Sunlit Silence Mystery Cache
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The cache is not at the posted coords but they are a good place to park. While hiking last fall I saw something that made me say, “Hmmm, I wonder where that goes?” There's a trail that will get you very close. If you send me the solved coordinates I will send you the coords for the trail to the cache. Use the tale below to find the coordinates before you leave home.
Cachers are crazy. We all know it and those who know us just shake their heads and try to decide whether to laugh or have us committed. We will do just about anything to sign our names on a little piece of paper. I knew this one guy, John (although some people called him Junior), who went by the caching name of Flyboy. He told me a story that proved just how crazy he was:
There was this one cache that I just had to get. I had a shot at being the FTF and there was a Jeep in there, too. The road to the trail head ran along a stream and I watched its tumbling mirth as I drove my eager craft. Unless you have been there the beauty of the road is something you have not dreamed of. Once I got to the trailhead, according to my GPS I had to go east. You should have seen the ridge the trail went up. I finally made it to the top. Like so many times before when sunward I’ve climbed, I had to stop and catch my breath. I watched as the birds (I bet they were buzzards waiting to see if I expired right there) wheeled and soared. I got a picture of the sun-split clouds to post with my log. I’ve done a hundred things but I could tell this would go on my favorites list. The trail kept going up the ridge so I followed it until I topped the wind-swept heights. The view was something you have not dreamed of. My GPS said I was getting close. Of course it had to be up in the rocks and the wind was really starting to blow. I chased the shouting wind along and scrambled up. I should have brought a buddy but none of them could get out of work. Anyway when I got to the top my GPS said ZERO feet. I started moving rocks to look and it felt like I was fighting the bonds of earth. There it was – an ammo can. Was I FTF? I couldn’t wait to find out. I gave a tug on the lid. I tugged again and it didn’t budge. I gave it one more try and finally slipped the surly bonds (on that container). YES!!! FTF!!! RUMBLE!!!! What? Is that thunder this early? It was time to get down off the summit before the storm hit. I got soaked on the way back to the car but that’s better than being fried by lightening. Do you want to discover the Jeep?
Well, that’s how he told it. There is a yellow Jeep for the FTF and a coin copy to discover that is permanently attached to the lid.
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Congratulations to titocache for the FTF
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Nsgre lbh nqzver gur ivrj sebz gur gbc bs gur ebpx, tb nebhaq gb gur obggbz. Gur pnpur vf orgjrra gur ynetr ebpx naq n fyno yrnavat ba vg.