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Gilligan's Island Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/8/2007
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


A treasure of a find in a treasured place.



This is accessible Monday - Saturday, 9-8 and Sunday, 10-6. Don't fret, there's no purchase necessary! Just enjoy the visit and thank the people for keeping watch over your bugs.

Note! (1) When you arrive you must let somebody behind the counter know that you are a geocacher that is looking for this cache. (2) It's sitting in plain sight but is NOT where I took the picture. It'll be up to you to locate it, just keep your chin up and you'll find it. (3) When you do find it, take it to the counter area to open it. (4) Trade swag and bugs if you like. No need to trade a bug for a bug.

Now for some history about the cache. On Thanksgiving Day, 2007, a geocacher by the name of lagrac stopped by my WRBA TB VAULT. It’s within sight of my back window. When I spotted him I grabbed the opportunity to welcome a visitor. Finally, I saw someone arrive since I moved the VAULT to my back yard. After a few minutes conversing in the geocaching dialect he asked if I would be willing to take a really big TB off his hands. I agreed. He jogged to his vehicle and came back with a 4 x 5 x 10 inch dried alligator head. Nice. Not being able to locate a cache that's large enough to hold it I decided to use this as an opportunity to make a new one that is. I was also looking for an excuse to see if I could place a box in a very unique place that I have been visiting off and on for many years. I got permission, went to Hobby Lobby to look for a suitable box and found the perfect container!! I got it for half price to boot: only 4 bucks.

Although I made this geocache to hold the alligator head travel bug, I welcome swag as well as other bugs. I would especially like to see swag that fits the tropical paradise theme. Be as cordial to the keepers of the cache as they are to you. If they are too busy to help, be patient. Bring the kids, they will love this tropical island in the middle of the Waterloo/Cedar falls area!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs lbh arrq n uvag, V'z fher gurl jvyy tvir lbh bar.

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)