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Penne for your thoughts? Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

VegasScotty: As perhaps my favorite hide, it is with great sadness that I am archiving this geocache of nearly 12 years.

"Progress for the sake of progress must be discouraged. Let us preserve what can be preserved, perfect what can be perfected, and prune practices that ought to be prohibited."

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Hidden : 2/21/2013
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

My geodog, Penne (pronounced like 'Penny'), just turned 1 year old. I hope she can help you find "The Final Coordinates" and solve this puzzle cache. I've placed it in her honor.

The cache is NOT at the posted location. You will need to solve the puzzle to find the actual coordinates. Everything you need to solve this puzzle is on this page.


After I retired from the military my family decided I needed a dog. Since I don't work, and the kids are grown and the cat is old, I was spending most of my time home alone.

Not that that was a problem of course! But to make the wife happy we made a few trips to the local pound until we came across this beautiful puppy. She is supposed to be a German Shepherd and Beagle mix... but I just don't see it. Anyway, she was truly a little pound puppy and for the last year has been my constant companion.

This Christmas the wife got her a "Log my dog" doggy collar, so if you see us, take the Travel Bug number off her dog tag and log it at geocaching.com.

Below are a few pictures of Penne out geocaching with me.


Puppy
Penne puppy in NV. Here she was 4 or 5 mo old and on one of her first
geohunts ever. As a puppy she wasn't much help finding geocaches.


Tetons
Only a few months later, here she is geocaching in Grand Teton National Park.
She's not all that much older and still isn't much help finding caches... yet.


North Dakota
At a year old, Penne is in ND helping me investigate the woodchipper, from the movie "Fargo"
Don't let her hangdog expression fool you. She is sharp, mature and capable of solving puzzle caches.


Bryce
Geocaching in Utah. We were just outside Bryce Canyon area.


Idaho
And finally, I'm grabbing a cache while Penne sits quietly... contemplating
the Snake River as it winds its way through southern Idaho.



Have fun and cache on!


To check your solution, click below:

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1) Pnpur vf abg ng gur cbfgrq ybpngvba... lbh jvyy arrq gb ybbx sbe "gur svany pbbeqvangrf", gb svaq vg. 2) AQ 3) VCGP

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)