GCMTGZ Los Gatos Creek - Revisted #5 (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by Thefogheads

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Hidden : 2/14/2005

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Los Gatos Creek – Revisited

Yeh, that’s right, Los Gatos Creek!
The “Mighty Los Gatos once followed this route that, this series of caches is following!
In 1866 a flood caused by a torrential downpour that lasted for hours, caused the creek, to burst though it’s banks in Campbell, with such force that it cut a new channel at what is now the intersection of “San Thomas Expressway and Highway 17.
The creek had followed the path of what is now McGlincy Ave and Dry Creek Road, turning north at Peregino Way. It continued on through what is now Branhall Park. (if you walk to the west side of the park You can see the northerly route that the creek flowed.) It continued on for another .2 mi to where the present day creek flows just past the Meridian Ave bridge.
These caches were placed so that you can get a feel of how the flow of the creek went and where you would probably be biking or hiking or skating to get to these caches today.

Note: If you’re trying to follow this route, while on Dry Creek road, for some reason you cannot go straight at Bascom Ave or Leigh Ave. Taking right turns and making your first U-turns is the way to go about it.

Cache 5
The last (for now) in the series.
Somewhere from this ditch to the otherside of this gated area the creek ran in a northerly direction.
Muggles will be everywhere! Keep a good eye out when you are retrieving and returning the cache.
The creek would have contiuned on to where it would have meet up with todays creek just past the Meridian Ave bridge.
It was almost impossible for me to get to that location but I did! It's filled in with trees and bushes. This is not a safe or legal place to place a cache so I will provide a picture.
We hope you had fun going down the "Old, Los Gatos Creek"!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)

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Los Gatos Creek - Revisted #5 Traditional Cache

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