Due to Mother Nature losing her battle to the expansion of luxury condos, this series will be archived on July 31, 2020.
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What’s the puzzle? Each cache page requires you to solve for the true north coordinates. Some of the caches contain a hint to find the Pink Finale. You need to complete both ribbons before attempting the Pink Finale.
Ribbon 1: GC65RYJ Pink #1: The Pink Panther, GC65T4R Pink #2: Pink – the singer, GC65T6Y Pink #3: Pretty in Pink, GC65T80 Pink #4: Pink ribbon, GC65T90 Pink #5: Pink flamingo – the plastic bird, GC65TJR Pink #6: Pink – All about pink
Pink #6: Pink – All about pink
All about pink…….
- Bright pinks, like the color red, stimulate energy and can increase the blood pressure, respiration, heartbeat, and pulse rate.
- The Chinese had not recognized the color pink until they had contact with Western culture and the Chinese word for pink translates as “foreign color.”
- Pastries taste better when they come out of pink boxes or served on pink plates (it only works with sweets). Pink makes us crave sugar.
- Elle Woods, Legally Blonde: Played by Reese Witherspoon, this fictional movie blonde loves everything pink.
- Pinkie finger: the smallest finger on the human hand
- In 1947, fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli introduced the color “hot pink” to western fashion. She dubbed the shade “Shocking Pink,” though today the color is more well-known as “magenta.”
- Companies or brands identified with pink: Pepto-Bismol, Mary Kay, T-Mobile, Owens Corning Insulation.
- Pink slip: notice that employment is ending
- In the 1050s Ford Motor Co. was the only manufacturer to offer pink as a standard color. After the public attention to Elvis' pink Cadillac many individual car owners painted their cars various shades of pink.
- First Lady, Mamie Eisenhower, who loved and wore pink so much it became known as “Mamie Pink”.
- Jaipur City is a foremost tourist attraction in India because of its superlative forts, grandiose palaces, vivacious temples, multicolored bazaars, pulsating streets, and its distinguished pink color to which the city owes its oft-used name “The Pink City”.
- While experimenting with gum, recipes, bubble gum was discovered and given the name Dubble Bubble. It was pink in color because that was the only dye the experimenter had on hand at the time and it was his favorite color.
“Magenta” is the more well-known name for …..
a) Mamie Eisenhower’s pink accessories (.121)
b) The first bubble gum color (.212)
c) The shade “shocking pink” (.021)
N 37° 4.XXX W 76° 27.152
Congratulations to GeoBlox and Scottish Cavalryman on a well deserved FTF!
This geocache series won a Bronze - Outstanding Cache Series/Geo-Art Hidey Award at the 10th Annual Milestones Meet-n-Greet & Hidey Awards.