Rangers n' Rattlers

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In California, United States

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Two things I had to deal with the day I placed the cache: rangers and rattlesnakes...

Potentially, both could be bad experiences! In this case it wasn't.

On the way to a nearby cache I had to leap a smallish rattler. I asked him to move, he wouldn't. I stomped the ground, he still wouldn't move. I finally tooking a running jump and flew over him (going around wasn't an option).

The ranger found me going through the loot over at the "Off Road Fun" cache. I thought she might be concerned with my activities, but turns out there was an illegal alien on the loose, one of those "armed and dangerous" types. She did, however, scold me for venturing out here alone. Which brings me to two good points: don't come out alone and don't come out here at night. Weekends are good, this is a popular OHV area, so should be busy on the weekends. Watch for rattlesnakes.

Oh, high clearance or 4WD if you have it. If ya solved that pesky Dream State puzzle, let me know and I'll take you out here in my jeep (lunch and frosty bev's my treat). Did I mention the cool ruins nearby. There's ruins. Maybe the SC Cowboys can tell us who lived there.

Best access is Bear Valley Road (32 44.926 / 116 29.650, be sure to close the gate) then a left on Long Valley Road.

Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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)

ebpxf, ebpxf, ebpxf (Decrypted Hints)

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Cache Logs

October 29 by f0t0m0m (19382 found) Found this during a day of caching along the southern edge of California with EMC of Northridge, CA. Thanks for the cache. [view this log]

October 29 by EMC of Northridge, CA (20371 found) Spending the day picking up caches in the Delorme pages along the south end of the state. See my blog for details on my adventures - (visit link) Grabbed it on the way back from Off-Road Fun [view this log]

September 28 by The JJ Duo (1277 found) Didn't run into Rattlers or Rangers. That's a good thing! Found cache pretty easily.I was out on the "loop" today trying out my friends' new Polaris 6x6. That thing can do crazy stuff! SL Thanks D! -J [view this log] P1010045

June 6 by lucyq (703 found) Another interesting place. [view this log]

March 29 by shortwing (280 found) The first time I looked for this, it was DNF. Then I adjusted my GPS and BINGO, HOOT - there it is [view this log]

Current time: 11/21/2009 4:43:02 AM
Last Updated: 10/30/2009 4:34:15 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum