Geocache #264 on 2/19/11, #6 of 12 for the day

On to the last geocache in Cloverdale for the day and on our way to Santa Rosa.

marker

It's called 'Schoolhouse 981'  and told us to look for the marker.  We found the marker all right and learned quite a bit about 'Icaria-Speranza Utopian colony' and that their schoolhouse had stood on the markers site.  It was very interesting, but on to what we were here for -- geocaching!! 

Not sure why, but I decied that after reading the previous logs and description and hint, that the cache was behind the marker.  Now looking back I'm not sure what made me think that hmmm. . . .so we looked behind on one side and decided that if that was where it was it was on the other side where some boards and rocks were next to the back of the marker.  We walked around to the other side and lifted up the boards - nada, then me moved the rocks - nada. Hmmm. . . I must have been wrong, so we expanded our search.

Upon expanding the search to the area behind the maker though a small walkway through the barbed wire fence we found an interesting site it a tree - antlers!!  LOL!!

what an evil little hide!!

We wondered around some more with no further luck and ended up back at our original destination.  Just when we were ready to give up I actually picked up the moderate sized rock and turned it over!!!  What a devious little hide that was. Embedded into the bottom of the rock was a small pill bottle!!  STL and headed out of Cloverdale with no site of the ferral kitty that was mentioned lived here - probably a good thing!!