Hobo Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/29/2018
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


I purchased some brand new shiny bison tubes at the TXGA Texas Challenge and Festival Mega Event and they started to burn a hole in my pocket.  What better way to fix that than to start hiding them.  One of them is located along the Katy Trail and is a PnG (aka Pinger), whether you ride a bike or drive a car. 

The Katy hike and bike trail has taken the place of an old abandoned Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad rail line. Back in it’s heyday the MKT Railroad line was affectionately known as “The Katy” and most likely many a hobo used it to migrate between towns to find work. 

History of the Hobo: 

A hobo is migrant worker or homeless vagabond, especially one who is impoverished.  The term originated in the Western and Northwestern United States around 1890.  Unlike a "tramp", who works only when forced to, and a "bum", who does not work at all, a "hobo" is a traveling worker. 

An ethical code was created by Tourist Union #63 during its 1889 National Hobo Convention in St. Louis Missouri.  This code was voted upon as a concrete set of laws to govern the Nationwide Hobo body.  It reads this way: 

  1. Decide your own life, don't let another person run or rule you. 

  1. When in town, always respect the local law and officials, and try to be a gentleman at all times. 

  1. Don't take advantage of someone who is in a vulnerable situation, locals or other hobos. 

  1. Always try to find work, even if temporary, and always seek out jobs nobody wants. By doing so you not only help a business along but ensure employment should you return to that town again. 

  1. When no employment is available, make your own work by using your added talents at crafts. 

  1. Do not allow yourself to become a stupid drunk and set a bad example for locals' treatment of other hobos. 

  1. When jungling* in town, respect handouts, do not wear them out, another hobo will be coming along who will need them as badly, if not worse than you. 

  1. Always respect nature, do not leave garbage where you are jungling*. 

  1. If in a community jungle, always pitch in and help. 

  1. Try to stay clean and boil up wherever possible. 

  1. When traveling, ride your train respectfully, take no personal chances, cause no problems with the operating crew or host railroad, act like an extra crew member. 

  1. Do not cause problems in a train yard, another hobo will be coming along who will need passage through that yard. 

  1. Help all runaway children and try to induce them to return home. 

  1. Help your fellow hobos whenever and wherever needed, you may need their help someday. 

  1. If present at a hobo court and you have testimony, give it. Whether for or against the accused, your voice counts! 

*Jungling or Jungle:  Hobo slang for an area off a railroad where hobos camp and congregate 

 

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)


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