Cemeteries in New York - and Other Haunted Caches

Only fair to head to the east coast to talk about a few haunted geocaches.  I called my friend Joe, and asked him how to write this with his Italian Brooklyn accent and he just called me a few names, that I for sure can not repeat.  So I called his brother, Vinnie, and he just hung up on me.  Guess I should have expected as much.  Use your imagination if you like, and add a bit of an accent, as you read some of these stories of haunted and graveyard caches.  I gotta say - these are pretty good.

I am so so not a fan of nano caches but this one has a nice little story.  Nice if you like plank walking and poltergeist.  Check out GCYW17 - Haunted NY - 17 Barrow Street, by pelagori.

Geocache description:

Third in a series of caches at famous haunted locations in New York! Overcome your fear of the unknown and visit the site of this restaurant where the poltergeist of Aaron Burr and others regularly play tricks on staff and guests… 

 The Life: 

 Famous mainly for his dueling skills these days, Aaron Burr was a stand-out in so many ways, and an active political career didn’t prevent him from having the time to be a prolific womanizer. He “gave the gift of his virginity” to a “lady” at 17 and then got down to business seducing everything in a skirt, including a married woman who later became his wife. 

He did have a very special relationship with his daughter Theodosia. Some say that Hamilton was able to goad Burr into the duel by suggesting he enjoyed an incestuous relationship with her. Whilst hard evidence for this is thin on the ground, there is certainly enough to suggest the relationship was one that modern day child services would frown upon. 

Theodosia died when pirates captured the boat she was sailing on and made her walk the plank, leaving Aaron alone with no wife or daughter, and with a dwindling money supply. The solution – marry a rich old lady! In this case none other than the Madame Jumel featured elsewhere in this series of caches. This didn’t last long – some say she booted him out for running through the family fortune too fast – I like to think he bailed after seeing the pitch fork being sharpened. Either way he died shortly after a pauper. 

The Haunting: 

Here, Aaron is reunited with this daughter for some after-life mischief. He is famous for pranking the guests for example by pulling the chair out from underneath them as they are about to sit, and she is known to tweak the ear-rings of the lady guests sitting at the bar. 

One thing for sure – if you see a ghostly apparition approaching armed with a pistol – run for cover – he shoots to kill! 

The Cache: 

Nano cache placed in what should be a fairly obvious spot. Look out for the muggle staff in the garage opposite! 

Tell  me, please, did you ever hear this story of Aaron Burr before now?  The writers of school books must have left out a few details.

Moving on - 

Creepy name and creepy location, this could be pretty neat to do on a foggy evening.  GCM972 - Knickerbocker Boneyard  is a multi cache, and thank goodness it ends with a regular size treasure.
Perfect Tommy  established this cache in 2004 and has 140 smiley faces to it's credit. Check out the info and make sure you check out the link to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.  Truly haunting.

Geocache description:

This is a four part multicache, consisting of three virtual stages and a final ammo can cache. You will start at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and need to gather information from some of the tenants of that necropolis to find the final cache.

The coordinates above will bring you to the family plot of "Dietrich Knickerbocker," a scribbler of some reknown. The black metal entrance gate to the burial plot has two numbers on it above Mr. Knickerbocker's real surname. Take the lesser of the two numbers, add 31 and then times that total by 4 to complete the North coordinate for Stage Two: N 41° 05.____. Now take the greater of the two numbers, subtract 44 and then times that total by 5 to complete the West coordinate of Stage Two: W 073° 51.____.

These coordinates will lead you to an immigrant's simple headstone. This individual was by occupation an expert cigar-roller. By avocation, he was an agitator. From this headstone, take a bearing of 111 degrees magnetic and go approximately 160 feet to arrive at a Celtic cross marking the grave of another immigrant, a bobbin boy who did well for himself (and did good for others). From this headstone, note the years (disregard the months and days) of the birth and death of the husband and wife and calculate two numbers: The age difference in years between the husband and wife and the number of years the wife survived the husband. Those values will be designated as A and B, respectively. Now add those numbers together and multiple it by the number of headstones in the family plot other than the Celtic cross and the headstones for the husband and wife. Take that number and add it to the following to get the North coordinate: 4105536; and the West coordinate: 7351366 for the Final Stage. You can walk from Stage Three to the Final Stage. Be forewarned that it gets a little muddy near Ground Zero (particularly after it rains) so you may want to wear appropriate footwear.

