GeoCaching by Progneto - www.UtahWest.com

	9 Traditional Caches Hidden & Currently Active
	1 Virtual Cache Currently Active
	1 Traditional Cache Not Currently Active

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6/22/2002	Kiln on the Hill	My First Cache!
6/24/2002	Cottonwood Corporate Center Lake II	Easy Lunchtime Cache
6/25/2002	Brighton Virtual Cache	Virtual Cache - No Items
3/28/2004	Million Dollar View	Beautiful views of the Salt Lake Valley
5/29/2004	Stick'n 'round	Micro cache hidden in an Altoid tin. Another easy, lunchtime cache close to my others.
6/03/2004	Cottonwood Creek Highland Crossing	Another easy lunchtime cache, not far from my other ones.
7/10/2004	The HangOver	I used to go here to get away when I was a teenager. It is much harder to get to now.
7/10/2004	Sam's Corner	A quick leg stretcher
7/10/2004	ShelterBelt	Take a break under the shade trees at this shelter belt.
7/10/2004	In the Shadow of the Giants	Don't be dinosaur bait!

Kiln on the Hill Difficulty: Terrain:
Not long after I moved to Utah in 1993, I noticed this interesting structure driving up Big Cottonwood Canyon. After I got involved in GeoCaching, I decided to investigate further and ultimately decided to place a GeoCache at this location so other people could take a look at it too. I'm amazed at how many people have driven by this location and never seen it.

Cottonwood Corporate Center Lake II Difficulty: Terrain:
The original Cottonwood Corporate Center Lake Cache was the first traditional cache that I placed. This small lake only fills up early in the spring when the mountain snow melts faster than the water treatement facilities up the canyon can use the water. People like to take their dogs and let them swim in the water. The lake only gets about four feet deep so it is a pretty safe place for their dogs to swim. This area has boomed in the last few years with many new homes and many new businesses having been built here. Finally, after 64 visits, the county decided to do some clean-up in the area with bulldozers and the first cache was lost. This cache is it's replacement and it has been a very popular cache probably due to it's location and ease in locating it.

Thanks to Tootsie4 for this photograph of the cache.

Brighton Virtual Cache Difficulty: Terrain:
This is the first and only virtual cache that I have placed. The cache gives you clues in a rhyme. As you follow the clues, you have to answer questions and e-mail them to me describing certain items as you find them. This cache also requires that the GeoCacher use his GPSr's compass to find all of the answers. As with most virtual caches, once the GeoCacher has found all of the answers, he/she must e-mail the correct answers to me, the GeoCache owner. If the GeoCacher does not provide the proper answers, he/she is not allowed to post his/her visit to the cache. If a GeoCacher does log their visit without the proper answers, the GeoCache owner will delete the GeoCacher's log. Personally, I prefer virtual caches where my son prefers traditional caches.

Progneto's Million Dollar View Cache Difficulty: Terrain:
This cache is my fourth traditional cache. My son, WolfBlade and I, wanted to place a cache just north of this one but further up on the side of the mountain near some old mining equipment. Unfortunately, the area we wanted to post the cache in was posted with "No Trespassing" signs. There are some caches further up the mountain from where we finally placed this one but we wanted to place one that was easier for people who are not able to access caches that require difficult hikes or climbs. I suffer from a chronic back problem and am not able to go to some of the more difficult caches. The view is outstanding from this cache. You have a great view of Salt Lake City as well as the Great Salt Lake. Homes with this kind of view have been known to cost over One Million $$$!

Stick'n 'round Cache Difficulty: Terrain:
This is a micro cache that is in an Altoid tin. The location of this cache makes it an easy target for someone working in the Cottonwood Corporate Center to find it on a short lunchbreak. It isn't too far from my Cottonwood Corporate Center Lake II and Progneto's Million Dollar View Caches.

Cottonwood Creek Highland Crossing Difficulty: Terrain:

I have had my eye on this quaint little spot for about a year now. Just be very careful of the spring runoff. The cache is not dangerously close to the creek but if you have children with you, PLEASE do not let them get close to the water.

