Future Arborists of America, attend! Who decided to plant these trees this way? Why would someone do this? This was most certainly an intentional choice! The courthouse was decently styled for a newer building. I wouldn’t say I was in love with it, but it was pleasant. But these trees, planted in their perfectly spaced cemented beds, perfectly separated at specific distances to provide shade, are giant obstacles to its sightlines and create a horrible photography hazard! They oughta be ashamed of themselves! On the other hand, I give them credit for aspiring to become a city of bicycles. Colorado is already pretty bicycle friendly (they have a state law requiring anyone passing a cycler to give them three feet of clearance), but Durango has taken it to a higher level with miles of bike trails around the town and some of the major trails connecting to thoroughfares through the town. But, laudable as that was, it didn’t help me.
As for the cache, there’s always a cemetery. Overlooking the town was an old cemetery and one of the Colorado Spirit Quest caches. I almost didn’t expect that to be the case since I had already learned that the Spirit Quest wasn’t just about the dead like it is in other states. It was also the only one in town I could find that didn’t involve a hike or bike ride or similar (so the city of bikes thing was working against me). I was hesitant to try it since I had already been thrown for a loop by a Spirit Quest cemetery cache the day before, but I decided to take my chances with it. Sometimes, a micro in a tree (more specifically a bison in an evergreen) is totally worth it. And the side benefit was a pretty nice view of the city.
Once my work was done, I was off again, bound for…
Geocaching While Black 