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Leik's LetterboxType: Letterbox | Size: Regular 
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| Terrain: By: 3 Williams Kidz @ | Hide Date: 09/10/2016 | Status: Available Country: United States | State: Colorado Coordinates: N38° 59.160 W105° 01.783 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0 
UPDATE 11 June 2017: Stage 1 is now a camo bison tube in a spruce tree, 5 feet up, 6 feet west of the wooden sign. This KID FRIENDLY geocache is named after Leik (pronounced “Lake”) who is one of the 3 Williams Kidz. When this cache was placed in September of 2016, he was 10 years old. This is “Leik’s Letterbox” because Leik owned both the bison tube and the ammo can -- details on that are toward the bottom of the cache description. There is a bison tube at the posted coordinates, and an ammo can final. The trackable code for the letterbox icon geocoin listed as being in the cache is a printout that is laminated on the inside lid of the ammo can, and also on the inside cover of the logbook – please discover this geocoin, to add that uncommon icon to your Public Profile trackables history. From www.letterboxing.org Letterboxing is an intriguing “treasure hunt” style outdoor activity. Letterboxers hide small, weatherproof boxes in publicly-accessible places (like parks) and post clues to finding the box online on one of several Web sites. However, clues to finding some of the most highly-sought boxes are passed around by word of mouth. There are about 90,000 active letterboxes hidden in North America alone. Individual letterboxes usually contain a log book, an often hand-carved rubber stamp and occasionally contain an ink pad. Finders make an imprint of the letterbox’s stamp on their personal log book, and leave an imprint of their personal stamp on the letterbox’s logbook. Keeping with this tradition, there is a silver bison tube at the posted coordinates, which is at the parking location and trailhead to the Paradise Open Space. Realizing that some cachers are averse to field puzzles, the coordinates to the ammo can final cache are on a small, laminated piece of paper in the bison tube. Once you enter a waypoint for the final location into your GPS or SmartPhone, please return the piece of paper to the bison tube, as it is the only one in there. The ink stamp that is in the ammo can final is the text only “3 Williams Kidz” stamp that we used to sign cache logs for a couple of years, before we upgraded to the stamp we now use. There is NOT an ink pad in the ammo can, as the stamp is self-inking. And, we have found several letterbox caches in which the ink pad just leaked all over, creating a big huge mess. The trailhead is at the northwest corner of the parking area, and goes north. The final location is about 600 feet straight line from parking along an easy trail with less than 100 feet of elevation gain (although snow and ice will make the short hike more difficult). There is a great view of southern Woodland Park and Pikes Peak while enroute the final (photo attached), but there are no cliffs or drop-offs. All too often, we equate “great views” with “dangerous terrain”. That is not the case here. This is “Leik’s Letterbox” because Leik owned both the bison tube and the ammo can. He received the bison tube as a gift from geocachers estrek while we were near Granby and Grand Lake, Colorado on 6/28/2015. We were all looking for the “Ol’ Fishin’ Hole” cache (GC3V9DY) – between estrek and ourselves, we had 3 adults and 3 kids looking for a 2/2 micro for 20 minutes, half of which was in a light rain. Leik came up with the find, and as thanks, estrek gave him the silver bison tube. Then on 12/20/2015 we attended the “GCCO Presents: 2015 Holiday Party!” event (GC64B6T) in Castle Rock, Colorado. Leik got the ammo can in the gift exchange. CONGRATULATIONS to jherber for being FTF less than one hour after the cache published -- and just over a month after a knee replacement ! Additional Waypoints
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Bison tube: Spruce tree, five feet up, attached by a fluorescent orange zip tie. There is a SPOILER photo. Ammo can: South side of a low juniper (see spoiler photo).
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