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Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk - GML Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/11/2024
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is placed as part of GeoMuster Logan 2024.  Each cache in this series is named by an Idiom, which relates in some way to the cache hide or the cache itself.  An idiom is a group of words that have a particular meaning that is not easily identifiable by looking at the individual words.  We hope you enjoy the experience.


Here is an interesting geocache.  It was placed in 2003, and as of March 2024, it has THREE finders.  It has a D/T of 2/4. Cache type: Other

After a joint FTF in 2016 (13 years unloved), it has one find in 2021 by a geocacher with 27 finds whose log simply says "i" .  

Here is an extract from one of the FTF logs:

It wasn’t easy though. Just to get there I flew from Colorado to Minneapolis where Langlie picked me up and the next day we then drove over 10 hours across the border with Mike’s canoe mounted on the top of his Vera Cruz and all of our camping gear tucked in the back. It took 6 days to paddle & portage our gear the 70 miles from the Lund Lake entry point to the Musclow River thru deep mud, fierce headwinds, and tenacious bugs. Once we got within .25 miles of ground zero on the river, we stashed the canoe in the woods and bushwhacked through the undergrowth to get to the lake where we searched for about 20 minutes before spotting the cache.


Imagine that!   I have never had a geocaching adventure like that.  How would it be if they had gone all that way only to find another name in the log book already!

I have a memory of caching somewhere in Victoria several years ago, and seeing a cache without any logs on it on the cache page.  It had been published only a few days earlier, so we thought why not go take a look - it wasn't that far away.  As we drove closer, we kept an eye on the log page.  Still nothing.  Right up to the cache - still no logs, so we thought it would be a nice FTF.  Open the cache and there was a name in the log book dated the same day as the publication date! What the!

A bit disappointing, but there is no use crying over spilt milk, is there?

S 27° 54.938′ E 152° 59.771′

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va na nonaqbarq fgehpgher.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)