawkers
Found! Fortuitous timing overall. I was dodging the many muggle families and had just bent down to hunt for the cache when another runner stopped me and asked if I had lost my car key (which had been laced in my shoes) down the trail a bit. He must have thought I was hunting for my key. SO I managed to find not only the cache but my lost car key. Favorite point for placement around my favorite local lake and for a funny memory! Thanks for all he new placements even if I was only batting 50% today!

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

06/05/2019 By shortcircuit77
Easiest find of the 4, made that way by the hint.

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