benji55545: The tree is still there even though many have been cleared in the area. I climbed up one last time and confirmed the cache is gone. I like to think the raccoons and squirrels have been grabbing the containers and adding them to their nest, or perhaps over time the cache would slowly filter its way through the leaf litter and become part of the tree itself.
In any case, it is time to put this one to rest. This is the first cache I have ever archived :*(