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Cows? In Berkeley? Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 7/22/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a magnetized mint tin, hidden along a stretch of urban multi-use trail with a fair bit of public art. Please, when replacing it, avoid the "tight space"...

Cows? in Berkeley? Once upon a time, a local purveyor of dairy products (blessed are the cheesemakers) used to have as a TV slogan, "Farms? In Berkeley? Moooooooo!" Well, here might have been where their cows were -- if their cows were, uh, sculpture by nature.

This is on the Ohlone Greenway, a nice ped/bike trail beginning at Ohlone Park in Berkeley (site of BzP+RO #2), and eventually going to El Cerrito Del Norte BART -- maybe it's an urban "power trail" in the making? Anyway, while you're enjoying the art, there's a mural north of this hide... worth a look-see if nothing else. Actually, there's a lot of public art and/or historical-educational plaques in this "block" of the Ohlone Trail.

Historical note, respecting our fallen comrade, motogrrl: this is one of three hides that I was working on that had motogrrl connections, when she was killed. The hide style is blatantly stolen from one of hers; think of it as "the sincerest form of flattery". It saddens me to think that she won't find this hide. :-C

There is a hider-made polymer clay magnet for the FTF. While you can trade items if you want to, the owner did not intend this as a trading cache, and will not be "freshening" the offerings.

FTF: paperson! Congratulations!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f va cebkvzvgl gb n tengr (ABG va fnvq tengr).

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)