Gorge Out Traditional Cache
azog: I am archiving this due to personal problems which are preventing me from being able to properly maintain the cache. I'd rather reclaim it and archive it, than leave it as geo-trash.
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Size: 
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The Millington Gorge is the exit point of the Great Swamp watershed, where several tributaries join together to form the Passaic River.
The cache is a (safe) decon container placed on the Basking Ridge side of the Passaic River. This little park seems to be a very popular fishing spot, and there is a well-maintained trail running about midway up the gorge.
There are several pullouts along the road, but I would really recommend that you take a few minutes and find the most obvious parking location. This would allow the safest route in to the gorge. If you do decide to use one of the pullouts, the terrain rating may be a 4 or higher.
Several people have logged that their GPS looses lock in the gorge. The overhead has a fairly clear view of the sky, so I suspect signal may be bouncing around the gorge. If you've ever visited Snuffy's Gorge or some of the Copper Mine caches in Watchung, you may be familiar with this behaviour.
Inside the cache container you find no logbook, but just a curious deck of waterproof cards. Written on each card is a random sequence of hexadecimal numbers. Simply take a card, and when you log your find here on the web page, make sure you include the card suit and sequence, as well as the number. I have a master list, and those which are faked will be deleted. See the picture for an example.
I hope you enjoy this method of logging. I wanted to try something a little out of the ordinary.
Since the container is rather small, bring small stuff if you wish to leave something. Please try to hide it as well, or better, when you are done.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ybbx sbe n gerr jvgu n fcyvg gehax nobhg gjragl srrg hc gur fybcr. Vs lbh cnff Zngg, lbh'ir tbar gbb sne.