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#3 - A Forest of Huge Boulders - HUGE ROCK 2 Traditional Geocache

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slmf0521: This is the saddest archival of caches I've ever had to go through. When visiting here for the Indian rock shelter cache in 2018, I was AMAZED. This area is so beautiful! Then I read old logs where others mentioned this area "needing" more caches. So that's what I did in 2019 with this series of 3 Forest of Huge Boulders caches! I was so happy to bring people here. Imagine my shock and disappointment when getting a message from kerrischott last month about new logging going on. She sent some pics and relayed how torn up the trail in was. I decided to give the loggers some time until I visited to assess the damage. Well today was the day. The way in from Mt Tabor Rd is just as beautiful as ever (the creek was really rushing!), but as soon as I found the trail, the logging is evident. The whole trail up until my cache #3 is now thick, heavy mud and rocks and dozens of large cut down trees. Navigating this was a disaster! I was able to make it to all 3 caches and thankfully retrieve the cans. It definitely was not easy, but I was glad that the caches weren't also destroyed.

I came here first, as not to have to carry the first 2 ammo cans through this mess. The logging actually stopped right before #3 here, but the runoff made the trail extremely wet and hard to navigate. The logging trucks can't do anything to this HUGE rock, so the cache was perfectly safe. Walking the trail to here was exhausting (and annoying,) through the logging area. I don’t anyone to have to try to get here that way, so I have no choice but to archive these.

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Hidden : 9/1/2019
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Have you ever went to find a "random", lonely geocache, and found it to be an AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL spot?  A spot that, even after finding many more amazing geocaches, you just can't seem to get out of your mind?  This is exactly the case for me for GC1GWB5 - A forest of huge boulders:Indian Rock Shelter/cave - which was placed way back in 2008.  On my log from 9-27-18, I mentioned seeing at least 3 other spots that "needed" caches, so here they are! This cache adventure has it all: a stream crossing, beautiful scenery, amazing and HUGE rock formations, and much more!  This is a series of 3. 

The parking area for this series of 3 caches is located just off of Route 22 onto Mt. Tabor Road near Brush Valley, Indiana County, PA, These caches are loated in a small section of PA State Game Lands.  At parking, cross the road and head downhill towards the stream.  Here you will need to cross the stream.  This is a small stream, but at various times of the year, it could be really rushing.  Please be careful!  If you can't find a safe spot to cross, STOP and go back to parking. Once you're on the other side of the stream, you should find the trail.  Keep on this main trail to find all 3 caches, and then continue on for 0.2 miles to find GC1GWB5 - A forest of huge boulders:Indian Rock Shelter/cave. My caches are only 50-150 ft off the main trail, so there should be no need to bushwhack.  The trail can be very muddy, so hiking boots are a must.  Also, wear your orange, this is a hunting area! For more information on the area and hints to get here, see the cache page for GC1GWB5.

Cache #3 is at another HUGE rock on the trail (I couldn't help it, there's so many!).  From here, GC1GWB5 - A forest of huge boulders:Indian Rock Shelter/cave is only 0.2 miles away.  Go there!  If you've already found it, it is definitely worth a revisit.  

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Tb gb gur onpx bs gur UHTR ebpx. Va orgjrra gur uhtr ebpx naq n fznyyre (fgvyy ynetr) ebpx, gur pnpur vf haqre fbzr "pbaarpgvat" ebpxf. Bss gur tebhaq, nobhg 4 sbbg uvtu.

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)