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Dutch Mill Marriott Traditional Cache

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RockCrawler04: Received a message that the cache is gone as the mailboxes were replaced. Thanks to the 105 cachers that found this one.

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Hidden : 5/18/2015
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A simple park and grab at one of the last remaining small strip motels on the Sunrise Trail.  Cache is placed in a high muggle location.  Please return exactly as found.  Enjoy this "experience"


This cache was placed on a whim by Rockcrawler04 and others to commemorate a Victoria Day weekend / birthday weekend / milestone weekend adventure for 11 yr old cacher, Rockcrawler04.  On  a two day road trip along the Sunrise Trial, the only accomodation in this entire area was the Dutch Mill Motel.  Built in 1954, the Motel which the caching crew in question dubbed the Marriott, is one of the last post WWII strip motels that were so common on the Sunrise Trail and other routes for decades in N.S. at the dawn of tourism.  Very little has changed since.  Tilted floors, randomly fluctuating shower temps, faded prints, and rusty hinges all await the weary traveller / geocacher, in this very geocacher friendly community of Wallace (noted by highway signage welcoming geocachers to the area).  After awaking from a night of slumber, the crew got on our way, but one member locked their GPS behind in the bedroom.  We high-tailed it back to town, found the hotel owner walking to work at a nearby store, and then took her back to the hotel; only to find out she had locked herself out as well.  Assisting her to break into her own hotel, stopping only to double over in laughter, we eventually prayed to St. Anthony and got the GPS back.  After we took the owner back to her workplace, we said farewell to the Dutch Mill and Rockcrawler04 went on to find his 1000th geocache later that day, while celebrating his 11th birthday.  Experiences like this, must be commemorated by a geocache!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)