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The Food Guide Pyramid Challenge Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 5/13/2012
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cache IS at the posted coordinates, but you MUST fulfill the requirements in order to log a find on this cache!

Park hours are from 7 am - 8 pm in the summer and 7 am- 6 pm in the fall and winter.

Using the USDA Food Guide Pyramid A Guide to Daily Food Choices, as a guideline for this caching challenge.

To complete this cache challenge you must find caches with a type of food name in the cache title that corresponds to the group in the food guide pyramid. Cache names must contain either a generic name of the group, or a specific item from that group.
example: "bread" (generic) or "panini" (specific)
example: "fruit" (generic) or "pumpkin" (specific)


Qualifying Rules:
Past Finds are allowed.
Your own hides DO NOT count.
Locationless caches and waymarks are NOT allowed.
It is okay if the cache you found is now archived.
A cache may only be used once.
Names within a single category do not need to be unique. If you find 6 different caches with "bread" in the title, then each may be a separate entry.
The names must be stand-alone. example: "Pearland" does not count for "Pear" of the Fruit group. "Sweetie" does not count for the Sweets Group.
Plural words are allowed. example: "breads" is okay.

Groups and number of Qualifying caches:
Fats, Oils & Sweets Group ......................................Find 1 cache
Milk, Yogurt & Cheese Group ..................................Find 3 caches
Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Eggs, & Nuts Group ......Find 3 caches
Vegetable Group ...................................................Find 3 caches
Fruit Group ..........................................................Find 4 caches
Bread, Cereal, Rice & Pasta Group ...........................Find 6 caches


Evidence of completing the challenge must be shown with a bookmark list made public OR a list of qualifying caches in your log. Following is a sample of what your log should look like if you choose this method of proof and your bookmark should also follow the same format:


Food Guide Group - GC # - CACHE NAME - DATE FOUND
Bread - GC2NDJC - Bring Some Bread - 02/10/11
Fruit - GC22Z79 - Mother Goose Series: Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater - 02/14/2010
Milk/Cheese - GC15MFX - Say Cheese! - 09/20/2007


LOGS NOT MEETING THE CHALLENGE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE DELETED, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.

The Difficulty/Terrain rating reflects getting the required caches but the Physical cache hide for the challenge is a soda tube with a D/T of 1.5/1.5.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)