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BIGBROTHERBEAR: To all the knights of the round table thank you! for making this series come alive. to all the friends that have made when i walked this journey with you I thank you! to all the wonderful stories and laughter we had i want to thank you this series closes today with great sadness , but of course something new has come to take its place "The Iron Man" i know the quest for holy grail was made great by great cachers so i bow to you all thank you! thank for for the great stories, logs it was great joy to listen and read.

BEAR

GC3YXRP ▼

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Hidden : 10/18/2012

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Knights of the Round Table

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The Quest for the Holy Grail Challenge

First to Find gary/dawn Congratulations

NOTE:
This cache is not at the posted coordinates.
You need to find which cache that has the hidden coordinates to the
Excalibur "Bonus Cache" .

EXCALIBUR
Arthur's Sword
The Tradition: The Name "Excalibur" was first used for King Arthur's sword by the French Romancers. It was not the famous "Sword in the Stone" (which broke in battle), but a second sword acquired by the King through the intercession of his druidic advisor, Myrddin (Merlin). Worried that Arthur would fall in battle, Merlin took the King to a magical lake where a mysterious hand thrust itself up from the water, holding aloft a magnificent sword. It was the Lady of the Lake offering Arthur a magic unbreakable blade, fashioned by an Avalonian elf smith, along with a scabbard which would protect him as long as he wore it.

Towards the end of his reign, during the troubled times of Medrod's rebellion, Excalibur was stolen by Arthur's wicked half-sister, Morgan le Fay. Though it was recovered, the scabbard was lost forever. Thus Arthur was mortally wounded at the Battle of Camlann. The King then instructed Bedwyr (or Girflet) to return Excalibur to the lake from whence it came. However, when questioned about the circumstances of its return, Bedwyr claimed to have seen nothing unusual. Arthur therefore knew that Bedwyr had kept Excalibur for himself and sent him back to the Lake once more. Hurling the sword into the misty waters this time, Bedwyr saw the mystic hand appear to catch Excalibur and draw it beneath the rippling waters for the last time.

Remember that this is a public hunting area, so use standard precautions and blaze orange during hunting seasons.

Permission was granted to place this cache by: Brian Preston Executive Director Dubuque County Conservation Board
For more on Dubuque County Conservation Board, visit the Dubuque County Conservation Board home page

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