Dr. Allard's Marvelous Racing Car Adventure Mystery Cache
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Dr. Allard's Marvelous Racing Car Adventure
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--THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES. THESE NUMBERS ONLY
INDICATE THAT THE CACHE IS NORTH OF THE N. SASKATCHEWAN RIVER, IN
THE CITY OF EDMONTON----
Once upon a time there was a doctor named Bob Allard. Bob enjoyed
the outdoors immensely; he often paddled his kayak on the North
Saskatchewan River. However, despite all the paddling in the world,
he was still sad. On his fiftieth birthday, Bob had a midlife
crisis. He decided to buy a race car to enter an auto race across
the Alps, from The Vatican to Vienna, Austria.
He went to the car dealerships with his best friends, Mary Ramsey,
Anne Driveslowski, and a colleague, Dr. Mike Drofasti. He first
visited a Toyota dealership on Edmonton’s Whyte Avenue. He
looked around the lot unimpressed. “A Toyota’s a
Toyota” he quipped to Mary, but Bob wanted a Honda. He would
not settle for a Toyota.
They could not find the Honda dealership, so they went to the Ford
Dealer to look at Mustangs. "This is a sweet Honda!" said Dr.
Drofasti, ignorant to the fact that Mustangs are not built in
Japan. “It’s a Ford, Drofasti!” retorted Bob.
Anne chimed in sarcastically “Yeah, Mike, have you been
living under a rock since 1964 ½!?”
Bob looked very disheartened, and his friends were concerned.
“I was sad; no Hondas saw I” bemoaned Bob.
“Will this do, perhaps?”, asked Mary, pointing to a new
Toyota Celica.
“Yes, Mary Ramsey” he reluctantly replied.
Anne was not impressed. She knew Bob could do better.
“Did you hear about Old Freddie Smith and the Celica that he
won?” she asked.
“He won a Toyota now, eh?” noted Bob.
“He certainly did. And it caught fire after only 4500 miles
on the engine” warned Anne. “I wouldn’t call him
a winner. He ended up $12,000 in the hole after that repair
bill!”
Dr. Drofasti, being a rich plastic surgeon, had a plan, however. He
had purchased Bob, not a Honda, but a brand new Porsche 911. Just
when Bob was feeling a sense of despair, Dr. Drofasti presented Bob
with the keys to his new car. Bob was elated; he was now going to
win the race across Europe!
Bob was so excited, he decided he wanted to bring his friends with
him to Europe to participate in the race. “Anne, I vote more
cars race Rome-to-Vienna!” And Bob wanted Mary, Anne and Dr.
Drofasti to drive these cars!
Unfortunately, the day before they were set to leave for Rome, Dr.
Drofasti was arrested for money laundering, obstruction of justice,
and practicing medicine without a license. He had been running a
scheme for many years, and sold prescriptions to pay for his
expensive lifestyle. The Porsche, as well as the other cars, were
repossessed. The gang was buying snacks for their trip at the
Safeway at Westmount Mall (on Groat Road). When they returned to
the parking lot, the Porsche was gone, and they were stranded at
the mall.
“It’s okay”, said Anne. “I have another
plan. Let’s go geocaching around here, there’s one
right nearby!” Bob liked this idea, and forgot all about his
dream of racing in Europe. Bob recited the coordinates of a nearby
geocache that he had planted from memory.
He told the numbers to Mary, who wrote them down in one straight
consecutive line of numbers, with the westing before the
northing. Bob stayed at the mall, and the rest of the gang
started walking to the cache. Shortly thereafter, Anne realized
that they had spilled coffee on the papers. “No
worries” commented Anne. “Bob gave me the coordinates,
and we all know how he talks, so we can certainly figure out the
rest of the coordinates quite easily. Fortunately, I remember that
the middle number of the bunch was zero. We already know that this
cache isn’t far from Westmount Mall, so I’m pretty sure
that’s all we need.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Chmmyr:
Vs lbh svther bhg jung zbqry bs Ubaqn Obo jnagrq, lbh znl or noyr gb trg gur chmmyr.
Pnpur: Qenj na vzntvanel yvar orgjrra gur "Ab Cnexvat" fvta naq gur raq bs gur orapu. Gur pnpur vf ebhtuyl nybat gung yvar. Va n fcehpr gerr, ohg abg gur pybfrfg bar gb gur orapu.
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