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Challenge Trail - Geocoins Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 5/12/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


CHALLENGE TRAIL
If you wish to trade, take ONE item. Leave something of EQUAL or GREATER value.
Complete the Challenge Trail and earn a prize. See profile.


THIS IS A CHALLENGE CACHE.
You must read the cache page for requirements to log this cache.
Failure to follow the listed rules WILL result in your log being deleted.
Enjoy the journey as well as the destination.


PART A - COORDINATES
Have fun solving the riddles to determine the cache coordinates.
The posted coords are for the trail -and- the solved coords are for the nearby cache.

4 1 º 1____ 2____. 3____ 4____ 5____ N

0 7 8 º 6____ 7____. 8____ 9____ 10____W

RIDDLES
1. Have you heard about the cow astronaut?
2. How do you get a baby astronaut to sleep?
3. How does the man-in-the-moon cut his hair?
4. What did Mars say to Saturn?
5. What do you get if you cross Santa Claus with a space ship?
6. What kind of plates do they use in space?
7. What type of songs do the planets sing?
8. When is the moon the heaviest?
9. Where do astronauts keep their sandwiches?
10. Why didn't the sun go to college?

ANSWERS
4 A u-f-ho-ho-ho!
2 Because it already had a million degrees!
6 Eclipse it!
4 Flying saucers!
0 Give me a ring sometime!
5 He landed on the mooooooon!
4 In a launch box!
4 Nep-tunes!
7 You rocket!
8 When it's full!


PART B - CACHE
Find the cache and sign the log in the cache.


PART C - CHALLENGE
Complete all the requirements to log a find and earn your smiley.

1. Complete 20 series of caches where you earn a geocoin for completion.

NOTE: If you are looking for geocoin challenges .... here is a great site that lists these challenges. Happy Caching!
http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=305897&st=0&p=5231340&fromsearch=1�entry5231340

2. You are not required to find this cache container on the same day you fulfilled the challenge requirements. You may find this cache prior to qualifying. Just sign the log and write a note on the cache page. Then when you qualify, you may claim a find for this cache.

3. You do not need to obtain permission from the cache owner before logging this find. Your log/bookmark/screenshot confirms that you have fulfilled the requirements.


My logs show completion of this challenge as follows:

KENTUCKY
-Hatfield McCoy Geotrail - 16 caches
MARYLAND
-2013 Wicomico Geocache Bash - 16 caches
-Washington County Geotrail - 20 caches
NEW YORK
-Enchanted Mountains Geotrail - 21 caches
-Great Lakes Seaway Trail (all 5 sections) - 50+ caches
-New York Amish Geotrail - 12 caches
OHIO
-Athens County History Geotrail - 16 caches
-Clinton County Barn Quilt Trail - 32 caches
-Marion County Geotrail - 23 caches
PENNSYLVANIA
-101 Dalmations by Mat-Kat+1 - 103 caches
-AGT (all 10 counties) - 60+ caches
-CCGT and CCGT2012 and CCGT2013 - 75 caches
-DCNR Legacy of Conservation Geocaching Trail - 30 caches
-Kinzua Cache Quest - 4 caches
-Shenango River Watershed - 12 earthcaches
-Tulpehocken Creek Valley Geo-Trail - 20 caches
WEST VIRGINIA
-ExploreWV Geocoin Challenge - 20 caches
-Haunted WV - 20 caches
-The Villages of Berkely County - 12 caches
-WV Civil War Trail (all 5 Zones) - 40+ caches


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

uggc://jjj.rapunagrqyrneavat.pbz/wbxrf/vaqrk.fugzy Pnzbhsyntrq fznyy ybpx-naq-ybpx Fgbar

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)