GC353B Honey Bee Dam Cache (Traditional Cache) in Arizona, United States created by Teams Rayzar and My Blue Heaven (Adopted by TCHC)

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A cache by Teams Rayzar and My Blue Heaven (Adopted by TCHC) Message this owner

Hidden : 2/2/2002

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

The Honey Bee Dam Cache is located in the Honey Bee Canyon Wash which flows from the Tortolita Mts.

This cache has been adopted by Team My Blue Heaven after Team Rayzar had to move out of town. We both felt that it would be a shame to lose this cache and it's history. It has since been adopted by The Crazy H Crew. You must park at the Honey Bee Park which is located off Rancho Vistoso Blvd. heading southeast on the righthand side as you pass over the bridge. From the parking lot use the side walk to get to the trailhead, from there head North towards the bridge. The cache is about about a 2 mile round trip, so you may want to bring some water if it's a hot day. This is a highly sensitive riparian area so please use environmental responsibility at all times on this hike. This route traces an old river bed to the Honey Bee Dam. When you get to the concrete wall that's the old dam. From there follow the path to the right of the dam, and head SE out of the wash. Look for a stone fence about 25 feet from the dam, and stay to the rightside of the wall. The stone fence was used by sheep farmers around the 1930's. This geocache is very well hidden and there are a lot of delicate desert cacti around the site area so please be very careful, and if you have children inform them of this fact so nothing gets damaged. And always use caution when looking around rocks and plants. Honey Bee Canyon is one of the last three remaining Class 1 Hydro-Riparian areas in Pima County, and was recently identified as one of the most endangered hydro-riparian areas. Because of this I ask you to be respectful when you visit this cache site. The cache is a silver metal box 5" by 7" with the names HONEY BEE, RAYZAR, and GEOCACHE labled on the sides of the box. When you leave the site make sure to hide the cache in the same place you found it. On your way back watch the SW side of the rocks for some petroglyphs, and look for metates in the bedrock which were used by the Hohokam people for grinding there grains, etc. Happy geocaching!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jngpu bhg sbe n ybar pubyyn gung vf thneqvat gur pnpur.

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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)

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