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Colt State Park Trivia Cache Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 8/25/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A simple puzzle cache designed to provide you some trivia about Colt State Park. 


Many of you reading this have frequented Colt State Park many times in the past, but how much do you actually know about the park? If you solve the below puzzle you should hopefully learn a fact or two about the park. Please note that this is only a 1.5 difficulty and all information can be found through some ideally painless Internet searches.

Subsitute the appropriate number for each letter in the formula below to determine the final location of the cache. 

41 41.U(V+3)(W-1)

71 17.XY(Z-1)

The state of Rhode Island purchased Colt Farm in 196X, and a few years later it was established as an official state park in 196Z. Colt State Park is impressive in size as it not only covers 4V4 acres, but also offers W miles of bicycle trails and 1U large play fields to engage in various activites on. And best of all, like other Rhode Island parks, the entrance fee for Colt State Park was waived on July Y, 1998. Now all park goers are free to enjoy the beauty of Colt State Park completely free of charge!

Once you have solved the puzzle, you're looking for a small sized screwtop container with a log and pencil. There is room for trade items inside as well as some trackables. Please rehide the cache as you found it. Thanks, and hopefully you learned a fact or two about Colt State Park!

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[NOT IN THE STONE WALL] haqre snyyra gerr pybfr gb jnyy

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)