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Gnome Friends 1 Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

JBTsWife: I decided to archive this cache since its location is just too tempting for young muggles . Happy day!

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Hidden : 7/29/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Gnomes have many friends. Gnome Friends 1 and Gnome Friends 2 are family friendly caches inviting you to walk the beautiful shaded trails of Haugh Family Preserve  that are outside of but adjacent to Circleville Park on your way to find Gnome Sweet Gnome.


The caches  are near established trails--you do not need to bushwhack between them. The caches are placed with permission of Patton Township.

Gnome Friends 1 is intended to be easy to find so you can spend more time admiring the nearby trees. You're looking for a small camouflaged round plastic container set in a magnificent oak tree with maple tree growths in an area that also has white pine trees. The container is covered by a rock and some bark. The log itself is a micro. Please bring a pen or pencil.

For a longer walk, you can also visit the three Land of the Lorax: Pine Forest 1, 2 and 3 caches in this same wooded area.

All six caches may be done in less than one hour and all are near established trails.

Please note that parking in Circleville Park is only permitted from dawn to dusk. If you are doing these caches outside those hours, please park at the parking lot for Patton Woods off of Circleville Road and do the Pine Forest series on your way. The parking coordinates for Patton Woods are given at Land of the Lorax: Pine Forest 1 (GC4HE8Y).

(Though my husband, JBT, knows nothing about this cache, I have asked him to be disqualified from the FTF lest anyone think he had advance knowledge.)

Congratulations to TheGeoSleuth for the FTF!!! and to Koppenhavers for the STF!!!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[First Hint] Onpxfvqr bs gerr [Second Hint] Va pebbx bs 3 fznyyre gerrf ol zncyr [Giveaway Hint] 8 srrg sebz genvy, 2 srrg bss tebhaq

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)