Challenge Trail - Penn Playgrounds 2 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 5/3/2014
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


CHALLENGE TRAIL
If you wish to trade, take ONE item.
Leave something of EQUAL or GREATER value.

THIS IS A CHALLENGE CACHE.
You must read the cache page for requirements to log this cache.
Failure to follow the listed rules WILL result in your log being deleted.
Enjoy the journey as well as the destination.

The cache IS NOT at the posted coordinates.
THE INDIAN CINDERELLA by Author Unknown
Fill in the missing words.
Count the number of letters in each word.
Add or subtract to determine the final coords.
A part of the story is given in each of the following challenge caches:
Holidays - Mega - Pennsylvania Playgrounds - Puzzled 2



PART A - CACHE
Find the cache and sign the log in the cache.

COORDS N 41° 49. A (-8) B (-5) C (-5) W 078° 39. D (-8) E (-2) F (-7)
WORDS bowstring laughed ornaments Rainbow twilight youngest

5. One day the chief's "A" daughter with her rags and her burnt face resolved to seek Strong Wind. She patched her clothes with bits of birch bark from the trees, and put on the few little "B" she possessed, and went forth to try to see the Invisible One as all the other girls of the village had done before. And her sisters "C" at her and called her "fool"; and as she passed along the road all the people laughed at her because of her tattered frock and her burnt face, but silently she went her way.

6. Strong Wind's sister received the little girl kindly, and at "D" she took her to the beach. Soon Strong Wind came home drawing his sled. And his sister asked, "Do you see him?" And the girl answered "No," and his sister wondered greatly because she spoke the truth. And again she asked, "Do you see him now?" And the girl answered, "Yes, and he is very wonderful." And she asked, "With what does he draw his sled?" And the girl answered, "With the "E"," and she was much afraid. And she asked further, "Of what is his "F"?" And the girl answered, "His bowstring is the Milky Way."


PART B - CHALLENGE
Complete all the requirements to log a find and earn your smiley.

1. Find 40 caches and/or attend events in Pennsylvania State Parks. Have fun!
-All cache types are acceptable EXCEPT Temps and Locationless.
-Use the link below to go to the state park you plan to visit. Find a nearby town and use the SEEK A CACHE to find caches there. Use the larger geocaching maps to view all the caches placed within the nearby state park you plan to visit. Bookmark the caches that interest you.
-Another method is to use my listed GC numbers. EXAMPLE: Use one of the GC numbers for PRESQUE ISLE STATE PARK. View the larger map. At the time of publication, there are 21 caches displaying the DCNR logo.
-NOTE: State Parks show up on Google Maps as being in a state park. Most caches in state parks have a DCNR logo. The cache description says that the cache is in the state park


http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/where/

NORTH
Bald Eagle State Park - Bendigo State Park - Black Moshannon State Park - Bucktail State Park Natural Area - Chapman State Park - Cherry Springs State Park - Colton Point State Park - Denton Hill State Park - Elk State Park - Hills Creek State Park - Hyner Run State Park - Hyner View State Park - Kettle Creek State Park - Kinzua Bridge State Park - Leonard Harrison State Park - Little Pine State Park - Lyman Run State Park - McCalls Dam State Park - Milton State Park - Mount Pisgah State Park - Ole Bull State Park - Parker Dam State Park - Patterson State Park - Poe Paddy State Park - Poe Valley State Park - Prouty Place State Park - Raymond B. Winter State Park - Ravensburg State Park - Reeds Gap State Park - Sand Bridge State Park - Shikellamy State Park - Simon B. Elliott State Park - Sinnemahoning State Park - Sizerville State Park - Susquehanna State Park - Upper Pine Bottom State Park

SOUTH
Big Spring State Forest Picnic Area - Blue Knob State Park - Boyd Big Tree Preserve Conservation Area - Buchanan's Birthplace State Park - Caledonia State Park - Canoe Creek State Park - Codorus State Park - Colonel Denning State Park - Cowans Gap State Park - Fowlers Hollow State Park - Gifford Pinchot State Park - Greenwood Furnace State Park - Joseph E. Ibberson Conservation Area - Kings Gap Environmental Education Center - Little Buffalo State Park - Mont Alto State Park - Penn-Roosevelt State Park - Pine Grove Furnace State Park - Prince Gallitzin State Park - Samuel S. Lewis State Park - Shawnee State Park - Susquehannock State Park - Trough Creek State Park - Warriors Path State Park - Whipple Dam State Park

