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Tour de Farce Multi-cache

This cache has been archived.

hotfoot: Not only is the flagpole gone along with its clue but the clue at the sundial is also gone and there is now a "Farmers Market" surrounding it and I doubt if I can keep the clue in place. For the above reasons I am Archiving this catch. Oh well it had a good long run and I think lost of people enjoyed it. One of the first things I am going to do is try to get the city to reinstall the sun dial so it keeps better time.

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Hidden : 10/26/2002
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Before embarking on the search for this cache affirm that you have the following equipment with you. GPS, compass, pencil and paper, protractor, string, fishing sinker, astrolabe, lawn chair, a copy of "War and Peace" (just joking) plus whatever else you usually take with you. Gaiters will not be needed.

In the pursuit of this cache you may enjoy some more Livermore silly things. The given coordinates will take you to a landmark of uncertain size. There is just about as much agreement between civic leaders and officials on the size of this thing as there was where the time capsule was buried. Just so we are all on the same page we will make our calculations from the bronze plaque.

Figure out the size of the landmark from the bronze plaque and multiply it by 6. If you march off this distance going 196 degrees true (Some people do their marching to a different drummer, magnetic that is, but you should know about declinations and all that stuff.) you will arrive at one of the most inaccurate devices of its genre ever planted near a building given to the city by a sometime steeler(Juaquin Murrietta did not live here). If you still have your compass (Come to think about it all that steel may drive it crazy) handy and know anything about our planet and the solar system you will see why this specific gadget is very unreliable. If you do not have a compass, wait until a nice starry night. Find the mini micro cache attached to the device for further directions.

The coordinates given in the micro-cache will take you to an old vehicle that Ron overlooked in creating his "Valet" series. Though this is a public park, some things are pretty rustic and the area can be marshy as they sprinkle occasionally.

The cache is camouflaged fittingly and is small so anything over 1x2x4 inches will fill it completely.

The omnipresent homeless folk present an unforseen obstacle. A suggestion to try. Go in pairs and while one of you distracts them with a box of donuts the other can snag the cache.

Upon being hidden it contained:

A couple of Hong Kong coins.

A wrist watch

Travel bug "Psittacosis"

Log Book, pencil and the usual Geocaching letter

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)