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Friendships Like "Lilac's Bloom" Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/25/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


On January 12, 2003 I found a cache called Lilac's Bloom very near to this location. It was placed by my old friend bspeng and I thought it was about time a new cache was placed here. This was my 250 something find and little did I know that I was only a few blocks away from someone who would later become an important friend in my life.

This cache is dedicated to Tink74. Tick74, she's the kinda gal who discovers it's your birthday and places a cache in your honor when no one else knows it's your birthday. She buys a red cache mobile because you pointed out how much easier it is to find your vehicle from inside the woods when the vehicle is red. She's always good for a hug, whether I need one or she does. One day she showed up with homemade apple sauce out of the blue and heck, she even ran out and adopted a dog the very day I mentioned that there was a dog in need of adoption. I could go on and on but suffice it to say, I wanted to honor my friend Tink74 with a geocache.

The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates but it's a good place to park. In order to find the cache consider the following:

There is good reason why Tink74 and I had not met prior to my finding the cache in 2003.

Find the cache at:
N 41° 53.[A][C-1]4
W 87° 59.6[G+3][C+B]

A = Numeric Month
BC = Day
DEFG = Year

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur pnpur vf npprffvoyr sebz qel ynaq naq vg'f abg uvture guna Gvax 74.

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)