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Old Saint Lou Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/1/2004
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Thanks goes to local cacher "natesdeal" for keeping Old St Lou running for us! Thank you Nate!
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Skip the food vendors in trailers near the Arch's east riverbank and come on over to the historic Riverfront area of Old St. Louis for your dining. No visit to the Arch should be complete without a visit to this nearby area. Located in rustic Laclede's Landing, this plaza is named after Pierre Liguest Laclede, who founded the City of St. Louis in 1764. This area has been active since the 1800s and the city is to be commended for keeping this area going with a well done restoration. Several OK restaurants are here (I've never found real good food in St Louis!) and you might find something to your liking. Most of the restaurants lie directly SouthWest of the hide (SouthWest is always best!).

"Old Saint Lou" cache is now a micro. The cache location will also show you some historical artifacts you might find interesting. It should be a quick find near a large parking area for the Landing.

PLEASE USE UTMOST STEALTH AND DISGRESSION

when removing and replacing the cache... it doesn't last too long if you don't (it's on replacement #5). Depending on your time of search, there can be a lot of people nearby.

For such a cool area and desireable tourist area, St. Louis downtown has had a dearth of caches (at least in Aug '04), especially highlighting the city's many interesting areas such as this. Maybe this one can help remedy this shortage! Bon apetite!

Please sign the log legibly and small with no stickers please!

>>>> 11/12/05: Third container replacement made today. This cache should be lasting longer if care is used. Changed to Premium only for maybe some more durability.

>>>> 06/24/06: Four replacement today and hopefully new CoolCache engineering will make it more durable. Do not try to remove anchor system!

>>>> 09/14/06: Found the cable snapped off by the last cacher with no heads-up given. Had to effect an expensive emergency repair.

>>>> 08/24/09: Local cacher "natesdeal" saves cache with his repairs. I will say the visiting cachers had done a good job in making this cache last until such repair was needed. Good job everyone and much appreciated!

PS: Check out this website for the happenings in this area:

LeCledes Landing.org

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I don't even live in St Louis... I'm hundreds and hundreds of miles away! But this town needed some geo-action bad, so I took a stand here and I work hard in ensuring the quality and durability of these hides for your visit. All of CoolCache's St Louis hides shown below:


Please write legibly but small on every line of the logs so I can read your name. I have to do log verifications because of geospammers.
Another CoolCache original hide.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g chyy uneq ba gur punva cyrnfr!

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)