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Isthmus Mystery Cache

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Norshley: Has gone missing and flooded out too many times. Time to archive.

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Hidden : 8/8/2009
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Isthmus cache is the fourth in a series of caches that highlight some of the publicly accessible but little known ponds in and around London. The caches are all found in close proximity to and with a great view of the pond. The terrain is easy, but take care on the rocky portion, and parking is a short hike down a paved path to the pond area, but the puzzle to find the coordinates of the cache is challenging. BYOP to sign the log!


The initial coordinates take you to the entrance and parking area to access this beautiful pond in the Airport North industrial subdivision of southeast London. As I was placing the cache, I spied 12 honking Canada geese, who were uptight that I was invading their private pond area.

In order to solve this puzzle, you have to decode the following encoded coordinates. If correctly decoded, they will take you to the final coordinates and the hidden cache. You will have a great view of the pond from this location.

N 2Bo 01.253, W 51o 09.287


You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

The cache has several toy animals to trade, but keep in mind that it is a small cache and can only hold small items and maybe one TB at a time. It started off with the Funshine Bear TB. Please make sure the cache is securely returned to its hiding place; we don't want the geese to attack it or rising water to wash it away! I'm submitting this cache on my one-month anniversary of getting back into the geocaching after a long hiatus... Enjoy!

Please take the opportunity to visit some or all of the other eleven pond puzzle caches in the series. And when you log your find, be sure to mention what sort of birds or wildlife you encounter on your trek.



Congratulations to cphilpotts for a quick solution to the puzzle and the FTF!



This cache placed and maintained by a South Western Ontario Geocacher Member This cache placed and maintained by an Ontario Geocaching Association Member

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

V chg n urk ba lbh.

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)