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Pioneers and Prairie Schooners Multi-cache

Hidden : 7/27/2001
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

Follow the pioneer trail...bonus points for finding the schooner along the way....

This multi-stage virtual cache is handicapped accessible and should be done during daylight hours. Parts of it are on private property that allows visitors, so please be respectful. No dogs, please! There is an optional tour at one of the stages. See encrypted hint for best times and days.
  1. We’ll begin at the end
    As we visit a friend
    Of the Oregon Trail.
  2. When you find the first spot,
    On the back numbers it’s got:
         ABC,000
         DE,000
         FG
         H
  3. We’ll move along now, Not by oxen nor with cow
    As they did long before.
         N 47° HH.AF(F+H)'
         W 122° HF.GA(A+D)'

    You’re looking for a bunch of numbers
    For a lady whose name was Sumner.
         Second number = I
         Eighth number = J

  4. She didn’t want to live here, so
    It’s off to the next coordinates we go!
         N 47° (A-D)H.(D+D)(J-A-D)I'
         W 122° H(I-H).(A+H)(G-D)(J-G)'

    To claim the prize, find not one, but two lives,
    Or at least the dates thereof.

Email me the dates and receive my reply before logging this cache. I hope you enjoy it!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur bcgvbany gbhe vf ninvynoyr rneyl nsgreabbaf, Jrq-Fha, zvq-Znepu guebhtu zvq-Qrprzore, naq vf unys-cevpr ba Guhefqnlf.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)