SQ #8 Mystery Cache
Hidden : 12/1/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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About the Series

This series will take you on a magical adventure fraught with danger and filled with mirth. You will follow young Scruffy Skunk as he leaves home on a quest for Aurora Island -- a mythical place of magic and beauty.

The first six caches are designed to be done either by themselves or as part of the series. If done individually, the difficulty rating is moderate to high. However, most caches in the series contain either a hint or a duty to perform for the next cache. Follow the story closely and you could shave several kilometers of uphill walking or subtract a difficult waypoint in a multi cache. The rewards for following Scruffy's travels are great. The terrain/difficulty ratings posted will be for the cache as a stand alone quest. With hints from a previous cache (when given), expect the difficulty to be dropped no less than 1.5 stars. Sometimes 2.

The remaining chapters will be puzzles. Although some puzzles will be harder than others, all puzzles should be easy enough to be solved by most members of the family

Additional hints for finding any given cache will also be found by reading the current or previous chapters.

Good luck and enjoy.

About This Cache

This cache should be an easy find on Burnaby Mountain. There is easy trail access directly to the cache. No need to bushwhack. The cache is located right beside the trail.

There are several ways to solve the puzzle. If you have figured out where the "temple" may be. Feel free to take a stroll in the lobby. The "temple is open to the public during regular business hours. From home, "temple" photographs are available online. One of many photographs should make the puzzle clear. There are hints throughout the story that give hints to the whereabouts of this most impressive structure.

 

Chapter 8:  Search for the Temple

     Rumour had it that there was a grand temple built long ago in honour of the First Dawn.  It was still there for anyone that knew where to look.  But little Scruffy was at a crossroads.  In the old woman's stash, he found runes exactly like the ones the oyster showed him.  But they made no sense.

     The runes were cemented in granite.

Scruffy knew that he had seen those symbols in his youth.  But where?  Was the answer to this most perplexing riddle was staring him in the face.  That blank spot was most annoying.  

But then he remembered what his mama told him about the orgins of the First Dawn.  The concept of zero was always symbolized by a blank space.  But what about the other symbols?  Whatever did they mean?
 

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