A Warm Fetid Breeze Traditional Cache

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colin&daddy: Calling it a day on this one. I'll find a better spot.

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Hidden : 5/29/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

On the Dark Canyon Trail to Grizzly Flat, you'll find more Bulwer-Lytton silliness.

This one honors Guy Foisy, of Orleans, Ontario, winner of the Purple Prose category with the following entry:

William, his senses roused by a warm fetid breeze, hoped it was an early spring’s equinoxal thaw causing rivers to swell like the blood-engorged gumlines of gingivitis, loosening winter’s plaque, exposing decay, and allowing the seasonal pot-pouris of Mother Nature’s morning breath to permeate the surrounding ether, but then he awoke to the unrelenting waves of his wife’s halitosis.

The last time I was here, almost seven years ago to the day, this was a beautiful copse of more than a hundred mature pine trees, with a well-defined road encircling them. The Station Fire of 2009 took care of that. Forget a warm fetid breeze—it must have been a superheated inferno of destruction that burned everything but the trunks and the largest of branches. Only one or two survivors escaped the annihilation. On the plus side, several new specimens have emerged from the ashes and are thrusting skyward.
You're looking for a small one pint paint tin, painted to blend in. You'll need a TOTT of some kind, although a coin or key will likely suffice. Caution: Likely hazards include plentiful poison-oak, venomous snakes, ticks, thorns, foxtails, sunburn, etc. Please prepare adequately. A Forest Adventure Pass is required if parking in the Angeles Forest.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqregurebbgf

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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