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Moosum Nanitch Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 9/3/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Another great cache along the Crown Zellerbach Trail.

The cache is not at the posted coordinates. The posted coordinates should take you to an intersection or the Crown Zellerbach Trail and lesser used side trail. To find the cache you must proceed up this side trail to the right (north). Continue for approximately 10 paces (20 steps). You should find the box along the side of the side trail on the left (west). The name of this cache, Moosum Nanitch, is the Chinook word for dream (sleep vision). Since I live in Scappoose (the Chinook word for gravelly plain), I thought it would be fun to name my caches in Chinook.  This is my 19th hide, celebrating my 190th find.
 
The Crown Zellerbach trail was once a logging road and before that, a logging railroad. Today it is a linear county park. It is a rails-to-trails project that is progressing very slowly in my opinion, but it is a very welcome project. I'm proud to say that my seven-year-old son picked out the exact hiding spot, but be warned, there are stinging nettles in the area.
 
This is my 9th letterbox cache. I only just became interested in letter boxing earlier this year (2012), and there are so few in this area that I decided right away that I wanted to start hiding a few. Remember: letterboxes include stamps, which are not trade items. I placed the stamp in a labeled bag.  I placed the SWAG in another labeled bag, so you shouldn't get them mixed up.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqre n cvyr bs ybtf

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)