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UCA2015.02: "Artist Retirement Shelter" Mystery Cache

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juniorwoodchuckhuey: It's the beginning of the end. At 12:30 today, I removed this UCA geocache. It's coming down a few days earlier than the others because the art is being removed today or tomorrow. Look for the 2016 series to come out in May/June!

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Hidden : 6/1/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

This is part of a series of 16 geocaches placed near outdoor art installations. The geocaches will only be available until mid-October. This geocache is a straightforward onsite puzzle. The final is a bit tricky, but the hint should be a big help. The steel box near the art installation is **NOT** the geocache. It is a guestbook for muggles. To log this find you must sign the cache, not the muggle guestbook.

This geocache will be removed by Oct 14, 2015.

Congrats to Stick People on FTF!

All caches in this series are placed with permission of the artist and landowner. See the bookmark list UCA 2015 for other geocaches in the series.

This is an onsite puzzle cache.  To find the coordinates of the final geocache location, go to the posted coordinates and look for a colourful structure.  Use it to answer the questions below.

Feel free to comment on art you like and post pictures! Try to avoid pictures that give away the puzzle.

Stop 2: "Artist Retirement Shelter, Summer Version, Mondrian Inspired", by Julie Adamson

Artist's description of the installation: Pondering the financial limitations of retirement inspired Adamson to create a retirement shelter, a summer version thereof, with an air of Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. Just as artists traditionally create beautiful spaces in rundown urban neighbourhoods, so too will this installation inspire artists to do the same with mobile retirement living.

Here's the puzzle:

The geocache is at N 45° 06.ABC W 064° 17.DEF. Find the side of the tent with the door. It should match the sketch below. Reading from left to right, ABC are the first 3 red squares you see. Again, reading from left to right, DEF are the first three white squares you see. As a partial check, A+B+C = 18, D+E+F=11. Now go get it! Please carefully rehide it exactly as you found it.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)