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Haiku Park Redux Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/11/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

THE COORDINATES GIVEN ARE FOR THE HIGH STREET ENTRANCE. YOU WILL HAVE TO DETERMINE THE LOCATION OF THE CACHE FROM INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE HAIKU POEMS.The City of Palo Alto parking garage is between High Street and Alma & between University & Hamilton.  

 


This structure features a quarter-circular staircase off High Street adorned with 16 Haiku poems selected from a competition of over 500 entries. Park here and take in the Haiku which should lead you to the MICRO cache. 

Entry from Alma Street is for Northbound cars only at:
N 37 deg 26.593 W 122 deg 09.796

For free you can park
Read Haiku, ponder and see
Where the micro hides

It is on which floor
Of this garage so suspended
Only Where Oh Where?

Cache is located at N 37 deg. 26.ABC W 122 deg. 09.DEF
This is a 1.5" x 3" x 0.7" Log Only MICRO cache.

A = Number of letters in the name of the slowest animal mentioned.

B = Number of fish species mentioned.

C = Number of letters in the only Latin name of an animal.

D = Number of letters in the flowers mentioned.

E = One less than the number of letters in the bird.

F = Number of mammals mentioned.

NOTE: Please try to log this find in "haiku" style!! Be very careful not to drop container!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Bu, jul qb jr unir - N ybaryl svkgher yvxr guvf? Ab sybjref, ab tenff

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)