GC8GW99 40 West ArtLine Cache #3
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: geocyclists85 @ | Hide Date: 12/11/2019 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 44.541 W105° 04.312 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
             

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This is another cache along the 40 West Artline in the West Colfax area of Lakewood. It is best approached by parking at the Arc Thrift Store and walking up the sidewalk north along Pierce Street. This is a high muggle area.  So please use stealth and put the cache back exactly as you found it so it blends in. This is a log-only cache so bring your own pen. Keep reading if you want information about the art pieces in this area...

The ArtLine is an art experience located along West Colfax Avenue.  If you do the entire ArtLine, it is 4 miles long.  It is accessible via RTD lightrail at the Lamar Station on the W Line and is very bikable or walkable too during the daylight hours. There is also street parking nearby on a side street if you are short on time and just want to find the cache.   There are more than 70 public art installations along the ArtLine.  My favorite is a piece called Hidden Dinosaurs by an artist named Michelle Wolins.  There are 11 similar structures along the ArtLine and each one has a "hidden" dinosaur in it.  Some are really obvious and others are more abstract.  This geocache is close to the one that hides a Dimetrodon with its large neural spine sail and another that contains the plant-eating Diplodocus.  Another fun nearby art pieces is Bird Song - have fun playing this musical instrument)!

For more information on the ArtLine and to find a map of the entire route, go to https://www.40westartline.org/   For a direct link to the Hidden Dinosaurs page (my favorite!), go to https://www.40westartline.org/art/story-totem-art-panels 

06/06/2022 By ižžų
Fun

05/08/2022 By texastimr
Flew to Denver for a geo-roadtrip to explore a part of the country I haven't been to before. Primary goal is to grab oldies like Tarryall and Mingo to finally complete my Jasmer calendar. Padding my county count, and a couple new states, on this trip, too. Having fun on day 5. TFTC!

04/26/2022 By Jbullfrog62
Headed South to Denver with Barasaur to cache and do some Adventure Labs. Met up with Fay and LA and cached with them. Logs were either stamped with my name or signed CEGT with the group. Had lots of fun spending the day caching.

04/24/2022 By Barasaur
Headed out for a day of caching with JBullFrog62. Met up with FayColSalTom and LASouthPaw to finish out the day with them. Caches were signed either as myself or as CEGT depending on when we all got together as a group. It was a very relaxing, perfect day to be out with friends enjoying some time together and grabbing smileys. Thanks for being part of our fun.

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04/24/2022 By lasouthpaw
We made this one a two-fer with the nearby AL stop. I didn't realize there was a traditional here until one of our group had it in his hot little hands. Thanks for the smiley!

What a day! Started out finding a few with FayColSalTom, then we joined forces with Barasaur and JBullfrog and went through Lakewood like a hot knife through butter. We mostly targeted Adventure Labs, but found just about anything that caught our interest and / or got in our way. Signed most logs as CEGT, signed a few with our own handles. The temps seemed to drop throughout the day, but that didn't slow us down. Even met a couple geocaching legends as we hopped from cache to cache. What an awesome adventure and I can't wait for the next one!

04/04/2020 By mondou2
Enjoyed the hunt for this cache. SL. Thanks for the fun!

03/26/2020 By BPickens
Took some searching but I found it. Nice hide! TFTC

03/16/2020 By Scaber
Blends in nicely. Thank you for placing this cache and helping to keep our recreation going.

03/14/2020 By krakNs
Awesome stuff

02/27/2020 By 2lablovers
Quick find. Interesting to see all the artwork. Thanks for bringing us here.