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S.C.N.C.S. # 3 - Come Out of Your Shell Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

mlsimons: Archived 8.4.13 after a few years of enjoyment. Hope you had fun with this series; time to open up Spencer Crest for more new caches!

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Hidden : 4/15/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

One loggable stage of the Spencer Crest Nature Center Series.

This is a stand alone cache at Spencer Crest Nature Center, and holds a clue to the S.C.N.C.S. Finale.

Spencer Crest Nature Center, Inc. in Corning NY is a not-for-profit organization providing environmental educational and recreational activities for the greater Corning area. The Center features 250 acres and seven miles of trails - learn more at www.spencercrest.org In our explorations, we've found that some of the trail maps don't correspond well with the myriad trails that appear to have cropped up at the reserve, so cache & hike with care.

This leg of the Spencer Crest Series takes you to the southern area of the reserve where you'll find the Turtle Pond. When we placed the cache, we didn't see any turtles, but did find a bunch of newts/salamanders and other creepy crawlies in the pond. Let us know if you see any turtles in your log. There is a stream adjacent to the pond on the western and south sides, and a good geocacher will find a great hide spot that was intended for this cache, until we poked around and found a letterbox hide. Check it out, if that's your thing.

Hide is small lock & lock container, contains logbook, no pencil. Significant hike to get to the pond.

You will need information from inside the hide to help you find the fourth and final stage of the S.C.N.C. Multicache.


Enjoy the hunt!


-MLSimons

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jba'g or n qenva ba lbhe zragny erfreirf.

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)