GC8CADC Traditional Cache "THE AMBULANCE" hides again!
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 3.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: kekj @ | Hide Date: 08/17/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 29.374 W107° 53.069 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Available at all times  Available during winter  Parking available  Bicycles  Motorcycles  Stroller accessible  Truck Driver/RV  Field Puzzle  Tourist Friendly 

"The Ambulance" GC10VE0  by cacheclique once "hid" at this exact location with the following description - "(BYOP & TOTT) Make sure to read the nearby plaque. There is no need to disassemble or deface any part of the item.   The cache is difficult to locate but easy to remove."  ***

*** this is a diabolical understatement as it had 44 DNFs vs 102 finds over its 12 year run. We bet there were many more DNFs that were never logged as it is within feet of major Hwy 50 with good access, easy on/off,  and lots of good parking around it. It is fun and well worth reading through the old logs, and you will quickly learn that MOST finds were on 2nd or 3rd try, MANY with a PAF

We made our initial "search" for it on 6/25/14 and made the following log - " OUCH! hate to log a DNF but spent over an hour looking this thing over, had more fun figuring out the engineering than looking for the cache. We will need some help on this one."  (we had only 250*/- finds at the time)

A few days later we made the following log -  "OUCH ouch! Ashamed of ourselves for not finding this the first time - and then to go beg for help? Badgerites gave us a very circular hint that got us steered in the right direction and found that hard headed little bugger almost instantly on arrival - talk about hidden in plain sight! Made the initial search way to hard and missed the obvious! I must have looked right AT it a half dozen times and did not see it." (MANY logs are very similar to this one) 

p.s. If interested in another diabolical nearby cache try lawdog's  You Can't Fight City Hall!  GC2CP2N

Now that we have aroused your geo interest Above, we want to arouse your interest with the actual item under consideration BELOW! (NO! Not the cache! - THE AMBULANCE!)  You must go see it and read the historical signage at the site.  After having found it we have logged it a number of times with visiting family and friends AND using it on several occasions as a teaching tool for newbies - and just had to bring it back out for another run! For you local old timers you will find the cache hidden exactly as previously, and newcomers will find it hidden exactly as deviously.  We hope you have as much fun (& despair) enjoying the AMBULANCE (& cache) as we did!   -  Please leave a FAV point if deserving.

p.s. As an "engineer, mechanic, general contractor" I just have to clear up one misconception. In the old logs you will often find reference to a "steering wheel." Trains do not need to be 'steered,' they follow the tracks! DA! What you are seeing is the "Hand Brake" like which used to be highly visible on the rear platform on old rail cars - long gone with the advent of modern air brakes. The massive 'Rotary switches' at left of the TINY seat was the speed control - more contacts closed, more speed. Batteries were below the deck with a massive DC motor between the drive wheels - look! WE DID!

FTF by jake92 - we were NOT suprised!  Runner up goes to Denver1531 who just missed it!

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No hints were previously given so none now. The only change(s) we have made is to expanded the description to tell the history of the CACHE itself and bump the cache up to premium so newbies don't ransack the site.

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5 Logs: Found it 5  

Found it 03/03/2020 By Pauleefox
Log is full.

Found it 02/29/2020 By Rojo464
It took a minute but we found it

Found it 08/30/2019 By LolosDream
And another +1 on the map.

Found it 08/30/2019 By kjke
Being the "antithesis" of (team) kekj, we have created a couple of personal accounts (no, we are not breaking up!) for use in some competitions and the ability to find each others caches. Also wanting to get a couple of souvenirs on board such as the current STREAK. And YES, it was actually me who did the PAF with the previous finder larssic, what fun that was! Much of the description is misdirection and we did not give them a single hint that was not already there, just listed words and phrases in a different order . . . . they emailed us later stating that on return they found the cache in under 5 seconds and it was an "OMG - how did we miss that" moment!
NOTE that even Pathfinder33 took 2 tries to find it! Even for high rollers, Par for this cache.

Found it 08/30/2019 By Pathfinder33
So we never did find the previous cache that was here. Having a good idea what we were looking for we came out for the new one. Finally found it on our second trip out. TFTC.