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Virden Creek Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/21/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A drive-by that may be a bit dusty. Don't stub your toe on it. You'll need to bring a decent pen. Pencil will not write on the log.


This cache is hidden at the gate of a large dike and big spillway. It looks like a huge earthen dam built in the middle of a farm field. When I first saw it I wonder what in the hey it was! [Note: If corn is not blocking your view, the spillway is visible from the bridge 2000 feet SE of the cache.] This structure was built for flood control at the same time that the rest of the dike system was built in Waterloo. The cement pillars are part of a spillway. I am puzzled as to why the spillway is so much lower than the dike itself.

If you drive south then turn left on the first road, about 2/3 of a mile east you will see an abandoned farm house on the north side of the road. The barn next to it has a glacial erratic stone foundation. The house (at least) was built in 1900.

While you are at it, you might like to take a look at the images associated with this log .

Here's a fall picture I took from the cache location on 10/19/13.

Please be sure to put this back where and how you found it. It goes pipe up, NOT pipe down.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cbyr

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)