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Return to Tradition #8: Henry's Hill Hybrid Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 2/27/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A letterbox hybrid at the Sudbury Valley Trustees' "Henry’s Hill" conservation area in Framingham, Mass, placed as part of the SVT Letterbox Challenge.

This is another cache in the "Return to Tradition" series started by Bubba Riley with "Return to Tradition #1: Burnt Out", and continued by several other cachers. There are no tricky puzzles to solve, no tiny micros to find – just a pleasant walk in the woods, with the reward of a nicely-stocked ammo can along the way.

Since the traditon of letterboxing predates geocaching by about 150 years, it seemed fitting to make this "return to tradition" a letterbox hybrid. (The associated letterbox page is here. For those cachers who have never found a letterbox before, please note that the stamp and the ink pad are not trade items; they stay in the letterbox container.)

A traditional coffee and a traditional donut await the first two finders. (None of those new-fangled cappuccino/croissant combos, now!)

Note: This property is open from dawn to dusk. The cache and letterbox were placed with the permission of the Sudbury Valley Trustees, who ask only that we all respect the hours of availability, and stay on the trails.

Map & Parking: A map of several conservation areas in northwest Framingham including Henry’s Hill can be found here. There are two places to park, both on the west side of Wayside Inn Road in Framingham. Parking coordinates are listed under "Additional Waypoints", below.

If you're interested in finding the other letterboxes in the SVT challenge, this forum post includes links to all of them, plus links to nearby caches.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[No hints here; see the letterbox page linked above for explicit instructions to the cache.]

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)