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Cachesaurus RexType: Traditional | Size: Regular 
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| Terrain: By: COpackrat @ | Hide Date: 06/08/2007 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 40.666 W105° 11.601 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 50 
Just a short walk along a very nice trail on the Hogback. Cachesaurus Rex is hidden near the trail along the Hogback known as Dinosaur Ridge. You can hike or ride your mountain bike to the cache, but be sure to stop and enjoy the views and the Dinosaur Visitor Center to the east on Rooney Road. It's possible to continue to several more caches along this scenic trail, but be aware that there are several dropoffs nearby, so be careful with youngsters. Parking is available near the hairpin turn where Rooney Road crosses the ridge. Please be careful of muggles, both of the walking and bike riding variety, and rehide the cache carefully, completely covering it, as there is a viewpoint nearby and we don't want it muggled! Have fun! Update on 08/28/08: I'm sorry to report that CDOT has decided to close the road over the hogback to private vehicles, and it will now be necessary to either walk this road or pay to take the Dinosaur Ridge shuttle bus.
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Midwest Tour through AmericaAfter arriving at Cincinnati airport, we‘ve started out trip through mid-west USA Our first stop was at Louisville before we continued towards Evansville, Saint-Louis, Kansas City all the way to Denver- Skyline of the Rocky Mountains. We’ve stayed in Colorado for a couple of days and drove to the Rocky Mountains to Mount Evans and past the beautiful Echo lake. We took the historic steam train in Georgetown to explore the Rocky Mountains – what an unforgettable experience. We’ve visited the open air arena in Red Rock Park and have informed ourselves about the historic and musical past of this area. We soon had to leave beautiful Denver to continue further towards the north Via Golden, Fort Collins, Cheyenne. We’ve took a bit of time to hike through the Toadstoll Geological Park- beautiful hiking destination. We’ve crossed the border to South Dakota and visited the many sights along the way - Hot Springs in the Black Hills, Wind Cave NP, Jewel NP, Grazy Horse NP, Custer-State-Park – we were even able to spot some wild bison’s there. We’ve then continued our tour towards Sylvan lake along the panorama road -“Needles Highway”. This windy road leads to needles past the many pine forests along the way. Continuing further towards the Rushmore National Memorial. We then weren’t far away from rapid city or the city of the presidents where we took part of an impressive sightseeing tour where we got to see 43 bronze statues of all of the US former presidents. We took a quick detour to South Dakota before we continued towards the south towards the Badlands NP – a plateau with edged mountains, deep canyons and steep cliffs – impressive to look at. After we have left the Badlands, we continued towards Mitchell along the Highway 90. We visited the corn place with its special artefacts and paintings made out of corn. The next days are leading us back again towards the east towards Sioux Falls. We saw many sights here for example the Sioux Waterfalls, Old Courthouse etc We went shopping at Spirit lakes before continuing towards Minnesota. We also went shopping in the Bloomington Mall of America. We went for a city stroll in Minneapolis visiting the many parks near the Saint Anthony Falls and the Washburn A Mill. We have visited the cathedral of Saint Paul and the Minnesota State Capitol. We left Minnesota after Saint Paul and have crossed the border to WISCONSIN continuing towards Madison to see the State Capital. We have visited the famous Harley-Davidson-Museum in Milwaukee. We collected a number of Petoskey stones while strolling around north Michigan Lake. These stones are unique to this region. We are now continuing towards Chicago where we will spend a couple of days as well. We’ve done a bit of shopping and got to know about the skyscraper history. The first skyscrapers were built in the 80s and 90s. One of the most impressive ones is the trump tower directly at the Chicago River. The facade mirrors the Wrigley Building and the Chicago Tribune Tower. We then had to say bye to Chicago after a couple of days. We then continued towards Gary (INDIANA) and New Buffalo (Michigan). We have covered 3 states: Eck Michigan, Indiana and Ohio We now have to go back towards Indianapolis where the legendary race took place. We have also planned a visit to the Hall of Fame Museum before going back to Cincinnati. Going to the GIGA event: We have met many friendly cachers and we have talked about our mutual hobbies and our trip in and around Cincinnati. We have covered approx. 4000 miles and have experienced a lot. Everyone was very welcoming and helpful as well. Thank you to all the owners for placing and maintaining the caches. Best greetings from Bavaria Team sissifalke
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