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Watership Down Multi-Cache

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Shilfiell: Too frequently muggled - it's been a good cache but I can't keep up with it.

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Hidden : 9/26/2002
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Terrain subject to change greatly depending on the season!

A multicache you can solve in a few short hops!

In the novel “Watership Down,” the tribe of rabbits had to wander for a while before finding its true home. This multicache mimics the rabbits’ journey, but instead of the English countryside you’ll be traveling through the park I haunted in my youth. There’s no need to drive between waypoints (rabbits don’t drive, do they?) and this course shouldn’t take long to complete. Please cache in, trash out. This park is slowly returning to the verdant sanctuary I remember, but it can still use some help.

Warning: this cache has an elevated Cuteness factor. Children are encouraged to accompany their adults when seeking out the clues. The warrens containing the clues may be more accessible for smaller hands. No tractors, scythes, or heavy boots are needed for this one: all the clues are located quite near established trails. If you’re bushwhacking, you’re probably off course. The contents of the cache and the clues will also appeal more to the machismo-impaired.

Rabbits and Literature serve as the cache’s themes. I hope you’ll trade fair, as I’ve done my best to hunt up quality trinkets to match those themes. Even if you can’t trade, please sign the log and take a picture with the camera. I’ve left a few “carrots” along the way to serve as souvenirs. And now you can see who's visited already by viewing the first camera's pictures at this link!

The first part of the cache (the listed coordinates) is probably the most difficult. Look for a brown plastic jar with a white lid. The final burrow is a standard ammo container, painted appropriately. Coordinates have been checked several times and are as accurate as possible with my elderly GPS and some tree cover – please remember that no portion of this cache is far from a trail, which should narrow your search radius. Please be cunning, and full of tricks – you may need to be quite stealthy! Hide your bunny trail to make the search more fun for the next finder, and rehide each container as well as possible. I hope you enjoy my very first cache!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Clue 1 - Part 1] Hayvxr gur zbivr, guvf bar'f abg enoovg-cebbs! [Clue 2 - Rest of the Journey] Gur ynfg cnegf ner uvqqra va gur fnzr glcr bs pbire. Bapr lbh'ir sbhaq cneg gjb lbh'yy xabj jurer gb ybbx va gur svany ybpngvba.

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)