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Thorny Crossroads Mystery Cache

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thestewarts249: This cache has been out for quite some time (past the DNCR guidelines that they have since adopted), but I knew that no rogue trails were forming at this cache. The two trees that were the roads to travel above the thorns have rotted away. I loved the log entries. Hopefully this will allow for a new cache to replace it.

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Hidden : 2/23/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Coordinates listed are for parking area only, solve the puzzle to find the actual coordinates.


While crashing through the underbrush, Guinness (the caching dog) leading as usual, we came upon this location.

While heading towards an Ed Scott stage
Whacking thorny bushes in a rage
We came upon a highway elevated
Which caused our spirits to be elated.
Halfway along we came to a crossroad
Neither right nor left seemed the right road
I looked down marked the spot in a flash
And came back later to hide this cache.

Guinness says the location is at

GLPTRZOVNPQPNEODBIBGVQEGKGZGDGZGGLPGONRGABEC
ZUNUMPVLPGTQQGERPZPOLPEEPZTVNTRGNEDZLPEESVGC

 

Guinness with Caching Dog TB

This hike takes me approximately 50 minutes (knowing the easiest route), so the under an hour designation is borderline.  As with any French Creek Cache, note that the property boundaries shown as on the map inserted into the cache page by Geocaching.com are about 30 years out of date. This cache is well within the park boundary.  Placed with permission of the DCNR.

 

A few people have had trouble with the cipher, apparently not all sites do it the same. I used on of the ones at http://rumkin.com/tools/cipher/

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Yrg gur pnpuvat qbt yrnq lbh gur evtug jnl Vs lbh tbg n ybpngvba va Zvpuvtna, lbh whzcrq gur tba

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)