EAST
Archbald Pothole State Park - Beltzville State Park - Benjamin Rush State Park - Big Pocono State Park - Delaware Canal State Park - Evansburg State Park - Fort Washington State Park - Frances Slocum State Park - French Creek State Park - Gouldsboro State Park - Hickory Run State Park - Jacobsburg State Park - Lackawanna State Park - Lehigh Gorge State Park - Locust Lake State Park - Marsh Creek State Park - Memorial Lake State Park - Nescopeck State Park - Neshaminy State Park - Nockamixon State Park - Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center - Norristown Farm Park - Promised Land State Park - Prompton State Park - Ralph Stover State Park - Ricketts Glen State Park - Ridley Creek State Park - Salt Springs State Park - Swatara State Park - Tobyhanna State Park - Tuscarora State Park - Tyler State Park - Varden Conservation Area - White Clay Creek Preserve - Worlds End State Park

WEST
Allegheny Islands State Park - Clear Creek State Park - Cook Forest State Park - Erie Bluffs State Park - Hillman State Park - Jennings Environmental Education Center - Keystone State Park - Kooser State Park - Laurel Hill State Park - Laurel Mountain State Park - Laurel Ridge State Park (Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail) - Laurel Summit State Park - Linn Run State Park - Maurice K. Goddard State Park - McConnells Mill State Park - Moraine State Park - Ohiopyle State Park - Oil Creek State Park - Point State Park - Presque Isle State Park - Pymatuning State Park - Raccoon Creek State Park - Ryerson Station State Park - Yellow Creek State Park

2. You are not required to find this cache container on the same day you fulfilled the challenge requirements. You may find this cache prior to qualifying. Just sign the log and write a note on the cache page. Then when you qualify, you may claim a find for this cache.

3. You do not need to obtain permission from the cache owner before logging this find. Your log/bookmark/screenshot confirms that you have fulfilled the requirements.


My logs show completion of this challenge as follows:
Due to the length of the list, I have included only the GC Numbers for additional caches within each of the State Parks.

“DCNR - Legacy of Conservation” Geocaching Trail by Redbat had 30 caches all placed with the DCNR logo. Earned a non-trackable coin for completing that series.
The CCC - Legacy of Conservation GeoTrail by Redbat is another series of caches all placed with the DCNR logo. Getting all the stamps in a passport earns a trackable CCC GeoCoin. Currently working on this series.
NOTE: This challenge was inspired by the two series placed by Redbat. Thank you for the wonderful adventures, the caches, and the coins.

BALD EAGLE - GC23WNM A Room With A View
BLACK MOSHANNON - GC155E4 Don't Get Bogged Down + GC1HFT6
CHAPMAN - GC3063H Chapman State Park: A Tribute + GC169DB + GC30CKD + GC32706 + GC281QR + Warren Winterfest Events 2008 2009 2010 2012
CHERRY SPRINGS - GC23W59 Stars Above + GC1695Q
CLEAR CREEK - GC1HGJM Beartown Rocks + GC15WWV + GC1Y09H + GC1VCZ1 + GC1Y58C + GC1Y61Y + GC23W39
COOK FOREST - GC17GXH AGT-Clarion-Paved Trail
DENTON HILL - GC1626H AGT-Potter-STS RidgeTrail Vista + GC166Q5 + GC166B2
HILLS CREEK - GC284N1 Don't Just Talk the Talk
HYNER VIEW - GC23W3K Moosewood
KINZUA BRIDGE - GC23WNH Nature Had Other Plans + GC16YBC
LEONARD HARRISON - GC23W45 Armpit Aim
LITTLE PINE - GC284N8 Beyond Bowles
LYMAN RUN - GC281Q3 Labyrinth View + GC166B9
McCONNELL'S MILL - GC15C0A Hell’s Hollow Trail McConnell’s Mill SP
MORAINE - GC404 Overlook Cache
OIL CREEK - GC2DZJ4 A Sucker for Oil + GC3T82A + GC17GCY + GC3KE67 + GC3T5Q2 + GC3QGKY
OLE BULL - GC281PA Lutra + GC164V3
PARKER DAM - GC3DE80 CCC Museum + GC3DE7X + GC1TXHJ
PRESQUE ISLE - GC4DVD1 Discover Presque Isle Geocache Bash + GCAE4F + GC3TY2P + GC3072 + GC1ZXVP + GC1ZXVD + GC1ZXGT
PYMATUNING - GC3C81Q The SRWT: Sugar Run Sandstone + GC16DNN
SIMON B. ELLIOTT - GC23WMZ What Has Four Feet and Holds Lots of Water?
SIZERVILLE - GC1BP6X Picnicking in the Park + GC1HM43 + GC1HM3Z

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