BLANDINA'S TRADING POST/Priceless Treasure 4 Trade
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Continental Soldiers Park, 550 Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202), Mahwah, NJ 07430.Cache Site not for handicapped, but other area trails are.Restricted Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.Free Parking in Lot at Entrance.Please be discreet if people are around.Please hide cache exactly as you found it.No Dogs.
BLANDINA’S TRADING POST “PRICELESS TREASURES FOR TRADE”
We have decided to archive Blandina's Trading Post Cache.
Items that were able to be saved from this cache will be placed in the Harriman Pirates & Picnic Event caches by
Captain Avroair. Waypoint: GCJKP7
N 41 degrees 14.034 W 074 degrees 07.036 (WGS84)
UTM: 18T E573977 N4565098
Date of Event: Saturday--July 24, 2004
10 a.m. -- Early Afternoon
Lake Kanawauke Picnic Area
“The first people to come to Mahwah were known as the Delaware or Lenni Lenape Indians. For one year, (1712-1713), some Tuscarora Indians also camped in Mahwah. The Lenni Lenape Indians called Mahwah, “mawewi,” meaning “an assembly where streams and paths meet.” Thus, Mahwah gets it’s name from being a meeting place at the conjunction of several transportation routes. The first person of record to settle in the wilderness of Mawewi was the widow, Blandina Bayard, who established an Indian Trading Post in the year 1700. On August 10, 1700, the Indians gave her a deed for Mahwah, Oakland, and Franklin Lakes in exchange ‘for divers good causes and several kindnesses received, but especially for sundry goods and wares…to the value of one hundred and twenty pounds current money of New York.’ Blandina Bayard was 49 years old at the time and had 5 children.”From the Book: From Pioneer Settlement to Suburb: A History of Mahwah, New Jersey, 1700-1976 By: Henry Bischoff and Mitchell KahnJust as the early settlers were faced with immediate tasks on Mawewi’s wilderness land, so too will you. You can leave your shot and gunpowder at home, but do be prepared to pull up stakes and remove rock. Blandina was a hardworking pioneer, and a very kind person--with a penchant for “divers good causes.” We KNOW that she would have loved the Geocacher’s Environmental Cause: Cache In Trash Out.Thar’s some fun to be had for yer two-legged young’uns, so bring’em along. …Sorry, no four-legged critters. Thar’s outhouses out back anytime you need ‘em, and when the weather’s warm and yer a’thirstin,’ thar’s a bounty of fresh drinkin’ water. If you come to Blandina’s Trading Post at the right time, you might even get served up some good eats--for a fee.Would you mind keepin’ food out of the Cache? Don’t want to attract animals to the area. Take time to explore other happy trails in this area. When you set your course for Blandina’s, don’t forget to send us yer comments ‘n’ mug shots! It’s our first time hiding a Cache.HERE’S THE INFO YOU’LL NEED:55 Original Assorted Goodies For Trade: Household Items/CDs/CD Holders/Stationery Supplies/Toys/Coins/Gift Cards/Jewelry/Floppy Disks/DVDs/VHS Video/Miscellaneous ItemsTRAVEL BUGS: 1. 2004 Gold USA Geo Coin (TBFD51) www.geocaching.com 2. $1.00 www.wheresgeorge.com 3. Book: (Mystery/Thriller) STORMING HEAVEN/By: Kyle Mills BCID: 112-1449264 www.bookcrossing.comEntrance to Parking Lot: N41 04.822/W074 10.948 Park near yellow, diagonal- striped crosswalkTrailhead: N41 04.847/W074 11.036Cache Location: N41 04.819/W074 11.097The following 4 items stay in the Cache (inside lid):All are velcroed inside lid. Please replace all 4 items inside lid:STASH NOTE; KODAK INSTANT DIGITAL CAMERA (27 EXP.) (If you would like to, take a picture of yourself, and put camera back in the cache, so we can develop the photos later, and place them online. Don’t forget to let us know what frame number you are.); OFFICIAL LOGBOOK/RITE-IN-THE-RAIN PEN/GEOCACHING PENCIL/PENCIL SHARPENER (If you took your picture, please let us know what frame number you are); CHRISTIAN BOOKLET (If you would like to, please take one)
Additional Hints
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UVAG 1: ORGJRRA GJB YNETR CVAR GERRF. YBBX QBJAUVYY.
UVAG 2: CHYY HC FGNXRF NAQ ERZBIR YNETR NEGVSVPVNY EBPX.