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The Hobbit Series: #9 - Dale Traditional Geocache

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csher134: I think it's time to begin retiring the Hobbit series - for personal reasons, I was unable to complete it and am no longer able to maintain it. It seems that this cache has gone missing, so it's time to say goodbye. Thank you to everyone who searched and logged!

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Hidden : 4/3/2017
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is the ninth cache in a series of ten following the journey of Thorin Oakenshield & Co. across Middle-Earth as told in J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel, The Hobbit. Each cache contains a part of the coordinates of the series's final cache. Don't forget to write down the clue! For full information and a list of all the caches in the series, follow the following link:

“There the river, after winding a wide loop over the valley of Dale, turned from the Mountain on its road to the Lake, flowing swift and noisily. Its bank was bare and rocky, tall and steep above the stream; and gazing out from it over the narrow water, foaming and splashing among many boulders, they could see in the wide valley shadowed by the Mountain’s arms the grey ruins of ancient houses, towers, and walls.

“’There lies all that is left of Dale,’ said Balin. ‘The mountain’s sides were green with woods and all the sheltered valley rich and pleasant in the days when the bells rang in that town.’ He looked both sad and grim as he said this: he had been one of Thorin’s companions on the day the Dragon came.”

This cache will take the adventurer to Negley Park on Washington Heights, from which one can see the city of Harrisburg shadowed by the arms of Blue Mountain. Plenty of parking is available nearby. This is an extremely easy cache, but I've bumped up the difficulty to 1.5 based on the potentially high muggle presence, especially in the summer. This cache is also large enough to hold small trade items.

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)