HHWP 01 - Front Gate Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 2/9/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to the Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve Series


This series is located on the Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve which is located on both sides of Birch Hill Road in Newtown CT. For the most part, the caches are winter friendly. This preserve is owned and maintained by the Newtown Forest Assocation (NFA). All NFA properties are held in trust. The trails are for walking and equestrian traffic only and all NFA properties are closed from sunset to sunrise. Dogs are allowed but must be on a leash and under the owner's control at all times. Please be prepared to clean up after your dog. Absolutely no motorized vehicles. Please report any ATV's you see on the trails.

NOTES:
  • There is one puzzle cache in this series: ( HHWP 06 - Bonus)
  • You need to read this cache page BEFORE you start the series.
  • You will need to bring your own pen to sign the logbooks.
  • All caches are near trails
  • No caches are in stone walls
  • Cache Titles are often hints to find the cache.
  • Bison tubes are used to keep the caches dry. Please do NOT remove them.
  • See: Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve (HHWP)
  • GPSr Bounce is very bad in this park, hint photos are provided for all caches.
  • HINT Photo:

Congratulations: on FTF to:

Twas the day after a severe snow storm in our little town,
Twenty caches in the Holcombe Preserve were waiting to be found.

The mission a long one, over hills and icy brooks,
The caches deep in caves, elusive places and dark nooks.

The intrepid brave cacher the danger he welcomed,
By frostbite and hypothermia he did not feel threatened.

The hint in the photos helped the bounce at ground zero,
But the fresh snow on the ground puzzled our hero.

None the less he persisted, he avoided the houses,
He wandered through the woods as quiet as little mouses.

Like a turtle he looked in his winter attire,
But that day 17 caches he would finally acquire.

Not just any old cache, but 17 First To Find,
As a fierce leopard he saw himself in his mind.

So congratulations to the gallant Old Timer,
Affectionately known as the cacher Bobclimber.

(Pardon the artistic license. Don't actually know the old man's, I mean, Bobclimber's age.)

Epilogue:

Coming from Danbury, some time he had free,
In work clothes Bobclimber came to finish the last three.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Parking] Gurer vf ebbz sbe nobhg 5 pnef. V unir yvfgrq n onpxhc cnexvat ybg ba guvf pnpur cntr vs arrqrq. [Cache 1] Qb abg guvax nofgenpg gb svaq guvf pnpur, guvax zber pbapergr vafgrnq.

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)


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