Code 66C Mystery Cache
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This is not hikerRon's fault.
This is the third in a series of Code66 caches. The cache is not at the listed coordinates. Solve the puzzle to find the cache.
Many of you will recognize the coordinates as a trailhead parking lot in the Monument Fire Center. Although the cache isn't there, it may be a good place to park once you solve this puzzle.
RQNXH AXVGR EMIJD NVFNK QGAZO PDMGD
UHHIG BUKMG BQXQM VPQLK URCZJ QMRBQ
XQEBW DLKUR VTXGD CQUTV SJQEK XDAVK
Looks like another code, doesn't it? Could it be a Caesar cipher? Perhaps a Column Transposition cipher? No, none of those.
At various Geocaching events, a few oldtimers have reminisced about the Vigenere cipher and archived caches that used them. A couple of puzzle caches that use a Vigenere cipher have been published around the region over the past year, but since there is such a fondness for this type of cipher, here is one in the Code66 series.
As is typical for this series, we have hidden a small decon container either in the forest, in a meadow, or on the plains. Is it on the nearby ridges? In the bushes? Is it next to a cactus or amidst the yuccas? Is it guarded by snakes or a spider? Solve the puzzle and locate the cache to answer these questions.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Lrf, vg'f n fvzcyr Ivtrarer pvcure. Ernyyl. Jvyy vg uryc gb gryy lbh gung gur xrljbeq lbh arrq gb qrpbqr gur pyhr vf fvk yrggref naq vf ba guvf cntr?
Treasures
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