I have decided to come up with my own way of detailing the location of my caches. The coordinates above will not take you to the cache directly, they will instead place you in front of a monument dedicated to the veterans of Madison county past, present and future. It is a wonderful tribute to those who haved served America in the Armed Services over the years. The park itself was created to honor those who have served in the Armed Forces from Madison County. Please take a moment to reflect on our country before going after the cache.
To determine the coordinates of the cache you must start at the coordinates listed above and take a walk in time until you find the answer to this riddle:
One ear, one mouth, no legs have I.
Your voice bear I a thousand miles.
There will be a date associated with the answer to the riddle. Take the smaller of the two numbers, which will be the day of the Month and multiple it by 15 and add 2 to the result. This will give you the North coordinate: N 40 07.XXX. Then take the larger of the two numbers, which is the year and subtract it from 2,413 to get the West coordinate: W 085 40.YYY. Congratulations you now can go after the cache.
The cache itself is an ammo container containing the following:
- 2 Army Men
- U.S. Army Caching Techniques Manual
- 1st Cavalry Pin
- POW/MIA Bumper Sticker
- U.S. Army Patch
- U.S. Navy Patch
- Small American Flag
- Pen
- Pencil
- Log Book
Please do give me feedback as to what you thought of my cache. Was the riddle to hard, to easy, fun, etc. I am planning some other caches and want to know what you think for setting up future caches.
One other thing. This park is a high traffic area. The cache placement is in the least used part of the park but that doesn't mean there aren't a lot of people near the cache, so be careful that you are not seen while finding a loging your find.
Since this cache has been plundered once I would like to ask that you please do your best to up out of sight the best you can. This is still an excellent cache sight. I have been scouting for an alternate location for the box but have not found what I am looking for. Also make sure that you cover up the chain with debris so that only the very closest inspection will reveal something hiding in here.
I hope you enjoy discovering this cache.
Kevin G. the Cat Herder