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Toll Road Obelisk (PS #3) Traditional Cache

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Marko Ramius: The staff at GC.com received information from the landowner that this area is no longer accessible without trespassing. Sorry, but this cache has been removed and must be archived.

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This is a small cache with room for small swag. Bring a pen.
One of many caches in the Portola Springs area in Irvine Ranch.


Getting to the location will be more of a challenge than finding the cache. There are multiple places to park and at least three different paths to the location. Please use your stealth mode when hiking if near where residents might see you. One route is to use the unfinished road above all the homes. It was closed to cars when the cache was placed but wide open for walking. When finished, the road will take you very close to the cache but don't drive there today.

Why they decided to put this Obelisk right here, I'll bet the cell phone people had a LOT to do with it.

Obelisks are the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, who usually placed them in pairs at the entrance of temples.

I don't think this is a place of worship and I didn't see any RA followers while placing the cache.

In ancient Axumite Kingdom of Ethiopia, the largest obelisk, now fallen, at 33 m high and 3 by 2 meters at the base is the largest single piece of stone ever worked in human history and probably fell during erection or soon after, destroying a large part of the massive burial chamber underneath it.

Doesn't look like this obelisk will be falling over nor is it the tallest in the world. Might be the tallest in the state though.

Please DON'T cross the fence lines into the farmer's grove.
Enjoy the hike and the view of the grove (while it's still there).



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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg ba gur tebhaq.

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)