Picky, Picky! Mystery Cache
clemsonbeav: After a long time active, it's time to say goodbye to this one. It was a fun run, one that dated back to my early days of geocaching when I lived in the upstate. I've since lived in Columbia, but checked on this on my way through today. It does seem to be missing, and since I don't live around here anymore, I'm letting it go. Thanks to all for your interactions on this cache. Hope you enjoyed! :)
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Listed coordinates are for parking only. You must solve a puzzle to find where the cache is located. Once you solve the puzzle below, you will be searching for an ammo box hidden in Clemson's Experimental Forest along the Treaty Oak Trail. This is a great trail worth hiking even if you're not caching. Great views of the lake.
I have a friend named Anna. When Anna goes to the store, she only buys certain things due to her curious likes and dislikes. For example, Anna likes watermelons, but she doesn't like canteloupes. This doesn't only apply in the grocery store, though. Everywhere she goes, she is very fickle. When we go buy clothes, she will buy shorts, but she won't buy blue jeans. There is a reason, though, and you must figure out why.
Below, I have a list of twenty-five items and a corresponding number for each. Anna only likes ten of the below items. You must figure out what Anna does and does not like, crossing off those items which she does not like. The numbers with the ten remaining items will be used to fill in the coordinates for the cache. Simply fill in the blanks in order, starting at the top of the list and with the first blank in the North coordinate. Checksum: Sum of all ten digits = XY. X + Y = 8.
To help you figure out what Anna likes, post a note to this cache page with a list of items. You may not ask about any of the items listed below. I will then respond in my own note whether or not Anna likes those items. We'll see who will be the first person to solve it! And of course, once you figure out the reasoning behind Anna's taste, please don't tell anyone!
Coordinates: N 34º _ _ . _ _ _, W 082º _ _ . _ _ _
Items List:
Oranges 4
Apples 3
Duct Tape 8
Squash 2
Chairs 9
Kite String 0
Labels 3
Marshmallow Fluff 8
A Down Comforter 7
Soy Sauce 1
Meat Loaf 4
Piano Music 5
Tofu 3
Toilet Paper 9
Rutabegas 3
Q-Tips 5
Hershey's Kisses 6
Brown Sugar 6
Reese's Cups 0
Lemons 4
Parsley 5
AA Batteries 0
Playstation Games 1
Ground Beef 3
A Television 4
FTF gets an unactivated Vicksburg Civil War geocoin!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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