Recently, there have been a number of caches in the area which
are purported to lead the cacher to a treat. They promote "Holes in
the Wall" or "Local Landmarks" or something like that. Pfooey.
There are various cache hiders... they have differing tastes.
Often, I don't agree.
Should you choose to follow the recommendations of this series,
you'll be taking a personal recommendation. You might not agree...
but you'll have to find the cache first to find out. That's
because, to meet the listing guidelines which prohibit any
commercial mentions, I'm just going to be mysterious. Check it out,
or just find a fairly easy cache, but miss out on something that I
think is extraordinary.
This cache is an easy two-stage offset multi. At the first
stage, you will find a business, and gather information to compute
the offset to the second stage. The second stage has a shiny
micro-container which contains only a log. Bring your own writing
implement; logs without signatures risk being deleted. This is not
a hard cache, although the second stage will require some stealth
and urban manners.
To find the actual cache, you'll need to make an observation, do
some simple arithmetic to compute the final waypoint's
coordinates.
Find the second stage of this cache using these
calculations:
- Let A = the street address ("house number") of the business at
stage one.
- Multiply A by 0.01499631 to computer the minutes north of the
41st Parallel. That is, the result will fill the X's in N41°
XX.XXX.
- Multiple A by 0.01146579 to compute the minutes west of the
87th Meridian. That is, the result will fill the Y's in W087°
YY.YYY.
This gives you the coordinates of the final... go and find
it.
The first stage is accessable 24/7. You will not need to enter
the business, although you will miss out if you don't. The second
stage will take you to an interesting residential area not far
away. The hiding place is public property, but you will be on view
by the neighbors at all times, so proper behavior will be necessary
to successfully log the final. The neighbors are observant and
alert for odd goings on in this park area, so you might not want to
attempt to find this cache at odd hours, or in large army-like
groups.
Cachers whose conspicuous behavior causes this cache to be
muggled will find their logs deleted. No whining will be tolerated;
I reserve the right to be arbitrary about this, and I may require
you to find the cache again in a proper manner.. Urban caching
manners and serious stealth are appropriate for finding the final
stage. If you cannot pass yourself off as Mister Park Man, this may
be more difficult for you.
Enjoy... and eat more meat!