Cache of the Living Dead

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Hidden On: 10 Oct 2001
Waypoint (Landmark): N0229E
Open Cache:  Non-commercial use only
Cache type:  Normal
Cache size:   Normal

Difficulty:  (easy)
Terrain:  (easy)

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Clues:    decode

• Clue 1 
  jura lbh frr n fvta ybbx sbe gur pnpur va n pbbyre cynpr

Pictures:

 Aerial Photograph of Livermore (1939)

 Aerial Photograph of Livermore (Today)

I made a long-overdue maintenance visit to this cache to clean it up a bit after getting a few reports that it desperately needed some attention. I'm afraid that the large cache configuration was a little too ambitious for this cache so I scaled it back to regular size. I think it's still a pretty decent cache for that handful of cachers who aren't geo sheep. Think outside the frog!

I was in the area and I thought I would check out the new location of this cache. No flooding, so it was an easy walk. I must admit, I like this location better than the previous (see my logs in 2005). TFTC!

I headed East today looking for a decent hike. There are a lot of new caches in my area, but only about 1 in 50 is worth going after. Lots and lots of stop and drop stuff.
I have been wanting to do this cache for a long time. I was a big fan of "Night of the Living Dead." When I started down the trail towards the cache, I was stoped short by a huge lake right in front of me. I thought, oh well, I will just go back towards the parking spot, keep the water on my right and bushwack across the valley when I can. WRONG!!! I hiked about .3 when I came to the river again. The cache is now on an island!! The water is backed up so far that I could not get across the moat anywhere. It was a nice hike, but I did not get anywhere near the cache. Will be back when the water recedes. Even if I did check out the cemetary with all the "No Trespassing" signs, I would not admit it in writing.

Out caching with D@nim@l, docditto, lux today prior to the Burning Micro event. This one opened a few wounds...but all is well. TFTC QM....

Found with Lux, Steel City Babe #8 and D@nim@l today. Took us a few minutes to home in on the final, but Lux eventually nabbed it. Nice work on the container! Thanks for the cache!

Team Rambo consisted of Don and Ted today. We made the trip out here from Beaver County to ride the Ghost Town Trail on Wednesday, then ride the West Penn Rail Trail on Thursday. We ended with 80 miles and 17 caches on this 2 day trip. Not a bad way to spend the middle of the week.
As usual Quest Masters caches never disapoint!! I do think however that the hiding spot has been compromised. It seemed a little "out in the open". It was just sitting there in plain site. I rehid it as best I could using the stick-camo that I thought was ment to be used.

We also enjoyed the story on the cache page. Thanks for another great cache QM!!

My 70th cache! And #1 of 4 today. I always enjoy a cache by Questmaster. I tried this cache back in the summer and it was quite tough with all the briars and vines. Of course, now in Autumn, this cache is a different story. It was quite naked without all the vegetation. Easy find. My GPS pointed me 15 feet in a direction that was 180 degrees from where I found it, but my GPS couldn't be too far off since the cache was within the accuracy circle and the cache was secured. Thanks Johnny for a neat cache with an interesting history of the area!

Stumped by another QuestMaster cache! Easy walk to the cache except for the last 20 feet. It seems like the area was just mowed within the past month, so the path going in was easy to find. I bulldozed in the last 15-20 feet, so the next person has it a bit easier. I question whether QuestMaster actually "placed" this cache or lobbed it into the "haystack" of briars. Who knows; I probably stepped on it without knowing it. I'll be back, either with a machete or either in late autumn when the vegetation dies back.

Normally when I'm dealing with a known undead infestation, I like to be much more prepared. As it was, Kyrie said "Let's go geocaching" so I went with no advance planning. I took my bicycle because I wanted to log the West Penn Trail on LocalHikes.com and didn't have a track over Bow Ridge. (visit link) We would seek out the cache together and then I would ride the bike to the Conemaugh Dam where Kyrie would meet me with the car.

Sure, it was a Saturday afternoon but zombies are nocturnal only in the movies. Attacks can come anytime, anywhere but there were no revenants this time. No sign of zombies at all. I'm not sure whether I was relieved or disappointed.

Previous geocachers had made a clear path and I did go into the thick of things after trying a few less painful options. No luck. So I worked my way back out and started again, only to find myself, with bare legs and Lycra bike shorts, going back into the thorns. I saw the cache on this second attempt but my denim-clad Kyrie actually made the recovery.

Half way back to the West Penn Trail, I went on ahead on my bike leaving Kyrie with the advice that she should keep to the trail. Any zombies could be easily outrun if she didn't panic. There would be plenty of time to call on the cell phone for backup if necessary although I didn't think that would be necessary.

There was a moment of concern when I arrived at Conemaugh Dam before she did but it turned out that she had merely missed a turn and had not been accosted by zombies.

#2 of 3 today: The whole Nellsnake team went out to the east today to find a few caches. The kids were excited to look for this one after hearing the interesting story of the area given in the cache description. We were able to find the parking coordinates easily, and when we got out of the car, we noticed a slight smell of smoke, but didn't think much of it at the time. We made our way to the start of the jeep trail and had a fairly pleasant walk through the woods and then open field, as the grass got ever longer. There was a lot of poison ivy embedded in the tall grass as well, but fortunately we were all wearing long pants. Some of the grass was actually taller than the youngest Nellsnake team member. This area must get to be quite a jungle by the late summer. We found the cache fairly quickly, especially since there has become a slight geo-trail leading to it. I like the precautions taken by the owner to prevent the cache from being taken away by muggles! We took a miniature racing car and dropped off the Eeyore in the Pink TB (that QM had dropped off yesterday in Team K-9's new cache) and some kangaroo stickers that we picked up in Australia. Unfortunately, I forgot to write down the tracking number for the TB before I dropped him off, so I will need to contact its owners so that its movement can be accurately recorded. On the way back out, we starting hearing loud voices on a PA system in the distance, and the smell of smoke got much stronger as we crossed the field again. It turns out that a fire had gotten out of control and a bunch of firetrucks and an ambulance were speeding over to the area. We made our way out of the area quickly at that point. Thanks for an interesting adventure, QM!