GC4QB55 Traditional Cache Miracinonyx The American Cheetah (Zoology series)
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Thystle @ | Hide Date: 10/14/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 11.269 W104° 49.996 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Available at all times  Parking available  Watch for livestock  Park and Grab 

Cache-n-dash along a dirt road in Greenland/Larkspur

Inspired in part by Tom.Dog’s American Wildlife series. That, and he already has a “Pronghorn” cache- let’s do one about the pronghorn’s now extinct predator!

For others in the zoology series, see  GC2VGB6 Xenarthra  (adopted by Misery68) and GC4QB47 Grus canadensis.

During the Pleistocene era, a cheetah-like cat stalked the Great Plains.  This huge cat is presumed to have been more closely related to the puma than to modern African cheetahs, though they did have similar characteristics, including incredible speeds.  They counted pronghorn among their prey animals, and were the only North American predator able to match a pronghorn’s 60MPH speeds.

Can you imagine a cat able to chase down a car doing the 55 MPH speed limit?  Nevermind. This is Colorado- everyone does 90 in the 55 zones.

Anyhoo, this is an area these magnificent cats once roamed. Some of the local fossils (and Larkspur has plenty) might even be cheetah remains.

Cache is a small pill bottle. Please bring a pen.

Congrats to JC's Girl for the FTF!
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Not reflective, but POSTed nearby

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/28/2019 By berg_kids
Found while bike caching.

Found it 06/01/2019 By K Trackers
Picked this one up while in the local area. Thanks to the Co for placing this nice cache for everyone to find, TFTC.

Found it 05/09/2019 By prerules
Nicely done. Signed log.

Thanks Thystle for giving me a reason to get outside. It’s always worth it when you are enjoying nature. There is nothing better than acting like a kid again, digging through weeds and climbing trees, all to sign my name on a piece of paper.

Found with Cachly for IOS.

prerules | Parker, CO
Geocache find #858
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Found it 05/04/2019 By LostinDenver
Today, after the CITO, I cached around the Larkspur/Palmer Lake/Monument area. There are several caches around that I haven't grabbed and this was the day to change that. During my journey I was enchanted by big blue skies and beautiful views of the mountains.
I have several caches in Pronghorn Natural Area which is east of Aurora, Colorado. Happy to report no Miracinonyx sightings there or here. TFTC!

Found it 01/06/2019 By SquirtsExplorers
TFTC! #1500 in the books! Windy but great views.

Found it 08/04/2018 By Avgirls33
Found this one while taking a detour from the I25 traffic jam. TFTC.

Found it 07/14/2018 By Path_Lighter
Wow, another beautiful view! Had to take a 360 video while I was here. Such almost untouched (power poles) land. Hardly ever seen anymore around here. Tftc

Found it 04/14/2018 By Berb57
Found with Thierry B on a blistery but sunny day. Thanks.

Found it 04/14/2018 By Thierry B
TFTC

Found it 02/17/2018 By WileECacher
Just a few feet from the last one which was pretty easy we actually could have walked here I think instead of driving. But we drove anyway. Most of the camo is gone on this peanut butter jar. Happy caching.