This is the fourth in a series of 6 caches. The first 5 are dedicated to those Famous People who have totally butchered and/or mangled the Star Spangled Banner while attempting to sing it in front of a large audience and the 6th BONUS cache is dedicated to those who have actually sung renditions that have given it respect and honor to our country or they're just plain good versions that we don't mind listening to.
Certainly, anything can go wrong in a live, televised performance with tens of thousand of people watching. In one of the most notorious incidents, former "Xena: Warrior Princess" star Lucy Lawless performed the National Anthem at a 1997 Detroit Red Wings game wearing an ultratight bustier. When she spread her arms to belt out that big final note, the land of the brave became the home of the free show.
It wasn't' too far off from Leslie Nielsen's version as Detective Frank Dreben in "The Naked Gun" when he sang " ... and the rocket's red glare, lots of bombs in the air," while impersonating an opera singer asked to do the honors at a ballpark.
Don't Forget The Lyrics series is a staged series of caches along the Equestrian Trail at the 189 acre Bear Creek Nature Preserve in Lancaster, Texas. The Equestrian Trail is a 2 mile loop along relatively flat ground on a wide, well maintained trail. There is a low water crossing near the beginning of the loop, but should offer no real problems unless there have been heavy, recent rains.
The DTFL series is a maze of 28 physical caches of which only 6 are the actual finals to the game. Your challenge is to complete the missing lyrics at each stage in order to advance to the next. The songs are all based on television theme songs. It is possible to only find just the 6 stages if you get each answer correct. If not, you will find yourself having to seek out multiple sub-caches, where wrong answers lead to dead ends, but right answers keep you moving toward the next cache.
You can park in the Equestrian Parking area, but in the event it is closed, it's still just a short walk across an open meadow from the paved parking area in the main section. The park sign says it closes at 5PM, so leave yourself plenty of time.
All 6 stages are ammo cans. Choose the right answer and you will be directed to the next ammo can. Choose a wrong answer and you will be directed to a smaller container with either another missing lyric or a Dead End sign. Smaller containers are all decon boxes or pill sized ointment jars.
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| DFTL Series Downloads |
| GDB file |
Trail track only to use with Mapsource |
| MPS file |
Trail & Puzzle locations |
| DOC file |
DFTL flow chart of all caches |
| GSAK file |
Puzzle locations with descriptions and hints |
| GSAK file |
Track file to use with Google Earth |
| KML file |
Track map of the Equestrian Trail |
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**NOTE**
Stage 5 is missing. Subtract 0.481 from the North coordinate of Stage 4 and Add 0.095 to the West coordinate.
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