THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES!
A recent viewing of a movie on an airplane inspired this series.
The caches will not all be published at once because we want to
find the best spots possible for each theme. We hope you enjoy the
puzzles and the cache locations!
According to the Greeks, there were four major elements, earth,
air, water, and fire, accompanied by a fifth element, aether. The
first four Greek classical elements were very temporal in nature,
while aether was less connected to the Earth, and was viewed as
more spiritual in nature. The stars, for example, were believed to
be composed of aether, since the Greeks believed that aether did
not change or fluctuate with time, unlike the other Greek classical
elements.
You can read much more about these elements and other culture's
viewpoints here:
Classical Elements
Our series of caches continues with Fire. Fire is one of the
classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. It was
commonly associated with the qualities of energy, assertiveness,
and passion. Fire has been essential to Mankind since the beginning
of time and continues to this day to be proven indispensable on
such reality TV shows as Survivor 
. In our family we have a long history of people
serving as firefighters, so we appreciate the power and beauty of
fire as well as the need to control its potentially destructive
powers. An interesting place to visit, if you get the chance, is
the firefighter's store in New York City. Here you can find an
enormous collection of firefighting patches from companies around
the world FDNY.
Now, on to the puzzle. Several Greek philosophers convened to
discuss the important topics of the day such as who was the best
discus thrower, whether the Parthenon was a waste of taxpayers
money, and, of course, the Classical Elements. During the course of
the meeting, the conversation turned to the topic of 
, a novel activity that was first thought
to be started by the Egyptians. The philosophers decided that they
would protect information regarding the Classical Elements (at that
time they were just elements, but in time they would become
classical!) by secretly hiding a container for each of the elements
which would act as a sort of athenaeum. Of course, they encoded the
secret location so that only those with the correct knowledge could
obtain this information.
In a recent excavation in the Katy/Fulshear area, yet another
strange tablet was uncovered that bore the following
inscription:
On the underside of the tablet they discovered a line of text,
shown here:
Once again, the local authorities were perplexed as to what this
message might mean, so they enlisted a group of local geocachers to
help solve the mystery. Hopefully, you will be able to help figure
out this message and perhaps find the storage place for the
knowledge of fire used by the Greeks so long ago.
At the final cache location you will be very close to a new fire
station in the Fulshear/Katy area.
We hope you have fun with this puzzle and cache!
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