Sunday Drive Series...Steel Bridge Traditional Cache

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*gln: ### ARCHIVING CACHE ###

Since you haven't repaired your cache I can only assume that your priorities have changed and you’ve gone in a different direction.

While I feel that we should hold the location for you we can't do so forever.
If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the VERY near future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the current guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Let me know if I can be of assistance in the future.

Thanks,
*gln, Mongo and Banjo-Boy
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Hidden : 1/27/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Micro container, log only. Please be careful retrieving and replacing this cache—if you drop it, it’s a goner! Don’t forget your pen.

Just off Historic Route 66, this cache is located at one of the few remaining bridges of this type left in our area. The steel thru-truss bridge was constructed in 1926 over Johnson Creek. While driving to this cache, you’re most likely traveling (at least for a little ways) over an original concrete section of Old 66. Close by is what used to be the town of Spencer, but all that remains of the long-gone town is a row of old business buildings sitting empty and forgotten.

Container is a camo’d match stick holder.

About our Sunday Drive Series of caches…

Back in the 60’s & early 70’s, there was nothing, in my young mind, better than piling into the family car to go for a Sunday drive. Gas was cheap but so were wages, so it usually meant we had to scrounge around the house for whatever change we could come up with to fund our adventure. We’d take off in one direction or another, with one of us kids hollering, “left, Daddy, left!” and go wherever the day would take us.

We would drive down dirt country roads or highways that still weren’t paved at that time, looking at how the others live. We would explore cemeteries, parks, bridges, and occasionally a roadside fruit & vegetable stand. If we had enough money, the day usually ended at some Mom & Pop drive-in where we’d buy nickel (then dime, then quarter…) ice cream cones. Life was good and those memories are precious to me to this day.

We started talking about a cache route with the Sunday Drive theme a few months ago and finally have had time to put something together. We wanted a concentrated area of caches so that people could come out to our neck of the woods, enjoy the scenery away from the hustle and bustle of the city, but have enough caches to log to make the drive here worthwhile. The caches aren’t fancy, often the most interesting view is of the stream in the holler, an old tombstone, or the farmhouse across the way. We’ve tried to vary the degree of difficulty so they’ll be fun. The main idea is to relax and enjoy a little taste of Americana that has slipped away with our busy lives and three dollar a gallon gasoline.

So set the radio station to the oldies, roll down your windows, and let your GPS take you back to a simple time and place. We hope you enjoy the ride!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvp & whfg n yvggyr fgergpu.

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)


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