Anyone from this part of Cook County is familiar with N41* W087*. That's a given.
So then I plugged in (7x7).777* (both north and west). I ended up in some dense thickets near the baseball field behind the high school. But I didn't want to send you in there.
So I took an azimuth reading of (7x7)* and I measured 777 feet along that bearing. That brings you to the listed coordinates. From there, go about 7 meters farther and look about 7 feet high. The cache is easy to find, the clues should be a dead giveaway.This preserve often seems mostly deserted. But the cache is close to the road and parking, so always be alert for muggles. In fact, consider that the primary challenge here is not in finding the cache, but to not attract any attention while in the vicinity of ground zero, especially when retrieving or replacing the cache.
Note: It's often hard to make a left turn out of this preserve onto First Avenue. You may have to exit heading north if traffic is too heavy. That is also why I didn't send you into the school parking lot, and then over here with an offset cache. Easier for me to do the offset myself, once and for all.
To the FTF: Please take the FTF award, rolled up inside the log sheet.
travelbug: I have placed a new travelbug, AKA "Sevens Are Wild", in the cache. Someone please take it soon and get it moving. There's room for some small items once it is gone.
Other initial contents: two pairs of "7UP Paradise". It's very easy to roll a 7 with these dice. But try this challenge when you get home. Roll a pair of dice 36 times. If you roll 7 sevens, you win. Six times or less, I win.
More coincidences with 7: I was born on the 7th day of the 7 times the 7th year, so today is my half birthday. I'm 1/2 way to 59. If you add 2 and subtract 2 from those respective digits, you get....77. I also have somewhat of a unique name. If you add a letter to it, there are seven letters. If you take a letter away from my name, you also end up with seven. Figure that one out.
Note: 3/8/08- You are no longer looking for a small cache, it is a micro now.
Note: 5/27/08- Hocus pocus...the original container is back. It's like magic. How long it will stay this time?
Note: 7/8/08- Replaced the dirty original container and filled logsheet. Now it's clean & green, and just slightly smaller(enough to call it a micro again)
Note: 7/7/11- Four years old today and now it's a pill bottle.
Note: 12/28/12- New container, small plastic hobby paint container 7 feet above ground.