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NoVACON: Up, Up, and Awaaay! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/10/2024
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   large (large)

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Geocache Description:


Up, Up, and Awaaay!


Who else wanted to be Superman when they grew up?

Posted coords are to get you to the parking lot.  Do the Jigidi* - just a small selection of my favorite Clark/Superman moments, memories, and homages over the years - to learn the magic passkey to get the actual coords.  Hope this takes you down memory lane too heart

Jigsaw puzzle - Superman pic faves
* Don't see a completion message when you finish the jigidi?  You might be offline.

Check yourself here:
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude
Would love any Superman pictures and stories you care to share in your log.
 

At placement time, the cache contains *three* new Superman-themed trackables.  They are needed there for the NoVACON fall series.  Leave them in the cache until after Election Day 2024, by which time the NoVACON fall series will have ended.  Discover-only until then.  After Election Day, these trackables can - and should - start traveling.  Any other trackables in the cache can be moved normally.

Alas, my first-ever Superman trackable got picked up and held almost immediately after release sad  Had hoped to include it in this cache but thus far have been unable to get it back.  Six years now frown  Hopefully someday broken heart  Here's to you, SuperKAL.

Many thanks to the cachers some months back at a library geo-gift exchange who hid the inner, decorated box, the FTF pin, and the superhero books, games, and markers for me to find. I had already been collecting superhero items with a superhero cache in mind before then and before NoVAGO went NoVACON this year, but your additions were amazingly generous.


Permission per FCPA open park placement for Baron Cameron.  Respect park hours:  dawn to dusk ONLY unless there's a special event that's keeping the park open.  Respect park rules.  Use existing paths and trails when and where you can to avoid trampling wildlife. Leashed dogs welcome (they can only be unleashed within the onsite dog park, which has its own rules including that dogs need to be licensed and vaccinated). **NO NIGHT CACHING**

Per the county's general request of everyone in the area (this is not geocaching-specific):  if you see any invasive spotted lanternflies or their egg masses (anywhere, really; not just in FCPA parks), PLEASE destroy those with prejudice (though without - as best you can - damaging their surroundings).  See Stomp adult spotted lanternflies and scrape away (and trash!) their egg masses

This park has a purple glass-recycling bin in the parking lot.  You can bring your clean, dry glass containers and smash them into the bins.


 

TO EARN NOVACON TEAM HIT POINTS
 

Choose your favorite Super TB
from   the cache. Without GZ spoilers, post
a       photo to the cache                    page
      that
was      taken near GZ showing you,                        your
team            badge, and the Super TB      **doing
an                    awesome, iconic Superman
pose.**                    
You will receive a
redemption code to boost your
team’s hit points. Up,
up,            and
awaaay!
:)

 

 

We are Team NoVAGO.  If you're a local, join us smiley

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)