Team 757 Flex was busy with a New Year’s Eve cache run in Maryland when we came across a frozen pond.
The first thing that caught our attention was the dozen or so turkey vultures sitting on the fence. Did they know something we didn’t?
Then a group of geese came in for a landing on the pond. OOPs…frozen! Can you say “twelve geese a skating”?
We started looking for the cache and saw dozens of chewed down trees. Looks some the beavers had been busy too!
The Cache is not at the posted coordinates.
Here is a puzzle to chew on and provide you the coordinates for the cache.
N 36 ABCDE W 076 FG.HIJ
Beavers are slow on land, but are good swimmers, and can stay under water for as long as __ “A” minutes.
Beavers live up to “B” __ years of age in the wild.
In the 17th century, based on a question raised by the Bishop of Quebec,
the Roman __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (“C” = number of letters in the church name) Church ruled that the beaver was a fish for purposes of dietary law.
Therefore, the general prohibition on the consumption of meat on Fridays during Lent did not apply to beaver meat.
The beaver is depicted on the Canadian five-cent piece and was on the first pictorial postage stamp issued in the Canadian colonies in __ __ __ __ (the so-called "Three-Penny Beaver").
“D” = Sum of the first two digits of the year.
There are typically “E” dens within the beaver lodge, one for drying off after exiting the water, and another, drier one where the family actually lives.
Beavers are the “F” ND largest rodent in the world.
Beavers can swim at “G” MPH. (per National Geographic)
The Martinez Beavers built a dam “H” __ feet wide and __ feet high.
North American beavers have __ “I” chromosomes.
In __ __ __ “J” , King Charles II decreed that all fur hats manufactured in England be made from North American beaver.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
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