Postmarked | Faithful to my Master Mystery Cache
Postmarked | Faithful to my Master
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Another cache tribute to my good friend QWERTY who may move soon to
a smaller town and become his own Master... When we were out
recently he brought this great story to my attention and I decided
that it needed to be shared with the rest of you.
First, the coordinates will take you to another place he showed me
where his former Master (for a brief period) left his stamp on the
world. In order to find the subject of this story you will need to
answer these questions about this Master and add to this
N44°16.ABC
W88°22.DEF
A: Number of Stamps at the first
WP.
B: Number of years old at the time
of Master's demise. [How else am I supposed to get this number in
there?]
C: Number of FULL years this
Master served as Master.
D: This Master began his tenure in
the 19_0's.
E: This Master served most of his
tenure when he was in his _0's
F: This Master served _ days in
his last year of tenure.
Answering these will get you to the right place.
This is the story of Bing:
On the morning after his master was buried,
his dog "Bing" appeared laying on top of his grave. He would not
leave and lay there until he died, eight days later. Lavahn and
Arlene Ballard tried to feed him, however he would not eat. When
Earl Ballard came out and found Bing dead on the grave he contacted
the wife of the deceased who instructed him to bury the faithful
dog there. Earl Ballard buried Bing on top of his master's vault,
while his two daughters (Lavahn Miles and Arlene Maves) watched. A
statue of a dog resembling Bing was placed on Bing's grave.
Everything was normal until 1963, when a red scarf appeared around
the dog's neck. Each week it is replaced with a different color
scarf until late fall when a Christmas wreath is put around his
neck until spring when the scarf's appear again. This has been
happening since 1963 and is still occurring today.
UPDATE: Revised clues below.
To get to the final, take Bing's Master's age of death plus the
age difference between Bing's Master and his wife when they
passed and add them to your present North. Then take the age
difference between the Master and his wife, multiply that by
30, and add it to your present West.
when you fing bing, note the color of his scarf so you can post
it in your log.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ahyy = 0