Spit it out Traditional Cache

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Craftea's Archives: Cache is gone but I hope someone else uses this park to place more, it's a beautiful area that isn't visited often enough!

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Hidden : 2/26/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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My first visit to White River Falls, located just east of Tygh Valley along Highway 216, was fairly recent, considering my history here. My friend Lucy heard me taking (probably endlessly) about geocaching and she immediately thought of taking me up here on a visit. I fell in love with the place. The view is spectacular as the White River plunges 90’ over a basalt shelf. I checked and there were no caches here. I bet myself that there would be before I returned, but I lost. Finally I came down and placed one. This time I brought Lucy and she gave me a history of some bird or other that migrates here and we decided to place a cache in honor of the swallows.

But that didn’t seem good enough for such a wonderful place.

White River Falls There is an awesome old building down the canyon. It has round windows and rough rock exterior. We speculated at what it might be. I wandered down to take a closer look and to place this cache, but the building is so dilapidated from vandals that I couldn’t get close. I hid the cache away from any man-made object so don’t go near any buildings!

According to an Oregon State Park website, the trail there is labeled as “rugged”. The stairs are steep and uneven and it’s about a quarter mile, but I assure you the views from there are worth every drop of sweat. I thought they were great from up top – from below, it’s breathtaking. Ok, a lot of the breathtaking had to do with the trail, but you’ll see what I mean when you get here. The terrain rating may change with the weather, so please use good judgment on attempting this cache. You don't have to leave the trail till you get on flat ground again, and then, not too far. Cache is a small lock-n-lock and will need to be replaced and covered well with rocks so it doesn't get found (and removed) by muggles.

The building down in the canyon was the power plant that supplied electricity to Wasco and Sherman Counties from 1910 until the completion of The Dalles Dam in 1960. But that’s pretty mundane, don’t you think? Lucy thought maybe it was a flourmill. Then she thought, maybe a wood mill, but that brought about the question how did they get the wood down and back up? So, you know the answer of what it really is, but feel free to explore other options and share your ideas in your logs.

More info, paraphrased from the website: This free park is popular for picnicking, hiking and as a fishing retreat. It opens early each spring when the desert flowers are in bloom and closes after the leaves turn in the fall, but walkers are welcome to come in year round. This park offers all of the intrigue of history, a geological story of violence and power; and the old grist pond tells the story of people learning to use that power. The hydroelectric plant at the bottom tells the story of human ingenuity and persistence as they turned the Pacific Northwest’s abundant natural energy into electricity.

Or it might have been a mill that spit out flour. Or used the hydroelectric power to run a weaving machine that made cloth. Use your imagination and tell me what you think this old place might have spit out?

Congratulations to Bubblegummers for getting FTF!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur ebpx jnyy nobir gur enoovg oehfu.

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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