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GC119GV

Multi-cache Le Tour de Swan Lake
A  cache by Team Zeteo       Hidden: 3/5/2007  
Size: Size: Regular (Regular)      Difficulty: 3 out of 5      Terrain: 2 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  []
In South Carolina, United States

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This cache was designed to be fun for the whole family. It includes a little exercise, a little learning about nature and a lot of appreciating this beautiful park. This is a fairly easy multi-cache to find but it will take a little time. I only ask that you take your time and enjoy the natural beauty this park has to offer. If you have some bread, bring it along. The ducks and swans will love you for it! If you haven’t found the other two caches here at Swan Lake, this would be a great time. (GCKV07 and GCW2YE) You could grab both of them while hunting this one as you will be walking fairly close to each of them.

...And the FTF goes to... scnascar! CONGRATULATIONS!!

STAGE ONE

Park in the Swan Lake parking lot and follow the cache coordinates through the gate to the bronze sign depicting a map and some history of the park.

Answer the following questions to decipher the coordinates to the second stage. When you have it figured out, proceed south (notice cardinal direction points on the ground) and keep the lake on your left as you walk to stage two.

1. A = What is the last digit of the year that Mr. Jimmie McDuffie donated the pedestrian crossover connecting the Bland and Heath gardens.

2. B = What is the last digit in the year that the Friends of Swan Lake was organized.

3. C = What is the third digit of the year Mr. Hamilton Carr Bland began developing the gardens.


Stage Two Coordinates: N 33 AA.BCC W080 CC.BBA


STAGE TWO

Locate the series of bronze signs and answer the following questions from them.

1. A = The height the Pineapple Sage can grow in one season.
2. B = The lower end of the listed height of Lavender.
3. C = The approximate height of the ‘Mohawk’ shrub.
4. D = One third of the height of a Russian Sage.
5. E = The number of sides of the Genus Salvia Sage stem added to the number of species of it listed.
6. F = The high end height of the ‘Dwarf Snowflake’.
7. G = The size of the ripe banana smelling flowers.


Stage Three Coordinates: N 33 AA.BCF W080 BB.DEG


STAGE THREE

This bench is my favorite in the park. It’s a good spot to take a break and watch nature. Sit down and take it all in but watch out for the angry swan. Several times here, I’ve had a female white swan try and run me off. It’s kind of funny actually. One time her mate started over and yelled at her for doing so and she just sulked away. There is no nest around that I could find. I have seen her several times over the last 3 years or so.

It is on this bench that you will find the coordinates to the final cache.

FINAL CACHE LOCATION

At the final location I averaged the coordinates for quite a while and I think I got them pretty close despite the trees in the area trying to throw me off. The cache is visible once you are on top of it and should make for a pretty easy find.


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Cache Logs
 October 25 by jjpeg (248 found)
Got to the third stage. Couldn't find the coordinates in the time we had left. Will try again next time we are up in Sumter. Didn't see an angry white swan but we were visited by a very curious black swan. Thanks for a good walk around the park.

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 September 8 by Catcrew (386 found)
Stage 3 really stumped us, but we were NOT giving up. We searched and searched and searched and were able to find the coords for the final cache, with much relief. We had to come back twice before we found stage three. We were on vacation visiting our son who is stationed at Shaw Air Force Base and we did the usual site seeing and geocaching. We would never have found this park if it wasn't for your cache. We walked the lake and enjoyed the swans and ducks and geese and turtles. It was a wonderful day at Swan Lake. Thank you so very much. TNLN SL.

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 July 20 by freetoyodel (7 found)
Found it on the third try but didnt trade anything.
Was kind of dissappointed when I finally found the cache but it was a good hunt!

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 July 5 by Geometeacher (3291 found)
Found on my second try. Thanks to the cache owner for a tip on stage three. The last stage was pretty easy to find. The children enjoyed the lake and feeding the swans. We were there for about 5 hours total in the two days that we visited. Thanks for all the fun.

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 July 2 by Geometeacher (3291 found)
Stuck on third part. Found the right bench but not the coords.

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Current time: 11/21/2009 10:23:02 AM
Last Updated: 10/25/2009 10:58:39 PM
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