Credit River - Alice Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/17/2013
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Alice
 January 15, 1909



There are many shipwrecks around the world. Some very famous and others not so. Each however has it’s own story to tell. As you travel along the Credit River doing this series of caches, we have highlighted a number of these shipwrecks. During low water levels on these parts of the Credit River, you need to be careful in a canoe or kayak so as you don’t wind up in your own shipwreck. Besides the many large rocks along the way, there are also some other obstacles such as dams which should be avoided. All of the geocaches in this series have been placed by tubing, inflatable boat or on foot by walking in the water along the Credit River. Whichever way you choose to search for these caches, use caution and common sense.
More information about this series can be found here: Credit River - Shipwreck Series

Alice
The Alice could be considered one of the more haunting wrecks in the list of our Shipwreck series.

One of the few shipwrecks that are still visible, even if only at very low tides, is that of the French ship, Alice. Part of the reason the Alice has remained so fast in the sand is because of its heavy load of three thousand tons of cement.

The ship hit the sands near Ocean Park, Washington, on the Long Beach Peninsula on January 15, 1909, after a long journey from London. The ship had been fighting bad weather and was pushed into the breaks, hitting land. The entire crew left the boat and made it safely ashore.

The weather eventually cleared and the captain was able to re-board his ship. There, he came to the disappointing realization that it had been sucked deep into the sand by the weight of its cement cargo. As writer of Pacific Graveyard, James A. Gibbs said, the Alice is “sealed in a coffin of cement.”

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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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