One End of Route 66

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

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As with many caches in an urban setting, the buildings will give your GPSr fits. Be sure to check the maps before heading out and as always the hint can be a big help.

This is an offset cache. Get near. Find the sign. Walk 13 paces east. Find the cache. Have Fun!

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The start of The Mother Road! (... or end depending which way you are travelling. :) )

In the 1950s, Route 66 became the main highway for vacationers heading to Los Angeles. The road passed through the Painted Desert and near the Grand Canyon. Meteor Crater in Arizona was another popular stop. This sharp rise in tourism in turn gave rise to a burgeoning trade in all manner of roadside attractions including teepee-shaped motels, frozen custard stands, Indian curio shops, and reptile farms. Meramec Caverns near St. Louis began advertising on barns, billing itself as the "Jesse James hideout." The Big Texan advertised a free 72 ounce steak dinner to anyone who could eat the whole thing in an hour. It also marked the birth of the fast-food industry: Red's Giant Hamburgs in Springfield, Missouri, site of the first drive-thru restauraunt, and the first McDonald's in San Bernardino. Changes like these to the landscape further cemented 66's reputation as a near-perfect microcosm of the culture of America, now linked by the automobile.

Thanks to Greenback for allowing me to reuse his cache container from the now archived 'Advance to Go' series

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)

snpr gur qbbe bs gur terra guvat naq ernpu haqre (Decrypted Hints)

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Cache Logs

November 15 by Panther in the Den (5068 found) 10-4 [view this log]

November 15 by lakedawgs (1279 found) Would love to see this one active again before T'Giving Day... we're doing Illinois Route 66 for the holiday and this would be a great milestone for us. :) [view this log]

October 15 by I Love Chicago! (0 found) Not that hard and it must of gone missing. Stay tuned... I have a replacement in the trunk of the car. PiD [view this log]

October 12 by Michaelcycle (889 found) Even with all the muggles and traffic control officers at GZ we literally got on all fours and looked under the designated area. No luck! [view this log]

October 7 by Allie2112 (386 found) This one is driving me nuts. I'm sure I've found the green thing, but just don't seem to find the cache container by reaching under.... [view this log]

Current time: 11/21/2009 4:41:21 PM
Last Updated: 11/15/2009 10:20:18 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum