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OBX Fat Cache Traditional Geocache

Hidden : 1/25/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Cache hidden in a locked box out in the open near a busy parking lot and about as easy as they get. High summer-time Muggle factor WILL make stealth necessary to retrieve/replace this cache. Should be much easier with less activity here during winter months. Please make sure security device is back in place.

Look for a small container large enough for small trade & tracking items camouflaged to fit the surrounding environment. You will need H-E-L-P to get into the host container which is more fragile than it appears. Please handle with care.

Please replace and reset the security device before leaving the cache

While in the area keep in mind that ice cream is a term used to describe a frozen dessert with a meaning that varies from one country to another. In the USA, the term "ice cream" applies only to a specific variety.

Ice cream is usually made from dairy products and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavors. The mixture of chosen ingredients is stirred slowly while cooling in order to incorporate air and prevent large ice crystals from forming. The result is a smooth-textured semi-solid foam that is malleable and can be scooped.

The Chinese are credited by some, without historical documentation, for inventing a device to make sorbets and ice cream as early as 200 BC. The earliest printed reference to ice cream is in a 1744 Oxford English Dictionary.

Ice cream was introduced to the United States by Quaker colonists who brought their own recipes with them. Confectioners sold ice cream at shops in New York and other cities during the colonial era with Ben Franklin, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson known to have regularly eaten and served ice cream. First Lady Dolley Madison is also closely associated with helping popularize the frozen treat here in the U.S. serving it at the 1813 Inaugural Ball of her husband, U.S. President James Madison and other frequent offerings at the White House.

Philadelphia's Nancy Johnson was issued the first U.S. patent for a small-scale hand cranked ice cream freezer in 1843. The ice cream sundae originated in the late 19th century with several men claiming to have created the first sundae although none had any evidence to back up their story. Towns claiming to be the birthplace of the sundae include Buffalo, New York; Two Rivers, Wisconsin; Ithaca, New York; and Evanston, Illinois.

Ice cream became popular throughout the world in the second half of the 20th century after cheap refrigeration became common. National Chocolate Ice Cream Day is always June 7th. Other than the coordinates and the key to the cache container this might be the most important information on the page.

Cache should not be too difficult to find but take your time because with Muggles everywhere cautious and surreptitious behavior will be necessary to help avoid drawing attention to you and your actions. Should any little Muggle eyes observe you . . . this cache will surely be stolen!

Permission granted for this cache placement. Congratulations to semessen gaining First to Find honors.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Abg ba gur tebhaq, ohg qb abg frg lbhe fvtugf gbb uvtu sbe guvf bar. Gur URYC lbh arrq vf nyernql evtug gurer naq cebonoyl va lbhe unaq.

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)