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Does It Ever End? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/14/2011
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

DO NOT GO TO THE POSTED COORDINATES. They will put you in the Atlantic Ocean.

In honor of PI Day (3/14), I present the following tale.

In a small town along the Jersey shore, there once lived a geocaching mathematician by the name of Ludwig von Pi-ano.

He spent most of his days walking on the beach, wondering about many things mathematical, especially the number PI. He knew that everyone said that the digits for PI never ended but he was a skeptic. Some days, it would drive him so crazy that he began to come up with PI songs to distract him from his failings. One of his classics is printed for your pleasure.

Ring The Bells ..
(to the tune of Jingle Bells)

Basking in the glow
Of a Geocacher's holiday.
All we need to know Is
"Pi will lead the way!"

To circles we will sing,
The digits we'll recite.
The ratio gives us everything.
It's a geocaching delight!

Oh! Ring the bells,
Pi Day spells Fun with 3 - 1 - 4!
It's the day to celebrate and
Find that cache we adore!

Oh! Ring the bells,
Pi Day spells Fun with 3 - 1 - 4!
First we take one slice of Pi
And then we ask for more!

(Borrowed from www.teachpi.org and revised.)

As he headed off into the distance I could hear him muttering the following:
MISS TO SO CHEVY . MY AMERICAN SO
MY AMERICAN MISS SO . DROVE CHEVY AMERICAN

Can you help out Ludwig by figuring out what these words mean and find this non-traditional cache container?


Since it's been a month and no one's found this, I revised the hint and added a web page reference. Hope someone can figure it out soon. With summer approaching, the muggle count will increase.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vs gurl'er bcra, qba'g Ersenva sebz tenoovat n fyvpr bs Nzrevpna nccyr Cvr arneol.

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)