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Gods of Fairfax - Hephestus Traditional Cache

Hidden : 11/3/2022
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


This is the eleventh cache in a series based on our family’s love of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians book series, and is a tribute to Hephestus, God of the forges, fire, technology, craftsmen, sculptors, volcanoes, and blacksmiths.

 

Since it is well known that Hephestus is a little “Touchy about his toys” we opted not to go rummaging in his junkyard for parts of this cache, but rather sought out some help in the designing from the big guy himself.

 

His advice was to keep it simple, but to have fun watching people struggle nonetheless. When we finished construction of this basic birdhouse cache, he said “I know how that machine works. Good job, this should be fun.”

 

We have opted to include the field puzzle attribute so that cachers can feel good about their efforts in signing the log.

 

Bonus Cache Info: Inside the Hephestus Cache, you will find a letter to Hephestus’ wife Aphrodite, which may have coordinates to her cache.

 

 

 

If you like this cache, check out the others in the series:

Poseidon - GC9AH84
Hera - GC9BA31
Dionysus - GC9B0Y3
Athena - GC9FHZF 
Zeus –
GC9B0YT
Apollo– GC9VQ57
Demeter - GC9QKYM
Hades (2.0) - GC9XKQ2

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Lbh fher gung'f ubj guvf znpuvar jbexf?

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)