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Snug as a Bug in Central Park Traditional Cache

Hidden : 04/27/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


When New York lost the "Logg Inn" cache, we thought it was the perfect time to replace one kid-friendly cache with another. What you will find in the southern part of Central Park represents several weeks of thought and care on the part of the Munchkins. They diligently scouted locations, prepared the container, selected and rejected items for trade, debated an appropriate FTF prize and conducted formal voting for the cache name. We can only hope that the Central Park muggle gods will be kind to their little hearts. (Special congratulations to EastVillageFamily for claiming the FTF!)

Nearby you'll find a nice sheltered gazebo where you may sit and log your find while plotting the rest of the day. Head south to explore 5th Avenue - Tiffany's, the Apple Store, dozens of other ways to spend your money indoors? Or head north to find some of the dozen-or-more free geocaches tucked away in various beautiful corners of Central Park? An easy choice, isn't it?

This is a MASSIVELY muggle-rich area. There is a corollary to the playground mantra we repeat with the Munchkins, "If you can't see me I can't see you" - and that is "If you can see the muggles they can see you!" You might be surprised how many muggles you can see from here. Please take special care to be as unobserved as possible, and please return cache precisely as you found it. A few minutes of extra effort, or a willingness to come back to this cache, may mean all the difference in the world.

Please read this quick note about travel bugs and geocoins... Snug as a Bug gets a *lot* of visitors - on average, more than one per day - and a lot of the cachers are visitors exploring far from home. Often a bug or coin gets dropped off in the morning and is picked up again hours later, by someone who may not be able to properly log the traveler out for a little while. I update the inventory monthly, clearing out everything that hasn't been seen for more than a few weeks. But in several years of maintaining this listing, I can say with confidence that there will always be anywhere from 5-20 trackables listed in the cache that have already moved. Please do not let this affect your enjoyment of the hunt! It's just the way it is for high-velocity caches like this one - the online logs simply do not keep up with how fast the inventories turn over in real life.

Also, keep in mind that this is a small container - although the cache page may indicate a huge warehouse (as I write this there are 21 trackables logged into the cache), the reality is that there are fewer than 10 cubic inches of space to work with. So be prepared for the possibility that not all of your trackables will fit.

Snug as a Bug has been visited by cachers from all 50 states and dozens of countries - we are happy to welcome all visitors to New York!


Alabama 51 Alaska 27 Arizona 117 Arkansas 32 California 563
Colorado 118 Connecticut 220 Delaware 49 Florida 349 Georgia 165
Hawaii 28 Idaho 20 Illinois 150 Indiana 83 Iowa 39
Kansas 24 Kentucky 39 Louisiana 26 Maine 40 Maryland 182
Massachusetts 278 Michigan 139 Minnesota 129 Mississippi 16 Missouri 71
Montana 14 Nebraska 21 Nevada 44 New Hampshire 57 New Jersey 511
New Mexico 32 New York 2332 North Carolina 167 North Dakota 8 Ohio 178
Oklahoma 30 Oregon 99 Pennsylvania 498 Rhode Island 37 South Carolina 65
South Dakota 9 Tennessee 66 Texas 279 Utah 61 Vermont 26
Virginia 258 Washington 231 Washington, D.C. 24 West Virginia 23 Wisconsin 107
Wyoming 8

Newest country in red!

Germany 2803 England 798 Canada 785 Netherlands 548 France 449
Switzerland 385 Czechia 370 Sweden 338 Austria 337 Belgium 230
Finland 204 Australia 194 Norway 192 Denmark 139 Spain 131
Portugal 84 Ireland 54 Poland 54 Italy 51 South Africa 50
Slovakia 43 Luxembourg 36 Scotland 34 Japan 28 Latvia 26
Hungary 24 Wales 21 Israel 20 New Zealand 19 Slovenia 14
Puerto Rico 13 Brazil 13 Hong Kong 11 Singapore 11 Lithuania 11
Estonia 10 Mexico 9 Bermuda 8 United Arab Emirates 7 Greece 7
Liechtenstein 6 Iceland 6 Romania 6 Northern Ireland 6 Chile 5
Taiwan 5 Isle of Man 3 Costa Rica 3 Peru 3 Cyprus 3
Malta 3 Croatia 3 China 3 Argentina 3 Panama 3
Jersey 3 Guam 2 Guernsey 2 Qatar 2 South Korea 2
Thailand 2 San Marino 2 Vietnam 1 Guyana 1 Iraq 1
Serbia 1 Venezuela 1 Bulgaria 1 Lebanon 1 Curaco 1
Dominican Republic 1 Turkey 1 Nigeria 1 Ukraine 1 Aruba 1
Angola 1 Zimbabwe 1 Indonesia 1 Botswana 1 Malaysia 1
Myanmar 1 Colombia 1

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nccebnpu sebz fgerrg yriry, pnpur vf nobhg xarr-uvtu.

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)