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Gallens of Fun Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 5/27/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Take exit 34C off of 93. Proceed to the Governor Gallen Memorial Bridge parking area. Above coordinates are for the bridge only. Do take a minute to look at the view of Mount Lafayette and the surrounding area (the sunset here is beautiful!!!)

To find the North coordinate:
Subtract the oldest date on the sign, from the most recent. Add twenty. Add this new numder to the original bridge coordinates.

ie: (11.008 + .___) = North coordinate

To find West coordinate:
Take the year Thoureau hiked to the summit of Mount Lafayette and subtract five. Take the first two numbers of that year and flip them to the end of the number.

ie: year = ABCD, then place AB AFTER CD = CDAB

Take this number and subtract the elevation of Mount Lafayette to get a 2 digit number. Add 100 to this number to find a 3 digit number. Take this number and subtract it from the original West coordinate.

ie: CDAB - elevation = 2 digit number + 100 = 3 digit number

so, 41.089 - 3 digit number (._ _ _) = new West coordinate

Note: If new coordinates are more than a mile away, something's askew :c)
Also, there will be a little bushwhacking involved right near the cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Hfr qrnq gerr nf na neebj 2. 20 lneqf bss bs genvy 3. Ng onfr bs pyhzc bs gerrf

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)