GC8CC4 Virtual Cache The Power Of Water
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual Virtual | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1 out of 5
By: Dan Edwards @ | Hide Date: 09/10/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 25.735 W105° 19.117 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 25
Quick virtual Cache that provides a place to reflect as you travel up Big Thompson Canyon
As you travel up the Big Thompson Canyon you will notice a lot of signs that say "In case of flood, climb to safety". Those signs are part of the lessons learned from the Big Thompson Flood of 1976. One lesson learned was that it is natural instinct to stay in your car during a flash flood. It is this instinct that kills many people in a flash flood situation. Please take moment to reflect on the huge loss suffered by a large number of families that evening. Here is a link to a great flash slideshow from the Coloradoan about the Big Thompson flood. If you would like to see what lessons were learned from the flood you can find out more here. More information about flash floods can be found here.

In order to claim this cache you will need to tell me two things in an email. The number of people listed as killed on this memorial, and the almost unbelievable amount of water flowing down the canyon in CFS. No Internet "finds" please - use your GPS to find the site.

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Found it 06/21/2019 By Cache Couple 2
We started our journey today from Estes Park to Fort Collins following the big Thompson River. What a fabulous drive it was following the river through the canyon. From there we headed north to Cheyenne and up to Curt Gowdy state park. Along the way we stopped to do some geocaching. TFTC

Found it 06/07/2019 By Beach Bum Doggies
Message sent with the answers. While staying this year there were daily thunderstorms with a high snow pack that concerns us being near the Big Thompson. Thanks for the cache.

Found it 06/03/2019 By Dr. Who and K-9
Wow that must have been a real horrible day. Driving down this road from Estes Park, I can see the real danger of that situation. Sad day indeed. Thanks for bringing us here.

Found it 05/14/2019 By Diz&Dave
Greetings from the UK?. We are on our holidays!!! We are on a 12-day road trip around Colorado, Utah and Wyoming (a geocaching road trip from Denver to Yellowstone and back again), staying in Air BnB’s en route. Day 1: One cache near the first Air BnB to get us started Day 2: Morning caching around Denver and then headed out on the Mount Evans scenic route ?Day 3: Denver to Colorado Springs, collecting a few caches en-route. Made a snap decision to head out to collect some earthcaches , discovered the amazing Garden of the Gods , Manitou Springs, and the lovely Memorial park. Day 4: A trip up to Pike’s Peak and then a slow cache and dash to Glenwood Springs ? . Day 5: Cached to Vernal via Craig and a scenic drive through the National Dinosaur Monument to Harper’s corner . Day 6: Set off from Vernal, visited the brilliant National Dinosaur Monument , then drove the scenic roadway to Rock Springs, more caching en-route. Day 7: Today was Wildlife Day! Rock Springs to Jackson, and the Teton National park. We saw: Pronged antelope, 2 Moose(s), Bighorn Mountain, Elk herds , an osprey . Day 8: The day we saw three bears !! to West Yellowstone, collected a cache in Idaho. Arrived Yellowstone late morning and had a fantastic time in Yellowstone , amongst the Bison. We had a lot of snow showers???. We watched Old Faithful and did lots of of geography homework earthcaches and virtuals . Day 9: A great morning exploring Yellowstone Park -tastic and loved the stroll around the mud pots. On the long, slow drive to Lander, were we spotted Pronghorns and Mountain Sheep – in the road! We did some caching en-oute, as well as stopping for some chocolates from the Cowboy Chocolatier in Meeteetse. Day 10: Today we met up with a local cacher, who had kindly offered to show us the sights/caches of Lander. And… had an amazing day, not only did we pick up some fun caches, we walked some beautiful trails, in great company and learnt a lot about the local history. Original Wildman was incredibly generous with his time and his hospitality. Day 11. A cache and dash to Cheyenne via Laramie, saw lots of Pronghorns and Jack rabbits , collected 23 caches and spotted some very large cowboy boots in downtown Cheyenne.
Day 12: Our penultimate day, and last full day started with a great breakfast at Epic Egg ,we then started the drive to Denver, with a final epic days caching as we had several challenge caches to pick up (with great D/T ratings) and some by Egreog, as his came recommended by the Original Wildman . We also decided after a morning urban caching to take a tour out to Estes Park , and collect some of Bug Rangers’ very creative caches . This meant that we arrived at our BnB quite late, but our hostess was amazing, and we then headed out for a late dinner, minding Meadowlark, which had fab food, and now pack to pack and log, before a last morning in downtown Denver – 38 caches in all today.

Dave has emailed the CO the answers. TFTC ?

Found it 03/30/2019 By beluga_squad
I've driven by this so many times without seeing it. It was cool to stop and get a chance to check it out with @giacaches. TFTC :)

Found it 09/30/2018 By Gr8-pkin
Quick and easy find while spending the day exploring Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. TFTC! Very beautiful memorial.

Answers sent.

Found it 09/26/2018 By Rock Chalk
Our Colorado vacation continued today with a drive from Estes Park to Ft Collins. We spent a lot of time talking about this virtual while continuing our drive east along the river. Hard to imagine such a deluge of water here. Answers are on the way. TFTC!

Found it 09/08/2018 By carcamjil
Found it. What an interesting memorial to those who lost their lives.

Found it 09/02/2018 By Firemnky
On a Fall trip through Colorado doing some caching and seeing the sites. A beautiful scenic drive through Rocky Mountain National Park. Visiting the downtown areas of Boulder, Denver, Castle Rock and Colorado Springs to name a few. We enjoyed a beautiful hike on the Barr trail at the Summit of Pikes Peak. It was a wonderful trip with quite a bit of caching thrown in along the way. Thanks to all the CO's for all the caches along the way. Answers messaged.

Found it 08/23/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
I remember reading about the disaster years ago and realizing that had passed thru the canyon earlier in my life. My answers will be along shortly; good job and TFTC!

Found it 08/21/2018 By korriaan
On a trip from St. Louis to Seattle and seeing the sights in between. Wow...what a bit of history, and so very sad. Thanks so much for bringing me here.
Answers sent.

Found it 08/18/2018 By SeekDaCache
Caching our way to the Coffee on 8-18-18: International Geocaching Day in Estes Park. Very nic memorial. E-mail CO answer and will upload photo shortly. SL,TFTVC
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Found it 08/07/2018 By wogunhiker
Made the find and will send an email to CO. We found this site very touching and memorable. Thank you for bringing us here.

Found it 08/04/2018 By jamadad
Interesting virtual. Messaged my answers to CO. TFTC

Found it 07/31/2018 By Matze k
Today, the last day for us in America, Kattherine and I visited a few Virtual on the way to the hotel and found out the answers.
GC8CC4

Found it 07/31/2018 By Kattherine
Found this one today with Matze k on our route from Estes Park to Denver.
Slowly found the answers and drive further.
Tftc
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Found it 07/26/2018 By mesa finds
Thanks for taking us to this spot!

Found it 07/25/2018 By TalonLS
TFTVC. Found with my dad today. Sad story.

Found it 07/25/2018 By OwenfromKC
TFTVC interesting bit of history at this Memorial. It would be hard to imagine that much water flowing through the canyon.

Found it 07/19/2018 By GotYour6
A beautiful tribute to the people who were lost during this flood. So sad to read all the names. Thanks for placing this Virtual cache for us to find.