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The New Mexico Challenge - Union County Mystery Cache

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Union County

This cache is part of the New Mexico Challenge. One cache is hidden in each of New Mexico's 33 counties.

Your mission, should you decide to accept it is to find and log all 33 caches with a photo of yourself at the cache site.




Do not use the coordinates listed, they are NOT for this cache!

You will need to go to the NMGeocaching.com website and discover the answers to the following questions first. Then you will be able to determine the actual location, in Union County of this cache.

Altura Adventure was written on __ __(A) . __ __ . __ __  >What grade does Pamela (of MiMi's Mob) teach? ___(B)  >The last cache to appear in the Ojito article is __ __ __(C) __ __ __  >How many letters in the full name of the designer for the NMGeocaching.com logo __ __(D)  >BLM Instruction Memorandum No. __ __ __ __ - __(E) __ __ was generated to provide general guidance for Geocaching activities on BLM managed public lands. >__ __(F) new caches were placed for the Second Annual Valencia Fun Day, per the event cache description, on the archived web page.  >The cache coordinates for the Cachers, Chow and Chicken Killer event listed in the "Archive" section, was N __ __ ° __ __ . __(G) __ __ W __(H) __ __ ° __ __ . __ __ __  >On the color tri-fold brochure, available for download (intended to be printed out and given away), how many steps are shown for "How Does Geocaching Work?" __(I)  >One section of the website has a footer on every one of its pages. Each of these footers has two identical initials that have double letters. How many letters are in each of the initials? __(J)  >The personal best day for caching listed in the "Our Road Trip" article was __(K) __ finds!  >There are (approximately) 2.8 million unique coordinates in a __(L) mile radius. This is according to Sissy-n-CR in their helpful "Checker" utility. (Yes, you have to do some basic math for this one!)  >Who has provided a code generator for cool icons to be included on a cache listing ? __(M) __ __ __  >You know you're a Geocacher when: "You haven't seen your non-caching relatives since __ __ __ __(N)"  >Who has provided assistance to the Grand High Pobah, besides Ace Flapperhacker, Gavia, Ncad and Team Ndorfn  __ __ __ __ __ __ __(O) for the New Mexico Leader board?  >

Substitute the numbers in the answers to the questions above into the corresponding blanks below:

N 3 __(A+B)    ___(C) __(D). __(E) __(F) __(G-H)
W 10 __(I) __(J) __(K) . __(Lx6) __(M-N) __(O)

In order to qualify for the New Mexico Challenge , you must post a photo of yourself at the cache location with the nearby "cowboy" clearly visible in the photo.


Check your answer using the Coordinates Checker here

 

 

Bernalillo Catron Chaves Cibola Colfax Curry De Baca Dona Ana Eddy Grant Guadalupe
Harding Hidalgo Lea Lincoln Los Alamos Luna McKinley Mora Otero Quay Rio Arriba
Roosevelt San Juan San Miguel Sandoval Santa Fe Sierra Socorro Taos Torrance Union Valencia

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre gerr naq ehfgl ebbs - ab arrq gb pebff gur srapr!

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)