GC1Y3RQ Colorado Spirit Quest #252 - Aroya
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Grand High Pobah @ | Hide Date: 08/28/2009 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 51.832 W103° 08.723 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
               

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!! Exciting New Cache Series!!

 

“COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST”

The Colorado Spirit Quest is a series of Caches placed by many individuals, near cemeteries and historic sites in hopes of paying respect to the many pioneer ancestors that have ‘walked’ before us.

There are hundreds of cemeteries in the rural and mountain communities across Colorado.  This series will introduce you to many of them.

The cache pages will provide a virtual history tour of the cemeteries and tombstones.

COLORADO SPIRIT QUEST is not affiliated with any other ‘Spirit Quest’ group.  Special thanks and credit are given to SixDogTeam who started the Indiana Spirit Quest in 2004. The idea has rapidly spread into many states.

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task.  It cannot be accomplished by just one or two people.  This project will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers  willing to place these caches. 

After locating the cache container, take some time to reflect back on the lives of those pioneers and the effort it took to make Colorado such a great state.

If you are interested in joining the “Walking Through History Clan” contact may be made by sending an e-mail to the owner of “Colorado Spirit Quest #1 – Mo untain Passage”.  Use the ‘Send Message” link at the center of the page of their profile.

Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its maintenance.

REMEMBER:

If you are APPREHENSIVE about cemeteries – AVOID this series.

Thanks to Clan Members: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, Grand High Pobah, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, LadyCoots, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man, *Sparky*, TwoCs, Outdrlvr201, Condor1, 2Cachedivers, arthurat, smilz787, Kyotmoon, Mountain Roamer, SugarPug, Team Tiger Pride, ernie66, drnetwork, Team w-bar-v and Dynamite Rabbit.   New Clan members are always Welcome

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The cache container is a camoed 35mm film canister.  You will not need to enter the cemetery to find the cache.

This cemetery contains about 9 headstones.  Most have been tipped over by vandals.

The walk from the gate to the actual cemetery is about 0.5 miles roundtrip in a field.  The ground is somewhat uneven which is the reason for the terrain of 2.

Additional Waypoints

TH1Y3RQ - Gate
N 38° 51.618 W 103° 08.735
Gate through the fencing and parking

06/24/2019 By LostinDenver
Today I hooked up with @WindAtMyBack and @2lablovers to load up our covered wagon and head east. My covered wagon is a newer model, the FJ Cruiser made by Toyota. From Aurora we headed toward Limon and then migrated south and further east. It was a productive day. We managed to avoid bad weather (only a little sprinkling). Along the way we saw at least 15 hawks, a burrowing owl den, a burrowing owl, many other types of birds and one snake. Unfortunately this bullsnake crossed the road at the same time as a vehicle and we only found him lying there, motionless. We also checked out Arroyo, a ghost town. We also saw a bunch of prairie dogs, and most importantly, lots of caches! We found 38 out here and had a great time. Before ending our day we had visited Hugo, Limon, Boyero, and Bennett. Thanks for the fun!
These small cemeteries are sad. Sad not only because it represents the burial places of the dead, but also because it feels so lonely and unvisited here. So tiny. I'm glad its being preserved. TFTC!

06/24/2019 By 2lablovers
Fun day of caching with LostinDenver and WindAtMyBack. Headed east hitting Limon, Hugo and Aroya. Got a total of 38 caches. It was a little hotter than we expected out on the plains but nothing unbearable. Naturally we didn't get as many as we wanted (do we ever?) but that just means we will have to make another trip ! A bit of a walk to get to this one. Very large prairie dog holes - we were careful not to step in one. All the rain we have gotten has produced some beautiful flowers.

06/24/2019 By WindAtMyBack
Found with @2lablovers and @LostinDenver TFTC

05/27/2019 By Qaz
Found this cache along the way down to Geowoodstock. Started the trip off with a 13-county loop around Colorado to try and get some of the counties that I am not normally near or might get to again. After that it was a nice trip of 5 States in one day as I travel further to Fort Worth, Texas. Tons of awesome caches preselected for counties, virtuals, earthcache or the age of the cache. Some got picked because they looked interesting as I drove through the area. So many good stops along the way took a 11-hour drive into a three-day drive. All the corners of the states along the way are great places to stop as well. I met other cachers along the way and ran into some headed the same direction. At a couple points I met up with a couple police officers and got to chat with them about geocaching. Another great reason to keep some printouts of what geocaching is in your car with you at all times. Thank you to all of the cache owners for keeping these active for all of us to find on our travels. I usually put jokes in all of my logs, but these logs are already going on long enough and honestly after 7 days of solo caching and the extreme cache hunting going on in Texas, I’m tired of caching! Now on to the hard part, documenting everything I saw and did while on this trip. So many photo and caches, it’s been an amazing trip. Again, thank you to all the CO’s and other cachers I met this past week!

08/29/2018 By Hives
Continuing our trek from MN to CO and gathering counties and cemeteries along the way. Wasn't sure I was going to go for this one when I saw how far from the road it was. But then I said "I can see it and it's only just up there" and went for it. Glad I did. A fun out of the way spot you wouldn't visit otherwise. Nice hide. SL. TFTC

06/26/2018 By blasingfam
So glad to get a smiley on this! I made the trek through the field and enjoyed being cheered on with the chirping of crickets and birds. I also enjoyed seeing some flowering cacti. I took time to look over the cemetery. I love cemetery caches because there is so much history to them. TFTF

06/07/2018 By MorkIsle
TFTC! Always enjoy caches placed in cemeteries. One learns so much history while wandering through.

06/07/2018 By AroPark Lady
TFTC! This was a wonderful experience to walk through the field to this cemetery. But what a shame someone would come here and desecrate the grave sites. The cacti were blooming in the field - red and yellow.

04/06/2017 By TheBrecks
Out finding some solved puzzles and other interesting caches on this beautiful Colorado day. Thanks for placing this cache for me to find today. Beautiful views here, but I'm missing my mountains. Enjoyed finding a Colorado Spirit Quest cache.