This is another easy, lunchtime, urban cache.

The HangOver Difficulty: Terrain:

N 36 20.388
W 101 09.509
WGS 84 Datum

Back in my high school days, I used to drive north out of my hometown of Spearman, Texas to get away in the canyons. One of my favorite spots was "the hangover". In 1991, work was completed on the Palo Duro Lake dam and now water covers the roads into the hangover. A couple years ago I was able to see the hangover from the Palo Duro Lake offices. I tried to find the hangover by coming in from the north instead of coming in from the south like I used to. We were never able to find the hangover this way. Well, now I have found it. The hangover reminds me of indian ruins. The rock slab hangs over the canyon about thirty or forty feet and is probably 70 or 80 feet wide. If you are in for a good hike, you will fall in love with this place. It is too bad that it is so hard to get to now. Chance are you will see plenty of deer, whitetail and muledeer. You might even see some turkeys in the canyons. There is also an owl nesting in the hangover. If you miss the owl, you will see the mess it has made and the fur balls it has spit up.

Please take water with you and ALWAYS WATCH FOR RATTLESNAKES in this part of the country.
This is a THREE MILE ROUND TRIP HIKE OVER ROCKY TERRAIN WITH CACTUS AND STEEP DROPOFFS

DRIVING TO THIS LOCATION IS NOT PERMITTED

Hint: The coordinates listed are just to the entrance of the hangover. When you enter the hangover, look about thirty feet to your left and the cache is hidden under a rock that is leaned up against the side. It is about 4 feet by 3 feet.

Sam's Corner Difficulty: Terrain:

N 36 06.003
W 100 49.303
WGS 84 Datum

This is a nice easy cache that will give you a little time to stretch your legs. Years ago, the people that ran this gas station had a Mina bird that could say a few things in English. They would take the bird to local area schools to entertain the children. My ex-wife grew up on the farm just to the east behind the station. Her grandparents lived in the farm house that remains until they died just after 2000.

Look under the awning to see the mud swallow nests.

Please ALWAYS WATCH FOR RATTLESNAKES in this part of the country.

Hint: Look under the conduit.

The Shelter Belt Difficulty: Terrain:

N 36 06.012
W 100 43.698
WGS 84 Datum

My grandfather ran a crew that planted shelterbelts in southwestern Oklahoma and in the Texas Panhandle back in the 1930's during the dustbows era. A shelterbelt is a long row trees, sometimes a mile long, planted to help slow down the winds that ravage the plains states. My grandfather was given a Model T to drive and a shotgun with all of the shells he needed so he could shoot any rabbits he saw. Rabbits would eat precious vegetation that held the soil together. When the vegetation was gone, the topsoil would blow away and contribute to the terrible dust storms of the the '30s.

This particular shelterbelt is very well known to oil workers, past and present, in this area. The road that turns south at the west end of this shelterbelt goes to the "North River Road". There are many oil and gas wells in this area.

Please ALWAYS WATCH FOR RATTLESNAKES in this part of the country.

Hint: Look about four feet west of the "Underground Telephone Line" sign.

In the Shadow of the Giants Difficulty: Terrain:

N 35 50.793
W 100 23.779
WGS 84 Datum

Seeing how much oil and gas there is in this area, there must have been millions of these critters in times past. Approach the cache from the North bound lane and please park far enough off of the road to avoid any accidents.

Please ALWAYS WATCH FOR RATTLESNAKES in this part of the country.

Hint: Look below the power pole.

Caches That are NOT Currently Active
All "archived" or non-active caches listed on GeoCaching.com have a red line through the name of the cache.

~~Cottonwood Corporate Center Lake~~

This was my first geocache. It was destroyed by bulldozers when the county decided to mow down some trees. I moved it to another location just a few feet from where it originally was and now it is the Cottonwood Corporate Center Lake II Cache.