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Mr.Charlie: Time to let it go. This cache has had a good run. Thanks to everyone who found it and also to those who voted it as a Cache of the Month. The location has been compromised so I'm not going to recreate the hand carved stamp simply to have it taken again.

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Hidden : 3/15/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates but you do need to start there. Follow the directions below to find the cache.

I was sitting in my car when I saw the mailman come by on his morning route. I wasn’t paying much attention until I heard the barking. I looked up in time to see a neighborhood dog run down the street towards the mailman. The mailman panicked and ran into the woods. I jumped out of my car to try to help him but he was gone. I have never seen snail mail move so fast. I did my best to follow him and this is where I think he went.

He started at the posted coordinates then ran across the street for 164’ at a bearing of 157° until he reached a wood chip trail heading into the woods. He ran along the wooden fence and up the hill into the woods. The trail curved to the right and came to a fork. He took the path to the left and ran up the hill to another fork. At this fork he turned left again. He kept going until he reached a wooden fence at the top of the hill. He ran to the far end of the fence where he stopped to catch his breath. He knew he couldn’t outrun the dog if he still had his mailbag but he needed a safe place to leave it until he could return. Looking to his left across the trail at a bearing of 42° he saw a small footpath heading down the hill. He ran 21 paces down the path, and paused again at a small deer trail to his right. Peering into the woods he saw a stump next to a fallen tree. He walked seven paces into the woods until he reached the stump. Then he followed the trunk of the fallen tree until it intersected another fallen tree at a right angle. He hid his mailbag underneath the intersection of the two downed trees. After that I lost sight of him.

If you wish you may look for the missing mailbag. It is a small container and there is only room for the logbook, stamp and inkpad and not much space left for trade items. Please do not trade for the stamp, but you may take an imprint of it with the enclosed inkpad. You can search in snow or rain or heat, but it might be best if you don’t search in the gloom of night. And watch out for dogs.

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