GC16WAV Tequesta Hammock Cache (Traditional Cache) in Florida, United States created by Exoticdvm & Nana5mhk

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exoticdvm: Unfortunately Crandon Park will be without a few caches we placed back in the day -- over 10 years ago! As life goes on, our time for caching has dwindled. Despite our best intentions, we have not been able to visit this park for cache maintenance so it's time to say our farewells here. Thanks for the many visits and memories made!

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Hidden : 10/21/2007

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache can be found in the Bear Cut Preserve located in Crandon Park on Key Biscayne. It is a traditional ammo can. There is a $5 admission fee to enter Crandon Park. Park hours are 8 a.m. to sunset.

The Tequesta Hammock Trail is a short 0.25 mile loop that begins at the Nature Center. It is a relatively new trail, created to provide a short introductory loop through the hammock, designed for visitors who desire a brief and easy walk.

The Tequesta Native American tribe occupied an area along the Atlantic coast of Florida in what are now Broward and Miami-Dade Counties. They also occupied the Florida Keys at times, and may have had a village on Cape Sable, at the southern end of the Florida peninsula, in the 16th Century. The central town (also called Tequesta) was probably at the mouth of the Miami River. The Tequesta arrived in the Biscayne Bay area around the beginning of the Current Era. The Tequestas placed their towns and camps at the mouths of rivers and streams, on inlets from the Atlantic Ocean to inland waters, and on barrier islands and keys.

The Tequesta were more or less dominated by the more numerous Calusa of the southwest coast of Florida. Estimates of the number of Tequestas at the time of initial European contact range from 800 to 10,000, while estimates of the number of Calusas on the southwest coast of Florida range from 2,000 to 20,000. Occupation of the Florida Keys may have swung back and forth between the two tribes. Although there is a Spanish record of a Tequesta village on Cape Sable, Calusa artifacts outnumber Tequesta artifacts by four to one at archaeological sites there.

Come and explore the Bear Cut Preserve and visit the Biscayne Nature Center. To get to the Bear Cut Preserve, take Rickenbacker Causeway to Key Biscayne and enter Crandon Park at the North Beach entrance. For more information about programs at the Biscayne Nature Center call 305-361-6767 or visit the website at (visit link)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Orne qverpgyl ABEGU sebz gur "8" (be fvzcyl sebz gur cbfg vs gur 8 znexre unf tbar zvffvat).

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)

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