GC34G6Q Colorado Spirit Quest #411 - Vakovsky Memorial
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: The Meandering Monkeys @ | Hide Date: 09/06/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 04.698 W107° 02.555 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
         

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Colorado Spirit Quest Series Peter Vakovsky Memorial

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Micro located at memorial. Bring your own pen & tweezers. Do NOT disturb or deface any memorials.

Please make sure container is closed securely and re-hidden as well or better than you found it. Maintaining the difficulty rating depends on you.

History:

In August 2011, Peter Vakovsky (of Oxnard, CA) was in Colorado participating in a California motorcycle club group ride. The retired Vakovsky was a founder of L&V Construction in Glendale, CA. On August 18, 2011, Vakovsky was riding south on Hinsdale County Road 50 near Cathedral. Sadly, Vakovsky ran into a jeep and died instantly.

Memorials are placed on both sides of the road. A handmade wooden cross on one side and a white cross on the other side.

Memorial		Memorial Cross		Handmade Wood Cross

Please take some time to reflect back on the life of Peter Vakovsky and all accident victims.

Colorado Spirit Quest Information:

The Colorado Spirit Quest (CSQ) 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 provide a history tour of these cemeteries. If you are apprehensive about cemeteries, avoid this series.

The CSQ endeavor is an enormous and relentless task. It will only flourish if there is a multitude of volunteer cachers willing to place these caches. Each person that places a CSQ cache is responsible for its maintenance.

New volunteers are always Welcome!! If you are interested in being a part of this project, email the owner of Colorado Spirit Quest #1 – Golden Mountain Passage.

Thanks to the current volunteers: Greasepot, Taylorgeotracker, Ivy Dog Parents, Team Boogity3, Grand High Pobah, Boborr 80909, Imusttravel2000, Buzz Lightyear I, Sandhill 49er, MrVolkswagen, Isisfan, Rockymtn8iv, Fork-L-Man, Outdrlvr201, Condor1, 2Cachedivers, arthurat, smilz787, Kyotmoon, Mountain Roamer, SugarPug, Team Tiger Pride, ernie66, drnetwork, Team w-bar-v, Dynamite Rabbit, DustyKat, mtnbirders, RustyBeerCan & Marma, grymreaper, nteclpr, Moose1 & Mama Moose, Joe Friday, 3cacheteers, 3cacheteers, Dasha Aussies, KB0UMW, hiking_fool, tripping, res71cue and 1Mrs1Ogre, and nickgatt, kingbee, The misgnoners, rbradu, shashyaz&foxy, Bugranger Lyonden ut., Any Direction, Sewnssew, and The Meandering Monkeys.

Additional Waypoints

R134G6Q - Wood Cross
N 38° 04.698 W 107° 02.562

R234G6Q - White Cross
N 38° 04.703 W 107° 02.560

08/25/2016 By Back Country Horsemen
I've looked for this cache at least twice now (maybe even 3 times) in the last 3 years with no luck. The tied twig cross is no longer there as a previous cacher said & there are stickers on the white cross across the road for each Colorado outing year I assume the deceased made with the club. I have checked all the trees & rocks within 30' of GZ looking for a micro with no luck.

09/04/2013 By conrenae
Our GPS was all over the place. After looking for a long time we decided to think 'green' instead of rock gray. There is no longer any memorial on this side of the road. The one on the other side is nice.

06/02/2013 By elko dealers
We are caching our way to Lake City and having lots of fun.
SL T4TH

05/25/2013 By SnailMan1
Wow, a cache that is over a year and a half old and still not logged. My GPS never did want to settle down here. I would set it down and it would say 6ft and a few minutes later it would be above 30ft. I would move the GPS to a new location and it would initially say 6ft only to change a few minutes later. Needless to say I search far and wide. My wife finally join the search and I asked her to look at an area I had already searched since my GPS had pointed in that general direction. It wasn't too long before I heard her say found it. My only excuse is I must need new glasses. Overall we had a great drive along this deserted road. The scenery was beautiful and my biggest regret was that I had not brought my fishing pole along! Thanks for the cache and the FTF.

This entry was edited by SnailMan1 on Monday, 27 May 2013 at 02:44:53 UTC.

09/20/2011 By Alpine Reviewer
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