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Joe Sam's Secondary Trails Night Cache Multi-Cache

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Zavod: This cache had a good run - I was happy to have a night cache to my name.

@pituophis asked me, the other day, if the cache was a good condition, which jogged my memory that it might not be, and was due a servicing. So I walked around and realized that the vast majority of the reflectors were no longer visible.

Most of them had been overgrown with fresh foliage, and I learned something about night caches: If you make a night cache in a tall deciduous forest, then it has a chance of lasting. BUT, if you put your reflectors on leafy trees near paths, the fresh growth naturally grows to obscure.

I collected the container and the reflectors I could find, which were a small fraction of those I'd originally placed.

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Hidden : 11/4/2017
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Originally placed for 3rd Waterdown Scouts, in November 2017, this night cache bring you on a 1.6 km walk on some of Joe Sam's Leisure Park's secondary trails. 


There are few night caches in the area, so when a fellow Scouting Leader asked if I could lead the Scouts on a nighttime geocaching hike, I jumped at the opportunity to place a night cache trail in the park.

This hike is not particularly difficult, nor is the destination picturesque. But the journey should be fun, especially for the kids (such as the Scouts) who may not have been on Joe Sam's "Secondary Trails".

Winter Note: The cache should be accessible in winter, but the trails may be knee deep in snow. It may require a fair amount of effort if the snow is deep. That part is up to you.

This is a fire tack trail. As retro-reflectors, it's best to wear a headlamp instead of carrying a flashlight. The path follows established trails, and I've tried to use regular colours along the path and different colours at turns.  You won't necessarily be able to see the next marker from the past marker, but you should be able to see the next marker at any turn point. (so look around carefully at junctions)

Start at the posted coordinates, heading along the row of trees look in a North Westerly direction.

I used bright white reflectors at the start of the trail, but ran out of those and used dimmer golden reflectors as the trail progressed. Similarly, I ran out of "different colour" reflectors at turns. So the trail starts off easy, and gets progressively more difficult.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Trail:] Urnqynzcf ner orggre guna synfuyvtugf. [Getting Lost 1:] Vs lbh pna'g frr gur arkg ersyrpgbe, gel pbagvahvat sbejneq. Ybbx nebhaq ng whapgvbaf. [Getting Lost 2:] Vs lbh svaq lbhefrys ng gur "ghea urer" erq ersyrpgbe whfg bss gur cnirq cngu, gur bssfubbg genvy vf dhvgr jryy uvqqra hagvy lbh svaq vg. [Cache:] Qbhoyr-ersyrpgbef thvqr lbh gb ersyrpg hcba gur zhygv-gehax gerr.

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)