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Ever play Candy Land? Super cute game, very fun for the
preschool set :) Check out the bottom of this cache description for
the Candy Land story.
Tell us about your favorite candy/candies in your log :) My
favorite candy is sour worms. Even owned sourworms.com for a while
in college ;)
You are looking for a small cache. The log is in a heart
shaped container inside - please use initials to conserve space.
The cache is very bright so please re-hide it carefully :)
There is a small parking lot on the NE corner of Morgan Hill Trail
and O'Connor Drive. I recommend walking along the creek bed if it's
dry - if you're lucky you may find a Native American artifact. You
can easily find chipped rocks lying around that were used to make
tools and weapons.
You may also want to check out a neat cave (though more of a really
big hole now) on the SE corner of Morgan Hill Trail and O'Connor
Drive. An archaeology student told me it's believed to have been
home to saber toothed tigers in the past. We found evidence of
tools having been made in there as well - so was probably later
used as a shelter by Native Americans. Please be very cautious if
you check out the ex-cave, rock scrambling is required.
The Candy Land Story
'Once upon a time, King Kandy, the imperial head bon bon and grand
jujube of Candyland, disappeared. It was a bright, sunny morning
and to everyone's surprise, the king and his fabulous candy castle
simply were no longer where they should be…
"A lost king is so distressing," says Plumpy, the last of the
Plumpa Trolls, as he shoves a juicy gingerbread plumb into his
mouth. Plumpy is the caretaker of the Gingerbread Plum Trees and
his job is to gather up all the ripe plumbs that fall from the
tree. But ever since the king's disappearance, Plumpy does more
eating than gathering… growing more plump and more glum with
every bite of a plumb.
Mr. Mint, the peppermint lumberjack, and keeper of the Royal
Peppermint Forest, also thinks the situation is somewhat sticky.
Mr. Mint cuts down big red and white peppermint trees into bite
size whistles and flutes, creating the sweetest sounding musical
instruments ever. "My peppermint piccolos have been rather off-key
ever since the king left," says Mr. Mint. "I certainly hope he
returns soon."
"And what of my Gumdrop Mountains?" Moans Jolly, the official
Gumdrop Mountain greeter. "They just don't glisten and glow the way
they used to." Indeed, the pastel colored, sugar crusted range
grows paler and paler every day the king's away.
"Oh do cheer up," says the ever hopeful Gramma Nut, who lives in
the peanut brittle house. Gramma believes there is a very special
little girl and boy that can find the missing king and his castle
right at the end of the Candyland path… if they can look
hard enough! "But whoever can these very special children
be?"
"I know just the twosome to find my father, the missing king," says
princess Lolly, of Lollypop Woods, in a voice as light and airy as
the fluffiest marshmallow, "They're the Candyland kids…
courageous, clever, and ever so determined!"
"They'll never find the king and his castle," Lord Licorice says
sourly, "for I have hidden them from sight so all of Candyland will
be mine!" His heart is as hard as a rock candy. Always gloomy, ever
grim, Lord Licorice lives very much alone, except for a few Bitter
Chocolate Bats to keep him company!
"Utter nonsense," Queen Frostine says of Lord Licorice's evil plan.
Peacefully adrift on an ice cream float in the Ice Cream Sea, warm
hearted Frostine thinks the Candyland kids will surely find the
king. "And no matter how many times Lord Licorice plots and plans,"
she adds, "Candyland will sparkle once again."
"When the kids pass my molasses swamp, the king and his castle will
soon be found," oozes Gloppy, the kindly molasses monster who is
definitely more "goosome than gruesome…"
All of Candyland is ready to help the Candyland kids find the king.
Even the Gingerberead Men from the Cookie Patrol have offered to
acts as guides along the path…'
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
HCF (Hahfhny Cvyr bs Fgvpxf)