(Awarded first place in the Kid Friendly Category for CCARS13.)
Sam’s fourth birthday was at the end of May 2013, and we’d like to celebrate this grand occasion with our fellow geocachers by creating a puzzle cache that leads to one of our favourite playgrounds. Notable features of the playground include a gorgeous view of the mountains from the chain link fence and a fantastic teeter-totter that easily accommodates people of different heights and weights.
Sam is a big fan of Thomas the Tank Engine, which you can learn more about here. Any children who find the cache are welcome to take as a gift one of the party-favour bags with stickers while supplies last. FTF prize is a trackable pin. To find the final location of Sam’s birthday party cache, you’ll need to figure out the coordinates from the following:
Epp xli irkmriw sr xli mwperh sj Wshsv aivi ibgmxih figeywi mx aew Weq’w jsyvxl fmvxlhec. Xli irkmriw aivi fywc liptmrk Wmv Xstleq Lexx amxl xli tvitevexmsrw jsv xli tevxc ex xli Hyoi erh Hygliww’ wyqqivlsywi. Neqiw erh Hsykpew aivi fvmrkmrk kyiwxw mr jvsq Fvirheq Hsgow. Lirvc aew ws jewx tmgomrk yt xli feppssrw xlex Wmv Xstleq Lexx wirx Lirvc syx xs xli feoivc jsv gytgeoiw. Hyrger erh Vywxc aivi leypmrk glemvw erh xefpiw. Xlsqew aew liptmrk Glevpmi tvegxmgi nsoiw xs xipp ex xli tevxc. Spmziv aew fvmrkmrk tewwirkiv gsegliw ws epp xli glmphvir ex xli tevxc gsyph lezi e xvemr vmhi evsyrh xli mwperh. Xsfc aew wlyrxmrk piqsrehi erh wregow epsrk xli xvego.
Alir izivcxlmrk aew epp viehc jsv xli tevxc, Xli Hmiwip gevvmih Weq xs xli wyqqivlsywi. Alir Weq evvmzih, epp xli irkmriw xsyxih: “Lettc Fmvxlhec, Weq!”
You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.
Congratulations to Pirate Grrlz, TheTowerOfSong, and Baby Wolf on their joint FTF!
October 2013: special thanks to peaceguy for helping us mark the waypoint for the final coordinates when the cache needed a new home owing to some landscaping.
December 2014: Cache is located on a new host, and puzzle has been updated accordingly.