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Old Woman River Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Red Hot Mama: For some reason I have not archived this cache as I should have back in November. My apologies to those who have kept hunting. My daughter and her friend visited it last November and did not find it. For many reasons this cache is not worth replacing. It is obviously gone and I don't travel this route anymore. It is also out of the way for my daughter, who lives in Missoula to maintain.

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Hidden : 3/13/2003
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Located along the Missoula River Trail system. The terrain is very easy except the last 5 steps. It is can be difficult to find due to the LARGE NUMBER of things to look under.

The container is a most recently a decon container. It originally contained beads, foreign coins, polished stones, a silver acorn, American Flag pin, praying hands pin, and a couple of Sci-Fi characters. Please bring small items to exchange. It is difficult to find because there are so many rocks in the area. The distance you walk will depend where you decide to park and how far you want to walk but it is a short distance from one of the parking areas. The cache is very close to the trail, about 4 or 5 steps, but it is rocky and easy to stumble so be careful of that "Old Woman River". Some people who have visited in the past say it is easy to slip on the rocks so I have upgraded the terrain to its present level because of those last 5 steps. CAREFUL! Also please be discrete as there are a lot of walkers and bikers along this trail at certain times of the day and evening, plus curious people live just across the canal within view of the area. Enjoy the River and the walk.

Note - there is no need to do major landscaping in order to find this cache. Leave the boulders where they are, and look under things a 72 year-old woman can move.

Note 12/13/04 - I made a recent visit to make sure this cache was still here because of two recent no finds. It is, but also is well hidden. Some have said I should give a more usable hint but at this point I'm not going to change the hint, instead, I'll just say I am more than willing to send a more specific and usable hint if you e-mail me. If I leave a real spoiler it will make this cache too easy, and although most of my caches are very easy to find that was not my intent with this one. The coordinates have been rechecked and are right on so you should not have to search a huge area.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg rirelguvat lbh svaq haqre n ebpx vf n "oht".

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)