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ORBGT 18: Ogemaw Springs Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/10/2023
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to the
Ogemaw-Roscommon Bureau GeoTour!

Fresh air and fresh water – purely Michigan – purely refreshing. Come for the experience that will last a lifetime. You will love all there is to see and do in the heart of Northern Michigan.

Thirty geocaches have been hidden throughout Roscommon and Ogemaw Counties.  They highlight the best of the area in any season!

To earn a geocoin, teams must pick up a O R B GeoTour Passport from the Houghton Lake Area Tourism Bureau or West Branch Visitors Bureaus (preferred method) or download a passport. Collect 28 caches as detailed in the passport. See complete details at O R B GeoTour .

Remember to record the password from this cache in your GeoTour Passport!
Link to Updated Passport: O R B GeoTour Passport

 

Roscommon and Ogemaw Counties are ideal places to spend a day, a long weekend or
an entire vacation. Everything you can imagine is here for your enjoyment. Enjoy our
trails, State Parks, the Ogemaw Hills, and our great lakes – Houghton Lake, Higgins
Lake and Lake Saint Helen. Make your travel plans in northern Michigan and come
spend some time with us here.

 

 

 

About this cache: Ogemaw Springs was the oldest village in Ogemaw County.  The spring served as the sole provider of water for the settlers.  Today folks from all around can still enjoy the cyrstal clear, refreshing spring.  You are looking for a plastic ammo can hidden in the traditional way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The ammo cans were painted by:
Ogemaw Height High School Art class,
Surline Elementary School,
Surline Middle School,
Whittemore-Prescott School,
Calvary Christian Academy,
St.Joseph Catholic School
and the Fourth Street Artists Gallery. 
Thank you all!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

oruvaq n gbjrevat cvar

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)