The cache is NOT at the above coordinates, but these
coordinates will bring you close to an area you will need to visit
to find the coordinates. Your information will come from research
and visiting places on rt102 and Buttrick Rd,
Londonderry
Family Life is one of the 12 specific merit badges required of
boyscouts to earn their Eagle Rank (the highest rank in boy
scouts).
They also need to earn a 9 further elective merit badges, put in
many service hours and complete a major project, along with having
completed a number of other requirements in lower ranks.
There are a number of requirements for the Family Life merit badge
- if you are interested, you can view them here
To find the coordinates for the cache, we are going to explore some
of the requirements of the merit badge.....
3. Prepare a list of your regular home duties
or chores (at least five) and do them for 90 days. Keep a record of
how often you do each of them.
For this one, you will need to do your grocery shopping (or at
least visit Shaw's supermarket, N42 51.754 W71 21.271) Count the
number of stone pillars and the number of public entrances in front
of the store.
A= ___ # of stone pillars - ___ # of
entrances - 3 = _____
4. With the approval of your parents or
guardians and your merit badge counselor, decide on and carry out a
project that you would do around the home that would benefit your
family. Submit a report to your merit badge counselor outlining how
the project benefited your family.
For this one, you need to think CITO events - these help our
geocaching family and give back to the communities in which we
play!! If you have attended a CITO event, please list it in your
log, if not, I recommend you attend one - they are fun and it's
great to look at the difference a group of people can make in a
short space of time!. You will need to find out some information
about the two CITO events Britpitts have attended so
far......
Look at GC1P5N4 - Hedgehog Park Cleanup by Princ3ss.
B= the sum of the digits of the month and day
(M+M+D+D) that this CITO event was published. =____ (example:
07/26/2009 - 0+7+2+6=15)
Look at GC1MX4R - Bockes Memorial Forest Clean up - by Hockeypuck
and adopted my 76-CJ7.
C= month the event took place (MM) ____+ the
year the event took place (YY) = ____
(example 07/26/09 0+7+0+9=16)
6 a. Discuss with your merit badge counselor
how to plan and carry out a family meeting.
For this one, think geocaching events - a meeting of the geocaching
family!! As well as many more events, there have been two recent
meetings with a geoscout theme - thanks to 76-CJ7 for both of
these!
Attending (or planning) events is also highly recommended :-)
Take a look at GC1PPD1 - Geoscouts meeting (May 09). You are
looking for the zipcode of the location of the event.
D= 2nd digit of the zipcode ___ + 4th digit
___ - 5th digit___=____
Next look at event GC1N9XC - Geoscout Fellowship Campfire.
E= # of sites reserved ___ - sum of the
digits of the day and year the event took place (DD/YYYY) ____ =
_____ (example 07/26/2009 2+6+2+0+0+9=19)
6 b. After this discussion, plan and carry
out a family meeting to include the following subjects:
1. Avoiding substance abuse
2. Understanding the growing-up process and how
the body changes...
For these, you need to visit the Elliot Health Center (N42 50.964
W71 21.687). At the main entrance with the portico there are a
number of bollards with lights in the top of them.
F= # of these bollards ___ - 4 =
___
Note: one bollard was knocked down, but has now
been replaced, so the puzzle is back to original :-)
3. Personal and family
finances
For this one, take a trip around TDbanknorth (N42 51.772 W71
21.086).....
G= # of grey pillars around the outside of
the entire building ____ - 10 =____
5. The effect of technology
on your family
Nearby you will find the Verizon store
(N42 51.699 W71 21.153).....
H= # of disabled parking spots ____+3 =
____
Your coordinates will be N42 ABC W71 DEFGH
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.
For coordinates to the trail head, add .273 to the answer to your
north coordinates and subtract .027 from the west coordinates
Thanks also to the Bright Shining Stars for additional coordinates
for the waypoints :-)
Please BYOP - sorry - couldn't find one to
fit!
FTF: Congratulations to Bill the Cat 89 :-)