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Cinco de Mayo Multi-cache

This cache has been archived.

Big Green: 13 years after it's creation, I'm archiving this cache. It has had a really good run, and I offer my personal congratulations to all of you who went to the effort of finding the container at the final stage! Unfortunately, a few of the stages no longer work correctly, as signs, trash cans, trees, etc., have a tendency to change over the course of a decade. Instead of trying to fix them, I'm letting this cache slip into the history books, perhaps making room for another ambitious cacher to put together something a little more sophisticated than an urban "cache-and-grab".

Happy caching, all!

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Hidden : 5/5/2002
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A five-leg multi-cache in honor of Cinco de Mayo!

It's about time Santa Barbara had its own multi-cache. This one isn't too difficult, but will probably take a few hours because there are 5 legs, and some of them are a little tricky to find. However, all but the last leg are on level, paved terrain, so no hiking boots are necessary.

The locations get progressively prettier as you go. The entire hunt won't take you outside a 10 mile radius of the starting point. A car or bicycle is necessary. All legs are bike accessible, except for the last one. Some locations are in parks, and are therefore only accessible during daylight hours.

The actual instructions were too long to post here, so I created a separate page for them:

http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~steven/cinco.html

Visit the URL above and print out (or copy down) the instructions.

The coordinates above are the first leg of the adventure. If you run into any trouble, you can send me an E-Mail and I'll give you a hint.

Happy hunting, and feliz Cinco de Mayo!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[The notice about aviation is no longer present. It used to say "no kite flying" and it had the following city ordinance number:] gjragl-fvk qnfu friragrra qbg sbhe [One of these days, I'll redo that part of the cache. But until then, everyone gets a freebie.]

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)