Taking the Long Way

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Hidden On: 26 Aug 2007
Waypoint (Landmark): N02677
Open Cache:  Unrestricted
Cache type:  Multi-Part
Cache size:   Normal

Difficulty:  (easy)
Terrain:  (easy)

Misc:

Comments:
I would suggest using caution and wearing the appropriate amount of blaze orange during hunting season. This cache is accessible 24/7 all year round.

Clues:    decode

• Stage 1 
  Svaq gur tngr xrlf
  

• Stage 2 
  Fcyvg gerr fghzc whfg bss gur orngra cngu

this was an easy one. found first with no problem and drove around gate to the second location.
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danbowers44

I was duely impressed by this cache. For me, geocaching has always been about finding that odd place that you never knew existed. This is definitely one of those! I was pretty tired when I arrived in the metropolis of Bradenville because I had just finished "Trickle Falls" (GC16RZC), a maintenance run on "Bluestone" (N022AC), and a death climb up to "UP,UP,and AWAY!!!" (GC16C3M). After getting myself parked and finding a typical micro in a typical micro hiding place (yawn), I soon discovered that I was in for another hike. My really slick GPS with USGS topographic imagery revealed that I could drive around but it also revealed that there was a more direct route that looked very interesting indeed! I'll quit this game before I "bubba" around an opportunity for an unusual hike like this was. It's not THAT far! There were great views of the surrounding countryside from this unusual "trail". I wondered the whole way to the cache and back about why they had built this, if it was ever used, and why they had stopped using it. I still don't have many answers in spite of my best effort to learn its secret. This was no small piece of work. I'm pretty sure that it wasn't built to service some ordinary coal mine or something along those lines. As near as I can tell, it didn't exist before 1902 and it doesn't look like it went much of anywhere in 1939 or 1967. It actually looks like it might have been a huge mistake! I wonder... If anybody can shed some light for me, I'd certainly appreciate it! The cache was dreadfully exposed and easily found. I left my mark in the logbook and covered it up much better than I found it. I hope we don't lose this one! Thanks so much for showing me this place! Johnny.

Yes, It was the long way, lol. Very nice walk, lots of beautiful flowers up there this time of year! We even saw two praying mantis's.

wow that was a long one. i din feel like a long hike back so i just jogged back. but overall it was one of the best ive ever done t slingshot left spray master tb

Okay everything is corrected and good to go. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Enjoy the cache.

We need to do some coordinate changes after recieving some e-mails from fellow cachers. Please be patient and we will correct our problems and post when everything is fixed.