PLEASE TAKE NOTE: As of November 30, 2003, the 2.9 miles of dirt road from Interstate 80 to the area of the cache is a bit sloppy. For the time being I'd recommend an SUV or other four-wheel-drive. In addition, back-country boots will be far preferable to street shoes. The cache is a GI ammo can containing the following: -1 AA flashlight scabbard -6 bandaids -1 sheriff’s deputy shoulder patch -4 keyrings -3 junior deputy sheriff badges -6 pens -4 pencils -1 Walt Disney “Jose Carioca” figure -1 plastic crusader figure -4 packets of Ibuprofen -1 paper clamp -5 Wyoming bucking horse pins -4 erasers -Happy Haunt, the Hitchhiking Ghost (A Travel Bug, HH moved on not long after the cache was first hidden.) Exit Interstate 80 at Point of Rocks, Wyoming. Directly south of the interchange is a sign describing the history and location of the nearby Overland Stage Trail. (The Overland Stage Trail was a going concern between 1862 and 1869, when it was established and used as an alternate to the Sweetwater River-South Pass stretch of the Oregon Trail, avoiding the Indian trouble often encountered there. Particularly where it passed through Sweetwater County, Wyoming, it often followed the course of the longer-established Cherokee Trail.) Reset your odometer at the sign; you’ll be driving for another 2.9 miles. From the sign, drive a short distance west on the paved frontage road, then turn 90 degrees south and cross the Union Pacific railroad tracks. Follow this good dirt road generally west past the old Point of Rocks Stage Station, an official historical site and great place to check out once you’ve found the cache. As you continue west, you’ll notice a series of “Overland Trail” and “Cherokee Trail” markers along the road, which, along this stretch, follows the exact route of the original trails. As you approach 2.9 miles, you’ll see a Shiprock, a distinctive summit well known along the Overland Trail, to the southwest. Park where you can pull over between 2.9 and 3.0 miles from the sign - you’ll be within about 200 yards of the cache. |
8/27/2007 by team tiger pride
This one was a challenge to get too, the road is pretty narrow and slippery. TFTC
8/4/2007 by jeffhyle
This was the second of our caches for today. My daughter and I decided to take a trip to the Rock Springs area and attempt to beat our best one day cache total. We have been to the Rock Springs area a hand full of times. We hope to learn more about the history of the town. This cache gave me the opportunity to practice my mud bogging skills with the truck. The recent hard rains have made the dirt road a fun drive. I would definately recommend a high profile vehicle and preferably 4x4 to avoid getting stuck in potential ruts. We signed the log, and traded a travel bug. Thank you for the cache, it was cache #235!
7/9/2007 by GrumpyTwo
I'm traveling back to Idaho from a visit in Denver. I took Jake81499 advise and hiked across the "field" -- if that's what you want to call it. Nice hike! TNLN; TFTH.
7/7/2007 by Jake81499
Found it. I got some great pictures of settler signatures in the rocks not far from here dating back to the 1840s. It looked like they signed over the Indian drawings. I left the Traveling Bear travel bug.
6/18/2007 by grizzer
Great History of the overland stage route. TFTC T-sticker L-Smokey Bear Bag Clip & a small basket ball.
The Bear Necessities
Hints (Back)
The cache is on its side in a niche inside a rock; the niche faces generally north. If ever a rock was hollowed out to hold a cache, this is it!
Happy Haunt now sports a Wyoming bucking horse pin, as he has resided in the state long enough to rate one.