The third "stop" of the road trip is to find a cache with a difficulty or terrain rating of 5. Now a terrain rating of 5 around here is usually just a paddle cache, and considering I'm not much of a paddler, I haven't found any of those. A difficulty of 5, however, can be due to a combination of characteristics such as a clever hide, tricky/in-depth puzzle, a multitude of hiding spots, or many other challenging aspects. I myself have only found one D5 cache so far, so I know the difficulty they present.
This cache is a two stage multi which is placed at Grassy Plains Park in Riverside. Parking coordinates have been provided. The first stage is a micro which has your coordinates to find the second stage, an ammo can.
Now you may be asking yourself how an ammo can could be a challenging hide, but finding the ammo can won't be the tricky part. opening it will be. It is locked with a basic three step combination lock (there are instructions in the hint in the case that you don't know how to open one of these).
Within 25 feet of the cache at Stage 2 are three clues that will be necessary to unlock the cache. Each clue is related to an American professional sports team (if you know me you won't be surprised that I found a way to work in sports into this cache). Please leave each clue exactly as you found it, and I recommend having a notepad handy to take notes when finding each. You MUST sign the log to receive credit for this cache.
It should go without saying, but DO NOT force anything. Don't come with bolt cutters, crowbars, torches, or anything of the like. I assure you all this cache needs is a little time and patience, and everything will start to fall into place once you've found the clues.
Please rehide the cache as found or better, and in this case lock it up as you found it as well. Hope you'll enjoy this challenge, and as always, happy caching!
Side note: I HIGHLY recommend wearing pants when coming to find this cache. The journey to the cache will be thorn-filled, and even though I'm someone who enjoys a bushwhack battle with the briars, as some of you may know by some of the caches I place, the amount here even got to me. I'd also recommend proper footwear as well, that's usually a must when it comes to geocaching anyway, but it can get a bit muddy here after some rainfall so just keep that in mind.