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Realtime Content, Cover Stories

By Photo Submission Sat, May 23, 2009

Photos in View from the Cache will be rotating, with new submissions replacing earlier ones. Mouse over for Photo details and who submitted them.

View of the gorge

View from MNLVSMazatlan2

In January I celebrated my 60th Birthday with my wife and Brother in Mazatlan, Mexico. We were deep sea fishing on my birthday. My brother and I found several caches, one on the way to the top of the lighthouse. I have made this trip to the top several times. On the way back down I said there should be a cache on the top of the El Faro. So a couple of days later we made the hike back up. The base is at sea level and the elevation on top is about 520 ft. above sea level. So if you are ever in Mazatlan MX, find Minnesota loves Mazatlan. (GC23R8E)

Bob Kerry Pedestrian Bridge

eyes among the trees

Have you ever been "on the hunt" and felt like you were being watched?
I don't mean in the middle of muggleville, while you're "tieing your
shoes for the fourth time looking under the park bench for that blinky
cache. Out in the woods, all by yourself, and that burning, someone's
out there feeling comes over you. Jewell Park, in Bellevue, Nebraska
is one of those places where you ARE being watched nearly the entire
time you're searching for the numerous caches hidden therein. Only
some of the eyes watching are animal. Locals say the place is
haunted, but you shouldn't believe them...or should you?

bronze sculptures of old man and woman

tree reflected in water

reservoir

Bear's Bonsai (GC1BK9V) hidden by Kasha's Cachers.

To get to this cache, we had to cross a collapsed concrete slab bridge, then walk about a mile through a river gorge along abandoned Bear Creek Boulevard. When we arrived at the cache site, we were in a small meadow of scrub grass growing on an area of culm (mine waste from the anthracite mining industry), and the cache was hidden in among a pile of large boulders. It was rather a disappointment after the hike through the shady ravine, but then I stepped over to the edge of the grassy area and saw the lovely and unexpected view. The picture shows the Coalbrook Reservoir which is formed by the damming of the Laurel Run in Plains Township (PA). If you look closely, you can see two people sitting on the edge of the dam. This view from the cache was definitely worth making the hike!

wooden bridge

swampland

koi feeding frenzy

preying mantis

seashore in Wales

smooth lake waters Loess Hills before a storm View of grassy slope with tree at the crest Bronze statue grandfather,granddaughter playing checkers close up of dragonfly approaching storm mountain view Trail through trees mountain lake road through mountain valley