GC59MTW Traditional Cache Cowboy's New Saddle
Type: Traditional | Size: Regular Regular | Difficulty: 2 out of 5 | Terrain: 3 out of 5
By: Mick McPhee @ | Hide Date: 07/26/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 19.855 W108° 22.914 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Takes less than an hour  Thorns  Short hike (less than 1km)  Seasonal Access 

Cowboy had saved up his money for a new saddle. His friend, Jose Aguiar, is a master saddlemaker and has his shop at his hacienda located a few miles east of Mesa Verde bluff. While traveling a remote trail to Aguiar's hacienda, Cowboy traveled through the brushy sage and junipers. Up jumped a nice 4 point buck and Cowboy drew his rifle and downed the buck with a running shot. He knew the deer would be a welcome gift at the hacienda.

He dressed out the deer and slung it over his horse and moved quickly to the Hacienda. "Is my saddle ready?" Cowboy asked Jose as the Mexican came out to greet him. "Si, Senor" said Jose, "And for bringing me the fresh meat, I will throw in a set of new saddlebags". Cowboy smiled and rolled out of the saddle. Jose said bring the deer and we will cook the backstraps and make some excellent venison tacos for dinner. Maria has some beans and rice to go with it.

The cache is a large black container that has some swag, a new TB, and plenty of room for leaving any item of your choice. The log is waterproof.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/23/2019 By rangerhal
Heading east from Mesa Verde and had to stop for one more of these caches and stories. Thanks for all the caches going to give this one a favorite point for the series!

Found it 06/23/2019 By RumbleSeats
No saddle or bags but signed anyway. TFTC

Found it 06/19/2019 By frank&michele
PapPap found it with Ranman08 and FM06

Found it 06/02/2019 By RVers18
TFTC SL

Found it 11/26/2018 By R&B CO
Quick stop after spending the day at Mesa Verde. TFTC

Found it 08/16/2018 By Back Country Horsemen
Expanded our search a bit when we didn't see it at GZ. Good pull off for our big truck & camper.

Found it 07/25/2018 By YamaGypsy
My muggle mom was the driver. As I navigated her to the pull-off for this cache she noticed a police officer sitting here. I had to convince her it was ok to still stop. Lol, she promised she'd leave and leave me if I got in trouble. The officer didn't even pay us any attention. All was fine. Tftc!

Found it 07/19/2018 By midwestgals
TFTC

Found it 07/01/2018 By RPieperCO
Thanks for another fun cache in this large long running series. Spent some time in Cortez while on a family vacation. We explored Mesa Verde, Hovenweep, and Canyons of the Ancients. Enjoyed lots of learning experiences for the kids. Grabbed a few caches while in town and this was one of them. Stopped for this one on the way into town after the nearby abandoned building and signs grabbed our attention. Oil spill huh!? That's bad and boy did they let all passing drivers know about it! Stamped the log and replaced as found. Thanks for the fun stop on the way!

Found it 05/28/2018 By mpithunder
Tagged this one after a long day at Mesa Verde. Now back on the road for an exhausting drive back to Pagosa Springs. Thanks for the cache.