Rampart Memorial Virtual Cache

06/23/2019 By bucknuts

The Bride and I had weddings in Kansas City on June 21st and then another one in Omaha on June 29th. I told her I really wasn’t interested in driving to Kansas City and driving home for 9 hours and then a few days later drive all the way back same direction for 13 hours. So we decided we would take a mini vacation in between weddings and head to Colorado for a week. We rented a car, but little did we know the car was going to be a Cadillac sedan, and I’m thinking this is going to be my caching mobile for this trip.

###So over the course of the 11 days, we visited 10 states. I was able to get 5 caches that were Year 2000 including Mingo. I was able to get the oldest cache in 3 states…Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico. Colored the state of New Mexico RED and put 3940 miles on the rental car. ###

This trip started out in Kansas City as the wedding was on Friday. So we cached the morning of Friday and did the Powercat challenges near Gladstone area. Loved walking the sidewalk, we did get a downpour on us, so hoped into a local spot for lunch and then once the rains lifted we went hiking again. Then went to the wedding on Friday night. Then next day on Saturday, went caching with Gnomecat, Louinliberty and Debrajean grabbing a few caches that I had handpicked out. Was great to see my KC friends for the 2nd weekend in a row after the previous week in Indiana and by the end of this trip it will be 3 weeks in a row. Had an amazing dinner at Gnomecats and enjoyed the great hospitality.

Then on Sunday June 23 is where the journey begins. We headed towards Colorado Springs and grabbed Mingo on the way there. This day was about 9 hours of driving and grabbed a few caches in the Colorado Springs area before meeting up with friends in the afternoon.

Monday June 24 was always going to be a big day both driving and hiking. We started it off by going to Paul Barkley (2nd 2000 year cache). Got lucky as that section of the park was closed to people on Tuesday due to electric work being done. Then from there the Cadillac took us to Geocache (3rd 2000 cache). Then after that we headed to Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tuesday June 25 we cached in Albuquerque in the morning doing a few wherigos and then headed over to the oldest cache in the state. Found the place to park and made the short hike up the hill. Then went across the way and did the Hangman hiking series. After we completed that we headed to Santa Fe to visit and then back to Colorado Springs.

Wednesday June 26th, we got up and headed off to Tarryall (4th 2000 year), those that get nervous about driving well the Cadillac made it just fine. After that we headed to Pikes Peak, it opened late because the car race practice was that morning. We drove up to mile 16 and then shuttle to the top because of the renovations to the new visitor center at top. After this we are now heading back East. We get to Kansas and find Airakee and then spend the night in Kearney. I was able to watch on the phone Vanderbilt win the World Series…Go Vandy Boys

Thursday June 27, drive to Omaha and meet the KC crew for the 3 week in a row and we drive to Sioux Falls to get the State Bird.

Friday June 28th, finish the last 21 of the Ficks Fizzy we had left. Bad news was on 61 Gnomecat fell in the ditch and went over his head in the water. The ditch had probably 8ft of water. Then headed to Omaha and did some challenges and parted ways

Saturday June 29th, some light caching before wedding and then came home on Sunday 13.5 hour drive.

Thanks to all the hiders. Earthcaches and Virtuals have sent answers. Challenges will either have a picture or available via public profile. Was able to leave my signature pencil in a few caches. Thanks for the cache-signed log.

06/14/2019 By flanji
Me n the pup on vacation and on a road trip!! We are gathering caches to fulfill challenges and interesting spots!! Answers have been sent!! Thanks for the fun adventure and for the !!!!

05/31/2019 By kteeeee
Great times had with sweet-marie, MissPeach13 & Laphamclan (CCCs) on our roadtrip into Colorado! Thanks for the virtual.

05/31/2019 By MissPeach13
Here on an amazing 10 day geocaching road trip with sweet-marie, kteeeee and laphamclan. We flew into Kansas City and after renting a car we drove through Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri and back to Kansas. All logs were either signed CCC (Crazy Canadian Cachers) or stamped with our red CCC stamp. Answers to Virtuals and Earthcaches have been sent in on behalf of the group.

05/31/2019 By Laphamclan
I am away from British Columbia heading to the States for a 10 day road trip with 3 others -- Sweet Marie, MissPeach13 and Kteeeee. We signed logs with CCC stamp (Canadian Caching Crew)
Thanks to all the COs for making this such a great hobby/pastime
Day 3 and today it is Colorado and our goal of GC19

10/20/2018 By Judyhoe
Thank you for the find. Have lived here for 30 plus years and have never been here before.

