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OIAL 127: Same as it ever was and Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/21/2020
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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The frequency of finding your first cache.
The number of times you will be in this moment.


The Once in a Lifetime geocaching series...continues here!

Congrats to kcmcacher for the FTS!
Congrats to CarlottaP and oaknest for the FTF!

The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but "Same as it ever was and" is an anagram of "Avast Nemesis Adware."

I have had my eye on a classic D5/T5 geocache in Sonoma County for a looooong time. I feel confident I'll find it one of these days. (edit: DONE 8 February 2020) In the meantime, I have stared so long at its page that I'm seeing sequences like the following:

GLX4MN0J
GLAEK05D
GLABTDM2
GL10KG982
GL10TFWQ
GLGWGH9
GLKDZGK
GLZYBFRP
GLGNZAN
GL24W50A
GLGWYPD
GLWPAWJZ
GLXB3HAW
GLY6BT1D
GLAEHTPP


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

42 23.8, -87 53.0

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)