Current at 11/6/2011 (Online waypoint URL) You have already found this cache! Master Index    Nearest Caches Prairie Trails - Morse by klm882 (1.5/1.5) N50° 24.977  W107° 02.592 (WGS84) UTM  13U   E 354844  N 5586912 Use waypoint: GC1RAT6 Size: Regular    Hidden on 5/13/2009 In Saskatchewan, Canada Difficulty:     Terrain:   *No attributes specified*     Type: TCDNSK Direction: East&West RV Access: Yes This is part of a series of Caches for the Prairie Trails Museum Network. The cache is near the Morse Museum. Easy grab on flat land. The beautiful old school in Morse, Saskatchewan has been educating its community since 1912. Beginning as a small school in a bustling railway town, it has since changed roles and become an absolutely fantastic museum. The connection with its former role has remained strong, literally: the two schools remain physically connected! That is not the only connection between the two - together they won a national award for their educational partnership in 2009. The museum is open 9-5 Monday through Friday year-round and on Saturdays May-August.

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8/22/2009 by Kabuthunk
Awright! First cache in Saskatchewan! Starting this weekend and the coming week, I've got some sweet, sweet vacation going on. However, given virtually all of my cache finds have all been in Manitoba (with the exception of a cache in North Dakota and a benchmark in Minnesota). Thus, since this vacation was being dedicated to visiting my brother in Calgary, it was very quickly decided that I would be attempting to find a cache in every province I visit. And maybe British Columbia, if we happen to go that far West. If I can cover the western half of Canada, that'd be alright by me .

So thus, I set about trying to figure out which cache to find in Saskatchewan. I had obtained a pocket query for all caches (traditional only, only small size or larger since we'd be working with very limited time) along the #1, and so kept glancing at the GPS as I (or my wife) was driving. Since the drive from Winnipeg to Calgary is quite a lengthy endeavour (13ish hours) I wanted to make things easy on myself to limit the time spent at a cache site as much as possible. The trip may well have been spread over two days, but when we left Friday, going solid from Winnipeg we only reached our hotel in Regina at about 2:00am. The trip back we're doing in one day, so if I'm going to find a cache in Saskatchewan, it'd be today . After a bit of hemming and hawing over which cache to go after, I eventually decided that the 'large' cache located in the town of Morse would be the one.

A quick turn off of the #1, and I soon zig-zagged my way through town to get to the coordinates. Although the roads are a bit rough, I eventually found myself at a museum. As tempted as I was to see what kind of things a museum from a small place like this could hold (the first thing that came to mind was that perhaps this was where Morse code was created), again... was working with very little time.

At first I began poking around in the wrong location, thinking moreso along the lines of how other caches in the past were hidden. That ended up being a dead end, and I began feeling a little conspicuous, despite having only been there for about a minute or so. The museum was apparently open, so obviously there'd be people inside (also evident by the empty vehicle in the parking lot). However, a few moments later, I quickly corrected my way of searching, and located the cache container . HURRAH! First cache in Saskatchewan located! A quick signing of the logbook followed by my signature chainmail ball, and the cache was re-closed and replaced. Mission accomplished . Aaaand then it was time for another 5 or so hours of driving (I honestly can't even recall how long it was after that... it's just a blur of road ).

Thanks for placing the nice, convenient, quite-easy-to-find cache for people such as myself who are caching on a schedule .

Took: Nothing
Left: Logbook entry and chainmail ball

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