GCQ63T Dos Equis Cache (Traditional Cache) in New Mexico, United States created by suz55tbird

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GCQ63T ▼

A cache by suz55tbird Message this owner

Hidden : 8/16/2005

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is dedicated to the memory of Mouser, who was the FTF on this cache, my FTH. He was also the first geocacher I met.

The cache is near an acequia madre known as the Big Chical (although some of us who use it call it the “Last Ditch”!). Some of our acequias in this high desert land are centuries old, and without them, the beautiful green fields seen below the Big Chical would instead look like the llano above it (to the east of the cache).
Acequia, the Spanish word for "irrigation ditch," is derived from the Arabic as-saquiya, meaning “water carrier”. Secondary ditches are called sangrías, a metaphorical term that expresses the wisdom of the saying: "El agua es la sangre de la tierra," ("Water is the blood of the land.")
If you’ve read The Milagro Beanfield War, a hilarious book by John Nichols, you may remember the scenes of a farmer irrigating his beanfield via acequias...this is how it’s been done here for centuries and how we irrigate our fields to this day.
Excellent opportunity for Cache In/Trash Out. Trash bags are in the cache. Please tread carefully among native plants.

Original cache contains excellent swag. Let's keep it that way (no plastic toys, please)!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qvq lbh svaq gur Qbf Rdhvf?

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)

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