This was going to be the first Whereigo cache in Santa Cruz, but
Touchstone the Trailblazer beat me to it. Make sure you try
his out too!
A whereigo cache is a new type of
activity, where you can have interactive questions and virtual or
real tasks along the way. Instead of going to coordinates, you go
to a zone, which is a 2-dimensional area, where you then perform a
task, or go to the next location. The technology is brand new, the
development environment, the player, everything is in Beta format,
so there are bugs, and you might have to be patient, AND its my
first attempt.
But in an effort to familiarize
cachers with whereigo, I'm making it part of this HPUW series.
Anyone can do a whereigo cache, although to do it the preferred way
requires either a Garmin Colorado or a PDA with mobile windows, AND
GPS built in. Both devices are pretty new. However, since
relatively few people will have the right tool for that, I'm going
to explain how anyone can use the emulator and get started with
whereigo caches, and even hide one if you want. Hopefully the
technology will catch up and more of us will be able to go through
the full experience.
Again, the preferred way is to go
through the tour, like a multicache on site. But if you don't have
a Windows PDA GPS, or a Garmin Colorado, here are the
steps:
1. On your PC browse to whereigo.com.
(I don't have a solution for MAC users, except to emulate a
PC)
2. Download the free Whereigo
Builder.
3. Download the cartridge for the
whereigo cache. Save it in a convenient place where you can find
it.
4. Start the Wherigo
builder.
5. Click on the Tools menu, and
select the emulator
6. Set the Folder where the cartridge
is stored.
7. Open the cartridge that you
downloaded.
8. Launch and play the whereigo
game.
9. When you get to the final zone,
study the map, record the coordinates of the final zone, and go
find the cache.
Good luck! Have fun!
The final clue for the HPUW
series is in the container, in the log. Container is a
cammo'd tube. Use the clues in the correct order, and use them on
the next and final cache in the series.
Here's the story: Kirby the bobcat is
exploring the ranch. Help him identify the plants and animals at
each location correctly. When you get to each location, answer the
question. If you get the answer right, then the next zone will show
up. If you get it wrong, you have to keep trying. The next zone
won't appear until you get the question right. Get all the
questions right, and your last location is where the cache is
hidden. The accompanying whereigo cartridge is at:
Kirbys tour of Wilder Ranch