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Saving Sparky Letterbox Hybrid

Hidden : 2/19/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to Oak Mountain State Park. It will cost you $4 per adult to play here.

This cache was created in honor of our kitten, Sparky.

(In the photo above, Sparks is trying to get me to stop looking at Geocaching website and pet him. He eventually succeeded.)

Caver Scott was trying to sleep early one morning (like 2:00 am!) in 1997 when his dog woke him up barking at some noise outside. Scott thought he heard a meow, but when he went to check it out he didn't see anything. He tried to go back to sleep, but then he heard louder meows and the dog went nuts again… this time when he went out, there was a little black kitten making lots of noise and no longer hiding.

Caver decided to name him "Sparky" because of the "spark of life" he felt this little guy had for making so much noise, and the rest is history. "Sparks", "Mr. Sparky", "Sparticus", "The Sparkster", was a good and loyal friend. He was born around May 1, 1997. Sadly, our furry buddy went to the Rainbow Bridge on March 27, 2015. Here are some photos of his younger days.

Please feel free to tell us your pet rescue stories if you have one, and post pics of your pets as well. Sparky often sat at the computer with Caver Scott while he was alive, and he would have liked to see those photos too!

Reminder: This is letterbox cache; therefore, please do not remove or trade for the speical letterbox stamp and corresponding ink pad. Also, please make sure to reseal the ziplocs for the log and stamps.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybj. Orggre: gjb srrg sebz zngher cvar. Fcbvyre: Nybat snyyra ybt. svsgrra srrg sebz raq. Guerr srrg sebz fznyy uneq jbbq.

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)