NS Spirit Trail: When the Saints Go Marching In Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Highlander 71: I came by today for another visit, armed with my caching gloves and some clippers. As I was cutting away some of the dead thorny branches I got a very dirty look from a cyclist, but otherwise my visit went unnoticed. After several minutes of cutting and digging I had still found no sign of the container so I guess it was either removed by landscapers or it has become buried far deeper than I imagined.

Common sense says to simply replace it with a new container, but with this section of the Spirit Trail closed until September 2014, there's really no good reason to keep it up and running so I have decided to archive it. I will come back and visit the area late next summer to see if there might be a new and more exciting location to hide a new cache! Thanks for playing! Cache on!

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Hidden : 7/22/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

When heading east from the Lower Lonsdale section of the North Shore Spirit Trail, you pass the southernmost reaches of North Vancouver's saintly streets – St. Georges, St. Andrews, St. Patricks, and St. Davids. The trail turns northwards here and follows quiet residential streets for a few blocks. This will become the bike portion as the pedestrian-only trail will be completed later.

St.George was renowned for having slain a dragon (it might have been a crocodile, though), and is the patron saint of England. His cross (red on a white background) is the national flag of England, and forms part of the Union Jack of United Kingdom.

St.Andrew was an Apostle believed to have died on an X-shaped cross and is the patron saint of Scotland. His cross (a white saltire on a blue background) is the national flag of Scotland, and forms part of the Union Jack of the United Kingdom.

St.Patrick was renowned for having driven snakes from Ireland (although it is suggested Ireland had been snake-free since the Ice Age). His cross (red saltire on a white background) represents Ireland and forms part of the Union Jack of the United Kingdom, but Ireland has no universally accepted national flag.

St.David purportedly lived to be 100, was a man of peace, a vegetarian, and is the patron saint of Wales. His cross (yellow on a black background) is used by many Welsh as their national flag, but it was not used for the Union Jack as Wales was considered part of England.

The gardening crew that cleans up here has been known to accidentally bury the container so you might have to move some loose dirt or debris to find it, and during the growing season there could be thorns very close by. You barely need to take one step off the pavement to reach the cache. The container isn't built to hold much in the way of swag so bring only your smallest items if you like to trade.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

guerr zrgerf sebz gjbsbhesvirsvirbufvkfvk

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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