This is a 6 parter that only includes one real prize. The rest are a series of virtual caches that you must vist to find the real cache.
The final one you may have to climb a little for. Hence the 2 terrain rating. The rest are definately 1's for terrain.
The riddle goes like this.
Einstien's Riddle
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors. In each house lives a person
with a different nationality.
The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of
cigar, and keep a certain pet.
No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage.
The question is who owns the fish?
Clues:
The Brit lives in the red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the left of the white house.
The green house's owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the center house drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps the horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.
Stage #1
Replace the letters in the coordinates with the house number of each resident.
A = Norwiegen house number + 6
B = Brit
C = German
D = Swede
E = Dane
This get's you to stage 1. You will have to figure this one out by solving the riddle.
N B8 DE.9CD
W 09C C8.A6A
Stage # 2
Coords for Stage #2.
AB = The year the school was founded subtracted from the number above the name of the school at the entrance.
N 38 52.9BA.
W 094 49.180
Santa Fe Trail Marker
Stage # 3
Hints for Stage #3.
ABCD = Year that stage 2 marker was erected.
N 38 52.B38.
W 094 49.AD0
Johnson County Old Settlers Association.
Look over to your right about 30 ft and see the cornerstone of an old building.
Now pay homage to the Johnson County Old Settlers Association's Past Presidents.
The row numbers are what you seek.
A = V. R. Ellis
B = S.B. Haskin
C = J.M Cramer
D = Jess Hall
E = H.B. Livermore
F = Charles Ott
Coords for Number 4.
Replace the letters with the corresponding numbers from the Johnson County Old Settlers Association Past presidents listed above.
N 38 AB.CDE.
W 094 49.22F
Stage #4
Since Einstien was into time, it makes sense to visit this site.
Note the date that this item is to be opened.
Coords for #5
ABC = The year that I.O. Pickering was the riegning President of the Johnson County Old Settlers Association subtracted from the year that the item is to be opened
X = A + 0
Y = B - 2
Z = C + 0
N 38 52.9X3.
W 094 49.YZ8
Stage #5
Hint: Old Bed and Breakfast
Be sure to pick up a brocure or take a tour.
Stage #6
This is a clear Rubbermaid plastic container filled with the usual goodies.
Stage 6 coords.
ABC = The house number of the house at stage #5.
X = A + 0
Y = B + 1
Z = C - 2
N 38 X2.6Y8.
W 094 X2.X4Z
Have a nice look at the place where the fish owner got his fish.
This trail has one tricky spot so if you bring the kids, hold thier hands while navigating.
Congratulations.
Be careful on your way home.
When you get to the final location, check for nearby caches. There is one about .1m away. As of 3/22/05, it is still active.