Howdy everyone! Welcome to the Greenbelt Tour, widely regarded as
the best way to see the highlights of the North Davis Greenbelt! I,
Tarindel, will be your guide for today. Now, I know you're eager to
get started -- well, I am too! You see, this is my first day as a
tour guide, so you'll have to forgive me if I seem a little
overly-excited! *cough* Fortunately, Greenbelt Tours gave me this
list of GPS coordinates to ensure we make it to all the spots
without getting lost! And at the end of our tour, we'll stop in a
little known place where I've hidden a blue-rimmed 1.7 quart (9x6x4
inches) Tupperware container containing souvenirs. If you leave a
trinket for somebody else, you're welcome to take your own
souvenir. You did bring a trinket, didn't you?
Any questions before we start? Everyone ready? Good, let's
go.
The North Davis Greenbelt is actually composed of four connected
but separately named greenbelt areas -- "Senda Nueva" in the
southwest, "Covell" in the southeast, "Northstar" in the
center/east, and "Perimeter" (sometimes called "Northstar
Perimeter") in the north... Our first stop will be in the Senda
Nueva area, which translates roughly as "new path". Let me just
grab the coordin...
Wait, what's this?!? This isn't the list of coordinates we used
during training! Hmmm, there's a note scrawled on it: "Happy first
tour!!! We're holding your coordinates sheet for ransom. Ha ha.
We've decided to make you and your Geocaching friends play a little
game. Below is a list of your coordinates, all jumbled up! Ha ha.
At each site, you'll have to look around and use the clue provided
in order to figure out which set of coordinates you should use to
get to the next site! We hope we don't strain your puny intellects
too much! Ha ha!"
Oh my! I don't remember how to get to any of these locations on
my own... I think I'd better go back to headquarters and report
this! But you've come all this way, and I can't just leave you
stranded here with nothing to do... Here, let me make a copy of the
jumbled coordinates and clues for you. Maybe you can actually
decrypt them and figure out how to get to the final area
yourselves!
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Initial Geocache Contents: Logbook/Pen, SPF 30 Lip Balm, 3 Hot
Wheels type cars, a set of mini highlighters, mini playing cards,
an expanding snake, a set of animal twist balloons, a glass duck,
and a 10-sided blue gem die.
Handicap Accessibility: Some areas not wheelchair accessible.
Mostly flat, some hard packed dirt with dirt clods and low-lying
vegetation. Long walk required.
Special thanks to "Catan" and "heliosnorf" for their help
creating this challenge and playtesting it! :)
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Entry...Coordinate
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1.......38 33.939 (N)
2.......121 44.992 (W)
3.......121 45.373 (W)
4.......38 34.261 (N)
5.......121 45.481 (W)
6.......38 34.288 (N)
7.......38 34.100 (N)
8.......121 45.741 (W)
9.......38 34.265 (N)
10......121 45.156 (W)
11......121 45.808 (W)
12......38 34.462 (N)
Before You Start:
There are a few things that you should know
Cross off the entries as you go
At each location just solve the clue
To find out which entries to next head off to
A north and a west coord for each you will need
But they're not in any order, take heed!
Clue 1 (Starting Clue):
This is the first clue
your quest has begun
The first pair of entries
contains only number 1s
[Note: The starting encrypted clue tells you exactly which of
the entries to use, to give you an idea how this puzzle works. The
rest of the encrypted clues are merely helpful in figuring it out
yourself.]
Clue 2 (Virtual Location 1):
Three are two-faced, but yours is braced
Basking in the afternoon sun
This inconsistency is key
As each half contains the next one
Clue 3 (Virtual Location 2):
The sum is fourteen when added together
Sit for a while, out of inclement weather
And ponder what the counted might be
The terms apart will get past clue three
[Note: some of the counted have since disappeared, but you
should still be able to figure it out with a little ingenuity]
Shortcut (optional - saves 10-15 minutes walking time to the
next location, but takes you briefly out of the greenbelt):
Ooh, a shortcut, isn't that keen?
First find the marker P15
Then to make things a bit quicker
Head down to the end of 'Flicker'.
Clue 4 (Virtual Location 3):
Under MY roof, you'll find the trail
The plaques will reveal more detail
Not boy nor girl, but rather in May
The digits thereafter will show you the way.
Clue 5 (Virtual Location 4):
Feeling a bit board? Want to go for a jaunt?
If your legs feel wooden, that's what you want
To find out more what would you do?
The two highest numbers are the entries for you.
Clue 6 / Final Clue (Traditional Cache):
Droopy and diminutive, it's not a pine
From there it's a short climb to the "end of the line"
Keep heading that direction and you will see
A path leading towards where you want to be!
If you head over wood, water, or to play
Then you're spending time going off the wrong way
That which you search for is not so far
Concentrate closer to where you are
If you see the wood planks you're really quite near
And you should start searching somewhere around here
If you're good, then in a short time
You'll solve the puzzle, and be done with my rhyme.
