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Lenawee County - Letters From Home Letterbox Hybrid

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Hidden : 5/16/2015
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Parking for the caches in the Letters From Home series can be found at N43 02.850 W85 48.512 (Marne), N43 07.578 W85 52.886 (Conklin), and N43 11.031 W85 56.816 (Ravenna).


Cache is not located at the coordinates listed above. See below for further details


LETTERS FROM HOME LENAWEE COUNTY


Map of Michigan highlighting Lenawee County


Lenawee County ("LENN-a-way") is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 99,892.The county seat is Adrian. The county was created in 1822 and organized in 1826


The county was created in 1826. It was split off from Monroe County, Michigan. This Henry Schoolcraft neologism is thought to be derived from a Native American word meaning "man"—from the Delaware "leno or lenno" or the Shawnee "lenawai.


To find the geocache, you must follow these instructions:
1.Read through the description of  Lenawee County. Set the population in 2010 to be ABCDE. Set the year the county was organized to be FGHJ.
2. Add A+F and set this new number to K.
3. Subtract J from C, and set this new number to L
4. Add E + H + F and set this new number to M.
3.Travel at a bearing of 129.8 degrees for KELM feet.
4. You will find what you are looking for under "the sound a dog makes" near three small trees near an opening in trail.


In each geocache container you will find a stamp. Use this stamp to complete your Map of MI (related webpage above)



Remember to bring your own ink pad. No ink pads will be placed in any of the geocache containers in this series.


For more on Lenawee County visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenawee_County,_Michigan


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

haqre "gur fbhaq n qbt znxrf" arne guerr fznyy gerrf

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)