GC419VB Larch Bridge Redux (Traditional Cache) in Washington, United States created by crs98

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crs98: On a recent podcast, Geocaching HQ president Brian Roth suggested that he would like to see the game board "reset" with some old (not really old, but let's just say dated) caches getting archived to make room for some new caches.

I wholeheartedly agree and will be archiving some of my dated caches over the next few months. This spot is still a great spot, but I'm freeing it up for someone else to come up with something new and interesting.

GC419VB ▼

A cache by crs98 Message this owner

Hidden : 11/14/2012

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Size: Size: micro (micro)

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In July of 2008, I got a phone call from my dad, who lived 30 miles outside of Laramie WY at the time. He was all excited about this new game that he had heard about at a party called geocaching. He had a GPSr and decided to look it up online and found that there were a few within walking distance of his house despite the fact he lived way out in the sticks. He found those and then a few more in town when he had reason to visit for a football game at the University. He was excited about how fun it was and since he knew that I also owned a GPS, he had me look it up as well.

I was more than a little surprised to find that there were a dozen or so caches within a mile of home. One of them was called "Larch Bridge." I read the description and hint and knew exactly where it probably was hidden. A few days later I had dug my GPS out of the depths of the closet and took my kids down to look for it. When I approached the bridge, my GPS said it was 280 feet off to the SW. I knew that couldn't be correct and proceeded to make the find after a few minutes of looking where the hint described. It wasn't until a few weeks later that I learned that my old GPS was using a different map datum and I learned how to switch it to use the preferred NAD83. We were so excited to find it, but didn't have a pen. We came back later to sign our name and the new geocaching account was officially christened with our first official find on July 31, 2008.

As the years have passed and this old cache was disabled and has now been archived, I wanted to put out a new cache in memory of my first find at this spot. It's not hidden in the exact same location, but is a similar type of cache hide and one that is quite common in this area. I have been told that there are more than 10,000 bridges in Snohomish County. I don't have any idea if that number is accurate, but I'd bet at least 200 of them have caches. Now this one does again. Enjoy!

Congratulations to jcacher15 for the FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

FJ pbeare thneq envy. Zntargvp xrl obk.

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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Larch Bridge Redux Traditional Cache

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