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Wishing "You" Well Travel-Inn TravelBug HOTEL Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 2/20/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   large (large)

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Geocache Description:

This TB/Geocion Travel Inn Cache is located a short drive from Route 60. Safe place and plenty of room for Travel Bugs and GeoCoins!!! It is placed in my parents front yard.....they are educated muggles...so you have permission to go retrieve it! X-large Ammo box!!!!

PLEASE do not visit this cache after dark!!!! DaytimeOnly!!!!

The next door neighbor is also aware of your activity so no worries......

When I am up visiting my parents occasionally from VA.....I will more then likely trade out any trackables and take them with me for some good miles!!!!

The initial contents include a lot of nice swag, travel bug and a geocoin, both from oversees. Please trade evenly.....

Congrats to ETfoundit on FTF!!!!!!!!!

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Wikipedia says:

A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the idea that water housed deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods, since water was a source of life and often a scarce commodity.

The Germanic and Celtic peoples considered springs and wells sacred places. Sometimes the places were marked with wooden statues possibly of the god associated with the pool. Germanic peoples were known to throw the armour and weapons of defeated enemies into bogs and other pools of water as offerings to their gods.

Water was seen to have healing powers and therefore wells became popular with many people drinking, bathing or just simply wishing over it. People believe that the guardians or dwellers of the well would grant them their wish if they paid a price. After uttering the wish, one would generally drop coins(geo-coins) in the well. That wish would then be granted by the guardian or dweller, based upon how the coin(geo-coins) would land at the bottom of the well. Traditionally coins(geo-coins??) were made of copper or silver and had biocidal properties which kept the water from going sour (bacteria produces various acidic compounds which affect the taste, notably Hydrogen sulfide). It was thus lucky to throw coins(geo-coins) in the well.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uzzzzz........Vg'f nyy va gur anzr......

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)