Once upon a time there were three Billy Goats Gruff. The
billy goats decided to take a walk through the park, along a small
pleasant creek. The first billy goat, who was quite small, came to
a bridge.
“Who’s that trip-trapping across my bridge?” asked the voice
of the terrible troll.“I shall come up and eat you up!”
“Oh, please don’t eat me, Mister Troll,” squeeked the first
Billy Goat Gruff, “for I am quite small. My brother is coming
behind me, and he is much bigger than I.”
“All right,” replied the troll, “you may pass. I shall eat
your bigger brother instead!”
Soon the second Billy Goat Gruff came to the bridge.
“Who’s that trip-trapping across my bridge?” cried the troll.
“Is it the bigger billy goat? I shall come up and eat you
up!”
“Oh, don’t bother with me, Mister Troll,” called the second
Billy Goat Gruff. “I am hardly any bigger than my little brother,
but our other brother is coming behind me, and he is bigger still
than I!”
“Very well”, replied the troll, “you may pass. I shall eat
your biggest brother instead!”
After a little while the third Billy Goat Gruff came to the
bridge.
“Who’s that tromp-stomping across my bridge?” cried the
troll. “Is it the biggest billy goat? Here I come to eat you
up!”
“Well, come on then, and be done with it!” bellowed the third
Billy Goat Gruff. And being a very large, very strong, and very
bold billy goat indeed, the biggest Billy Goat Gruff rammed the
troll right off the bridge into the raging river below, and he was
never heard from again.
This cache is just like that, only different.
The listed coordinates are for the entrance to Smokewood Park.
There is no parking lot, but on-street parking is nearby. Once in
the park, you must search for each of the Billy Goats Gruff.
To find the smallest Billy Goat Gruff, solve the following
Sudoku puzzle by filling in the digits 1 through 9 in each space.
No digit may repeat in any row or in any column, and no digit may
repeat in any 3-by-3 square. When the puzzle is solved, get the
latitude from the digits in the red spaces, and the longitude from
the digits in the blue spaces. If there is no colored space in a
3-by-3 square, then the corresponding latitude or longitude digit
is zero.
Each of the Billy Goats Gruff will give you a new puzzle that
you must solve to find his bigger brother. Remember to bring a
pencil with you!
Stage 1: The Smallest Billy Goat Gruff
Stage 2: The Bigger Billy Goat Gruff
Stage 3: The Biggest Billy Goat Gruff
Smokewood Park is a Fairfax County Parks Authority facility.
The park is open from dawn to dusk.