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Turtle Soup Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/14/2006
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not located at the posted coordinates, but is within two miles. Solve the puzzle to find the cache.

I was going through some recipes the other day. Here’s an interesting one:

Loog’s Turtle Soup
8-inch snapping turtle
10 ounces unsalted butter
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped green onions
1/2 cup chopped white onions
2 cloves chopped garlic
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1 1/2 cups tomato puree
1 quart beef stock
1/2 cup lemon juice
5 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
1 tablespoon chopped parsley

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Sounds yummy, but Loog’s instructions are obscure. And I would need to find a snapping turtle. Maybe you can help?


6/18/2006 — Poison oak may not bother a snapping turtle, but it does bother me. Do not go into the poison oak.

9/22/2012 — Erosion has destroyed the old cache habitat. The cache location has been moved about 26 feet and the puzzle has been re-worked accordingly. Be careful of poison oak on your approach to the cache location. If you have an old solution the cache hint should be enough to let you find the cache.

9/30/2012 — penguinphloppers noticed that my re-worked coordinates had a serious error. Oops. Re-worked again.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[cache] Fghzcrq? Fvg qbja ba gur avpr ybt naq ybbx nebhaq.

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)