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No Minutes, No Seconds. 46 x 68 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 9/13/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Could be a long walk!

While overseas with the Navy, Chris was searching for a cache or two to do in Sicily. He came upon one that caught his eye called “No Minutes, No Seconds” (or something like that). It intrigued him, so he looked into it deeper and discovered the whole Degree Confluence Project deal. On earth, where the major lines of latitude cross the major lines of longitude, that is called a “degree confluence” No minutes, no seconds. N44.00.000 W070.00.000 is one example of this. Upon further investigation and finding the website: (visit link) it was discovered that there are 12 such confluences in Maine. 10 are on or near dry land and 2 are just off the coast. There is a graphic from the website illustrating this in the gallery.


The SuitedPair were brand new to caching at this time and had only found around 15 caches so far. But, we were hooked! We wanted to place some caches of our own, too, but wanted to come up with something cool; something neat! On the Confluence Project website, we noticed that no one person had ever been to ALL of the confluences in Maine. We have taken this on as a challenge! Not only are we going to visit all of them, but we are going to place a cache at (or really near) all of them as well!

Or Rt 2, south of Houlton, look for Fire Rd. It's on the right as you are heading south. It is a gated, private road. I called the owner, Mary Gregor. She is a realtor in that area. She said that it is fine to walk, bike, or 4 wheel down that road. But the gate should always be locked. If she drives by after you have driven in and she sees the gate open, she will stop and lock it. You will be locked in. BUT, like I said, she doesn't mind folks being down the road for recreation purposes, just don't damage the road.

Go until you are at W068.00.000. The confluence and cache will be just off the road by about 50 feet to the left or to the south. You are looking for a 6" x 6" camo painted lock n lock. It is in the crook of a branch about 7 feet up a yellow birch tree just a few feet from the exact coordinates. I just wanted it off the ground for the winter.

Post a picture of your GPS to show how close you got!

Feel free to log your confluence visit as well at the confluence.org website. It is a free website, like Geocaching.com.

Congrats to Team AZGems and the Skallywags on a Joint FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab uvag ernyyl arrqrq. Whfg svaq gur pbbeqvangrf!

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)