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The Rhyme Of The Ancient Mariner Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/29/2003
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


THE RHYME OF THE MODERN TRAVELER

Forsake the Latitude. The Latitude is slight.
Stake your bet on the Longitude. The Longitude is right.

Don’t be a FLAKE.
TAKE a rest from your ACHES.
Put on your BRAKE.
Take a BREAK.

Don’t make a MISTAKE.
MAKE a CAKE to PARTAKE.
Grill a STEAK.
Wash it down with a SHAKE.

Don’t step on a SNAKE.
FORSAKE all that is FAKE.
Observe the WAKES.
Enjoy the LAKE.

This cache is on the North bound side of I85 at a South Carolina rest stop that has a beautiful view of Lake Hartwell. There are many picnic tables in the midst of a pine grove. This is a wonderful place to stop and relax not to mention a great place for North Bound Travel Bugs.

The theme of the cache is poetry with an emphasis on things that rhyme with lake. So the things you leave need to rhyme with lake or at least have some “pun” with your words. Place your item in the 1 gallon rectangular Tupperware box and place one line of a rhyme in the log and on the website.

“I placed a knife so you may cut your CAKE while sitting by the LAKE.”

Further Information:

1. In the second line of the famous poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge are two numbers. Add these numbers together and then add to the 2nd digit after the decimal in the bogus cache latitude and “carry over” to the 1st digit after the decimal to obtain the true latitude of the Cache.

2. Look at the picture, “Guests are met and the feast is set.” If you line up the two tables you will be able to log this cache at a spot past the 2nd table on a bearing of 45 degrees. These are the only two tables that have this alignment.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g gevc bire gur ybtf.

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)