If you're not sure you have the right numbers, check the clues for confirmation. Keep in mind that the cemetery closes its gates promptly at 4:30 p.m. Maps of the cemetery are available at the cemetery office on weekdays. On the weekends, maps may sometimes be found outside the office. Although you can drive up to the first three virtual stages, some of the roads in the cemetery may not be suitable for vehicular traffic. If you drive, it is recommended that, on your way to Stage One, you pay your respects to the veterans of the Army of the Potomac interred near the Civil War Monument (N 41° 05.584 W 073° 51.726). Following the asphalt road to and then from the Monument will lead you to Stage One. Please rehide the physical cache as you found it, if not better, and keep an eye out for muggles. When logging online, PLEASE DO NOT reveal the identities of the internees!!

 After reading about Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, the cache description and then some of the comments about the 'finders', I asked myself just what kind of guy Perfect Tommy is, to come up with this creepy cache.  Then i saw this pic of him and many answers were answered. 






This one is definitely for October hunting.  GC36K3P - Haunted Wold Woods - was established by Tundra Wolf, and with a name like that, it is no wonder that he is comfortable with an area haunted by angry wolves and other nasty, biting creatures.  Check it out -

HAPPY HOWL--O--WEEN!

  To get the FULL effect of this listing and get into the spirit of the HOWL-O-Day, feel free to use this Utube link to Little Red Riding Hood, and listen to it while you read!

This cache is placed in the Oakley State Forest where you are liable to run across deer, pheasants, perhaps even a bear once in a great while, and of course LOADS of chipmunks and squirrels.

However, on moonlit nights close to the time of year when the sky is gray and the color of the landscape has muted into sedge and umber....when the seasons have not yet decided whether to send forth frost and snow or rainy dark days, you need to watch for the OTHER animals which inhabit these woods.....

 HAUNTED WOLVES! BEWARE THEM!

 They bode naught but ill!

If you insist on going on the hunt for this cache disguised as a "creepy crawly critter" despite the above warning, then start at the listed parking which is also the trail head for trail #1. Follow it back into the woods as it winds through increasingly dark and forbidding forest going from young and relatively thin to thickening Hemlock. 

When you get close to GZ you will need to leave the trail.... BUT TARRY NOT!....Beware the quick sand and grasping branches as well as the entangling adventitious roots! They will do their best to make sure you remain here L-O-N-G hence! 

I believe the area is perfect for this cache.  A couple of the remarks made by a 'finders' of the cache were really fun and I want to share.  Read these and take a brief moment of silence to honor a great cachers who  has parts still missing.  (you'll see what I mean)

ripraff  Found it 09/17/2013
I think that one cacher's creepy is another's peaceful. I found this little patch of hemlock forest to be serene, more so than the larger group by the lake. Even the nearby swamp lends only a quiet variation of color to the scene. (And then the cache spoiler deleted ) [ Thanks for leading us here, so close and yet so far from the path.

LCSM  Found it 10/16/2012 Ode to L.
I met L when she was a freshman in college. I was drawn to her eyes and captivated by her smile. Little did I realize that the first time I went to house, her parents would send me out in a canoe just as the tide was turning, and I would end up slogging back in mud up to my thighs, or that the first meal at her house would be road kill. . . I mean pheasant. I stuck with her, and her sense of adventure drew me in even more. She was great on the trail. . .but she took precautions. . . tons of bug spray, Tech-nu and rubbing alcohol, extra water. . . a trail plan. Today when she went out hiking, she wore her orange blaze vest just to be extra safe. She had a bright little flashlight with her to shine into hidey holes, before sticking her hands in. She had sent me some pictures from various caches, and told me that this was next on her list. She must have seen the cache, because she had logged it into her GPS already. . . but something happened when she put it back. Something awful. When we found her, she still had a triumphant smile on her face, so she must not have realized what was hiding in that hole. But, clearly, it saw her. We didn't recover her arm. . . just her hiking boots and her GPS with all of her logs and notes for the day. Cachers, BEWARE!

Well now - perhaps, if you decide to retrieve this cache, you could be on the lookout for a missing arm.  Time to get out of here and on to another.

North of Hicksville and south of Oyster Bay, and just a bit to the east, exist a great old mansion.  Other than the grafitti, it appears to be in pretty good shape.  Good shape for a haunted mansion.  I think that the ghost must keep a lot of people away.  But they didn't discourage Red 5 from placing this cache in the area.  This cache has some great pics.  Way too many for me to post so I suggest that you go to the link and check them out.

