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100 Acre Woods - Six Pine Trees Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/28/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to the 100 Acre Woods Cache Series

This series is based on Winnie the Pooh and is a tribute to the 100 acres of city parkland that we have to enjoy each and every day.   Since being introduced to Geocaching, I have been completely amazed at the number of local parks that I never knew ever existed, and if it was not for Geocaching, I do not believe I would ever have had the pleasure of exploring even a fraction of them.

The purpose is to celebrate the local parks we have and to promote members and families to walk through some of the vast number of parks that the city has to offer.

This series is also a tribute to my birthday and my 500th cache milestone. 

A birthday is a celebration of life and continued good health.  In our family it is a tradition that when you are having a birthday that instead of you receiving gifts you are expected to give someone a gift.  It could be another family member, volunteering your time and talents, giving a gift to a friend, or someone less fortunate, or perhaps a stranger.  This year I am celebrating my birthday with my fellow geocachers, by giving to you all this cache series.  Starting from Sept 21 (which is my actual birthday) I will be having a couple of caches published each week, until all the caches have been published.

The series is made up of 13 traditional caches which are hidden in various parks throughout the Surrey/Langley area.  For those like myself who are not fond of micro caches then you are going to like this series because there is NO micro caches.  Each cache is a Lock&Lock style box, for those who enjoy nothing better than finding those pesky immature micro caches, well you either have to suck it up, or go and find some other caches to hunt for.  Each cache contains some swag items, and at least one clue that is required when finding the the final mystery/puzzle cache.  To complete the series you must find and record all the clues contained in each of the 13 traditional caches and use them to decode the following message that will direct you to the final cache.

Pvj xly tkrww xlvo exx gaqnppmhh xn opyj oay jtjq unyn zvc ix wmj fvlvn zmdfo hb gngfwym mm danwo qhwwb ecup fnia kchp rxcex dtjs anyn wjf mrg rjvf fln lyegppq odh xzyjiu wra woesn jayi cfkrw kaxp tnrgnjg vjq nclmwl ocx wmj fvlvn cw fd vxzx ffeceosw wmfw tr vzghjd tj mr nsh wpps gnl xlyes zv aeh jke zd feg qjs seb axf fl o tnatye zoiqjg femzq ufwo

The final cache is a large ammo box of which the contents are four characters from the 100 acre woods as travel bugs waiting to be set free to venture from cache to cache within the 100 acre woods.  Please one per geocacher.
There are also many other Pooh theme special swag items and other special items which I am not going to spoil the fun but will let you find out for yourself.  What I will say is just that the items contained are unique and premium items, so come prepared to trade fairly. The final cache will have a FTF, 2TF, 3TF, and a 4TF certificate.

Enjoy the series, and a special thank you to the City of Surrey and the Langley Township for supplying the caches with their city swag.

Six Pine Trees

This cache is located on Brae Island on the Tavistock trail close the point.  I choose this area for two reasons, it is hardly known by anyone, and because of this it can be a quiet little retreat from suburbia and brings you into the land of tranquility.  Secondly, is because it is fitting with the cache theme of Six Pine Trees as I believe on the trail you would be hard press to find any more than 6 pine trees.  There is but one one in and out of this park.  The trail is a nice easy level path about 1.9K long from the parking lot to the point.  You can walk or take your bike on the journey.  Check out one or both of the look outs on the way up to the point, it will show you a view of the Bedford Channel you have not seen before, and of Derby Reach on the other side of the Channel.  Enjoy the park and the tranquility of it's babbling creek.  The cache is a 1litre lock and lock container and its original contents consist of: FTF pin, city pins, magnets, stickers, pens, a Pooh pen, Hollywood keychain, carabineer, a hat light and the all important clue #5 for the final puzzle cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

RZBFFRZVGRFRUGFGAVUGFHWXPNEPRZCHQANJBYORZLNJN

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)