The advent of March 10 finds North Louisiana geocachers celebrating the birthday of a very special friend who is loved and appreciated by all of us! Our fearless leader, LSUFan, can always be counted on to share words of encouragement, information on any aspect of our activity, and entertaining stories of his legendary caching adventures. Therefore, on this joyful occasion, we are delighted to offer this puzzle cache in his honor.
Solve the seven riddles below, then transfer the appropriately numbered letters from your answers to the blanks for the coordinates. Special thanks go to Janis Byrd for allowing a cache placement here at her business!
N32°
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43 61 08 33 15 06 28 36 . 57 24 46 34 12 13 52 11 38 61 40 07 33
W092°
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06 61 49 34 43 13 07 42 . 02 47 33 61 46 14 10 52 15 48 29 21 47 13 38 54
My menu doesn’t list a dish,
My net could never catch a fish,
My windows won’t let sunlight through,
My chips won’t make a snack for you.
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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
One by one, we leave our rack,
Destined to receive a crack;
When all that’s left are hollow spaces,
As many more will take our places.
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09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
My visitors so briefly stay,
They come and go most every day;
But my Sundays and holidays are free—
Not one guest will call on me.
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19 20 21 22 23 24 25
My opponents stand their ground, and find
That their blades are no match for mine;
I leave them felled within my wake,
Sweet victory is mine to take.
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26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
In your journey through this life
These you are sure to find,
But the more of them you make,
The more you leave behind.
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35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
The progress of a daily race,
I record upon my face;
But drops of rain I greatly fear,
I fail whenever clouds appear.
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45 46 47 48 49 50 51
This cluster bears a single brand,
It always has the upper hand;
It’s made of leaders of one tribe,
Black or red, they number five.
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52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61