Z #5: When in Spain... Traditional Cache
LavaLizard: As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm archiving it to keep it from continually showing up in search lists, and to prevent it from blocking other cache placements. If you wish to repair/replace the cache sometime in the future, just contact us (by email), and assuming it meets the guidelines, we'll be happy to unarchive it.
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IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ZORRO GEOCACHE #4, IT IS GC356AX, CHILDHOOD MEMORIES OF EL RANCHO, ON LOAN TO US FOR March '12. http://coord.info/GC356AX
Free street parking in residential neighborhood, but you may need to walk a block or two depending on time of day. Please come only during business hours (listed below).$1 for FTF!
ATTENTION: Effective 3/1/12, this geocache was transformed into a mini **multi-cache**. This stayed in effect until WP3 disappeared. WP1 and WP2 are still in place. Please come during posted business hours only, and join us in the search for Zorro treasure!
Hours: Sun & Mon: CLOSED; Tues & Thurs: noon – 7; Wed: noon – 6; Fri & Sat: 10 – 5.
Visit us at www.lbplfoundation.org/geocaching for more information about Zorro and the Long Beach Reads One Book Program. Learn more about fencing, secret societies, the History of Spain, the Napoleonic Wars, and other cultures (such as **GYPSIES**, also known as the Romani People), by checking out a book from the library.
About the building:
Jotham Bixby Sr., the "Father of Long Beach," donated this land in 1897 and funds were raised to construct the first library building. But by 1928 the building had become inadequate and construction of a new building was set in motion. This building opened in January 1929. It is a replica of a castle in Spain, with beautiful wrought iron railings, decorated beams, and a rear **patio** with an art tile fountain. On March 10, 1933, a major earthquake damaged the building. It was closed for repairs between 1936 and 1938. In 1997, the Alamitos Branch Library celebrated 100 years of service to the community.
LIBRARY HOURS: T&Th 12-7; W 12-6; F&Sa 10-5. CLOSED SUNDAYS, MONDAYS, AND HOLIDAYS.
UPDATE 9/19/14: Although WP3 (a hollow book) was stolen by some miscreant a while back, WP2 is still inside the library, if you care to find it just for kicks. WP2 is so cute, and the librarian was cool with leaving it in place. Look for WP2, and you'll find the *clue* to the now-defunct WP3. Maybe I should move the log to WP2. Then again, some little tyke might steal it.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Pyhr gb JC1: Bhg onpx naq gb gur evtug.
Pyhr gb JC2: Jung qbrf gur shgher ubyq sbe Qvrtb? Bayl bar crefba va gur Byq Jbeyq ubyqf gur nafjre.
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