Warning!
Do not attempt this cache before, after, or during rain. There is
some construction occurring where you need to enter for the cache -
best to wait until they are done or try this on weekends.
Now that people have warmed up on 2 easy caches, it's time to see
if another cache can provide some amusement by being a bit more
difficult.
One way to increase the difficulty is to carefully study a
location and then lovingly craft a creative and cunning cache
container to fit in so well, that cachers will not "see" the cache
even though that look right at it. I've cached a number of those
types from the eponymous cachers (for this cache).
Unfortunately, I am not that creative, and my cunning rarely
rises above a box, stick, string, and piece of cheese.
You are stuck with the second method, which is to create a
puzzle cache with some obscure topic or means of encoding the
coordinates that your eyes glaze over just reading the
description.
Don't let that happen to you here, or you might fall over a
Cliff. I Stoll this idea and have put a small twist on it so that
it is not a 30-second puzzle.
Given the sequence:
a
aa
ba
abaa
aaabba
find the next "word" of the sequence. Use the
first and last 3 letters of the new word (where a = 1, b = 2, etc)
in this formula to find the cache's real location.
LAT = N 29 37.199 + first_three
LON = W 098 31 358 - last_three
Say the next word is abcmmmdef.
LAT = N 29 37.199 + 123 = N 29 37 322
LON = W 098 31 358 - 456 = W 098 30.902
It isn't like you have to be a PhD in astronomy to get this!
To be fair, I will provide no private (email hints) until 3
people have logged it. If no one solves it for an extended period
of time, I'll post additional hints on this page.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
Remember! As with all the Trail of the Cybercat series
caches, you need to get the clue from the cache or listing in order
to solve the final cache.