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Amazing S'mores @ Carpenter Nature Center-WI Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/28/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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***CACHE IS NOT AT POSTED COORDINATES - - YOU MUST SIGN THE LOG TO CLAIM THE FIND***

Cache was hidden along the Carpenter Nature Center-Wisconsin Campus' Acorn Trail, prior to the 2024 Hudson Hot Air Affair.  The theme this year is "Rockin' with the Coldies".  Container is a micro, about the size of a film canister (if you remember what those are!).  Permission for the hide was given by Alan Maloney, Naturalist/Volunteer Coordinator, Carpenter Nature Center.

Hours: 8:00am – 4:30pm daily

After winning a few 3D printed containers made by the Plevas from Waukesha, WI, I contacted them for a few custom made containers based on this year's HHAA theme. This is one that they made especially for this event/trail!

The Hudson Hot Air Affair is the premier winter ballooning event and winter festival in the Midwest. Thousands of visitors head to the St. Croix Valley community in west central Wisconsin and local residents make it a homecoming every year on the first full weekend in February. About 30 colorful hot air balloons, including special shapes, launch in mass ascensions Saturday and Sunday mornings and light up the night at the Saturday evening Moon Glow or Field of Fire. Balloonists traditionally attend from Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska.

Please solve the puzzle below to get the final coordinates.

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

fbyir znmr, trg pbbeqvangrf, svaq pnpur 3' hc va n oebxra fghzc

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)