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Aloha Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/18/2002
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This is the sixth in a series of "String of Pearls" caches. The cache is accessible by boat or by fording the river. The river may be knee-deep, warm, and lazy in the summer, but can be cold, deep, and dangerous when the river is high. Take appropriate precautions. Cache is less than 0.5 mile from paved parking area. Restrooms are available, but there is no running water except in the river.

The cache is in a two-cup, tropically-camouflaged container. Container is partially hidden from view. When placed it contained:
    Geocache Note
    Fuzzy key-chain logbook and pen
    First to Find souvenir card
    Found It souvenir cards
    Shell leis
    Shell bracelet
    Bendy flamingo
    Tropical bandana
    Gel Fish candle
    Fatthur’s Zoe travel bug
The cache container is very full. Please make sure you have something rather small to trade. If it is convenient, stick with the tropical theme.

This is an area where we often go wading in the heat of summer. If the spirit so moves you, turn over some rocks in shallow water to look for planarians (Remember them from biology class?), leaches, freshwater clams, snails, and the larvae of caddis flies and other insects.

This small park is for day use only and is mostly used for picnics and fishing. We did not see any poison oak at this park. There is another cache close to this one, and several more in other parks nearby.

"String of Pearls" is an occasionally-used local name for a series of parks along the Stanislaus River maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Park hours vary from park to park and season to season, but they are generally open from about dawn to dusk. At the present time there is no day use fee for this park.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Guvf iveghny gebcvpny inpngvba vf znqr va gur funqr.

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)