Park on High Land Traditional Cache
ILReviewer: Since I haven't heard from the owner I'm reluctantly archiving this cache. If the owner wishes to reactivate this cache, please e-mail me at IllinoisGeocacher@yahoo.com and I'll unarchive it as soon as I can.
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You're looking for a spacious camouflaged small container in the woodsy area right next to beautiful Rosewood Park in the town of Highland Park. This is definitely not a park-and-grab as there is no obvious nearby parking unless you're not nervous about getting a ticket. (See more info on this below.) I purposefully hid this toward one end of the park to leave room (*hint hint*) for someone else to hide a cache at the other end.:-)
I was driving home from some cache hides-and-finds when I spotted the bridge leading to this park. I turned the car around and checked out what was here. What a beautiful big park! And the views are amazing as you watch Lake Michigan from above. Plus, there is a ravine below. It's all delightful!
Hiding this was not too hard at the end of Winter (although a bit muddy), but I can imagine that during the bushy months of the year this may take a bit more work to get to.
Take note that the two nearest parking lots - one north, one south of the park - are both restricted to permit holders (for the shore or the town of Highland Park). Even the block immediately south of the park is off limits to cars. Worse yet, the other parts of that street are only available October-April. Point being, if you come with a car, you'll need to leave it a few blocks away.
Snow may make this a difficult find.
Bring your own pen. Although there is room for one, I forgot to include one. Sorry.
The usual turtle trinket awaits the FTF. I also left some congratulatory stickers for trading.
Google Maps was not much help here to verify the coordinates so I've included a hint with hopefully enough detail. Feel free to post alternate coordinates if you think the posted ones are not sufficiently on-target.
Logs stating nothing more than "TFTC" may find themselves deleted.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Bapr lbh'ir fcbggrq n ovt oybpx bs przrag,
Ab ybatre jvyy lbh unir gb ynzrag,
Orpnhfr abj lbh'er arneol rfcrpvnyyl,
Vs jrfgjneq zbirzrag vf lbhe fcrpvnygl.
Zbir abg gbb sne qbja gur uvyy,
Vs n fzvyrl vf jung tvirf lbh guevyy.
Ybpngr gjb snyyra gerrf pevffpebffvat,
Ng gurve vagrefrpgvba lbh'yy svaq zr fybhpuvat.