GC10CDT - is simply named Haunted Mansion.  Perfect.

Geocache description:

Located in Manetto Hills Park. 

There's a spooky old mansion located in these woods. Some people say you can still hear noises coming from inside, especially at night, but I assure you it's long been abandoned. No one knows what drove the prior inhabitants from this place, but the open doors and windows make it seem like they left it in a hurry, not caring what happened to the house, just wanting to get away. 

Park at the trail head where Mary Ln. meets Mary Ct. and follow the white blaze trail to the blue dot trail. Stay on the blue dot trail all the way to the old driveway. You'll pass within 200' of the house at a couple of points along the trail and you may be tempted to bushwhack, but I wouldn't recommend it. The thorns in these woods will tear you up. 

The cache is a regular sized Lock & Lock compatible container with the usual assortment of trade items and a log book. 

Enjoy! 

 Many cachers agreed that the area is 'creepy' but all thought it was a great cache.

By now I am thinking that readers are getting bored with these haunted cache stories, but I guess - if I am not totally bored then maybe your are not either, so I will be doing just one more.  Can't resist.  Especially since the word "Haunted" is once again, part of  the title. 

GCQB71 - Haunted Road -  by The Inkwell

Geocache description:

This is a micro cache located in Bond Lake Park, in Lewiston, NY. The cache was once a micro container, but was upgraded to a small camo'd tupperware container due to a ton of DNFs. 

You'll find this micro near Rainbow Lake; one of the seven lakes in Bond Lake Park. The parking area for this cache is located on Black Nose Springs Road. You can park in the parking area, or hike to this cache from any of the other caches in the park. Like most caches in this region, there is a fair amount of poison ivy in the area. However, we were able to avoid it while placing the cache. I would suggest that people wear long pants when going after this one, just to be on the safe side. 

Local folklore states that both the road and lake are haunted. In the late 1700's, the Seneca occupants of the area had a disagreement with a group of white settlers. It’s said that the settlers were killed; their bodies thrown in this small lake. Over the years, drivers have reported ghostly figures in their rearview mirrors while traveling on the road. Odd sounds have also been heard, as if someone were tapping or running alongside their cars. I'm not sure how much truth there is to this story. We didn't have any ghostly encounters while placing the cache. I can only hope that everyone else is so lucky :) 

Good luck and happy caching! :) 

The fact that the cache has been changed to a small is a super thing - I can't imagine that anyone would want to get lost in this creepy area while searching for a micro.

That's it for now.  There are so many more great New York spooky caches that I am pretty sure that I will return. From what I can tell, New York is almost as scary as New Mexico when it comes to the spirit of caching.

Check back soon and be careful where you wonder. 

 

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Is Everything Bigger In Texas? Like Mosquitoes? Or the Scary Caches Too?

I'm a bit obsessed with these haunted caches.  Or many just excited.  I talked to a few caching friends today and told each that I really want to plan a trip that will concentrate on graveyard and haunted caches.  Much to my delight, they all agreed to make a plan.  Now to make it happen.

We have all heard that things are BIGGER in Texas.  Right?  I wonder if that holds true with haunted caches. I began to research this and am not disappointed.  Check these out.

Ghosts Of Texas--Bonin Cemetery  GC4CCRE - by bubberdad was established in May of this year.

 

Here's how bubberdad describes his cache.  

This cemetery is located in north part of Spring off Goesling Rd. It is a private cemetery that has No Trespassing sign near entrance. 

Most names we see around this area are German, but this cemetery is from a French family, that came to Texas from Louisiana The Bonin family came from Louisiana to North Harris County, Texas in 1852 with 52 other French families. This area is known for the German settlers but there was also a large French settlement with last names like Bonin (Boney, Bonet, Bonnin, Bony), Pevateaux, LeLeux, Melancon, Boudreaux, Sellers.

To this point, it seems to be a nice, quiet cemetery, free of hauntings.  But, this cache is pretty young still.  I'll keep an eye on this one.

Another cemetery but this one has a music star in resident is -

Haunted Lubbock-Lubbock Cemetery - GC1KJJV   by  JONeill1229 

It appears that there are a number of sitings at this location but I am not finding any by cachers.  What are these spirits afraid of?  What's so scary about geocachers?  

Well, here's the description of this cache - 

This cache is in a series called "Haunted Lubbock" modeled after the Haunted Amarillo series. These caches are placed at supposedly "haunted" places in the Lubbock area. Want some creepy night caches? Try these. 

