It's a Shelter Not a Home Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/20/2013
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Approval has been granted by the Waynesville Animal Shelter, and the local police chief is aware of the cache.

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Located just off Historic RT66!

This cache will start with a bunch of 1980-1990’s happy meal toys for the kids on the hunt. 

Included will be an inactivated mini trackable geocoin for the FTF! 

A Cache Log book, Pen, and pamphlets from the shelter will also be provided. 

The cache will also start with an activated TB in honor of Peaches. The goal of her TB is to visit all the locations she went to during her life. The cache is big enough to leave TB’s and swag.

You are looking for a camouflaged ammo can, marked with the official geocaching logo. 

The cache is NOT near any of the kennels! If a cacher wants to visit the canines, the shelter asks that cachers come into the facility to visit.

Waynesville Animal Shelter Hours of Operation
Mon-Fri 8am-6pm
Sat-Sun 1pm-6pm

Welcome to the Waynesville Animal Shelter

Primary mission is to provide temporary shelter to homeless canines in the city of Waynesville. The shelter is funded by donations, and run by volunteers. Canines are brought to the shelter in hopes of finding a forever home. For a small fee to cover health cost, a person or family can adopt a canine. In addition the shelter is always in need of volunteers to help care for the canines.

In early 2001 a military family adopted a female canine named Peaches from the shelter. The family would eventually have to move overseas, and found that the cost to transport Peaches was out of the budget. As a fellow friend and military family, we adopted Peaches in Oct 2001 from that family. Peaches, a cocker spaniel and beagle mix at first she was a hand full only being 2yrs old and she had mastered every bad habit. Over time we would break the bad habits, and she would grow to fit right into the family. As a military family we would face the same decision in May 2005, we had orders for Alaska. This was not a hard decision; Peaches would go where we go!

We left Missouri in May 2005 and drove all the way to Fairbanks, Alaska. We visited National Parks, Family in three states, rode the Alaska Marine Ferry, travelled through Canada and learned to enjoy snow. We left Alaska in May 2008 and drove to Hinesville, Georgia. This time we would not only have our Peaches, but we had adopted a second canine named Sally from a second military family who for the same reason could not afford to transport Sally overseas to the new duty assignment. Sally had never been out of Alaska, and her experience would be exciting to see new wildlife and grass! Now in Georgia, Peaches age was starting to catch up with the old girl. We actually never thought she would make it out of Alaska, as cancer had started to attack her body. She lost her fight in May 2011, and would pass. We know we gave her that forever home, and she gave us 10yrs of happiness.

In August 2012 we moved back to St Robert, Missouri. Heartbreaking that Peaches was no longer with us to bring her back to her birth home. We were excited to continue the journey as a military family with our Sally. It had been over a year since we lost Peaches, and we felt it was time to adopt again. We soon found a homeless puppy and brought her home. We named her Snickers, because our son said she is “Fun Sized”.

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