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TA@10K #6000: Trail? What Trail? Letterbox Hybrid

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Hidden : 9/6/2005
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The coordinates are not for the cache, just good parking spot. Follow the clues to find this letterbox hybrid.
Part of a ten-cache series to honor TeamAlamo's achievement of hitting 10,000 caches found and becoming the top male geocacher of all time.

Visit all ten to find the coordinates for the final tribute cache!


The Series:

There are ten caches in this series. Each cache contains one-tenth of a $10,000 bill with a number on it. When you visit each cache, note the location of the bill segment and the number on the bill. Use these ten numbers to find the final cache!

A bit of history: Lee's 6000th cache!

Lee found "Sunnyvale History" while on one of his casual caching days... only 23 finds. As I recall, I knew he was caching in my area because I kept getting phone messages from him begging for hints!

This cache

Well, Lee still has my number, so I hid this one where there is NO cell reception.
This "trail", if you can call it that, was recently explored at length by Motorbug and I while hunting another cache. We were WAY off track, but it seemed a good spot for a placement.
The cache is an ammo can, with a bit of camo, stuck out in the open for all to see.

Oh, and the 10K connection here? That's the approximate number of stream crossings required to reach this one.

The clues:
As you progress up stream into the canyon, you will see the creek nearly blocked by four large boulders (well, three actually, but the fourth is trying hard). Pass these (if you stand on the one to your left and look south 130' you can ALMOST see the cache!), cross the stream again near three small parallel logs, and look for a large fern four feet from the edge of the creek bank, about four feet above the level of the stream bed (the fern is currently battling a large fallen maple tree, but will likely rebound in the rains).

The rubber stamp and pad are a part of the letterbox- do NOT take them! Use them to stamp your personal letterbox logbook (if you have one), and stamp the letterbox log with your own personal stamp.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur fgbarf ner gbb ovt gb ghea fb fgvpx gb gur yrnirf.

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)