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Holly Tom Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/19/2001
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

My daughter and I took about 90 minutes to get to the cache site. It was difficult for us as neither of us are in very good shape. Lots of rocks, several steep areas. Little shade, some breezes. We ran out of water by the time we reached the site, had to return with out water... make sure to take extra.

N33.82253 W116.54886=N33*49.352 W116*33.532 [T1-Trail]
N33.82662 W116.55734=N33*49.597 W116*33.441 [T2-Tables]
N33.82720 W116.55774=N33*49.632 W116*33.465 [T3-Holly Tom]

We placed our cache when trying to find another cache in the area... very close to ours. We weren't able to find the cache we were looking for, so we made a new one. =o) We are using the same coordinates up to where we left our cache. (English Tom above palm springs)

best advice I have is to go up early early in the am as it is about a mile of steep, rocky incline and then coming back decline... Make sure to give yourself enough time to get out before dark.

CACHE is in a approx 8 in round tin, vintage budwiser print.

We moved away from the desert, but before we moved Holly removed the log book to use for a science project where she was going to explain how accurate a gps unit is. We never did go back up and return it. Someone might want to place a new log book in it.

CACHE contains:
geocache explanation
pencil
nsync diary for log book
whitehouse photo from Jan 2000
Dog Beanie Baby
Rubber bands/ hair ties
pennies (a lot)
Rose quartz
rugrats watch

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)