Boardwalk Bounce Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

captainshark32: This cache has been swiped with all the bouncy balls in it. I hate to archive it because it was my favorite of my own caches, but it would be too much work to reconfigure it to another hiding place. I HATE GEO-THIEVES!!

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Hidden : 5/28/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


I did all the footwork and placing of this cache on November 24th, 2007, but soon found out that the signs are covered up for the winter so it is being opened on the day the signs got uncovered this year and is a seasonal cache (mid-May through mid-November).

THE BOARDWALK PART-----This cache consists of a 2.25 mile (round trip) walk on a boardwalk that runs along the Lake Huron shoreline in St. Ignace. The starting point is near a gazebo in a park that you can enjoy a little lunch before or after your trek. There are numerous educational signs along your 1.125 mile walk on the boardwalk to the lighthouse past the marina. Listed below are the names of the signs and the questions you will have to answer from each to get the coordinates of the actual cache box.

THE BOUNCE PART-----Inside the cache box are many signature bouncy balls for this cache. My daughter collects bouncy balls so I ask that you leave a bouncy ball in the cache if you take a bouncy ball out of the cache. Please leave a description of the ball you left (color, where you got it, how high you have bounced it, etc.) as it gives her more of a story about the ball when we take them out of the cache. She has been on many caching adventures with me so I am starting this cache on her 8th birthday. Hopefully we will have fun with this one for years to come…

VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION – How many canoes carried the Frenchmen on the Expedition? B = _____
TWO CULTURES MEET – After which year were French traders welcome among the Indians in this region? C = _____
COMMERCIAL FISHING – After which year did commercial fishing gain economic importance? D = _____
WATERY GRAVEYARD – How many lives were lost in the latest shipwreck? F = _____
OLD MILL SLIP – How many teams of horses were needed to transport the building materials? G = _____
NATIVE AMERICAN LAND LOSSES – Over how many languages were spoken in the “New World” in 1492? K = _____
MACKINAW BOAT – How many masts could be removed and used as rollers? L = _____
CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS – What year was the Marquette National Forest established? M = _____?
LEGACY OF THE WHITE PINE – How many horses in the top picture? * = _____ How many horses in the bottom picture? N = _____
19th CENTURY ST. IGNACE – About how many employees did Mertel Furnace have in 1887? Q = _____
WATER TRANSPORTATION – What is the year listed under Welland Canal? R = _____
DIVING INTO HISTORY – (record the data fast as there is known to be a skunk living in this area) What is the shallow water depth? S = _____
ROUND ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE – What year was the lighthouse transferred to the U.S. Forest Service? T = _____
STATE FERRY SERVICE – How many cars did the City of Petoskey hold? V = _____
PEOPLE AND THE GREAT LAKES – How many people equal one dot in 1600? W = _____
FRANCE AT MACKINAC – How long were the canot de maitres the French used to travel to and from Montreal? X = _____
LIGHTHOUSE – How many benches are available around the lighthouse? Z = _____

CACHE
W 084.4 H.IYA
N 45. UP.JOE

H= W – K = _____ (number in the hundreds place)
I= C + Q =_____ (number in the hundreds place)
Y= F – (R – M) =_____
A= S – (T – D – V) =_____
U= X - G =_____
P= B =_____
J= L =_____
O= * - N =_____
E= Z =_____

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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