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Happy Birthday, Maggie! Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Reviewer Smith: As I have not heard from the cache owner within the requested time frame, the cache is being archived.

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Hidden : 1/23/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This small log-only cache has been place near a historic tree in Jacksonville.  Watch out for muggles, they are everywhere and BYOP!


Help Maggie the magnolia tree celebrate her 100th birthday!

Planted on April 27th, 1915, the Maggie was a gift of the senior class of that year;  all of the women of that class (MacMurray was an all-female school at that time) gathered around while she was planted.  After that monumental year, each class would meet at the Maggie, burn their exam papers at her base and sprinkle the ashes to signify the end of another year.  

Find more info on this special tree here:

http://www.mac.edu/about/attractions.asp

Look around the area surrounding the Maggie to find this cache;  Maggie is precious, so please admire her but let her rest in her old age.  Permission has been granted to plant this cache, but please stick to daylight hours so no one thinks you're up to any shenanigans.

Muggles abound, so be stealthy. Happy hunting!

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g or nsenvq gb ernyyl trg vagb gur uhag.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)