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The Bridge over Middle Run Multi-Cache

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MikeOtt: Too many changes on puzzle part and final location is greatly overgrown in thorn bushes so time to put this one to rest.

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Hidden : 1/21/2006
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


PART 1 Drive slowly along Polly Drummond Hill Road and pull into the long driveway for the Pike Creek Bible Church and Pike Creek Christian School. You are at published coordinates and just finished part 1. Now to part 2. (At one time you had to get a number from the sign before it was changed.

PART 2 Now go due west to 39D 42.830 75D 42.859 (Just drive down to the church/school

White Clay Creek State Park has a trail access point here and Pike Creek Bible Church permits parking here. It is a favorite starting point for may bikers and one of the close place I take the geodog "Precious" for walks

Look at the 4" x 4" wooden post about 4' high with circular marker discs. The front side has 5 discs. Subtract the number of discs on both sides of the post from the 5 disc on the front to get "A" that is used for the third part of the cache.

PART 3

39° 42.805      75° DEG 43.08A

The cache is a short walk down to Middle Run, which is the boundary between White Clay Creek State Park (east side) and Middle Run Natural Area, a county park (west side).

Recently a new high tech FRP pedestrian bridge was built with a 70 foot span. The Bridge was build in two days with volunteer labor. From pieces that had to be carried in by hand and bolted together, just like a giant erector set. Since I was one of the volunteers I got a very good appreciation of potential hiding spots, especially laying on my back on a temporary scaffold tightning up the bolts on the bridge

The cache container is a tube colored light green to better blend in. There should be no need to get wet finding this cache that is in the county Middle Run area (west of center line of the stream). Be for-warned--this one is very well hidden.

GPS signals can be bad in this valley area, especially with tree cover. You should be within 25 feet of the west end of the bridge

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

CNEG 3 Vgf abg ba/va/haqre gur oevqtr. Punzryrba glcr uvqr

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)