10/14/2018 By caverdon
Our family is on vacation in Colorado. I'm the only one in my family that is an early riser, so I'm up very early in a different time zone. This morning while my family slept in I braved the dark and cold and went out to do some hiking. I planned to get a cache or two as well.

I noticed this VC and an interesting EC at this park, so I traveled here. It was 5:45am and I was curious if the park was open this early. From the posted hours, I was OK!

However, there were no muggles around. First, probably because of the early morning. Second, it was swirling snow and was brutally cold (18F, wind chill 5F!)!

I parked just 100 feet away from the VC in the empty parking lot. I quickly walked to the memorial, got the answers, and quickly strolled back. The area was very exposed to the wind, so you couldn't stay outside with exposed skin very long.

I was there long enough to read the touching memorial and observe the area. Thanks for this VC!

10/08/2018 By BigChiefS4
Day 2 of an epic 6 day journey out to the western frontier. I had some vacation time that I needed to burn up by the end of the year, and what better way to use it than to go Geocaching! My main goal was to find caches in New Mexico and Nevada, which would complete my map in the western US. The rest of the 4 remaining states are on the East Coast. Secondary goals were to find oldies, mostly virtuals, and high favorited caches. The only bad part of the trip was that it rained every single day of my vacation.

I headed south out of MN on Sunday and returned home on Friday.
Sunday - Drive all the way through to Colorado (15 hours!)
Monday - Cache in and around Denver and Colorado Springs, with an attempt at Pike's Peak (closed at Mile 14)
Tuesday - Head south towards GC19 and then west through Wolf Creek Pass
Wednesday - Four Corners monument and west towards Nevada
Thursday - After a night in Richfield, UT, head east through the skiing areas of Colorado towards Nebraska
Friday - The long drive home

Thanks to all the cache owners for placing these caches for me to find and for keeping the oldies going all these years.

09/22/2018 By Rock Chalk
Heading towards Colorado Springs today and doing some caching along the way. Enjoyed our short stop here. Very nice park. Answers are on the way. TFTC!

08/28/2018 By tehjoester
TFTC! TNLN, answers sent by Doug&Cindy09.
Found with LandD7475 and Doug&Cindy09.

08/28/2018 By LandD7475
TFTC out with tehjoster and Doug&Cindy09 signed log D&D answers sent

08/27/2018 By DOUG&CINDY09
Out with LandD7475 and Tehjoester. Thanks for placing this virtual. We submitted the answers for the whole group.

07/28/2018 By TheSleighs
Extra time in our day and my daughter said let’s go get a geo cache !!! This was a first virtual one thanks so much ! I love that this is paying tribute

07/20/2018 By tugies
Nice place - thanks! Gather some virtuals while in the area.

07/17/2018 By tc54915
Caching trip with AJ Perla out west to grab counties and old ones. Hoping to fill my triple jasmer this trip...Tftc.

07/12/2018 By Colorado GeoDemon
What a lovely memorial! This one was a mad dash - made it back to the car just as the skies opened up. TFTVC!

07/12/2018 By ohgeobugs
Our last cache of the day with Colorado GeoDemon before the rain became a downpour. Gathered the needed information. Answers to follow.

Thanks for this virtual.

07/10/2018 By fam2go
ON our Creature comfort trip. Headed to Ft Collins so we.can get all.tne souvenirs. Belle, our new car is going too, her first trip! We named her Belle because she has so many bells and whistles! Staying the night here so we avoid Denver's rush hour. Walked right by the first time!
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07/10/2018 By Mdiin
Thanks for this! Out enjoying this beautiful day!

06/28/2018 By b4gvn
Nice area

06/24/2018 By fearthefish
Out and about on a Sunday caching run with the always cheerful herndonrd. We decided to head out to the Springs because he wanted to find a cache that helped him get only one away from completing his Fizzy grid. While we were here we decided to grab other caches that tickled our fancy.

Neither one of us can resist a virtual, so we stopped here to check this one out. The main parking area was closed so we had to find another way in to the park. Of course since we had a longer walk the rain decided to join us. Murphy's Law and I are such good friends.

We made it to the final site and found the information you asked for. Herndonrd sent in the email on behalf of both of us. Thanks for the fun virtual and for your contribution to a great day of caching.

06/24/2018 By herndonrd
Out caching with FeartheFish today which means a lot of "pull over here" and now I am signed up for 2 (or is it 20?) new challenges that I've never heard of. Nice playground on the top of the hill. TFTC!