Established in 1892, the Lubbock Cemetery is said to be one of the largest burial sites in Texas with more than 60,000 graves. Paranormal researchers with the T.P.R.S. refer to the Lubbock Cemetery as "very" haunted. The Lubbock Cemetery is home to numerous shadow people, orbs and the most well-known apparition - the glowing man, described as a human torch-type of figure who wanders the graveyard. 

The gates of the cemetery close at sundown and it is in a questionable part of town. 

DO NOT GO AFTER THIS CACHE AT NIGHT! 

This is an easy park and grab, but please be respectful. Also be sure to stop by the grave of Buddy Holly while you're here. 

Here's one with an erie story from the past.  Personally, I would want to do this one at night, just because you can.  Check out the info about Heman's Sporting Goods - GC10VX7 -
 by toyota 4x405.

Geocache Description:

 This is a series of 12 caches throughout East Dallas County. All of the caches are either: 1. actually haunted or 2. An Urban Legend. I put this series out because I do believe in haunted places and ghosts and find it very interesting. I have done some research on these places and have found multiple sites talking about them. If you would like to try these caches during night, please be careful. I will not be held liable for any damage or any other behavior that goes on. If you have heard any stories, had any experience, or know that some of my information is wrong, please e-mail me. All pictures are welcome and if you take some, look for ghost related objects in your pictures. 

When it was Herman's sporting goods in the late 80's an ex employee was let in after hours where he killed almost every one in the store. People who have worked in there after that say they hear boxes moving, people laughing and then dead silence. 

 I just got an e-mail from Surrender The Booty's better half and she sent me a link to a picture. You have to check it out. Joseph Roland Lave.






 Yep - Herman's has possibilities. 

Sad stories sometimes make for the scariest locations.  This one definitely qualifies as a sad location, combined with the fact that it is about kids - I could see how their spirits could linger, play jokes and be down right annoying.  GC10VX2 Suicide High (Garland High School) would be a cache that could give you goose bumps if visiting at night.  From the description, the yard sounds pretty safe, but if the kids come out to play, it could be an entirely different story. Check out toyota 4x405 description.

This is a series of 12 caches throughout East Dallas County. All of the caches are either: 1. actually haunted or 2. An Urban Legend. I put this series out because I do believe in haunted places and ghosts and find it very interesting. I have done some research on these places and have found multiple sites talking about them. If you would like to try these caches during night, please be careful. I will not be held liable for any damage or any other behavior that goes on. If you have heard any stories, had any experience, or know that some of my information is wrong, please e-mail me. All pictures are welcome and if you take some, look for ghost related objects in your pictures. 

 Lakeview Centennial High School - Ever since it was opened in the 1970's, it was always considered the "bad" school. Over the years, it was given the name of "Suicide High". It was given this name because sometime in the late 70's a boy shot himself in the bathroom. Later on in the 80's a girl broke the mirror and slit her throat, a two girls found her. To this day, there are still no mirrors in the girl’s bathrooms (that I know of). Many students that attended Lakeview in the mid 90's committed suicide. In the bathrooms, sometimes you can hear footsteps when nobody else is in there. There are no windows in the school, and because of that, some students say that is why the rooms are so cold, and some say if feels like a prison. Students say there are cold spots in some places, and some say you can hear voices in the bathrooms.

In Amarillo Texas, York Tire - GC12QFQ - may just win the prize for haunted cache. There's a bit of a story to go with this location and some cachers get the heebie jeebies.  Captain&Crew pick a really good location but I wonder about the size.  When it comes to geocaching, size does matter, and this one if a mini-mirco.  You know the kind.  When you have to use tweezers to get that tiny little log out and can only sign your initials, if you are lucky.  Anyway, it sounds like it is a fun cache and even some who would generally pass it by because of it's size, enjoyed it.  So sit down with your coffee and read a bit about this cache.

not a muggle mug

Check out this description and see if you think you are brave enough to spend a little time with the elevator repair man.

