GCC200 Katherine Ordway Preserve (Multi-cache) in Connecticut, United States created by RJFerret

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A cache by RJFerret Message this owner

Hidden : 1/10/2003

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

NOTE: The coordinates above are NOT the cache, but the sign of an arboretum that provides the proper coordinates according to the template below.

PLEASE: Read below BEFORE undertaking this cache, which is kid friendly (dogs are not allowed). I'd encourage parents to use this opportunity to share about the benefits of trees, general ecology and tree-related products.

The preserve is located at 165 Goodhill Road, Weston, CT. (Take Rt. 15, exit 42, north on Rt. 57 for 1.7 miles, right onto Goodhill Rd. [at light at bottom of hill]. Keep straight at the stop, 3rd driveway on right.) Please register your visit at the parking lot, you'll find maps and info in the box below.

Philanthropist Katherine Ordway (1899-1979) lived on this property and preserved the land (was involved in preserving Devil's Den, prairie lands out west and other lands throughout the country.) I found out today that my parents had met her, she showed up to the first Garden Club meeting my Mom ran, and at another point invited my folks to her place.

But anyway, none of that matters to you, the one who wants to find the cache. However, trees matter: to our species, to the world, and to find this cache.

At the above coordinates, you will find a map display identifying and numbering the trees in the arboretum.

The coordinates template is N41 12.ABC W073 21.DE (substitute the letters with the numbers of the appropriate trees--coordinates were averaged from multiple readings)

A = the tree in the farthest lower-left of the display and the only one to your left as you face the signage (also erroneously marketed for memory improvement here, revered for longevity and fertility in Japan)
B = Chinese Chestnut (Yum, roasted chestnuts...); second to right of red "you are here" arrow
C = Norway Maple (above #6)
D = one of my favorite trees, from which we get syrup (also farthest lower-right tree number in display)
E = Native American's used this tree's bark for canoes (also good tinder and are rather picturesque); below #11, right of #21

(Since the sheet at the arboretum deteriorated, I've provided alternate info from the display...)

If you don't know what trees the clues refer to, please research beforehand! (You can't figure it out there...)

It's about a 1/4 mile to the arboretum depending on approach, ~1/4 mile from there to the cache depending on approach, and just over that back to the lot (taking you through a variety of trails and typical New England terrain). You're likely to see deer, wild turkey and a variety of birds (saw a Yellow-Shafted Flicker and Pileated Woodpecker as I placed the cache).

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

N gerr fvgf ba gur pnpur!

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)