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Butte-iful View + Legos Too Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

GEO-Cache-N-Release: We are archiving this cache as it is need of maintenance, and unfortunately we no longer live in the area to take care of it. We will arrange to have the container removed. We're so happy that it's brought so many people to this "Butte-iful" view for so many years and that they've been able to experience the beauty of the Palouse!

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Hidden : 9/13/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

On Hilty Rd. (gravel) off of SR 272. Easy access with a spot to pull off. Enjoy the beautiful view of Steptoe Butte and the surrounding Palouse from this high point. Bring Lego mini-figures or other Lego pieces to trade.

This cache is near a popular stop for the numerous photography tours that come to the gorgeous Palouse in the Spring and Summer so bring your camera. There is a great view of Steptoe Butte with Buck Canyon in the foreground and miles of visibility of the surrounding rolling Palouse farmland. Although the cache is located on the side of a gravel road, it is on a stretch of Hilty Rd. that is a year-round maintained Whitman County road.

To make this fun for kids (yours and ours) this is a Lego themed cache. If you have some, please bring Lego mini-figures or other Lego stuff to trade. Otherwise, stop by anyway, take a scenic photo, sign the log, and trade another fun item. This will also be the "spawning grounds" of our flyfishing related GEO-Cache-N-Release travel bugs.

Hilty is a loop road with the other end coming out on 272 about 4 miles further to the East. Take the Hilty entrance off of SR 272 at coordinates [N 46° 53.320 W 117° 20.775]. If you go on to Hilty at the other end of the loop further East you will have to drive a few miles of unmaintained dirt road that is dusty, rutted, very slick and muddy when wet, and not plowed in the winter.

Cache is a ammo can.

Started cache with:
July 2008 Geocoinclub Coin
Toy Badge
Lego Farmer mini-figure
Mini Monkey doll
Green Butt Skunk Steelhead Fly Travel Bug
Lego "Rocky" Dog Travel Bug

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jnyx'a Zna

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)