Standing Springs Cache *ARCHIVED 6-1-16* Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

The Scout Master: The traditional cache here has been muggled again. Since it is for an historical spring, I have decided to recreate it in the form of an EarthCache (GC6JZ6B). The new one can be visited and logged as a find even if you came to the old one. Happy Caching!

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Hidden : 4/9/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

TO AVOID CONFUSION: PLEASE PARK in the parking lot below the cemetery, near the activity fields. (N 34 43.580, W 082 17.326). THERE IS A SIGN LEADING TO THE SPRING.

This cache is located at a natural spring that has been here for over 200 years.
I noticed the sign for it while I was at Standing Springs Baptist Church for a soccer game our granddaughter (who is in the accompanying photo) was playing in. We went down to see it and liked it. So, I asked for the OK to place a cache at this nice location.
Permission was granted by Steve of the Standing Springs Baptist Church.




        The monument reads:
  "THIRTY FEET DIRECTLY BEHIND
  THIS MONUMENT IS THE
  ORIGINAL STANDING SPRING
  FROM WHICH THIS COMMUNITY
  AND STANDING SPRINGS BAPTIST
  CHURCH DERIVED THEIR NAMES.
  THE CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED
  IN OCTOBER 1818.

  THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
  OCTOBER 14, 2001 IN RECOGNITION
  OF THE CHURCH'S 183RD
  ANNIVERSARY.

          PAT PERRY, PASTOR"



You should park in the main parking lot near the activity fields.
You will see a sign directing you to the spring and monument "780 Feet" away.

The path (which is a dirt path with leaves on it - watch out for hidden roots) will take you down to the spring, which is a slow-flowing body of water, sometimes partly covered with duckweed. If you go right down by it you can see the water welling up into it from the ground.

You are searching for a medium ointment jar with camo on it.

PLEASE DO NOT SEARCH SUNDAY MORNINGS


HAPPY CACHING!!!

FTF HONORS GO TO...tech-ninja!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ng gur onfr bs n gerr. Nobhg 25' gb gur FJ bs gur zbahzrag.

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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