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OL5 - North Road Switchback Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 5/1/2022
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This Cache is placed as part of the 2022 Taconic Region Geocache Challenge.  Please see OL 1 for details on the challenge.  This cache contains a unique stamp which must stay with the cache.  Use this stamp to mark your passport.  This stamp is NOT a trade item.

Frederic became very good at using light to emphasize his ideas in his paintings. In his painting Twilight, he was able to paint clouds as floating masses of water vapor alive with light and color. In his picture Icebergs, the shimmer of the mist allows the viewer to almost feel its damp coldness. In the 1850's, chemical pigments for artists to use in their paints became more readily available. Before this invention artists had to mix their own colors of paint. These new paints produced bright, intense colors. Frederic especially liked to use them when he painted skies where he felt "color is everything.”

You are looking for a large lock-n-lock container off of the North Road (NR) trail.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fznyy snyyra gerr

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)