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Smoke and Mirrors Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/26/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

[The coordinates above are not for the cache location. The cache is within 2 miles of posted location]

Smoke and Mirrors:
"Something that hides or obscures the truth, like an illusionist’s conjuring trick; artful deception".

WHEN WE VISITED MIAMI, THE WEATHER WAS HOTTER THAN WE EXPECTED.
THE MYTH OF HERCULES HAS CAPTIVATED US FOR CENTURIES.
SO WHY WORK SO HARD, HE THOUGHT, BUT SAID NOTHING.
MOST SADLY, HE WAS CAUGHT BY EVERY PASSING WHIM.
THE TAXI ARRIVED LATE BUT WE MADE OUR PLANE ANYWAY.
IN HER YOUTH SHE WAS UNSURE ABOUT THE FUTURE
LOOKING UP THE ZIP CODE WAS EASIER THAN HE THOUGHT.
THE PRESENT WAS IN A GIFT BOX TIED WITH A RIBBON.
COD IS MOST COMMONLY FOUND IN FISH AND CHIPS.
DO IT RIGHT NOW OR YOU MAY ALWAYS HAVE REGRETS!
WITH THAT, WE BID THEM GOOD NIGHT AND LEFT.
GROWING UP, WE WERE TAUGHT WELL TO ALWAYS BE HELPFUL.
THE BOY WAS CHIDED FOR HIS POOR BEHAVIOR AT SCHOOL.
THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDE IS NATURAL.

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The cache is a hanging bison about 50 feet off a trail (bring your own pen).

It is semi-winter friendly (if you can get there, you should be able to retrieve the cache without any problem). There is parking approximately 1500 feet West of the cache.

Congrats to uciphd and boston brewins for co-FTF!

The hint is for the puzzle, not the cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ersyrpgvat ba guvf chmmyr, V jbhyq fnl vg vf zber zveebef guna fzbxr.

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)