County Line - Calaveras Mystery Cache
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The cache is not located at the above listed coordinates. They take you approximately to the county line.. You must first figure out the puzzle to Calaveras County to find the REAL coordinates. The coordinates/puzzle have been slightly modified. Safe pull off parking is within walking distance of the cache.
Over the past ten years now I have traveled throughout the State with a new perspective. Not like I used to… before I would fly through little burgs and towns without taking a second look. I have always traveled for work but never took the time to “see” where I was going. I would hit a town do my work and go back to the hotel and sit in my room clicking the clicker until the wee hours of the morning.
Now, every new town I pass through is an awakening. I thrive on the new treasures I see… monuments I have whizzed by a hundred times in my life are now new nuggets of knowledge, vista points I passed without a blink are postcard images burned in my mind, and side streets of towns are secret treasures that only non tourists find. Geocaching has made me stop and smell the roses.
Hopefully, this little puzzle will help educate you on the County of Calaveras and maybe make you “stop and smell the roses” too.
N 38° 18.ABC
A = The 2007 Calaveras Celtic Faire will be the (A)1 annual festival.
B = Angels Camp zip code is 9522(B).
C = The California red-legged frog, feared extinct in the county by 1969, was rediscovered in 20(C)3.
Checksum for North = 4
W 120° 43.DEF
D = Calaveras County was formed in 1(D)50.
E = The USS Calaveras County (LST-516) was Tank Landing Ship commissioned for WWII. It was decommissioned in 1947 after the war but recommissioned due to hostilities in Korea on September 22, 195(E).
F = The telluride mineral calaverite was first recognized and obtained in 18(F)1 from the Stanislaus Mine, Carson Hill, in Calaveras County.
Checksum for West = 14
I would like to thank Monkey Dawg for being my sponsor in the area for this cache.
As always, enjoy.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onfr bs Cvar Gerr