GCXY9H Desert Supply Station (Traditional Cache) in Massachusetts, United States created by emmett

This cache has been archived.

emmett: It is time to finish with archiving my caches. I don’t want them listed on GC.com any longer. Very nice site, but very terrible treatment of cache owners. When time allows, I may publish this on another site some day.

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A cache by emmett Message this owner

Hidden : 9/30/2006

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A “supply station” (SS) cache is a variation of the “gas saver.” It is located near the parking area for other caches, but it offers practical aid for those who may be short on needed supplies. The idea is to place an SS cache in the midst of a large cluster of caches or at the start of a particularly lengthy multi, as these are the spots where such a cache might be most useful.

What is a Supply Station?

If you happened to arrive at the parking lot with low batteries or unaware you were missing a critical item, or if you simply made an unplanned trip to the area, you can count on the SS cache to provide you with the basic tools you will need to find all nearby caches. At a minimum an SS cache provides pens, batteries, a flashlight, trail maps, and cache information for all nearby caches.

Here is how it works

If you need a pen – take one, it’s on the house.
If you need batteries – take two and leave two dollars behind.
If you need a flashlight – take one and return it when you are done.
If you need a trail map – take one, it’s on the house.

If you need coordinates for a nearby cache or other cache page information, use the sheet in the supply station, but do not take it. It’s not practical to keep multiple copies of every cache page in the supply station, so record the information you are looking for and return the sheet to the container.

Please keep in mind a Supply Station is not a general store it is an emergency outpost and the supplies it contains should only be used in unexpected circumstances.

Here is how we will keep it stocked

All cachers entering the area should take responsibility for keeping each supply station stocked. Bring fresh batteries if you think of it and exchange them for the money left behind by someone else. If someone else reports a low supply of pens or trail maps or damaged cache pages, bring what is needed when you come.

Note: The trail map provided at this supply station contains the approximate location of the first stage of each area cache. A copy of this map has been uploaded to this cache page and can be printed from this link: (visit link)

If cachers post notes apprising others of what they have taken and what is left, and everyone does their part to replenish the container, the SS cache will be ready to help when needed.

The Desert Supply Station

You can park at the Desert lot on Concord Road at: N 42 22.539, W 071 29.573 for a .15 mile walk to the cache, or you can continue a bit further north on Concord Road where there is parking on the side of the road for one or two cars at the trailhead by the State Property signs where you will be only about 600 feet from the cache

This supply station was originally stocked with a log book, eight pens, six Duracell AA batteries, two flashlights, 20 trail maps of the area, and two sets of a condensed cache pages for each of the following area caches:

Desert Extreme
Lockdown
Witches Cove Trail
Tri-Town Junction
By the Stream
Deception
Hop Brook Duck Pond
Selective Availability ON
Six Pack - Plus One

When you log your find at the site, please do not exchange any trade items other than those supplies that other cachers might need or find helpful. When you log your find online, make sure you make a note of anything that is in short supply.

Fall Bonanza Bonus

This cache was released for the 2006 Fall Cache Bonanza and contains a clue sheet for the Fall Bonanza Bonus cache. Make sure you write down the information provided, but please do not remove the clue sheet from the container. (visit link)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ynetr snyyra gerr

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)