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Guardrails... TB Motels #8 Traditional Cache

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SapTracker: Some of the caches in this series are missing, time to close this series. Hope all enjoyed the series.

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Hidden : 11/10/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Guardrails of Ontario

The “Guardrails… TB Motel” series will have you driving around the Halton/Wellington/Peel countryside so enjoy the scenery. When stopping to track down these guys, please make sure you park away from the guardrails in a safe spot along the road, even if it means doing a little bit of walking.


My family and I moved to Acton in 1992 and I remember saying to myself… Wow, we don’t know anyone around here! Well after living in this area for 18 years (We moved from Acton 11 years ago to surrounding rural area) we’ve met and befriended amazing people. Some of these folks are the Christopher brothers (and nephews) who built, from the ground, up a very successful galvanizing company in the town of Acton. The Christopher’s recently sold the company and will no doubt enjoy a greatly deserved and comfortable retirement. Enjoy fellas!!

Whenever you are driving by guardrails in Ontario, there is a good chance that the guardrail was galvanized in their former company. It is amazing to see the process of galvanizing small to very, very large objects made of various metals. Galvanization is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, in order to prevent rusting.  The cache containers in this series are perfect size for holding TBs, hence the name of this series.

IMPOPRTANT:  Four (4) of the caches will hold information that will allow you to find the GEOZONE DECODER which you will use to find the bonus cache… GEOZONE (GC4RVZZ). Make sure to record this information.

Did you know that the most widely used highway guardrail is called the "W-beam" due to its shape?

CONGRATULATIONS TO scoldsteve FOR THE FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)