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NoVAGO's Best of 2014 Challenge Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Since 2006, the Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization (NoVAGO) has sought nominations for the outstanding caches placed in the previous year. Then NoVAGO has placed a challenge cache to encourage area cachers to find those nominated caches. This year's cache is in Riverbend Park (Fairfax County Park Authority).


This cache is located at the intersection of the red blazed "Bootlegger" trail and an unblazed connector trail (which will lead to the Orange blazed "Follow the Hollows" trail. See the park map for more information. A roundtrip loop can be completed from the listed nearest parking coordinates in under 0.75 miles. Please keep to the trails.

The cache IS located at the listed coordinates. In order to claim this cache, you must earn at least 14 points by finding the caches and series nominated for awards.

1) Caches on the Nominated Caches list are worth 1 point each (even if they were nominated more than once).
2) Completing more than half of the active caches in a series earns 1 point.
3) Each completed series earns 1 additional point.

Currently, there are 43 possible points (32 nominated caches + 6 series + 6 series completions). Note: If caches are archived, the point requirement will be adjusted to reflect that.

If you are just getting started in caching, this is a great list of caches with which to start (watch out for those tougher caches).

Let us know how many you have done in your log and we hope you enjoy them all. If you do not have enough points, we will need to delete your log.

Nominated Caches (1 point each):
10 Reindeer-a-Loping (2014 Cachemas in NoVAGO) by seadog129
12 Days of Christmas by The Ghostlight
12 Drummers Drumming 2014 NoVAGO Cachemas by In2Mud
300 Occoquan Trailmasters 300 (Challenge) by Serrabou
5 Golden Rings (2014 Cachemas in NoVAGO) by 4EverYoungs & zgrav
6 G33k$ a Pl@ying (2014 Cachemas in NoVAGO) by zgrav, 4EverYoungs and Thorlac
8 Secret Snowmen (2014 Cachemas in NoVAGO) by Serrabou
As Easy as 2-4-6! by Holn1b4IDie/Hnybee
Assignment Naught: ZR0 by Serrabou
By the Power of Grayskull! by mobywv
Castle of the Ancients by derektiffany
Cracks! In! Rocks! by derektiffany
FG Virginia Dreadhead - 3 by #1Fishingal
Frescos Feira Quercus by In2Mud
Geo# by derektiffany
Heritage of Prokudin-Gorsky by odux
High and Dry by derektiffany
LOL by Serrabou
Lost River Bluffs (AHS No. 7) by stolaf
Mr. Nolan the Great's Geocache by papajoecamacho & Nolan
Occoquan Bay Refuge Winter CITO by DePhogration
Occoquan Water Trail: Get To The Point by BuckeyeFan
Podcache by zgrav
Pryzbylewski's Puzzler by awesnap
Pyramid Letterbox by DePhogration
Red Necks, White Socks, and... by stolaf
The Gold-Pyrite Belt by DePhogration
The Vienna Goonies' Treasure Hunt by ViennaGoonies
Totoro by CWillyPngn
Win-Fred CWT-Belle Grove Plantation by Win-Frederick County Visitors Center, Pangle5, and wallmeister22601
With a Little Help from a Friend...in England by schwandt and waterfieldusa
Zorky Rooster by Serrabou & Engalaand

Series(1 point for half series/2 points for full series):
Prince William County Cemeteries by lawnrescue (20 caches: GC4XNY0, GC4XFFB, GC4YCXJ, GC5066E, GC5071F, GC50JXC, GC57VTP, GC5EBZJ, GC5F22Z, GC5FQ5P, GC5HFKG, GC5HFNC, GC5HFNN, GC5HFP3, GC5HFQ2, GC5HKV3, GC5HP51, GC5HYBB, GC5HYBQ, GC5J5DM)

Occoquan Water Trail by BuckeyeFan (11 caches: GC56JPR, GC56KN9, GC56KND, GC56N2Z, GC56N3Y, GC5BRE2, GC5BRR1, GC5BRRG, GC5BRT8, GC5BX23, GC5BX3J)

TMNT by The Wood's (10 caches: GC5AXZK, GC5AY07, GC5AY1B, GC5AY1M, GC5AY26, GC5AY2V, GC5AZ35, GC5AY39, GC5AY4C, GC5AY62)

FG Halloween Series by #1Fishingal (6 caches: GC5DYMD, GC5DYP4, GC5E3YM, GC5E6JD, GC5E8WX, GC5EG4B)

Stafford 350 Geocaching Trail by CRRLCache (10 caches: GC56666, GC5666H, GC56676, GC5663R, GC5667D, GC5667W, GC56683, GC5665E, GC5665T, GC56670)

Winchester-Frederick County Civil War Geo-Trail by Winchester-Frederick County Visitors Center and individual hiders including wallmeister22601 and Pangle5 (20 caches: GC4XRZ4, GC4XRVC, GC4XRZT, GC4YC1Z, GC4XT0K, GC4XT5R, GC4XT63, GC4XT65, GC4XT69, GC4YC26, GC4XT6F, GC4XT6V, GC4YC1K, GC4YC11, GC4XT6Y, GC4XT7G, GC4XT74, GC4XT78, GC4XT7V, GC4XRWZ)



Cache is located in Riverbend Park. Park is open dawn to dusk.
Night caching is explicitly prohibited.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oruvaq gur ynetr ybt juvpu pebffrf gur genvy.

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)