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TBP: Armadillo Crossing Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/14/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A beautiful, easy hike through the natural Florida environment at the very awesome Tibet Butler Preserve.  See if you can spot or hear a wandering Armadillo!

 

This cache has been approved by Orange County Parks and Recreation.  Note: Park is open 8am to 6pm


The cache is located along the Tarflower Loop trail at Tibet Butler Preserve, an Orange County Park.   This trail passes through the Florida Scrub ecosystem, a desert-like area of the preserve with a xeromorphic plant community.  This cache gets its name due to many Armadillos we have seen (or heard) in the area.  You will frequently hear them brushing through the plant life and occasionally spot one.  The word armadillo means "little armored one" in Spanish.  The species seen in this area is the nine-banded armadillo.  

You are looking for a small-to-medium size cache about 10 feet off the trail.  Don't leave the trails until very close to cache. No need to hike far off into the brush.  Please do not disturb the plant or animal life.  Map signage and printed guides at the beginning of the trails will direct you towards the back of the park and Tarflower Loop.  Please replace moss camo around cache as found, otherwise it can be too easily spotted from the trail.

Congrats to noplacespecial for the FTF and DrScientest88 for the STF!

Be sure to also find the nearby "Tortoises at Tibet" (GC46VKB) while at the Preserve!

 

This cache has been approved by Orange County Parks and Recreation.  The Preserve is open from 8am-6pm daily.  Park at the Vera Carter Environmental Center and find the trailhead at the rear of the building. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)