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SCT: Barrelly Legal Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

Team MSG: Sadly the barrel that formerly housed the cache has been removed. It's odd that that barrel had been there for who knows how many years, but shortly after being put back into use it is removed. I walked north and south but was not able to locate the barrel. I blame kids ;).

This is the first of my SCT series to be archived, but hopefully the location will be saved with a new cache in the spring.

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Hidden : 11/10/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The next set of caches along the South County Trail. Trying to continue on with H2"O"s great work on the North County Trail. A nice walk on the paved trail from the parking location. Bring your own pen.

The South County Trailway is a 14.1-mile (22.7 km) long trail stretching from Van Cortlandt Park in The Bronx to Elmsford in Westchester, NY. Construction started in the 1990s and was completed in 2011. Most sections of the trailway are paved. This was once the part of the New York Central Railroad system.

Poison Ivy is very common along this trail, but I did my best to avoid it.

The cache is a camoed micro container. The cache just off the path. 
Up and down this trailway you will see what is essentially discarded industrial and construction surplus.  You will find concrete structures, pipeline, steel beams, barrels, debris piles, and who knows what else.  While I have a hard time believing that this was left here legally, nature has for the most part integrated these elements into the landscape and every now and again created a spot for a cache.

While placing this cache, I watched a rollerblader lose control and wipe out. I asked if he was ok. Apparently feeling macho he said he was fine and dismissed me. His bloody knees told a different story.

Parking is available at the posted coordinates.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vg'f ebhaq urer fbzrjurer.

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)