This cache is a tribute to Bob Ross, the fuzzy haired host of
the "Joy of Painting" TV Series, and all those who paint using his
wet-on-wet method. It isn't fine art but oil painting for the rest
of us.
When Bob was painting mountains he would first under paint them
with a dark color. Typically he mixed that dark color from Prussian
Blue, Midnight Black, Van Dyke Brown, and Alizarin Crimson. This
color is called the mountain mix. Now about the puzzle, in my youth
I had a puzzle consisting of four wooden cubes. Each side of each
cube was painted one of four colors. To solve the puzzle you had to
stack the cubes, one on top of another until four high, into a
rectangular solid such that the four long sides contained one
square of each color. Here is my version of that puzzle. Print out
the crosses below then cut them from the paper. Next fold and tape
them into cubes. Have the kids help you with this. When you stack
the cubes properly you will be able to determine the cache
coordinates.
Make substitutions to the coordinates listed below from the
puzzle.
A 40° 3B.CD5'
A 111° 4B.CD0'
Note that an alphabetic character, like "B", in the first
coordinate is not necessarily the same numeric digit in the second
coordinate.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
Congratulations to Lord Mot and Baby-Girl for
being First-To-Find.