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SECRET DECODER WHEEL Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Ice and Wind: The cache owner has not responded to issues with this listing, so I must regretfully archive it. If the cache turns up or is replaced in the near future, email me and I will review it for possible unarchival.

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Hidden : 10/24/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not located at the listed coordinates. Parking is available within ten feet of the cache.

Congratulations to Mrs. Shop99er: FTF!!!

Are you old enough to remember when every Saturday morning kid’s show had a Secret Decoder Ring/Wheel/Badge that you could get for three box tops from whatever cereal they were advertising? The device would allow you to decode the “secret message” (for club members only) at the end of each show. The message was always something like “Eat your veggies,” or “Obey your parents.”

Today, you can use that decoder wheel for something much more important, like finding the coordinates of a cache. This simple substitution code can be broken using various techniques, but if I were you, I would go straight to the hint. You’ll even get a free “Secret Decoder Wheel” out of the deal, and you don’t even have to buy the cereal.

Too busy to decipher the code? Turn it over to your kids. They’ll have the coordinates for you in ten minutes or less, and they will spend the rest of the day writing secret messages to each other instead of coming to you saying, “I’m bored!”

The cache itself is easily located, and there are at least eleven caches within a three mile radius. So, come and start your next caching trip in Olalla!

XWTRD FWTRM SGPGX ROGXR MFCPG
VWCXR XCXGF CPGRO WOGSR WXGRO
GXRMR OWRDC TRMSG PGXVW CXRWX
GLGTW RDTGG

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Secret Decoder Wheel] uggc://jjj.afn.tbi/xvqf/tnzrf/znxrvg/pvcureqvfxf.cqs [And instructions] uggc://jjj.afn.tbi/xvqf/tnzrf/znxrvg/qverpgvbaf_pqvfx.cqs [Key] O:W

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)