This cache is located at the Hampden Branch Library.
This location's hours are as follows:
Monday: 10-6
Tuesday: 12-8
Wednesday: 12-8
Thursday: 10-6
Friday: 10-6
Saturday: 9-5
Sunday: 1-5
This is a Letterbox Hybrid so the posted coordinates will be your starting point. There will be some simple tasks ahead for you to find the final, and get your stamp. You will need to figure out the cache's number and section to find it. Ready? Let's go!
From the posted coordinates, count how many pillars are in this area. This number is A.
Now, enter the library, and once you go through the second set of doors,
go FIVE paces forward to the beautiful metal art wall.
Look at the artwork that is FOUR over from the left and on the bottom row.
How many points does this "flower" have? This number is B.
Now, find the artwork with crescent moons inside a circle. (There is blue glass behind it). How many crescent moons are there? This number is C.
The first Vertical row has artwork with a vertical rectangle that has large "hole-punches". How many holes are there? (Incomplete ones count). This number is D.
Final task at this location, look at the artwork that is FOUR over from the left and on the top row. How many shapes are there attached inside the circle? This number is E.
Now go approximately ELEVEN paces to your right (if facing the artwork), and you should end up in front of the librarian's desk. Look northeast, and above the reference desk. You will see a help sign (question mark inside a circle). What color is this sign? How many letters are in this color? The amount will be F.
Continuing northeast will help you find the answer to the next question. How many computer workstations are there? They are numbered, but counting is just as easy. This amount will be G.
Final task before solving for the final. This branch now has an ideaLAB! You can create music, art, movies, photography, websites, electronics, inventions, and more! The ideaLAB hours are a little different than the library's hours. TUES & WED 4-7:30pm, THU & FRI 1-5:30pm, and SAT 1-4:30pm. Fortunately, you can do this waypoint even if it is closed. Peek in the windows, how many black extension cord units are mounted on the ceiling? If there are three, let H = B. If there are four, let H = A. If there are five, let H = C.
Now you should have numbers for A, B, C, D, E, F, G and a letter for H. The number for the cache is:
H(B-D)(C)(E-A).(F)
(Only do math within parenthesis, multiplication NOT required, only subtraction)
The numbers will be side by side like this:
W429.3
The section of the library that you can find the cache in is:
If G=6, in the Fiction Section
If G=8, in the Non-fiction Section
If G=12, in the Reference Section
If G=10, in the Travel Section
Now you have the Number and Section, go find it to get your smiley and stamp. Thanks for playing! Also, don't forget to scan the QR code on the final just for fun.
Please do NOT remove the stamp from this cache.
FIRST TO FIND = cpine.
This cache series would not be possible without the enthusiastic and supportive help of the staff at the Denver Public Library. Be sure to visit the other geocaches in this series and collect the special code at each final for future surprises. A bookmark of the other caches in this series can be found HERE. Learn more and print your passport HERE.
Thanks Geocaching Colorado for the Geocache of the Month Award, as the first series to win!
