Stage 1: The above coordinates will take you to your first stop, the former location of the Sequim Museum & Arts Center where the mastodon bones were once housed. This building was also many years ago, the US Post Office.
**Note: Since the creation of this multi-cache, this old museum site closed to make way for the new museum. However, the date you seek is still intact. The new Museum location will open July 6, 2019, where the old dry Mastadon bones are on exhibit if you wish to see them. for more information go here
You must collect data for question (A) at the old Museum location in order to calculate the coordinates for the final hide. The date is etched in the cement just outside the front door. The answers to all other questions are located on this web page. href="http://www.historylink.org/File/8511">here
_____ A: Year the old Post Office was opened (subtract 1 from the 4th digit)
_____ B: A group of scientists estimates the bone spear point to be how many years old. (use 4th digit)
_____ C: The year Emanuel Manis unearthed the tusks. (subtract 4 from the 3rd digit)
_____ D: Year the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (3rd digit)
_____ E: Year Clare Manis donated site to the Archaeological Conservancy (add 3 to the 4th digit)
_____ F: Estimated age of the mastodon at death (2nd digit)
FINAL COORDINATES: N 48° 05.ABC W123° 02.DEF
Stage 2: Marlyn Nelson County Park at Port Williams Beach is another location where many Mastadon bones have been recovered! So don't forget to look down while walking in the sand! Who knows, you may just stumble upon something ancient. Also, this is one of my favorite beaches for hunting tumbled sea glass.
Directions: From the museum: Go east on Cedar St. to Sequim Ave. Turn left (north) on Sequim Ave. At the roundabout turn right on Port Williams Rd. Drive to the end of the road and park at Marlyn Nelson Park.
Here's hoping you find JOY, in whatever form or fashion it happens for YOU!
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