From the Indian Creek TH on CO 67 ($6 parking fee) 10 miles west of Sedalia, this cache is about 2 miles away on the Ringtail Trail. Start on Indian Creek #800 right at the parking lot. When it hits the old dump road (closed to motor vehicles) go straight across to the Ringtail Trail and further up from there. This is a full size ammo can.
Before the advent of the internal combustion engine just slightly more than 100 years ago, folks relied on horses and mules for transportation both riding and pulling buggies and wagons. Then, before the mountain bike about 35 years ago, the only folks on trails were hikers and horseback riders. Now when we pass folks on our horses, many have never seen one up close. Some are interested and friendly, others are afraid or unsure how to approach our docile, prey (vegan) animals who can be startled sometimes by unexpected movement (dogs and humans are preditors). Unfortunately a few are visibly perturbed for various reasons and sometimes work actively to eliminate horse access from even the most historic trails. This makes me sad that the disconnect has come so swiftly.
Here is a poem from a piece of art I purchased many years ago at Cheyenne Frontier Days. It says exactly what I feel:
They Rode Good Horses
by Don Bishop
As they rode into the twentieth century, the farthest
they'd seen was from the highest hill they'd climbed on a horse.
The farthest they'd traveled was as far as a good horse could
take them. The earth turned because horses pulled their plows.
Horses helped them reach their horizons and their dreams.
One hundred years later, for a lucky few, that hasn't changed.
I count myself to be one of those lucky few. I hope you enjoy this trail and finding this cache. I have two more further down the same trail.
The Heritage of Horses
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