GC3048D Traditional Cache Colorado Spirit Quest #179 - Fort Lyon Natl Cem
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2 out of 5
By: Grand High Pobah @ | Hide Date: 06/01/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 05.126 W103° 07.828 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Not Wheelchair accessible  Bicycles  Motorcycles 

!! Exciting New Cache Series!!

 

“COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST”

The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.

There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across Colorado.  This series will introduce you to many of them.

The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and tombstones.

COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST is not affiliated with any other ‘Spirit Quest’ group.  Special thanks and credit are given to SixDogTeam who started the Indiana Spirit Quest in 2004. The idea has rapidly spread into many states.

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task.  It cannot be accomplished by just one or two people.  This project will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers  willing to place these caches. 

After locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the lives of those pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state.

If you are interested in joining the “Walking Through History Clan” contact may be made by sending an e-mail to the owner of “Colorado Spirit Quest #1 – Mo untain Passage”.  Use the ‘Send Message” link at the center of the page of their profile.

Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its maintenance.

REMEMBER:

If you are APPREHENSIVE about cemeteries – AVOID this series.

Thanks to Clan Members: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, Grand High Pobah, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, LadyCoots, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man, *Sparky*, TwoCs, Outdrlvr201, Condor1, 2Cachedivers, arthurat, smilz787, Kyotmoon, Mountain Roamer, SugarPug, Team Tiger Pride, ernie66, drnetwork, Team w-bar-v and Dynamite Rabbit.   New Clan members are always Welcome

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The cache container is a camoed 35mm film canister.  You will not need to enter the cemetery to find the cache.  The cache is reached from a frontage road on the north side of the cemetery

This cemetery is just one of many national cemeteries that have been set up for the use by veterans and their spouses



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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 05/07/2019 By Spins7
Found it! Thanks for bringing us here.

Found it 03/28/2019 By RustyBeerCan
One more Colorado Spirit Quest for Us and a new county BENT.
We found the cache then drove around inside to read some tombstones. Thanks for bringing Us here Smile[:x]

Found it 11/29/2018 By RPStew
County caching on my way back to Salt Lake City, UT after spending the Thanksgiving Holiday in Houston, TX with family. All is well with the cache container and log. Thanks Grand High Pobah for the cache and the new county.

Found it 11/08/2018 By momcheers
Found this one right at dark! We tried to make it before last night! Too many other CSQs on our route today! Would love to come back and see this in the daylight! Thanks for the easy find!

Found it 10/13/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
Had no idea about this fort or cemetery until we were at Boggsville Days. Great find!

Found it 06/26/2018 By djbtex
Saw this one close by after doing the Fort Lyon Santa Fe Trail Cache so headed out to make a quick grab. View of the cemetery is a stark reminder that even small towns have lost hundreds of veterans.

Found it 06/22/2018 By AnnScout
After Fort Lyon, I sought this. White like a ghost or the many tombstones across the road. TFTC.

Found it 04/23/2018 By Hives
We struck out today on our trek from CO to AR. The objective was to gather counties along the way with a concentration on cemeteries and other interesting stops. Only had one DNF on the day and visited a number of very interesting places thanks to geocaching! Nice hide. SL. TFTC

Found it 04/14/2018 By lesslost2
Pleasant nat'l cemetery. Remote, but nice. Replaced log.

Found it 03/29/2018 By WileECacher
Expecting it to be inside the cemetery, until I remembered you can't put caches inside the national cemetery. I did get close enough to the ditch to see that it's not the river. Now off to find the reservoir.