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Horse Crossing Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/7/2011
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is a puzzle. Taking notes/making a diagram as you walk is highly recommended, but it is a good one for kids.

09/22 UPDATE: RangerRicks and I will be out of the country for the next 2 years. H2O Klan has graciously agreed to keep an eye on my 5 Yorba Linda hides. Please help him out by adding a fresh log or repair if necessary, and you are able. THX.

 

Legal parking for this and other caches in the area is at the tennis courts, just west of the coords. My hides are set up for a long walk around the neighborhood on the trail. There are no private property or fences involved, no trampling growth, no fence climbing, ABSOLUTELY NO ILLEGAL PARKING!

There is an uncirculated California state quarter for FTF. Camo'd Container is large enough for most trackables. Please make an effort to replace the container as well as you found it, or better. It seems to migrate regularly.

Bring your own pen and paper. Walk on Paseo Del Prado from Paseo de las Palomas to La Cumbre.

Take careful notes of the 7 yellow horse and rider sign posts on Del Prado. NOTHING else.

You will need them to find the true coordinates of this cache, which is easy to find if you are in the right area.

Coords are: N 33 5A.BCD and W 117 46.EF9 This is what you need to know:

A- How many arrows are on the east (non trail) side of the street?

B- How many yellow individual signs (not posts) are on the west side?

C- How many total arrows are there?

D- How many crosswalks are there painted at La Cumbre?

E- How many times did you see the word "xing" then add 2?  (two removed original signs)

F- How many horses with a rider are there? Then subtract the one. (signs changed)

Please contact me if you run into problems. This is my very first cache and I am only a gallop away. I would rather give help than have a disappointed puzzle cacher and since I have created this cache 1 sign has been added and 2 removed! It is NOT a fake sprinkler.

Please also log dnf's so I know to check and see if the container is missing.

I have added a coordinate checker:

http://www.geochecker.com/index.php?code=2acabb9335d3cb59690505f5935b3ed6&action=check&wp=4743325a4d5757&name=486f7273652043726f7373696e67&visitcount=1

Congrats to all those who found my cache before 9/16/11- without the checker and to H2O KLAN for being FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ng n qvssrerag xvaq bs uvgpuva' cbfg.

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)