A Troll's Passage Multi-Cache
ThunderEggs: Regretfully archiving this cache since there's been no word from the owner in the month or more since the last reviewer note was posted. If the owner wants to re-activate the cache, please contact thundereggs to see if that's possible.
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My first multi in an area near where I live. Should be pretty easy. Almost all walking is on pavement.
One Corvallis day, I decided to take a little stroll down a path I had passed by many times before. The path left the pavement and crossed a wooded stream where the water trickled and gave drink to the lush plant life thriving there. As my foot stepped onto the bridge crossing the little stream, I heard a Munchkin-like voice squawk, "Advance no further until you pay the troll." Stunned, I quickly looked around, but I saw nothing. Shrugging, I took another step onto the bridge, but the voice shrieked at me, "ADVANCE NO FURTHER UNTIL YOU PAY THE TROLL!" I stopped dead in my tracks and looked carefully everywhere, but I still saw nothing. I asked, "Where are you, and how do I pay the troll?" The voice replied, "Never mind where I am. Just leave your coin on the edge of the bridge or you may not cross." I retrieved a coin from my pocket, placed it at the edge of the bridge, and watched. Suddenly, a furry little hand reached up from under the bridge and snatched the coin away. That was the last I saw or heard from the troll. Tentatively I crossed the bridge and continued on my walk. I have been to that location many times now and have never again seen the troll, but I decided to place a cache there at the troll bridge in case he chooses to return. That way, any of you who encounter the troll should be able to satisfy him with something from the cache.
The posted coordinates will take you to a mini-micro cache that will provide the coordinates of the troll bridge. The final cache is small, about 4" X 3" X 2"; but it can accommodate small trade items. Please bring your own writing stick for the log. Make sure the cache lid is snapped on tightly.
Congratulations to geogecko99, FTF!!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Hint for both:] Ba gur ubbx
[Hint for stage 1:] V thrff lbh whfg arrq gb ybbx irel pnershyyl.
[Hint for stage 2:] Lbh znl srry vg orsber lbh frr vg.