GC5ZRAB Traditional Cache Cowboy's Gateway to Colorado
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 2.5 out of 5
By: Mick McPhee @ | Hide Date: 07/20/2015 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 15.296 W108° 38.646 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Takes less than an hour  Parking available  Thorns  Park and Grab  Seasonal Access 

Cowboy was coming back from a long three day ride from Gallup, New Mexico after buying a couple of new horses for his ranch remuda.   He was tired and hungry and he still had a 20 mile ride back to the ranch north of Cortez.  Cowboy decided to camp for the night and he made a fire, cooked a rabbit he shot an hour ago, he had some jerky, some hardtack and coffee for dinner

Cowboy was resting under a tree when he heard a couple of riders approach.  A handsome young man rode up followed by pretty gal on a magnificent white gelding.  Cowboy spoke up, “Where you headed ?”  The bewildered couple explained they were newlyweds looking to start a ranch in Colorado.  They were coming from southern Arizona and had lost their way.  Cowboy extended his hand and said “Well son, my name is Cowboy and  this is the Gateway to Colorado.  You are welcome to spend the night in my camp and we can ride into Cortez in the morning.  Have  some coffee to warm your bones.  And I got some hardtack and roasted rabbit I can share with you"

The cache is inside an unusual container.  Tweezers or forceps are helpful  to remove the log.

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5 Logs: Found it 1  Didn't find it 4  

Didn't find it 08/21/2018 By ccchan2
Visiting Albuquerque from TN and included a trip to Four Corners and staying the night in Cortez, but I could not find this one on the way up.

Didn't find it 07/07/2018 By nclyga
Not one thing that matched the hint was within 100 ft of GZ. DNF

Didn't find it 06/16/2018 By SohoBopity
To be honest, I didn’t give this one more than five minutes. It’s clear a numberOf trees were recently cut down here and a lot of the brush cut back as well. I suspect the cache has been displaced.

Didn't find it 06/14/2018 By shantecohoe
Looked for 10 minutes, could not find anything

Found it 05/11/2018 By MOL-Rattis
After visiting 4 Courners we made some extra Miles to get a Smile for Colorado. The Story is very nice.
TFTC MOL-Rattis