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Boot-Bottomed Cookies Traditional Cache

Hidden : 1/4/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

You are looking for a large tin that is not covered in camo tape, so please hide it as well as you found it. There is a dollar for FTF, but FTF also gets a dozen Boot-Bottomed Cookies...if you're willing to come to a SGV Meet & Greet event to get them (cachers who I know may make alternative arrangements.) As always, pay careful attention to where you step and reach. There be rattlesnakes in these here hills! I done seen some of them!


Rather early in my first year of geocaching, I was interested in going after a FTF just over the ridge here, so I contacted a few of my new caching friends to see if they might be interested in a hike. One of them countered with an offer to do it over the weekend, and I explained that I had to work a bake sale for my son's school, then I backed up my response with a picture of the cookies I was in the process of making. The prompt and snarky response was that my masterpieces looked like "something I'd scraped off the bottom of my hiking boots." "REALLY? Well, I never...!" Thus, a phrase was coined, and 'Boot-Bottomed Cookies' became a staple for a while at several of our local events. Now my children, my husband, and even my parents, when they are in town, request them by name. The 'Snark King' who named them has even since shown a preference for them himself, so I've mostly forgiven him for the initial insult. Mostly. When I saw this tin, well...I didn't have the heart to cover it up with any kind of camo. It shouldn't be too hard to spot once you get to GZ.

The cache is full of kid-friendly SWAG. Please trade appropriately; used movie tickets and business cards are really just trash after all.

Happy caching!

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ng gur onfr bs n gerr nobhg 30-40 srrg bss gur znva genvy.

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)