"And isn't it ironic, don't you think?"
Random musings and free-association: The chemical symbol for iron is Fe, Fe is the beginning of Fear, and Fear can become phobia, which is this year's HAG theme.
Common cacher phobia: a bear comes out of the salal a few meters away just as you have opened the cache and are preparing to sign, when you have no hands free to grab bear spray or noisemaker
Common cacher irony: potentially hazardous encounters with wildlife are often experienced within close proxinity to civilization, not in the wilderness areas where you have gone fully prepared for them.
Due to the unreliability of gps readings in this area, very specific hints have been given. All of the caches in this series should be easy finds.