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Skeetos & Snakes & Leeches, Oh My!!! Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

TinyMoon & The Pumpkin King: NYS Dept. of Conservation doesn't allow caching on their land (according to the way I'm reading the rules) so we are archiving our cache. Which makes me sad in a way, as our idea was to introduce people to a beautiful spot that they normally wouldn't come to or even know existed.

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Hidden : 4/29/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Grab your trusty canoe or kayak and head on out to Hamlin Marsh in North Syracuse!

In the middle of this god-forsaken swamp is an ammo box. It's rusty, probably already filled with water, and I'm guessing the log book is sooo soaked so you won't be able to sign it. (That's okay, the pen in the ammo box ran out of ink long ago.) It's filled with worthless McToys and .99cent DollarStore stuff so why would you even bother looking for it? Anyway, in order to get to it you'll have to grab a canoe or a kayak or a raft and, like, there's MOSQUITOS and stuff out here. These aren't ordinary skeetos, these are CICERO SWAMP SKEETOS, the kind your Grandfather warned you about...Skeetos so huge they could easily carry off a '69 Cadillac. And there's like MUD and stuff...and you'll probably get wet...and as you paddle your canoe or kayak or whatever thru' the Doom-infested-Swamp you'll here the squeeky little voices of the Cicero Swamp Leeches snickering to themselves as they wait for you to fall overboard so they can feast upon your very soul.

If I was you I'd play it safe and go look for a micro somewhere. I'm sure it's safer and you won't get muddy or eaten up by skeeters. Or maybe there's a good game on TV?

But if you're stupid enough (like us!) park your GeoVehicle at the end of Davis Road and launch your canoe. (The Government has provided this spot for us so I'm sure there's a Conspiracy behind it.) On the way to the rusty ammo box you will encounter the dreaded Cicero Swamp Skeeto, vile Swamp Slugs, and stinky Marsh Muck, but you will also see more ducks and geese than you can shake a stick at. If you come in early May you'll see so many baby ducklings and gooselings you'll want to jump out of your boat and just HUG'EM they are so CUTE!!! A choir of peeper frogs will sing of the Fabled Quest of Legendary Geocachers to you as you paddle along, and bullfrogs will recite poems written in honor of this Epic Journey you are undertaking. And red-winged black birds, robins, cardinals...And beavers...and muskrats...maybe a snapping turtle...and ssssssnnnakes, and VERY big fish, although we weren't sure what kind of fish they were but they are HUGE

Co'ords for parking at the boat launch are

N 43d 08.840

W 76d 08.181

So....what are you waiting for?



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Whfg sbyybj gur jngrejnl, ab ohfujnpxvat arprffnel.

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)