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The terrain is level most of the way, and most of the journey is paved. There are trails after the paved part, which can sometimes be muddy after rainfall. The total walking distance is about a half mile each way. Overall, this is not a difficult cache and should be a great multi-cache for beginners and those that like to sight-see.
The first coordinate will take you to where you should park and start your brave journey to the Knight’s Treasure. As you arrive at the specified coordinate, you will see an entrance to a grassy area of the park. At the entrance is an informational history of the park. You will use the first paragraph (only the first paragraph) under “History of the Park” to decode the next set of coordinates.
The second coordinate is the real location where the story below actually took place, but it is not the final destination. Be sure to use the old road/trail to the side of the park to get there. Otherwise, you'll be crossing a stream (not necessary). At the second coordinate you will find a small twist off vile that will contain the third and final coordinate to the cache, which is a standard size ammo box.
The second coordinate is located at:
47° 43. (1) (2) (3) N and 122° 11. (4) (5) (6) W
Use the following key and answer the following questions to find the final three numbers of both the latitude and longitude (remember only use the first paragraph to answer the questions):
A=1 B=2 C=3 D=4 E=5 F=6 G=7 H=8 I=9 J=0 K=1 L=2 M=3 N=4 O=5 P=6 Q=7 R=8 S=9 T=0 U=1 V=2 W=3 X=4 Y=5 Z=6
(1) The number decoded from the first letter after the word “King” in the first line.
(2) The number decoded from the seventh letter in the second line.
(3) The number decoded from the last letter of the tenth word in the second line.
(4) How many additional acres were purchased by the county after the first 20 acres of farmland were donated?
(5) The number that is a homonym for the first word in the second line.
(6) The number decoded from the last letter of the eighth word in the third line.
Remember to keep in mind that the second coordinate should actually be where the cache should have been hidden, but it didn’t make for a great hiding spot. So the third coordinate, which is close by, will have to suffice.
The Storyline:
Geocaching has been a favorite sport of mine and my family's for years now. When I was courting, who is now my wife, I wanted to think of a creative way to propose to her that was suiting to my personality. I decided that Geocaching was the perfect activity to be both surprising and romantic, and also keep to my personality. With that being said, I can begin my story:
It was a sunny summer’s day in 2005. My girlfriend and I had the day off from work, and we decided to do something fun. What she did not know was that the previous night I had stayed up most of the night creating what would seem to be a real legitimate geocache using Photoshop and a scanner. I titled the cache, “A Knight’s Treasure” by The Frog Prince (at the time my geocaching identity was ColonelSandman). It was a title that I knew would appeal to her since she was always into fantasy. And since she was a little girl, she was told that one day she would find her handsome frog prince. Despite these clues, she was still oblivious to the fact that I was The Frog Prince and that I had actually created this cache and planted it in its spot that morning.
I let her be the guide for the cache because she had yet to find a cache without my help. After going off course and finding ourselves bushwhacking through the forest on a couple of occasions, we finally managed to arrive at the cache site. The treasure was in plain sight, as I did not want her to miss it. She found it, and was so excited to have found her first cache ever without my help, or so she thought. Upon opening the treasure, there were all kinds of pretty trinkets and things that I thought she’d like. And no, I was not dumb enough to plant the ring there. I thought about it, but even though this was a fake cache that would not be sought after, I didn’t want to run the risk of anyone else finding it before we did. In place of the ring, I planted a message to decode using the Geocaching code. It said,”V nz Gur Sebt Cevapr . . . Jvyy lbh zneel zr?”
Upon reading this, she looked up at me in complete dismay, grinning sheepishly from ear to ear. In a very soft and bewildered voice she said, “Yes . . . Oh my goodness! You’re the frog prince?!” As I pulled the ring out of my pocket, she added, “There’s a ring, too?!”
We always talked about planting a cache here in memory of that day, so others could hear our story. And here it is! Thanks for being a part of it.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[Coordinate 2] Uht n gerr!
[Coordinate 3] Gur srea ol gur gerr.