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Cost me A Stroke Traditional Cache

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CC: Tom didn't like it 😉

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A cache by CC Message this owner
Hidden : 1/1/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

I really shanked my drive on the 9th hole at Pebble Beach.  I searched all over for my ball but I really shanked it good.  I guess it got caught in the wind current and possibly hitched a ride on a migrating bird.  Dunno, but that darn ball cost me a stroke.


This cache will take you to a unique view.  If you come in from the south and get on the outer deer trail, you will see some cool and interesting things.  From the north, you will see spectacular views as well.  From the cache you might spot an interesting quarry or maybe landslide of black, shiny rock.  There could be an old, small structure down the hill side.   Some things to check out some day.

I was looking for a path to create a shortcut from Jacques Ridge to the Castillero trail somewhere near Bull Run.   I followed trail for some distance but got spooked when I ran across a couple long dead deer bones.  I was thinking I might be in prime hunting ground and though I was just 500' from a trail, they would be 500' of impossible to find my body.    So, I worked my way back to Woods and came out near the rotary furnace.  I took Castillero to Bull Run then took the service road a short distance then followed a well used animal trail I could see as I walked over some open space to the west.   

The trail took me to a high point for this spot above the solar panels.  I walked under some giant oak trees then to the edge of the hillside.   I followed the hillside to the north for a while then walked down to an old road for a but.  Eventually, I ended up just above a small oak tree that is on a small extension of the hillside.    Just above there I found an iron rod survey marker.  i was going to place the cache there but really liked the spot where the oak tree was.  I went around the tree and came under the canopy from the far side.   

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur abbx va gur bnx gerr onfr. irel boivbhf.

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)