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Nature's Medley in Puyallup, WA Mystery Cache

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Rock Rabbit: The cache owner is not responding to issues with this listing, so I must regretfully archive it.

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

NOTE: This cache is on the City of Puyallup Property, hours are: Dawn to Dust.! NO NIGHT CACHING.!

This tree carving has been created by the Friends of the Riverwalk in Puyallup with donations from the local residends and businesses.  Jason has done other carving in the area including the towns of Orting and Buckley. Also, there are four (4) bears hidden on trees on the trail. See if you can find all of them.

FTF Prize, $3.00 gift cert @ Central Perk, by The McMorrows.

The Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition is a non-profit 501 C3 organization. Their mission is to assist Pierce County communities in the creation, maintenance, and usage of a connected system of non-motorized trails from Mt. Rainier to Puget Sound for healthier people.
WEB SITE: (visit link)

The Friends of the Riverwalk is a Committee of the Foothills Rails-to-Trails, the volunteers have been working to beautify the trail along the Puyallup River. The long term goal is to connect the Riverwalk to the cities of Tacoma, Edgewood, and Sumner.

The Friends of the Riverwalk Members made this project possible, with their labors and donations. In addition, many residents and businesses of Puyallup helped with donations for the carving. Jason has done other carvings in the area including the towns of Buckley and Orting.

To find the cache, information must be obtained from the tree carving.

NORTH: 47 11.AAA
(A) #1 How many fish are on the tree..?
#2 A turtle is sitting on mushrooms, how many mushrooms..?
#3 Number of raccoons and owls..?

Add to the North reading of 910, the number of fish, mushrooms, raccoons & owls plus 11 to get the north number.

WEST: 122 17.BBB
(B) #1 How many letters are in the last name of the carver…?
#2 Type of bird at the top of the carving..? #of letters…?
#3 Number of Gnomes..? Take this number times 2...

Add the answers from B-1, 2, & 3 to the West reading of 283 to get the west number.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Svany pnpur vf ABG va gur pneivat...!! Cyrnfr qb abg gbhpu gur pneivat. Rawbl gur Chlnyyhc EvireJnyx Genvy. Svany ybpngvba vf nobhg 280 srrg abegu bs Pneivat. 180 Qrterrf ba gur Pbzcnff.

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)