Dinosaur Train : Trilobite Traditional Geocache

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Geo-Ben: Checked on caches today and they are gone. These Dino caches had a good run. Apparently I have a troll stalking me and stealing my caches. There can not be any coincidence that all 6 of my caches in this park going missing at the same time. I had the same thing happen at some local Game Lands too. Oh well, thanks to some jerk of a human these are no longer available for the families of kids that they where designed for. Hope you feel good about yourself.

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Hidden : 3/9/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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LAKE TOWHEE'S
DINOSAUR TRAIN GEOCACHE

TRILOBITE


Trilobite (Phacops rana) was designated the state fossil of Pennsylvania in 1988. An elementary school science class campaigned for this invertebrate that lived in Pennsylvania more than 250 million years ago .

Related to crabs, lobsters, shrimp, spiders, and insects, trilobite is a common fossil found in many of the early to middle Paleozoic rocks of central Pennsylvania. Like modern arthropods, trilobites had to periodically molt their shells to grow, so one trilobite could have left a dozen or more shed carapaces to fossilize.

Pennsylvania's state fossil can be recognized by its large, frog-like eyes, its fairly large size (up to 6 inches long), and its habit of rolling up into a ball like a pill bug. (SOURCE: statesymbolsusa.org)

Pennsylvania Fact - Fossils of Trilobite can be found at the Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg. They have been discovered in many different counties thru out the state, making Trilobite a true Pennsylvania Dinosaur.



"Go outside, get into nature and make your own discoveries!" That is what Dr. Scott challenges his viewers to do at the end of each Dinosaur Train episode.

YOUNG EXPLORERS FIELD QUESTIONS:

What does a Trilobite look like to you?

Do you know another state symbol? (IE. flower, animal, insect)
Be sure to tell us when signing the logbook!

For more information on this educational outreach initiative please visit the Dinosaur Train Geocaching Web Page at www.geocaching.com/dinosaurtrain

GEO-CACHING INFORMATION:

Park is open dawn to dusk.

Begin your Dino-Adventure at the posted parking coordinates.
Look for the start of the yellow hashed trail at the posted trail head coordinates.
There are currently five Dino-Caches along this route.
Total distance from parking lot to all five caches is is a little more then 1/2 mile one way.

At one point the trail comes out onto a dirt road and goes back into woods.
Coordinates are posted for this area under 2nd trail head.

I have added a 3rd trail head where the yellow trail intersects with an unmarked trail. This waypoint takes you to a part of the trail where it goes from a wide path to a narrow trail. The path to take for the yellow trail is well marked at this waypoint.

I found the whole park to be very wet and muddy in many areas and in varying degrees.
I would highly recommend clothing and boots you don't mind getting muddy, wet, or dirty.
Now that I have given you everything you need; get out there, follow the yellow-marked trail,
mind the private property signs, and have a Dino-Good time.

Each cache contains a PA Scratch-Off Lottery Ticket for FTF. However, if the FTF'r is the same for all five caches please only take one ticket and leave the rest for the STF, TTF, 4TF & 5TF. Unless of course you are a group then one ticket per individual.

Good Luck Dino-Hunter and Happy Caching.
Geo-Ben

*** Congratulations to TheeNightHunters and Zix7 for FTF on Saturday, March 10, 2012 ***
Honorable Mentions go out to ST.FU and Schtipp for combined STF and TTF

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

"Va n snyyra gerr vf jurer lbh jvyy svaq zr." --- Gur Gevybovgr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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