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Traditional Cache Squirrel's Rest
A  cache by SKWERL       Hidden: 8/9/2003  
Size: Size: Regular (Regular)      Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5      Terrain: 1 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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

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Close to the remnants of the town of Squirrel, ID, this is still prime agricultural territory. It is surrounded by some fine fishing areas and has a view of the Grand Tetons off to the east.

Acorn the Squirrel is interested in all things squirrelly, and has been fascinated by the town of Squirrel since first finding it on a map a few years ago. The few remaining buildings in this town are a reminder of a time when farming was often a smaller, family run occupation, rather than the large-scale operations of today.

The cache is located at the Squirrel Cemetery. Some of the modest monuments may give you a reason to pause and think about life as it may have been 100 years ago. (See Pictures “Cemetery 1”, “Cemetery 2”)

Please be respectful of the site or any sites of this nature!!! You do not need to trample around or cross private areas to find this cache. If you have to do any of those things, you are doing something wrong!

About a mile away was the town of Squirrel (N 044 01.629, W 111 17.873). The most noteworthy structure is an old social hall (the Squirrel Dance Hall, see Picture “Dance Hall”), which always conjures up an image of a large number of dancing squirrels. Across the street is a building that may be used as a home today, but I suspect may have originally been a general store or post office.

There is also an old (abandoned) one-room schoolhouse close by at N 044 03.386, W 111 14.725. (See Picture “School”). I believe it was called the Kelly School. A lucky cacher (me!) was able to use this school as an entry for the "One Room Schoolhouses" cache (GC7448)!

The cache is a small (1.2qt) clear/blue Rubbermaid container, wrapped up in black plastic bag. Its contents include a logbook, two pens, a Geocaching description note and a variety of trade items.

If you have difficulty finding the cache, read the hint and look at the spoiler photos—but note that they pretty much give it completely away!


Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

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)

Gur pnpur vf ybpngrq ng gur onfr bs n cvar/prqne gerr ng gur rqtr bs gur przrgrel. Vg vf pybfr gb n erqqvfu jbbqra cbfg, nobhg n sbbg vagb gur gerr. (Decrypted Hints)




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Cemetery 1

Cemetery 2

Dance Hall

School

SPOILER 1

Reveals Cache Location!!!
SPOILER 2

Close up of approximate cache location
LAST SPOILER

Acorn the Squirrel says, "Hi!"

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Cache Logs
 September 24 by RYDyer (185 found)
It's amazing on how many infants are buried there...each living a day or two. The container needs repair. It looks like it has been hit by a weedwacker.

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 August 18 by lowboil (81 found)
Found it while on a fishing trip. Very pretty area.

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 July 21 by Lost Tribe (1204 found)
We're on a four state caching trip.
Had no idea what this would be, but we do know that squirrels don't rest.
We were wrong - these squirrels were at rest.
A gardner was working with a weed whacker, but did not look up from his task. We were able to retrieve the cache without being seen. Took: NB key chain and left a beer/water bottle cozy.
Thanks for the great views of the Tetons,
Lost Tribe

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 July 12 by cdcachers (948 found)
Nice who would have thought there would be this way out here. Tradeed stuff. TFTC cdcachers

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 July 10 by painthrse & da Dodge boy (276 found)
Found it! Wish we had more time to explore the 'ghost' town. Traded a wrist band for some kind of button. Thanks!

painthrse & Dodge boy

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Current time: 11/21/2009 3:35:15 PM
Last Updated: 9/25/2009 12:22:04 AM
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