Dang Camera!
Continued Misadventures of Jbeck2 - the Newbie Geocacher
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I'm Psyched! I've been trying for days to get my camera working after it was damaged by Granny Nunchuck when trying to place my first cache. Well, my (vast) technical skills have come through for me again. Sure, the camera doesn't LOOK pretty - there's a few wires sticking out, and a few gobs of solder where there shouldn't be, but it WORKS now I tell you!
So... I've just placed my second cache hide. (I had to do SOMETHING since I lost my first one...) Once again it's a sandwich-sized lock-and-lock. I wanted it to be tricky to find, and evidently I'd misunderstood what was meant by applying camo to a container in my last hide. This time I decided to do it properly. I looked up how to apply camo paint on the internet, and used this technique in coloring the container.
Well... Mostly. In my garage, I only had two of the paint colors they recommended in the article, so I did a google search on an alternate third color that would "go" with the other two - and as luck would have it, there were LOTS of internet opinions on THAT. (Who knew that Interior Decorating web-sites would come in so useful!?!?) Apparently the new combination of colors I ended up with is supposed to be "soothing and calming". So even though you might not SEE the cache, (due my expert camo) if you start feeling soothed and calm - you'll know you're in the correct general area.
Also, someone mentioned an "Easter Egg" in my last cache hide so I've included one inside this container as a FTF prize. (Well, sort of. Lets say I TRIED to - Whoever's FTF on this will understand when they see the... errr... "prize"...)
Anyhow, down to business: This is a straight-forward puzzle cache. I've used my newly repaired camera to take panoramic pictures of two well-known local landmarks. All you have to do is measure out the distance between them, add 66, then walk along this bearing until you see a big tree. Now turn left... Now wait... right... No, it's definitely left. Now take another 10 steps forward. Now you'll see a tall spruce tree. The cache is hidden in the bush right next to it...
So with no further ado, here's the first famous local landmark.
And here's the second.
Errrr... Ok, These pictures looked a lot better right after I took them. Hang on.. Oh no! I think the lens is hanging out of the camera at an odd angle...
Ummmm.... Can someone show me how to make a cache inactive while I try to fix this thing again??
Help! Heeeeeelllp!
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.