GC5BWGZ Traditional Cache The Historic Rapids
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Moose1 & Mama Moose @ | Hide Date: 08/28/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 15.124 W105° 48.927 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Available during winter  Fuel Nearby  Food Nearby  GeoTour 

Make this one a "rapid" find! Cache and dash. BYOP

The Rapids Lodge, built by John Ish and his family, opened on June 12, 1915. This makes the lodge a century old in the summer of 2015....and is the same age as nearby Rocky Mountain National Park!

The building is built from local lodgepole pine and was the first building in Grand Lake to have running water and electricity, provided by a water wheel on North Inlet Creek.

Though gambling was illegal in the 1950s, there was action to be had at the Rapids! The lodge had a secret bell that was rung when aughorities pulled into the driveway. It alerted the guests, and allowed them time to "turn the tables" and hide the evidence of gambling.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/12/2019 By malloryharlan
Tftc

Found it 06/08/2019 By acejet76
Thanks for bringing us to this beautiful area. The cache is a clever hide.
We were in the area to look for moose and were very successful in spotting wildlife.

Found it 05/25/2019 By Cumitchy
Very fun thank tou

Found it 03/23/2019 By Sarahpuerner
1st geocache for us! Needed a little bit of help from the folks at the restaurant but we then figured it out.

Found it 02/02/2019 By Ghost__r4w
This took a while for me to spot. Coords being off sent me to the porch for too long

Found it 08/27/2018 By MontanaGarcia
Thanks!

Found it 08/12/2018 By Mp16
Coordinates are a bit off but not by too much. Don't overthink it. TFTC!

Found it 08/08/2018 By jmccabe80
Thanks

Found it 08/08/2018 By Kccory94
Done!

Found it 08/06/2018 By moose4me
Thank you for the geocache!!