This CITO is a local cemetery is having a work party on April 20th to help remove very overgrown salal and huckleberry, a few scotchbroom, or clean headstones. With permission from the Seabeck Cemetery Restoration coordinator, I am inviting my fellow geocachers to come and join the work party. They are aware that I am offering up 2 hours of assistance for those who would like to join them.
Personal Connection: My great grandparents and uncle on my mothers side of the family are buried in the cemetery. They moved to the Crosby area around 1915 where my grandfather was raised. I learned several years ago that a local person was working hard to get headstones for those who didn't have one. My great grandparents and uncle got headstones unknown to my family. I learned about this when talking to the Seabeck Conference Grounds Exectutive Director and saw my great uncles headstone. I loved that they made sure that everyone without one received one.
Time: Come join from 9:00 am to 11:00 am; however you are welcome to stay longer if you desire, because they are working until 1:00 pm. It would be great if you could committe at of your time.
The Seabeck Restoration Cemetery work party will be there from 9 am to 1 pm.
Terrain: A rating 2 because of the uneven ground/elevation, the underbrush, tree roots plus the possible wet ground if it was to rain.
Supplies: Gloves and tools (they don't have extra supplies) that can be used removing the underbrush cut and pull out the salal and undergrowth is what you'll need. Additonal something to kneel on maybe and a bucket to haul out the salal, etc.
Parking: On Dancing Deer (which is not a lot of space) or wherever they can find a spot. Carpooling is always good. There is parking along the Seabeck Holly Hwy at Dancing Deer Way plus also at the Seabeck Community Center.
Weather: Please plan for rainy or cold weather, I will try to keep things posted on what weather may be like on the day of the event as it gets closer. Seabeck has been really up and down on its weather this winter.
Facilities: There is no restrooms or water source at the cemetery. There is a porta potty down behind the Seabeck Pizza right by the Seabeck Store. Please make sure you bring water if you need some.
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Seabeck Cemetery
9:00 am to 11:00 am
* Parking (see additional waypoints & above)
* Please sign in at the canopy (coordinators request)
* Removing underbrush or cleaning headstones (see description below for more)
* Please reach out if you want to help, but not sure if you can. I will do everything possible to make sure there is something that you can do to help out the community.
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From the Seabeck Cemetery Work Party
The Seabeck Cemetery work begins!
We won’t be cleaning headstones just yet. The first few workdays will be focused on clearing out the brush, taking pictures and inventorying what we find.
Things to bring:
1.Tools to cut brush
2.Bucket to haul away the scrub
3.Hand trowel to help dig up roots
4.Something to kneel on or sit on
5.Extra pair of gloves in case your first ones get wet
6.Snack or lunch if you plan to be there 9-2
7.Drinking Water
Please sign in before you begin to work to await instruction.
There will be more instructions at the cemetery as to what we are going to do with the scrub.
We’re ready to do this!
On another note:
Research on every person that we can identify in the cemetery has been going on! Follow this page for stories!
~Elizabeth Ellington Chapter, DAR
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089249199361
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There is a WSGA OP Geotour cache in the cemetery plus several others in the near by area.