Montie Townsend, the store's assistant manager, said he first encountered the ghosts after he went to work for the company almost five years ago. "When I first came to work here, we'd unload a truck and stack the tires in the back. The next day, the stack would be knocked over," Townsend said. "... Finally, I spoke to them and told them to quit knocking over the tires or else. They didn't do it again." Townsend said almost all of the company's 15 employees have had some sort of an encounter, from hearing footsteps behind them to seeing shadows move out of the corners of their eyes. "One day, I saw a person walking by, counting his change. He was wearing a gray uniform like the Westinghouse elevator repair people used to wear. ... He walked into the break room like he was going to get a Coke, and I went to see if he needed any help finding anything," Townsend said. "But nobody was there." The three-story building was constructed in the 1920s, and Townsend knows of at least one death inside its walls - an elevator repairman who fell down the length of the elevator shaft. "At one point, I think they brought in some people to check the building out, and they said there were several presences here, seven or eight different entities. I thought, ‘Pshaw, right.' But then, I saw the guy with the change." Amarillo Globe-News 2005

 Just in case you are having doubts, here's a couple of cachers who had a bit to say about his cache -

bassangler1970 - Found it 07/13/2009   Wow! I was so close to giving up on this and luck was on my side as I placed my fingers on the right spot. I have actually purchased a tire here and visited with a man who claimed to have heard the noises and actually SEEN the ghost. What a cool and chilling story.

hiltonii - Found it Found it 06/19/2007   If I could have bolted right to this one, I could have had a picnic with it. I think the ghosts love making light of the situation. I kept watching the icon on my GPS float right past me. If it makes any difference to anyone the coords my GPS finally settled down on were N 35.12.140 W 101.49.698

cbrkgraham - Found it Found it 04/21/2013   Getting out of the car, my husband and I both got goose bumps. The York Tire building is creepy!!! Had no problem finding the cache... think we just got lucky though. Great hide!!! :)

Another East Dallas County cache sounds like it would be scary but not one of the cachers that I read on the log seemed to see the spirit of the 'Lady'.  Come on Texas.  Where's your adventure?  Not many night cachers?

toyota4x405 had this to day about GC10VXB - Lady of the Lake

Lady of the Lake or White Lady has been seen here and on the road by the lake - dressed in a 1920's evening gown and soaking wet - she asks drivers for a ride to a house on Gaston Ave where she disappears leaving nothing but a wet stain on the seat. The story is that she was the daughter of a wealthy family in the 1920's. She was on her way home from a ball when her car wrecked in the lake - she drowned, but the others lived. 

Sometimes the best is saved for last.  I love the description of this cache and it is located in El Paso.  That would still be Texas but so close to New Mexico.  And to this point, New Mexico is still the scariest caching state. 

GC2MBYP - Arkham Horror  Cemetery - (this is where I am speechless; a rare event) I will just let the words of sexyboo tell you about this cache.  And Yes! that is this cacher's name.  Even I could not make that one up.

Geocache Description: ”That is not dead which can eternal lie And with strange aeons even death may die.” – H.P. Lovecraft 

Summary 

Welcome to the world of HP Lovecraft, a strange and sinister place of blood curdling terror, madness-inducing creatures of the imagination and, of course, caches! 

This series is based on the game Arkham Horror which in turn is based on the novels and short stories of pulp writer HP Lovecraft. In this series, you will play investigators following the trail of fellow investigator Harvey Redshirt McCauley, who was found murdered just prior to your investigations. HR left you a series of journal entries, photographs, and other clues that will help you find the pieces to the puzzle and in turn help you stave off the impending apocalypse. 

Sit back and enjoy the ride. But be careful! Strange, other worldly denizens lie in wait for the unwary traveler; a wrong turn could lead to madness or death! Have fun! 

Arkham & the Outer Realms 

 The original location for Lovecrafts stories was in and around the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts (loosely based on Salem). In addition, many of Lovecrafts stories also took place in wildly strange and sinister worlds outside of our own. To take the place of these locations, the city of El Paso, Texas & its surroundings will substitute for Arkham and its New Mexico neighbor to the north Las Cruces & its surroundings will substitute for the Outer Realms. 

The Elder Sign 

This arcane symbol is one of the view known items that will ward off the impending evils of the Outer Realms. As such, the final goal of this series is to locate the Elder Sign and thus save humanity from unspeakable terror and madness. But it will not be easy. While it is possible to find the Elder Sign without finding the other caches first, it will be next to impossible to access it without help from the other cache findings. 

Things You Will Need 

Since you are acting as an investigator as well as a geocacher, here are something of things that will prove useful during this series: 
 Tweezers! Some of the clues you will discover will require delicacy
 Pen. Pencils may not write on the arcane surfaces 
Gloves. Denizens of the dark may dwell with the clues 
Journal. Like HR, you may need to write things down occasionally 
Camera. Photographic evidence could help you find some of the clues 
Flashlight. Where would a good investigator be without a flashlight? 
Mirror. Some Things Should Not Be and you would not want to stick your hands on them 
Patience. Do not try to rush through these. Proper investigation takes time 
Diligence. Please place things back exactly as you found them for others to enjoy 
Respect. When you find a clue, leave it in the cache for others to find 
Allies. The more brains you have, the better. Mmmm... tasty, tasty brains... 

