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Life, Duty, Honor, Country Traditional Geocache

This cache has been archived.

paleolith: I called Blueprint2000. The word is that the target date for reopening the park has recently been fall of 2013 but is likely to slip to winter, still hoping to make it in 2013. Based on this and the reviewer request, I'm archiving the listing. I hope to re-establish it once the park is open again. Thanks to the reviewers for the patience shown while I've tried to bridge this cache across the construction gap.

Edward

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Hidden : 9/3/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Near a memorial park and sculpture honoring Floridians who died in the Korean War. Cache can hold geocoins but nothing that needs to stay dry.

This cache replaces the popular GCH728 (War memorial cache) and is hidden in the same place. Even earlier, GC1A7B (Memorial Cache) was a few feet away.

Please visit the memorial sculpture at the Korean War Memorial. The cache name is from the "duty, honor, country" speech of General Douglas MacArthur, part of which is inscribed on the sculpture. The design both combines and separates "life" from the other elements effectively (and affectively). Of interest to the GPS user, coordinates of places in Korea are engraved on the floor.

Please do not follow a direct bearing from the sculpture to the cache, as this will cause you to climb fences and trample landscaping. Follow sidewalks and open grassy areas, circling either north or south of the memorial.

The cache is fairly well hidden, and there are numerous hiding spots nearby. Please search carefully or consult the spoiler photos (1,2,3) The main difficulty will be the usual Florida problem, overhead vegetation blocking the GPS signals. There may be considerable numbers of muggles at lunch time when the weather is pleasant. You may get your hands a bit dirty.


SAFETY NOTE: the footing is uneven, and slippery when wet. The nearby ditch is dangerous when the water is high -- some kids drowned a mile or so upstream from here in 1974. AVOID WHEN FLOODED. Here's a summary of that incident published in the Tallahassee Democrat on 20 Sept 2010:

Some have even lost their lives. On May 17, 1974, two 13-year-old boys — Roger “Bucky” Elliott and Joey Kirvin — died after they were sucked into an unseen whirlpool and swept into the ditch during a downpour.

The container is a decon box. The log is protected by a matchsafe inside the decon. Decons are not waterproof in Florida! You can leave geocoins or other VERY small items, but they WILL get moist.

The location is the important thing here. One or two logs on the predecessor caches suggested this spot as a virtual cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

va ebpx pnivgl

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)