Husker Football – 2 of the top 10 football teams of all time are Nebraska Cornhusker Teams, the best team ever is the 1971 team, and the 3rd best team ever is the 1995 team. The Huskers are currently the 4th winningest football of all time. Bleacherreport.com rates Dr Tom Osborne the 3rd best college football coach in the history of college football, while Bob Devaney is 15th best. Husker football fans have been very lucky throughout the years, to have a team they can stand behind, I hope this lasts through my lifetime and yours!
The Storm - One of the reasons we choose the area was to bring awareness to what a tornado can do to a town. On May 22, 2004, a tornado touched down outside Hallam, Nebraska. It would soon become the world’s largest tornado, reaching its peak at 2.5 miles wide. The tornado destroyed the town of Hallam, tossing a freight train off the tracks west of town. It continued on just north of Cortland and 2 miles north of Firth. Norris Schools suffered severe damage, the middle school being hit the worst. There the auditorium roof caved in and several walls also. Busses were tossed, and homes northeast of the schools were flattened to rubble.
Huskers Power Trail – The trail runs 13 miles wide, and 2 miles high, with approximately 185 caches. There will be some easy park and grabs, and some tough hides along the way. Due to the available hiding spots, quite a few puzzles had to be used to make the trail work.
When retrieving these hides, please pull all the way over, and do not do anything to harm yourself or others.
There are restaurants in Hallam (bottom of E), and Firth (just east of the trail). Gas can be found in Cortland (just south of the trail on HWY 77).
Cache Information
The cache IS NOT at the listed coordinates. There is nothing at GZ (Ground Zero) that will help with this cache.
Welcome to Huskers - E26 (AKA Punny Puzzle 7)
We can almost hear the collective groan from our fellow geocachers. But, believe it or not, some people actually claim they like these puzzles. So, here we go again. Enjoy if you can.
The Puzzle
There are many types of puzzle caches out there. Challenge caches, various codes and/or ciphers, Sudoku puzzles, Kakuro puzzles, number fill-ins, numerous calculations and formulas, and many more. Hopefully, at least a few of our fellow geocachers will find this puzzle a little....punny (we mean funny).
N 40 ab.cde W 096 fg.hij
Listed below are 10 puns. All you need to do is match the punchline with the first part of the pun. Once all the puns are matched up, plug the number (from the punchline list) into the appropriate space in the coordinates (using the letters from the first part of the pun).
For Example:
If the answer to pun “B” is “it was quite an oar deal. (2)”, plug the number “2” into position “B” of the coordinates. By the way...this is not the correct answer.
The cache is a small container that should not be too difficult to find.
Verify your guess using the Evince link below. Good luck and we hope you have fun solving yet another punny puzzle cache.
The Punny Puzzle Puns:
| Start of Pun |
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Punny Punchline |
| A. The young boy couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang... |
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He was lucky it was a soft drink. (7) |
| B. I'm glad I know sign language... |
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control his pupils. (4) |
| C. The track and field athlete used to have a fear of hurdles... |
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but the new guy screwed everything up. (9) |
| D. Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head with a can of soda? |
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but eventually it came back to him. (3) |
| E. The experienced carpenter really nailed it... |
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police are looking into it. (5) |
| F. Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was... |
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it was quite an oar deal. (2) |
| G. After driving his expensive car into a tree he found out how... |
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but they got over it. (3) |
| H. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall... |
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resisting a rest. (4) |
| I. There was once a cross-eyed teacher who couldn't... |
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it's very handy. (1) |
| J. There was a big paddle sale at the boat store |
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the Mercedes bends. (7) |
