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Hare Raising Race (burnt!) LbNA #23456

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jul 3, 2006
Location:
City:Moody
County:Sherman
State:Oregon
Boxes:2
Planted by:Wildhair
Found by: Snickers
Last found:Aug 28, 2017
Status:F
Last edited:Jul 3, 2006
Status as of 18August07: Retired.
A fire raged through the Deschutes River on June 17, 2007. I visited the boxes and found very small remains of box#2. Box#1 was only slightly melted, so I retrieved the goods and have released it as a hitchhiker, entitled "Rescued Rabbit HH"


Getting there: take exit #97 off I 84.

These boxes are placed on the loser’s old railroad bed bike trail. You wouldn’t want to find these on the winner’s trail because you might get hit by a train! Nearly a century ago in 1909 the railroad company moguls, James J. Hill and Edward H. Harriman launched a race to lay track on opposite sides of the Deschutes River to reach Bend. They were in competition to acquire access to the Central Oregon’s sixteen billion board feet of ponderosa pine, and railroad connections to rail lines in California and Idaho. This was a bloodless war that included rifle shots across the river, detonation of opponents’ gunpowder cache’s and an act of Congress (the Canyon Act) to avoid bloodshed.

There are a couple of options to reach the boxes. If on foot or bike take the trail at the entrance of the park, instructions below. If you are clever take the trail that starts down by the river at the far end of the park which is very lovely, and includes a steeper climb to a sweeping view at Ferry Springs, crossing the bike trail along the way. The oasis created by the river is filled with beautiful bird life. Coyotes echo the call of the train whistle at sunset.

Let the race begin:

Box #1: 53 paces closer to the start of the race from 1, under the first pile of rocks on the right. PLEASE cover well.

Box #2: 37 paces closer to the start of the race from 2, under weathered fence post, behind sage on the right.

1885 U.S. Army railroad survey observed “nature seems to have guaranteed it forever to the wandering savage and the lonely seeker after the wild and sublime in natural scenery.” Enjoy the views of whitewater rapids, canyon rimrock viewpoints, a piece of the Oregon Trail, and dessert flora and fauna.