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76 Union Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/7/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A quick grab an go on the way into or out of Tok.  Watch out for muggles in the nearby parking area.

This cache is large camo bison container.  The initial contents are a log, a pencil, and a travel bug.  Please do not disturb the 76 Union oil can located near this cache.  I'd like everyone who visits this cache to enjoy this rusty relic as I did when I happened upon it.  If anyone has an idea of what the age of the oil can might be, please make a note in the log.

Congrats to Gumby (Maxflex) for the FTF!
 


 

This is the first of many geocaches that I plan to hide in the Tok area.  I wanted to start with something simple and easy, so I initially thought I'd place it somewhere around the nearby parking area.  However, as I approached the parking area there was a large RV parked there for the night and I didn't want to do anything suspicious in their presence.  So I drove on by thinking that I'd have to come back.  But just a few hundred yards down the road, I saw a cool old 76 Union oil can wedged between two trees.

 

Tok was having an unusually late spring this particular year and there was knee deep snow in the ditch.  Since I had originally planned to hide the cache near the parking area I was wearing shorts instead of pants.  After hiding the cache, I got home and realized that my legs had multiple scratches and were bleeding in a few spots from the hard icy crust on the snow that I had to wade through with my bare legs.  I almost named the cache "Bloody Legs", but thought the oil can namesake was more meaningful in the long run. Enjoy the cache!

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jvagre npprffvoyr

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)