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Columbine Mystery Cache

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keystone2010: This was a COVID project for my wife and I. We are no longer able to keep up with maintenance.

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Hidden : 8/28/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Congrats to Caygua Crew for FTF!

PLEASE wear bright orange during hunting season! (Trail is terrain 2 – only last 20 feet or so are the higher level terrain)

This geoart is in honor of my mother-in-law, formerly known as the flower lady of Portville. The cache names are just some of the varieties she has in her gardens.  Read the description below to find the information needed to get the final coordinates of the cache.

Columbine, or Aquilegia, is an intriguing member of the Ranunculaceae family with exquisite petals that give it an ephemeral quality, like a briefly glimpsed hummingbird. It is an herbaceous perennial that blooms from spring to summer in USDA Hardiness Zones 3 to 9. Sometimes called Granny’s bonnet or crowfoot, Aquilegia is native to the northeast regions of the United States and Canada. This is a short-lived perennial, and plants usually last for about three years. However, it is also self-sower, so if you allow the seedlings to take hold, you may have blossoms for years to come.

https://gardenerspath.com/plants/flowers/columbine-harbinger-spring/

Final Coordinates: N42 08.25X   W078 33.384

X = difference in zones   

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)