"Yakety Yak" Multi-Cache
Ice and Wind: Unfortunately cache owner has not responded to issues with this listing, so I must regretfully archive it.
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THERE IS NOTHING HIDDEN at the posted coordinates, but they do point you to a fine place to pull over and park for this easy puzzle with two stages.
"Yakety Yak" is a song written, produced, and arranged by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for The Coasters and released on Atlantic Records in 1958, spending seven weeks as #1 on the R&B charts and a week as number one on the Top 100 pop list. This song was one of a string of singles released by The Coasters between 1957 and 1959 that dominated the charts, one of the biggest performing acts of the rock and roll era.
The song is a "playlet," a word Stoller used for the glimpses into teenage life that characterized the songs Leiber and Stoller wrote and produced. The lyrics describe the listing of household chores to a kid, presumably a teenager, the teenager's response ("yakety yak") and the parents' retort ("don't talk back") — an experience very familiar to a middle-class teenager of the day.
We happen to be big music fans, and so do our kids. Please enjoy the hunt for this easy puzzle cache!
THE PUZZLE... All you'll need to solve this puzzle will be close once you've parked at the beginning of Valli-Hi Road.
NORTH COORDINATE: N 43° 43.A37
WEST COORDINATE: W 116° 21.BA9
A = On the East side of Eagle Road is a large post with large white-on-black lettering. Add all of the numbers below "EAGL" together, then add those digits together to get a single digit. (Example: adding 9+1+7 = 17, then 1+7 = 8.) The final digit you'll get = A
B = The number of times you see the number 3 on the same post, same big lettering. That number = B
You now have the information you need to find the final stage, under a mile from here. We thought this was easy enough to not need a link for Geochecking your answer!
The container you seek is a camouflaged large peanut butter jar chunky with kid-friendly swag: color-change crayon pens, dice, light-up tops, smiley mazes, plastic animals and more.
These are not true yaks, they are Scottish Longhorn cows. We will, however, draw from inspiration when we can get it, so enjoy the hunt!
The First-To-Find prize is a collectible coin rarer than our usual leave, a Susan B. Anthony dollar from 1980 San Francisco in proof condition. The preparation of a proof striking usually involves polishing of the dies. Proof coins can usually be distinguished from normal circulation coins by their sharper rims and design, as well as much smoother "fields" – the blank areas not part of the coin's design. Take care to guard this coin from fingerprints! As this is a kid-friendly configuration, we wanted the first actual woman to be depicted on USA currency for the prize, to celebrate our geocaching daughters. At least our girls are not yet teenagers... FTF honors go to steveluannj, well done!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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Lbh jvyy svaq vg, V jntr
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