Duck-Walk #06 Mystery Cache
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Size: 
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You are looking for a small above ground container large enough for a few small trade items. Near a multi-use path but NOT at the posted coordinates. No bushwhacking required, but the entrance is secured. Duck does not allow any public street parking. Please park only at designated parking locations. Permission was granted for this cache placement. Be alert to Muggles in the area.
This physical cache container
IS NOT
at the posted coordinates
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For the coordinates needed to locate this Duck-Walk Geocache #6 container just click the link below and provide the key word which is the name of the town: Duck.
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
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This Geocache is one of several containers of various sizes hidden near a multi-use path in the Town of Duck, NC. The Town of Duck does not allow public street parking which means a 4 hour walk or 50 minute bicycle ride along the 9 mile round trip is required to locate all 31.
Parking coordinates are provided near the center of the cache series since The Town of Duck does not allow parking along any of its roads and Town Police enforce the "No Parking" policy. There may be places to park near several cache locations along the route depending on the time of day and the total local population but none are guaranteed and permission to park there has not been granted. Please at all times be alert to nearby traffic as several caches are in a downtown business area and some are close to a very busy roadway. You should also be alert for Muggles at virtually all hours.
Please remember to close container lids and replace each in its secured position. Also, stealth is of the utmost importance here all year long and is especially essential during the summer tourist season. Keep in mind that if your search activities are observed by any Muggles (and there will be many at all hours of the day) this cache is certain to wander off.
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This cache is placed in memory of Chuck Mettille, a Cave Creek, Arizona, Geocacher who tragically died while geocaching in July 2012. A geocache page with more details was named in his honor: Chuck's Last First and a news report can be viewed at an Arizona Republic newspaper page. His daughter lives in the white house across the street and will probably wave to you. Geocaching reminds her of her dad so if you see her please take a moment and wave back.
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As the 20th century dawned the area was of little interest to anyone other than avid hunters or fishermen and few local residents here were concerned about the isolation. Interest in visiting the area increased, however, after the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air vehicle flight at nearby Kill Devil Hill by the Wright Brothers on December 17, 1903. In those days getting here was no simple task since roads were were little more than dirt and sand trails. The trip also required a ferry or boat ride before the first bridges were built in the 1920s. It was not until the late 1970s and early 1980s when NC Highway 12 was paved (including 6.1 miles in Duck) that any significant development occurred.
Please park only at designated parking locations. Town officials granted permission for this cache placement. If you enjoyed the hunt and have time it might not hurt to stop by Town Hall or the Police Department and thank them for allowing this placement.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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