My River Journey 2 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/12/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is placed close to the bridge that I went under while I was on my 110 mile trip throughout the West Tennessee area via the local river system. This was the first bridge that we passed under while on our way to explore the waters of the Obion River system. It was here back in 2010 that a buddy and myself set out on a journey. Some called us crazy and others called us just plain stupid. Either way we are both hard headed and love an adventure so we paid none of them any mind and started our journey anyway. Our journey was one of exploration and adventure. We were determined to put a boat in at this location and float our way to the Mississippi River. At this point we were only 4 miles into our trip but we were happy to be able to start counting down the bridges. We were one bridge down and 14 more to go before we reached our goal, the Mighty Mississippi. However by the way of the natural and beautiful West Tennessee River system that distance was almost doubled. It was 110 miles of exploration throughout several West Tennessee counties. Our adventure took us through Henry, Weakly, Obion and Dyer counties. Accomponying us on this trip were the bare essentials. We were determined to live off the land and water for our trip to the mighty Mississippi. As we set off at 6 AM on that July morning we had all the necessary supplies for the trip... so we thought. As Davy Crocket had done over a centrury earlier we left with rifles and shotguns at our side, a few life jackets for safety and we even took the creature comforts of a tent for shelter. The only problem is we did not take enough water. The scortching July heat played us for a fool and we drank our two cases of water within the first 2 days of the journey. For safety reasons we pulled out at Hwy 89 and decided a refit was in order. Until this point we had been paddling this entire journey. While we were refiting we decided to refit the boat as well with my 6 HP Johnson. (Best decission of the entire trip) This made the journey so much easier. As we relaunched the boat from our take out spot we continued our exploration of the beautiful West Tennessee back country. Over the next two days we made our way through the river system joining the South, Rutherford and North Forks of the Obion River. Along our trip we encountered a few fishermen who laughed when we asked how far we were from the Mississippi River, they must have thought we were kidding when they asked where we were heading. As we counted the beaver and cranes and other wildlife along our way we could not help but reflect on how great of an experience this journey has been. If you find this cache and leave with nothing, leave with the desire to chase your dreams and passions in life. As we rounded Moss Island and emptied out into the Mississippi River I could not help but think I have done it. I have done what others have laughed at I have completed my journey.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

vgf na rnfl bar.

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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