That's it for Texas.  Now it is time to hunt down more haunted caches.  Maybe it is time to wander around the country to find the next ones.  Check back soon.  

 

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Halloween and Cemetery Caches - YES !

To be real honest, I am not too sure how I feel about geocaching in cemeteries.  I will do it and I know some others who do.  We all do it with respect and do not disturb anybody or any thing.  I have been told I can be a little strange at times.  That does not bother me.  So when I tell you that I just feel like I am politely visiting the homes of the deceased when I am in a graveyard, maybe you will cut me some slack.  That being said, let me share some of the fun cemetery caches I have found.

First off, I am surprised how many cemetery caches exist in the Northeastern states.  This sort of gives me the heebie-jeebies because of the amount of fog that exist in these areas.  Fog, creepy animal noises, graves, limbs of trees catching your hair, twigs snapping under your feet, weeds tickling your leg - goose bumps so big they hurt - get the picture?  But what better way to go caching when you are in a brave or daring mood.

This may not be an actual graveyard cache, but it does deserve an honorable mention here.  It was one of my first finds and there is no way to know that this wasn't a real grave site at one point.  Right?  This is El Diablo's Treasure, GCKPPC, located on the outskirts of Tombstone, Arizona. 

   Who ever said that Tombstone is the "Town Too Tough To Die" ?

The only actual cemetery cache I have done is in Springerville, Arizona, in this tiny fenced in area that sits on a hill, almost in the middle of a neighborhood.  I don't mind sharing the pic since it really is a simple find and I don't consider it a 'spoiler' or any sort.  This cache, GC2QXJB, is appropriately named R.I.P..

So that one is not scary, but we did it during the light of day.  So lets see what we can find in the southwest.

 Not too far from Tombstone is the town of Sierra Vista, best known for the Fort Huachuca Army Base and Ramsey Canyon Preserve which is considered the Hummingbird Capitol of the United States.  This is also the area that the #1 Arizona Cemetery Challenge begins.  This is how GC33FXE goes -

The challenge:
1) You must find 20 caches in cemeteries.
2) They must all be within the state of Arizona.
3) The geocaches in question could have been found at any time (i.e. they do not have to be found after the date this cache was activated).
4) Multi's, puzzles and virtuals count as long as at least one leg is a visit to a cemetery- just list which cemetery on your bookmark.
5) Lone graves also count for this challenge, ie. GC28QC5 Arizona Pioneer.

 

 In the San Francisco Bay area, the Mt. Hope Cemetery has a multi-cache that sound fun and not so difficult that you couldn't enjoy a bit of wondering and reading of the stories on grave markers.  Simply called Mt. Hope Cemetery, GCPW5Y is a four part cache with, what looks to be, a lot of history involved.  I believe you will could have access during the evening hours making this a perfect Halloween season experience.  Especially with the 'odd' selection of decorations through out the cemetery.

 This cemetery cache in New Mexico look very inviting to me and I am loving the name, Spirit of Garfield.  First thought - I just love that silly cartoon cat.  Reality - this graveyard is located on the road to  Garfield, New Mexico.  This unique village is a simple, no nonsense community with a matching graveyard.  No pretty lawns, no comfortable benches and no fancy buildings, just a desert home for those who have passed. 

There's an old section

 






and a new section -
not much different      




and all open, day or night, to visit spirits and find this cache. 

And just one more for now, from the Western United States.  This one is not too far from me.  The Evergreen's Stories, GCGAG3, is a multi-cache with a total of 11 steps.  Yep - it's gonna take a while.  The terrain is not difficult but there will be some walking.  The big old trees are beautiful and will provide protection from the hot summer sun.  This large cemetery was built in 1907, in an area that was on the out skirts of town, at that time.  There's a variety of patrons to visit,  Anglo, Mexican, Chinese, poor laborers, well know politicians, gunfighters, gangsters, and even the old woman who lived next door and made those wonderful pies during the holidays.  So your biggest problem may be staying on track and not wanting to visit every grave. 

 

I will be researching caches in the graveyards in the Eastern U.S. for my next post about spirited geocaches.  Check back soon to see what I find.