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Hidden : 1/29/2016
Difficulty:
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Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

30 years ago I sat in Mr. Endsley's classroom to watch history being made as Christa McAuliffe was set to become the first teacher in space.  I already loved science so much and could hardly wait....then something went terribly, terribly wrong...history was made but in the most heartbreaking of ways.  

 


I am placing this ammo can stocked with swag from the American Astronomical Society meeting I just attended since I grew up to become a "girl scientist".. Thank you Mrs. McAuliffe for your legacy.  

 

The homeowner across the road is very aware of the hide, is geocaching friendly and maybe even come out to say hello,  but please out of respect make this a day time hours only hunt.  If you remember that day please share your memories.  

 

 

High Flight

 

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

John Gillespie Magee, Jr. 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ng gur onfr bs bar bs gur prqnef.....qba'g jbeel gur trrfr qba'g ovgr

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)