Cherry Cherry Bo Berry Traditional Cache
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This is one of two of my very first hides. This cache is on Cherry Ave because I live very close to this street and pass by it frequently. I also love cherries and even the word cherry, which is derived from Classical Greek. The cherry is one of the world's oldest cultivated fruits.
Cherries have pleased the palates of food lovers for centuries. Their ruby red color and tangy taste won cherries a place on the tables of Roman conquerors, Greek citizens, and Chinese noblemen. Cherries were brought to America by ship with early settlers in the 1600s.
French colonists from Normandy brought pits that they planted along the Saint Lawrence River and on down to the Great Lakes area. Cherry trees were in gardens of French settlers as they established such cities as Detroit and Vincennes.
Modern day cherry production began in the mid-1800s. In 1882, Peter Dougherty, a Presbyterian missionary living in northern Michigan, planted cherry trees on Old Mission Penisula (near Traverse City, Michigan). Much to the surprise of the other farmers and Native Americans, his trees flourished and soon other residents of the area planted trees. The area proved to be ideal because Lake Michigan tempers Artic winds in winter and cools the orchards in summer.
In 1847, Henderson Lewelling planted an orchard in Western Oregon, using nursery stock he had transported by ox cart from Iowa. Lewelling Farms became known for its sweet cherrie during the 1870s and 80s.
Enjoy your next bowl of cherries!!!
Please be very careful when opening!!! Tweezers are required to retrieve the log. You also need to bring your own pen.
Please replace exactly as found. Thanks.
Parking is available close to the cache site. Be careful, especially with young children. Cherry Ave is narrow and can be very busy at times..
ENJOY the cache!
CONGRATULATIONS TO FolsomNatural FOR BEING FTF!!!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
GBGG vf erdhverq!
Pbagnvare unf orra punatrq. Ab arrq gb ybbx ba gur tebhaq!
CYRNFR ercynpr gur pnpur rknpgyl nf lbh svaq vg be orggre.