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No TIME Like The Present Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/21/2009
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


I have been caching for almost a year and I thought it was about time for my first hide. In this case I decided to go with a puzzle cache.

The Dedication:
I am dedicating this to my Uncle Joe. Uncle Joe has recently retired form the trucking industry. I was discussing geocaching with him and he was fascinated. He wished he had known about it when he was driving his eighteen-wheeler around the country.

This is my uncle at a rest stop in North Dakota. At the time this picture was take, he was working his last cross country delivery.

In this second picture you can see my Uncle navigating before he learned about GPS technology.

The last picture shows the company my Uncle spent most of his career with, Four Trucks and a Guy. Four Trucks and a Guy was established seventeen years ago by Guy Lebowski. My uncle clocked most of his miles with this organization. When Joe started with Guy (left edge of picture), he had two trucks and a part time driver. By the time my Uncle left; Guy owned four eighteen wheelers and had three dedicated drivers on the clock.

       Four Trucks, and a Guy


The Puzzle:
The above coordinates are close but not quite right. To get the correct coordinates you will need to modify the given coordinates according to the following instructions.

NORTH: 41° 27.508
The key to transforming the last three digits of the North coordinate (508) can be found in this configuration:


WEST: 081° 57.899
The West coordinate is transformed by changing the last three digits (899) in this manner:

The Notes:
The cache is available all year but the terrain could be much more difficult if there is a lot of snow. Also, there can be mud in the immediate area.

Mostly, muggles are not a problem except around dinner time

Night caching is an option.

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle hint #1:] Sbe gurfr pybpxf gvzr vf abg bs gur rffrapr. [cache:] V jbaqre jung gubfr ner sbe? [puzzle hint #2:] Gur nafjre gb gur chmmyr vf abg n erohf ohg gur frpbaq chmmyr uvag vf.

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)