Beach
Poetry
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE LISTED COORDINATES! Please solve
the following puzzle to find the cache.
Stroll through the beautiful streets
and trails of Cannon Beach and enjoy some fun poetry to solve this easy puzzle.
The posted coordinates are a great
place to park (if you are lucky!) and a good place to start the puzzle.
In the Waypoints section of this
listing, you will find the coordinates for eight locations within easy walking
distance of downtown Cannon Beach. You will need to visit each of these
locations to solve the puzzle. If you have downloaded the cache listing to
your GPS receiver, the waypoints should be included automatically.
Otherwise, they can be entered manually from the listing.
The waypoints are named "Poet1"
through "Poet8". Note: When downloaded with the listing,
the waypoints may have names that don't mean anything, such as "P155ZRV".
However, if you select a waypoint and then "Review Point", you should see the
"Poet" name displayed. If anyone knows how to avoid the non-descriptive
default names, please let me know!
They are arranged in the order that will be most
efficient for solving the puzzle and then finding the cache. You can,
however, visit them in any order. Note: After leaving Poet7, walk
east on 2nd Street past the Skate Park to the ponds and then south on the Cannon
Beach Nature Trail to Poet8.
At each waypoint, you will find some
beach poetry. Read each of the poems and use them to answer the eight questions
below. The questions are multiple choice and the numbers following your
choices will be used to build the coordinates of the cache. Tip: Take a
printout of the listing with you if possible!
Here are the questions in a random
order. You should be able to answer one question at each site:
Where does the Nessie live?
Seaside (A = 4)
Nehalem (A = 3)
Gearhart (A = 2)
Manzanita (A = 5)
If you
like haiku, here's a:
Tissue (B = 6)
Choo-Choo Train (B = 2)
Cashew (B = 9)
Puffin (B = 5)
Democrats vote:
South (C = 0)
West (C = 4)
North (C = 7)
East (C = 1)
(Note: Near the street, NOT in
front of the market)
Who are Anna's sisters?
Beth and Susan (D = 9)
Annie and Zita (D = 5)
Debby and Wendy (D = 1)
Celia and Molly (D = 7)
What did Romeo toss?
A lifejacket (E = 6)
A cigarette (E = 7)
A cola can (E = 5)
A pair of dice (E = 8)
Why not take...
All of me? (F = 4)
A page from history? (F = 0)
A tour map? (F = 8)
A nap in the sand? (F = 5)
What does the shark have?
A wetsuit (G = 2)
A salmon filet (G = 3)
Pretty teeth (G = 0)
Fishy breath (G = 6)
What does Seaside have?
Rides (H = 4)
An aquarium (H = 0)
Lots of sand (H = 9)
The Turnaround (H = 6)
Once you have answers for A through
H, build the coordinates of the cache as follows:
N 45 5A.BCD
W 123 5E.FGH
Please let me know if you encounter
any difficulties.
Thanks and have fun!