Attribute Series - No Free Clues Mystery Cache
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Attribute Series - No Free Clues
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A fun little puzzle to stretch your mind and your legs . There is a clue to the up and coming Attribute Series Mini in the Middle as Flick liked to call some of his stages. Only it won't be so mini :-)
Be sure to look for the clues contained in some of the Attribute Series caches.
There will be a toonie for the FTF in this cache.
Welcome to the Attribute Series -- This series of caches that I will be putting out through out the course of 2015 will Highlight the one thing many cachers forget to fill out while publishing their cache... Attributes!
Attributes can be important in many ways, and then can give a cacher at a glance what the geocache experience may be like. It can also be used to suggest what kind gear may be needed to prepare you for a particular Geocaching adventure.
There are also many geocache challenge caches that require you to find many caches with certain Attributes and if cachers don't fill them into the cache description that can really make it difficult for find the caches needed to complete your challenge.
North was bored during his summer vacation and was looking for something to do on the weekend. So he called up his good friend West who lived about 15 min across town. West answers the phone and was surprised to here from North. " Hey buddy, what are you up to on the weekend?' asked North. There was a pause from West and he replied " Not sure, what’s the date this weekend? Is it the 4th on Saturday or is it the 3rd? " North answered back " Why what’s up? " West told him that is was his grandmother's 79th birthday party on the 4th and likely couldn't make it. North quickly answers back " No the 4th is the Sunday and the 3rd is the Saturday so if you have Saturday free I would like it very much if you would join me for a round of Golf? "
" Sure as long as we get cart number 06 and that is my lucky number" said West with excitement!"
" Great ... Its settled then, meet me down at St. David’s Golf course for 9 a.m., and I already have a time booked and they want us to start off at Hole No. 5 so meet me there" North said before saying goodbye.
Saturday morning came and North had a rough night, as he couldn't sleep. He woke once at 4 in the morning and then went back to sleep and woke to his alarm at 8 am and thought to himself.... crikey I only have 1 hour before I have to meet up with West.
West was already up and making his breakfast and enjoying a nice cup of coffee. He had gotten up at 6 am as he does every morning. He had a big golfers breakfast, which were 3 free-range eggs and some Canadian back bacon and home fries and rye toast. He finished his breakfast while watching the news and grabbed his GPS ball locator and his beacon golf balls. West was a bit of a techie nerd you see and not much of a golfer and he could wait to show North some of the new tech that he had picked up at the last golf show that he went to. As West was heading of to meet North he passed the local gas station and noted that the gas was 97 cents a litre and thought to himself that’s not too bad I better fill up.
Well the two guys met and started their round of golf and West was showing off his fancy new equipment. North seemed a bit interested and was curious how it worked. As they approached hole 9 North pulled out his 4 wood and set up for a drive. West questioned him " this is a fairly short hole if you can loft it over those trees. The last time I was here I had to use my No. 5 and drive it down to the end where it bends and hooks back and then pull out my 1 long iron and hit it back on the other side of the trees. I got in the rough and chipped out with my 7 iron. " North just laughed and said " Why would I listen to you, you suck at golf, isn’t that why you got that fancy ball tracker and those GPS beacon balls? Well I will take your advice as a challenge and try out my 9 iron and try to whack it up and over those trees to the other side. "
" Ha the last time I tried a move like that it was so windy that it shot my ball off into the forest along the escarpment. There was a storm rolling in that day so I bailed early and left one of my fancy balls there and figured I would go back for it later. When I look it up on my tracker it says it’s laying at N 43 08.060 W 079 95.991 , maybe we can take a look for it after we finish the game? " West rambled on while North was trying to concentrate on his shot.
Whack and North hit the ball and up, up and over then clack as the ball hit the tops of the trees and fell in a plinko like fashion through the branches. He was a little disappointed in his shot but West tried to make him feel better by telling him that it was at least almost completely on the other side.
West went to get ready for his swing and North asked how many strokes it took him the last time he tried this hole and West just hung his and muttered quietly ... " Six "
" SIX! " North shouted in amusement " Well my ball is now in the woods, so I will still try to beat ya by finishing the hole in five strokes. "
As they were getting back in the cart North says to West " let me have a look at that fancy thing of your will ya. " As North played with the tracker unit for a moment he noticed two other balls on the screen. " Well you certainly loose a lot of golf balls don't ya? Like what’s this other one here that says N 43 09.381 and W 079 06.397 ? Did you loose one there too? The maps shows a fire station, is that right? I mean why or how did you loose a golf ball at the fire station?" West just replies with a laugh, " I wanted to test out my new swag and didn't to pay any money to try it out at a golf course or a driving range, so I just went to this green space behind the fire house and started driving balls. Only one got away from me down by the pond and I think I lost it in or around the water as I have looked twice and can't find it " North was chuckling and said to West " Maybe you just need to ask a Geocacher to go find it for ya, they are good at finding things "
" A Geo what? " West replied " Never mind " North said " We can look for that ball too if you want after the game"
They played a few more holes and finished up their game and stopped in at the clubhouse to cool down with a brown pop and they caught up on what each other has been up to.
North was still fiddling with West's tracker when he said in a sheepish voice " Oopps I hope I didn't screw something up on you with your tracker, this other thing keeps popping up on the screen and I don't know what I did."
" Is it that box looking Icon at N 43 09.495 and W 079 05.176 ? If it is I have no idea what that is.... it was already in the unit when I got it and I can't seem to delete it. I have not been to that location to check it out either. I just know its not one of my missing balls " West said. " Funny... didn't your wife find one of them in her purse a couple of weeks ago? " North shot back with a huge grin.
As West got up from his bar stool he gave North a playful jab and said, " C'mon you comedian, let's go see if we can find my missing balls"
So after a wonderful day on the course the pair went out to play with West's new techno gadget in search for his missing Golf Balls. Did they ever find them? Do they need the help of a Geocacher? I guess we will only find out by the story you tell in your log.
I hope you had fun with silly little story and I hope you have fun with this cache, and if you are a golfer forgive me if I have made golfing errors in my story as Golfer I am certainly not, but I do wish you luck on the course.
Cheers and happy caching or golfing or both!
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