I have a lovely daughter named Iris (little "i" to the geocaching
world). She is so worthy of her own puzzle cache. Rather than using
a picture of her though I found a lovely picture of a bunch of blue
flag irises (Iris virginica). The coordinates for the cache are
written over top of the puzzle - assemble the puzzle, read the
coordinates and go get the cache!
The difficult version of the puzzle has over 200 pieces and (for
the Windows version) they are randomly rotated. The easy version
has only about 50 pieces and they already oriented correctly. Which
challenge are you up for? You move pieces using the left mouse
button and you rotate pieces using the right mouse button. Once
pieces that belong together and are lined up they will snap
together and move as one piece. The Flash version works with all
operating systems and browsers. For the Windows version, download
the zip file below and then run the executable.
The Flash version of the difficult puzzle is
here.
The Flash version of the easy puzzle is
here.
The Windows version (difficult) is here. (Please
try this link first)
The Windows version (difficult) is here
(Please try this link second)
The Windows version (easy) is here. (Please
try this link first)
The Windows version (easy) is here
(Please try this link second)
Cache is a bison capsule down low. Pretend you are tieing your
shoe.
Yes, I know the words/numbers are hard to read. That's the
point. So, here's a checksum to verify your interpretation: Add all
15 digits together. Then take that number and sum its digits.
Continue doing this until you get a single digit. That digit is
9.
Eventually, I decided to make a series of these puzzles, here is
the complete list:
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #1: City skyline
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #2: UW campus
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #3: Oncorhynchus nerka
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #4: Iris virginica
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #5: The Beatles
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #6: SNAFU? FUBAR!
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #7: Peace
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #8: the better the jelly the bigger the
belly
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #9: A Transylvania Cache
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #10: Fractals
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #11: Puma concolor
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #12: Summer
And, just for fun:
Anchorage Jigsaw Puzzle #1: City Skyline