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Ventura or Los Angeles? Traditional Cache

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chaosmanor: Fuck it. Not worth the hassle any more. 223 Finds is pretty good.

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Hidden : 12/20/2003
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

So, which County is it in, anyway? {11}

The name, and the line above, is just about all you will need to figure out where to start looking for this. It can be done as a park-and-grab, but it really is a nicer area than that. The difficulty is a half-point high mainly because parking is a bit tough here. There is a lot of available parking on the roadside; it just isn't all that wide right there. But it is marked as OK to park, except for the wee hours of the morning. Just be careful to park completely off the traffic lanes, and be sure that there are no cars coming when you open your door. If you are coming from the east, be careful when turning around; there are many good, safe places to do so. There is a locked gate at the nearest approach to the cache from the highway; access can be had by going around the gate where it has obviously been used by countless others. And there is at least one other way to the area. PLEASE DO NOT BLOCK THE DRIVEWAY NEARBY!!

The cache was a round mint container, but that vanished sometime in July of 2004. We replaced that with a small black plastic tube, which lasted for a couple of years before it was nibbled it into uselessness. In October of 2006, we replaced the tube with a black-painted Altoids tin; we shouldn't need to replace it again. We also did a little lopping of the shrubbery, to allow slightly-easier access. The cache only has a log sheet inside; there isn't room for much of anything else, so please bring your own pencil.

We planted the original while doing caching along the Malibu Coast while on our way to a Christmas party in Redondo Beach, at the home of Sharon's boss' boss There is a great place nearby to do whale and surfer watching, and general ocean-gazing, and there is access to the beach in Leo Carrillo State Park. The cache is not on NPS land!

Please replant the cache exactly where you found it. When you find it, you'll see why this is important. If you need help (you really oughtn't to), the hint is a True Spoiler, so we recommend not decrypting it until you are in the field.

Have fun!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[read only if desperate, or after you find it.] Gurer vf n fheirl znexre (ybtnoyr) rknpgyl ba gur Pbhagl Yvar n fubeg jnlf cnfg gur npprff. Ybbx oruvaq vg. Gur anzr bs gur pnpur jvyy znxr cresrpg frafr, nf jvyy bhe ernfba sbe jnagvat gur pnpur erghearq gb guvf rknpg fcbg.

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)