"My, but them thar colored circles sher are pertty!!"
Welcome to "Pertty Colored Circles." For three years now, any time I've passed these colored circles I've (a) admired them, and (b) known that some type of geocaching puzzle could be made out of them. Well, today I was passing by with a couple of hours to kill finding geocaches and thought to myself, "Hey, Self, let's skip a few finds and finally make that puzzle!" And I did!
The listed coordinates are NOT the final ones. However, they are the starting point. I'd suggest that you park somewhere in the general vicinity...in the early years of this cache I parked in an office complex across the street and walked to the corner of the street to cross at the light, but on my last two maintenance visits I just parked on the swale in front of the posted coordinates. At the listed coordinates, you'll find yourself in front of the fourth vertical wall section from the bend to the east. Other identifying features are (a) from the bend to the east, it's the second wall segment with pertty colored circles and (b) it's the 17th wall segment from the right, after the second bend from the west.
To determine the coordinates for the final, start here and work your way, segment by segment, to the west. You will need to figure out a puzzle that is only solvable if you are staring at the wall, segment by segment. The puzzle should take about 10 minutes to solve. No geochecker, but it should be pretty obvious that you're on the right track if the numbers that appear to you make sense.
IMPORTANT RULES: Start at the top and work your way down. If you have a choice of horizontal or vertical, horizontal takes precedence before vertical, but never return upward. If two circles are approximately at the same height horizontally, treat them as if they are at the same height. If the clue for a digit has an "and", return to the top and start again.
B stands for light Blue
G stands for Green
N stands for Brown
O stands for Orange
P stands for Purple (or dark blue)
R stands for Red (or Pink)
W stands for White
Y stands for Yellow
Note that, on some walls, the lights that brighten the colored circles have gone out. If you can't tell whether it's dark blue or purple, just mark it as Purple.
DIGIT ONE: R - O - O - B
DIGIT TWO: G - B - G - G
DIGIT THREE: Y - O - P and R - P - R
DIGIT FOUR: Y - B - B - R - G and Y - G
DIGIT FIVE: R - B - P and O - P - R (if you have difficulty on this one, you can try R - B - P and G - P - P instead)
DIGIT SIX: Y - O - G - O - Y - G - Y
DIGIT SEVEN: Y - R - O - O
DIGIT EIGHT: Y - Y - Y - Y
DIGIT NINE: R - Y - R - G - Y and R - R - Y
DIGIT TEN: W - N - N- W
DIGIT ELEVEN: G - B (if you have difficulty on this one, you can try O - P instead)
DIGIT TWELVE: O - R - G - R - Y and O - G - Y
DIGIT THIRTEEN: Y - G - G - P
DIGIT FOURTEEN: O - B - Y - B - R - Y
DIGIT FIFTEEN: B - P - Y - R - Y - Y
If you've solved it correctly, you should now have the coordinates for the final cache container. It is within walking distance of the puzzle...within two blocks. You will be searching for a micro.
I hope you have as much fun solving and finding this one as I had making and hiding it! I think it's a cool one!!
Have fun...and cache on!
P. S. One cacher had difficulty with digit #13 while others did not...if you do too, feel free to check his log out at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=46a21f43-01a5-4c69-832f-9b80f969f1ff
**** CONGRATULATIONS TO PAFLAL, MRS. PAFLAL, CAPTAIN MALCOLM AND INARA ON THEIR FTF!! ****