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The Very First Travel Bug & Last Peace Sign Cache! Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 7/28/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Last Hidden Cache of the Peace Sign Series!! The Cache is not at the Coords Above. That is a big swamp!!

To Log this cache you must answer some questions to get the coords:

This cache is about the world's FIRST TRAVEL BUG! This travel bug traveled the great lakes waters way before the GPS or Geocaching was invented. This book is a great one for young readers & old ones too. It is my favorite book of all time. !


No, I didn't tell you the name of the book.

The World's First Travel Bug started it's journey back in the 1800's. It was about a hand carved canoe person carved by a native Indian ,way up north in: .......... ............. (Two Words ~ # of letters equals: A). As the canoe makes it's journey southward it is signed and dated by people who found it and helped move it along. Thus.... The World's First Travel Bug! The author of this famous kid's book is: B (3 Words~ # of letters equals: B)

The author came from the great state of: C (1 Word~ # of letters)

In 1942 this author wrote another great book: Tree In the ........... D= # of letters of blank.

The Type of tree that this great book is written about: E One word~ # of letters.

Which trail is this second book about:

  • If Oregon Trail F = 277
  • If Santa Fe Trail F= 177
  • If Appalachian Trail F= 379
  • If Pacific Crest Trail F= 898
  • If North Country Trail F= 112

A nice Lock N Lock filled with nice trading items and a log to sign. You must sign the log man for this series. Please use old slang in your logs too.

Now it is time to book to the next cache! Time to Bug out! This is not the place to Hang Loose! Start Haulin !

The First Three Dudes will be listed here as fastest caches in these woods! Pretty Hip!

  • First To Find: (This cacher Burns Rubber, Again!!) HelloLola, July 31st, 2012, 3482 Finds!
  • Second To Find: (Too Cool For School!) The Ant Farm, July 30th, 2012, 3025 Finds!
  • Tubular Third To Find: Cider Mills, August 1st, 2012, 411 Finds!
  • First To Complete the Series: Trail Mix8, 8/1/2012!

We would like to thank GeoBum for help in getting the permits and the Proud Lake Rec Staff for their work in this park. They ROCK!

A recreation passport is needed to visit Proud Lake Rec Area.

"Don't have a Bad Trip! ~ Get A Pass!" This could be a new slogan for the parks system for 2013! Watch for it! Pretty Far Out!

As with all TP Caches, you must sign the log book to log this one. I will check the logs for any missing Logs.

The Coords:

N 42 34. D R

W 8 S Z.F

Notes:

  • R= A + B + E + 1
  • Z= E + B + 1
  • S= C- D

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Cvpgher bs Pnabr

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)