2 State Solution Challenge Mystery Cache
Hidden : 1/23/2010
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Cities so far: Auburn (CA/GA and CA/WA), Winters (CA/TX), Woodland (CA/WA), Phoenix (AZ/OR), Albany (CA/OR), Kansas City (KS/MO), Plainfield (IL/IN), Sullivan (IL/IN), Springfield (IL/MO), Columbia (IL/MO), Clinton, (MI/IL), Raymond (IL/WA), Morton (IL/WA), Alamo (CA/NV), Vancouver (WA/BC), Salem (OR/UT), Farmington (MO/UT), Eureka (MO/UT), ...


The cache IS at the posted coordinates. This challenge may motivate you to take an extra side trip when you're traveling out-of-state.

Despite the name, we're keeping politics out of this one. The idea here is to find a cache in two different cities with the same name. Two different states, too. Spelling, not pronunciation, is what matters. So, Richmond, California and Richmond, Virginia? You're good. You could even substitute Richmond, Rhode Island for one of those. So book your tickets to Springfield, Newark, Princeton, Washington, Kansas City, Concord, and Elk Grove, IL, for example.

Some might ask about a different country, so yes, if you find a cache in Rome, Georgia and Rome, Italy, you're good (very good, actually!). Ditto for Paris, Texas and Paris, France. York, United Kingdom and New York, New York? Sorry! You may want to pair your UK find with a visit to the home of the Peppermint Patty: York, Pennsylvania. How about Wendover, Utah and Wendover, Nevada? Nope. There is no Wendover, Nevada. The Nevada town is West Wendover. Other near misses are West New York, New Jersey and East St. Louis, Illinois. Off to Melbourne, are you? Swing by the one in Florida too and you'll qualify. Oakland, California and Auckland, New Zealand? Nope. Oakland, Maryland instead? Yep.

Now for a few words from the Promotion of Clarity Department:

You must find 2 caches to complete this challenge.
The caches may be of any cache type.
Past finds DO NOT qualify. The caches must be found on or after January 26, 2010. Revisiting a cache that you found before that date DOES NOT COUNT for this challenge.
About place names: cities, towns, and CDPs are all legitimate. Folks have pointed out to me that places like Orangevale, Granite Bay, and El Dorado Hills are actually designated as CDPs, or Census Designated Places. They are fine for this challenge even though they are neither cities nor towns. (Sadly, there is no cache yet in Orangevale, Bulgaria.)
More about place names: cities and towns that no longer exist ("historical towns") ARE OK. For example, GCHZYE is a virtual that talks about the historical town of Pleasant Valley, Utah. You could use this cache with a Pleasant Valley in another state.
Places listed on www.hometownlocator.com are legitimate and may count toward this challenge.
You may log this cache up to ten times if you find ten different pairings of cities without repeating states (one way to qualify would be to visit all 20 Springfields, but that sounds like an idea for another challenge ...). You do not need to revisit the physical cache for each time you log it. (But you are welcome to!)
In your "found it" log, indicate the qualifying caches' names, GC numbers, and city names.
You must sign the log of the physical cache; you may sign the log before completing the challenge.

Have fun on your visit to Davis, CA (or was it the north-of-the-border Davis, Ca?)!

Congrats to owlandpussycat for the FTF!
Congrats to racer2814 for the first to claim all 10 available finds!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

onfr bs cbfg

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)


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