Rowboat Cache

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In New York, United States

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Get there by rowboat or walk across the ice! (difficulty much less by walking in winter)

This cache is in a rock wall at the edge of Canopus Lake in Clarence Fahnestock State Park in Putnam County, New York.

It's a standard 35mm film canister. Initial contents include; log book, pencil stub, single white die (dice) and computer Eject key.

This micro-cache is realistically only accessible by water. I suppose you could get to it overland, but it's a pretty steep vertical rock scramble down to the sheer face where the cache hides. Rent a rowboat at the Canopus Lake station, or bring your own small craft, kayak or canoe.

Wintertime bonus: Intrepid cachers can just walk right up to it across the ice! That's how we planted it. Make sure the ice is safe. Be careful!

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 n perinffr arne zbff. (Decrypted Hints)

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Cache Logs

August 16 by ZIGZAGZ (114 found) Took the boys up to rent a boat and do some fishing, and off course stop by for the cache. However, when we got there we found only the top of a clear film canister sitting on the moss under the tree. Can you say - I have a bad feeling about this? I'm thinking its gone. [This entry was edited by ZIGZAGZ on Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 1:11:39 PM.] [view this log]

May 25 by Obvious One (1054 found) Took my kayak out for its maiden voyage this morning and finally got this one off my to do list. Was a beautiful day to be out on the lake, seen a mother turtle with her young sunning on a log on my voyage.................TNLNSL........................TFTH!! [view this log] Family of Turtles Then There Were Three Smile

April 25 by tazztiger (261 found) Did this one the hard way, without the boat. TNLN SL [view this log]

February 7 by jutang4eva (2 found) me and my brother walked right over to it...ice was kinda thin...but we pulled through [view this log]

February 7 by Team Smokey (991 found) I've been watching the weather and the high temperatures are supposed to be above freezing everyday for the next several days. I wanted to grab this one while the lake was still frozen over. I got within about 120' of the cache when the snow suddenly turned into slush and my foot went into about 3 inches of it. Despite many people ice fishing out there today, I knew that the ice in the center of the lake is much thicker than around the edges. I decided that rather than chance it, I'd turn back. So I trekked over the land until I was directly above the cache and then ventured down onto the ice. No problems under foot here. Signed the log and was on my way - TNLN. Glad that I can cross this one off my list. [view this log]

Current time: 11/22/2009 8:27:01 AM
Last Updated: 8/18/2009 8:11:39 PM
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