This is in one of our favorite areas, Los Osos. This is in an area
with lots of trails with great views and interesting terrain. This
cache waypoint is a parking area and the start of the puzzle. You
will need to go to each of the other waypoints to gather clues for
the final coordinates leading you to the cache. At the beginning of
the trail you will see a large sign about this area. Be sure to
look at the back side to check the drawings of the plants you will
see along the way.
The final coords will be complete when you fill in the values
for A,B,C,D,E,F
35° 21.ABC
120° 49.DEF
All the waypoints are on the trail. No need to
bushwack or go off the trail.
N35° 20.914 W120° 49.413 First waypoint - At
the T intersection of the trails find a silhouette of an animal. If
it is a falcon A = 3, bear A = 4, rattlesnake A = 5.
N35° 20.943 W120° 49.558 Second waypoint - Stand on the rock, look
Southwest and observe the shape the water makes in the salt marsh.
If it looks like Superman's S symbol B = 3, if it looks like the
Nike swoosh, B = 2, if is looks like the mark of Zorro B = 1.
N35° 21.083 W120° 49.659 Third waypoint - If the tree is an oak C =
5, if a pine C = 6, if a eucalyptus C = 7.
N35° 21.265 W120° 49.513 Fourth waypoint - is a magnetic clue D is
written on it.
N35° 21.391 W120° 49.441 Fifth waypoint - Compare this Indian
grinding hole to the next one (sixth waypoint) for depth. If it is
shallower E = 5, deeper E = 6.
N35° 21.404 W120° 49.460 Sixth waypoint - Compare this Indian
grinding hole to the previous one for depth. If it is shallower F =
6, deeper F = 7.
There are lots of interesting plants and
animals along this trail. I saw falcons, lizards, various birds and
many flowering plants such as sticky money, blackberry, coffee
berry trees, wild dill and other lovely flowering plants I can't
identify. (If you are good at botany, please take pictures and post
them along with the names.) I spent some contemplative minutes near
the cache site watching a hovering falcon and thinking about the
native Americans coming up here for hundreds of years to grind
their food. What were they grinding here? If it was acorns then the
oaks must have been much more plentiful here at one time. Hope you
enjoy this hike and nature experience.