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Compass Points? Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/17/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Do not go to the given coordinates.  Somewhere in the information below you'll find what you need to correct the last four digits of latitude and longitude.  Enjoy the scenery, no matter the time of year. 


Sure, you've made lots of discoveries and found lots of things that've been hidden.  Each yielded a kind of joy of discovery, great or small, whether it was merely finding a sock missing only since the last laundering or finally learning how to pronounce "cordon bleu."  Caching is quite similar, at least in its simplest form.  Once you've been bitten by the geocaching bug, about the only thing that can temper your enthusiasm is the dreaded "Temporarily Disabled Listing" message from SirCrab.  (Not that learning from him is the end of the world--getting that message just means that you need to correct some sort of mistake.)  Done well, a cache hide is often--as the ones below most certainly were--challenging, memorable, and in so many ways worth going for!

ProgKing's "Another Roadside Attraction: Fisherman's Blues"  (Don't get wet--unless you want to!)

Hixon's "Enjoy the Journey"  (Music to my ears!)

Supernix's "cliffhanger"  (Better to be CatWoman than ManBear for this one!)

Embra's "Monumentally amazed" (Probably Civil War buffs appreciate this one most.)

tiger77aam's "New Market Micro"  (Yeah, the bar's pretty high on GR caches in this area.)

Ladybug#36's "White Feather"  (Oh, how appropriately, how devilishly camouflaged!)

Spring Grove GeoTour's "SGGT - Pop Goes the Cache"  (One of my son Nathaniel's favorites!  What fun!)

NCPositronics' "Paddling Piney Run"  (Exhilarating even for novice paddlers!)


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Given the long and thin history of this puzzle cache, I've decided today (9-13-17) to raise the Difficulty level to 3 and to add a hint. I hope more cachers will accept the challenge of this deceptive but not especially difficult puzzle. If you need more help than the hint provides, please just let me know. I'll be happy to oblige.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ernqvat n obbx choyvfurq va 1999 naq nhguberq ol Znefunyy Fzvgu naq Gbz Sreeryy urycrq zl tbys tnzr n gnq. Vgf fhogvgyr jnf "Naq Bgure Frpergf bs gur XVFF Zrgubq." Znlor vg pbhyq uryc lbhe tnzr, gbb!

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)