Come explore the artwork of local school kids on a mission to beautify Stevens Creek Boulevard, as well as teach us all lessons of ecology and environmental preservation! What better way than to paint over the bland electrical boxes that are adjacent to this central artery of "downtown Cupertino". Start at the east end of the boulevard, and work your way west, enjoying the artwork along the way, and taking notes. The final will be on the west end, so you can start on either side, but will end up nearer the last western waypoint.
The cache rating is due to the amount of time and amount of walking (1+ miles) required. The cache final would otherwise be rated D=1.5 T=1.0.
At the posted coordinates and each of the six other waypoints you'll gather information found in the artwork on the boxes in order to form the coordinates of the cache location. Enjoy the walk!
Posted Coordinates: How many mushrooms can be seen on the back of this mural? Number = CG.
Stage 2: Artist Maddie's last name initial = A; number of balloons on the back image = P.
Stage 3: Number of letters following RE in the three words on the back = HI; number of fingers on the pink heart = F.
Stage 4: Number of hummingbirds on the back of the mural = K; number of the month the artwork was drawn = D.
Stage 5: How many times per week should you water your lawn = J; the last digit of the year painted = N.
Stage 6: Number of yellow cheese wedges = M; designer Thomas' age ends in the digit = L.
Stage 7: This mural was painted in August, last digit of day = E; last two digits of year add up to = B.
Now go to coordinates: N AB° CD.EFG W HIJ° KL.MNP. Enter your result into certitude for confirmation and a hide hint. Hope you enjoyed the walk down through Cupertino's main street!
Congratulations to gw0143 for FTF!
Update March 2023: it appears that the artwork to answer N is fading, so I'll just let you know that N=5.