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Toward a Metric America Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/5/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Much like the push to the Metric System in the 1970s, this off-ramp goes nowhere.

This cache is just off I-19 on a sliver of U.S. soil that cuts through the Tohono O’odham Nation. This is a quick cache on the way to Sahuarita and Green Valley, or Tucson depending on which way you're traveling.


History
"Interstate 19 is unique amongst US Interstates, because signed distances are given in meters (hundreds or thousands as distance-to-exit indications) or kilometers (as distance-to-destination indications), and not miles. Speed limit signs give speeds in miles-per-hour, however. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), metric signage was originally placed because of the "metric system push" in the United States at the time of the original construction of the highway."
Wikipedia

Terrain
o Parking within 0-ft
o Caution needed on/near cattle guard
o May require squatting or kneeling

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

bar zrgre qbja

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)