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John Muir Fished Here : Trail of the serpent Traditional Cache

Hidden : 3/14/2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is a pint size jar. This is also stop #8 of the John Muir Historical Tour.

This cache is one of a series called "The trail of the serpent" based loosely on a book of the same title written in 1973 by Robert E. Gard and Elaine Reetz. All of these caches will be located along the Fox river from it's source south of Kingston to the mouth of the Fox River in Green Bay. As the infant Fox runs northeast from the Portage, it glides and twists through fertile meadows, broadens into small lakes until it finds itself in the broad sweep of Lake Winnebago. Lake Winnebago acts as the dam for the lower Fox which continues on to Green Bay in a wide flood, tumbling over chutes now made into dams, becoming one big scene of power development for the growth of its towns. "For us," said a famous Indian, "This river was a path. For our white brethren, to whom we sold it, it is a power." Loise Phelps Kellogg The John Muir homestead was only about 1.3 miles from this location at Lake Ennis just north on Hwy F. When Muir moved to this location he was 11 years old and I expect that he spent a lot of time in the river, probably some at this spot. Remains of an old turn bridge are visable. Lots of fishermen use this spot but cache should be able to be scored without too much trouble.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)