Sep 28 2009
Concord Rail Trail Cache
The caching activity for this past week has been a struggle to round up due to inclement weather and conflicts at work with the regular routine that I run on Tuesday. I did manage to squeak out one on Friday of last week.
The cache for the week was another in the continuing ‘Rail Trail’ series. In the good old days of yesteryear, New Hampshire was blessed with an abundance of rail road activity, after all there were not many cars on the road and one of the main mechanisms for commerce was to move goods from community to community by rail.
The cache was about a 15 minute drive from work (had to go the long way due to road construction). Upon arrival at the parking area, it was time to set out on the trek – almost ½ mile walk to the cache. Now, this particular rail trail – the rails were still in place even though no active train traffic traveled on this track. It is known that there are small carts that will travel along this particular rail.
It was gorgeous early Fall day with a crisp feeling in the air and just a tinge of color in the trees as the foliage is just starting to change. The cache was easy to find once we arrived at ‘ground zero’ and I am glad that it was not too far off from the trail as the property that boarders the trail is state prison property and it has the big signs ‘no trespassing – violaters may be shot’!
