The Asheville Urban Trail

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

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This is one of Asheville's neatest trails right thru downtown to monuments, markers, and history. Easily an enjoyable way to spend a day (and there are other caches around to fill out your list!).

Coordinates will put you in front of a building with the following hours on the door : Tues-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5, Mon closed. Enter during these hours and get a brochure on the Urban Trail. Walk the entire thing if you have time (& there are guided tours of it on Sat afternoons) and also enjoy the Trolley Tours if you're new in town.

I contemplated a cache on the trail, but communicating with those responsible for the monuments proved that the maintence is regular and frequent & I didn't want to damage some of the neat exhibits along the way. Please respect the hard work they do to keep this open for the public and pick up any trash you find along the way. Local artists, groups, and individual contributions went in to making this one of our special treats for out-of-towners.

Follow the Period "The Times of Thomas Wolfe" and #21 is the one you seek. There is a generator hooked up so when you turn it (which you can do; go on, you know you want to!) it plays sounds from everything on its face. However, to prove you were here answer these two questions.

1) Who is this marker in memory to?
2) What are the 3 creatures pictured on the back?

DO NOT POST ANSWERS; email them to me to get credit.

Enjoy the trail!

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)

Va sebag bs gur Gurngre ba n "ahggl" fgerrg. (Decrypted Hints)

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November 14 by dwillham (21 found) Very cool marker - sounds still don't work but I bet it was fun when they did. [view this log]

October 28 by Snoopinaround (4248 found) #4172 - I was on a route targeting the last 4 counties I needed for the county challenge and some virtuals between Blowing Rock to over in the Asheville area. Went in the bldg of posted coords and they didnt have any maps. I asked around a few more businesses and most had never heard of the Urban Trail. Finally I used my noggin and pulled up a map for the Urban Tr on my blackberry. That did the trick and I knew where I needed to go. TFTFun! Answers have been emailed. [view this log] City View

October 24 by marshallcache (11 found) Found this one with visiting friends before I had a profile of my own... [view this log]

October 24 by sean_j_allen (209 found) We found this one, but the generator didn't make any noises. We spun it slow and fast, but nothing. Oh well, this was the first of six for us today. [view this log]

October 13 by The Good Wife (201 found) Found with BigbIll this evening. Thanks for the tour of town. We couldn't get the sounds to play. The Good Wife TFTC (BigBill sent our answers.) [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 9:25:06 AM
Last Updated: 11/15/2009 10:53:53 PM
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