Indian Painted Rocks Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/8/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

In this area there have been a few other caches. The area these caches were in is now off limits. There used to be a trail that would take you next to the rocks to see the Painted Rocks. Ive been up there before the area was shut down and its pretty cool. To bad vandals had to ruin it.

Indian Painted Rocks is a tiny state park (approximately 2,000 sq ft (200 m2)) right outside Yakima, Washington at the intersection of Powerhouse and Ackely Roads. The Indian rock paintings, also known as pictographs are on a cliff of basaltic rocks parallel to the current Powerhouse road which was once an Indian trail and later a main pioneer road that connected the Ahtanum valley to the Wenas mountains.
The paintings were originally thought to be only a few hundred years old but it is likely they are much older than that - possibly over 1000 years old. A sign located at the footsteps of the short trail states that even the local Indians, probably the Yakama, do not know the origin of these paintings.
The rock paintings are stylized polychromatic paintings using white, red and black colors.
The state park was acquired from the Yakima Valley Canal Company in 1950.
In early 2007, the state parks department closed the Indian Painted Rocks park because of graffiti. There are plans to restructure the park in order to protect the painted rocks.
I do hope they reopen it up to the public. The cache is located across the road from the Painted Rocks. Hidden at the base of a big freakin rock. Enjoy.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh jbhyq or Urephyrf va lbh pna zbir guvf

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)


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