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Know Your Trees? Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 5/1/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Do you know your trees? Test out your knowledge of dendrology and figure out the coordinates to this puzzle cache.


Balsam Fir = 2.
Cedar = 3
White Pine = 4.
Jack Pine = 5.
Red Pine = 6.
Scots Pine = 7.
Tamarack = 8.

The cache is located at:
N 48° 26.ABC
W 89° 28.DEF

Where
A =
B =
C = +
D =
E =
F = +

All photos © Walter Muma. Thanks to him for his kind permission to use them in this puzzle. You can check your answer if you'd like. Oh, and there's an unactivated geocoin for FTF and a new travelbug tag for 2TF.


This cache was hidden for the Spring Cache Challenge. Do not look for it before 6pm, Friday, May 14, 2010!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vebavpnyyl, gur pnpur vfa'g uvqqra va n gerr. [Oh, and there will be a test.]

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)