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Hidden : 5/10/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Park and grab in a quart sized screw top container.

"Arrogantly Shabby"

Pawleys Island, South Carolina, a small town in Georgetown County and an Atlantic coast barrier island, located 70 miles north of Charleston and 25 miles south of Myrtle Beach, is known as one of the oldest summer resorts on the East Coast. The island is on the southern end of the Waccamaw Neck, a long, narrow peninsula between the ocean and the Waccamaw River.
The earliest known inhabitants of the area were Waccamaw and Winyah Indians. They called the area "Chicora", meaning "the land", and the term is frequently used by locals.

The families of rice planters who owned plantations on the nearby rivers first settled Pawleys Island in the early 1700's. The planters knew that it was unhealthy for their families to remain on the rivers during the summer and that the seashore was much healthier. Even though they didn't know about malaria in the 1700's, they knew enough to get away! They moved their families, horses, cows, bedding, provisions and furniture to Pawleys in May of each year, where they remained until the first frost in November!

From this leisurely existence has developed the charm of Pawleys that still remains. Also still remaining are 12 residences in the historic district, which date from the late 1700's to the mid 1800's. Pawleys continues to be known for its shoeless, carefree, laid-back life style, which includes crabbing in the adjacent creeks, fishing, the stories of ghosts, the rope hammocks and the unspoiled, unsophisticated, casual, delightful stretch of wide beach and sand dunes.

Although less secluded and more up-scale than it was only a decade ago, Pawleys Island still retains a quaintness and a relaxed pace which makes it a rare island along the U.S. east coast. The water temperature is comfortable from May to October.

This cache is available at all times of day. Terrain is level except for the last few feet. Parking is available nearby (across the street).

With all apologies to Sleepyrn since you have "welcome to . . ." caches for everywhere except Pawleys I thought I would take care of this one.

Please use stealth this can be a high traffic area.

Congratulations to zephyr715 and marvinj920 for the First to Find!!!!!!!


Thanks to Sleepyrn for the history of Pawleys Island that I neglected to include in my original listing due to my slapdash method of things.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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