Gaius Julius Caesar, after conquering Gaul, planned to open a restaurant on the banks of the Seine. In order to be competitive and satisfy the elitists at Michelin, Julius decided that he needed a signature dish. Caesar therefore created a salad composed of romaine lettuce with a dressing of coddled egg yolks, olive oil, garlic, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and ground black pepper topped with grated parmesan cheese and croutons. Julius's need for Worcestershire sauce was the reason he invaded Britain in 56 BC.
Marcus Brutus and his friends actively promoted the addition of slices of grilled chicken breast to Caesar's salad. The suggestion was dismissed with contempt by Julius, deeply offending Marcus and unwittingly setting into motion the events that led to Caesar’s assassination in __ BC.
Julius was concerned that his secret recipe would be copied by other restauranteurs. To prevent this, he encoded it in a manner similar to his war dispatches. In order to decipher the coded coordinates below, use the same method Caesar did. The number you'll need is the last digit of the year when Caesar was assassinated by that wannabe salad chef Marcus Brutus and his fellow salad aficionados.
The Coordinates are:
N JSVXC JSVXCJMZI DIVS WMB JSYV
W WIZIRXCJSYV IMKLXIIR SRI IPIZIR
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.
The listed coordinates are for the recommended Parking at a roadside pullout on Brookside Drive going North just before South Orange Ave. Once parked, cross Brookside Drive and enter the meadow....Trail uphill begins steeply at N 40 45.119, W 074 17.959 and then flattens out. The cache is approximately 1/4 mile from where you parked your car. Other parking sites are available on residential streets and in Old Short Hills Park. We suggest you download a map of the area to simplify your search.
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The easily found cache contains:
- FTF Token
- You Found "Caesar's Salad" Buttons
- Roman Soldiers
- Log book, Pens and Pencils
Please make certain that the Outer Cache Container is TIED DOWN and SNAPPED into place, the Inner Cache Container securely LATCHED and the cache WELL COVERED before leaving. This is to prevent the pillaging of the site by bands of marauding Huns, Franks and Visiogoths. Please do not include photos of the cache containers in your log. Thank You.
Disclaimer: All of the historical information cited in this cache is inaccurate, except for the names, which are probably misspelled.
We hope you enjoy the cache as much as we did placing it.