This cache is NOT hidden at the posted coordinates. DO NOT LOOK THERE! You will need to solve one of the puzzles below to find the cache.
Anyone who has ever had eggs that have gone bad knows they are rotten! Some might say the same thing about a geocache puzzle they cannot solve. Young people who enjoy geocaching, like my six-year-old grandson, Roo, might find more difficult puzzles or hides especially rotten.
This puzzle cache is one of what is intended as a series aimed at providing an opportunity for even the younger active geocachers to enjoy solving and finding a puzzle cache. If anyone else likes the format, they are free to copy it.
Three alternative puzzles are provided. Each will lead to the same coordinates. The puzzles are separated by appropriate graphics with no relevance to the puzzles.
The first, and most challenging puzzle, should take at least a little thought by even adult geocachers. If the first one is too difficult, try the second. If that is still too difficult, find the coordinates by solving the third, easiest puzzle. Mentors will have to decide which puzzle level is appropriate for their young geocacher(s).
Yes, I know that someone with the skills to solve one of the more challenging puzzles could just jump to the easy one, but why would you want to do that other than numbers? I would expect that the FTF would at least have to solve the first puzzle unless he or she is under 18. As an added incentive to solve the hardest puzzle, I provide the code to a trackable in the puzzle for you to discover.
Sorry, but due to the nature of the hide, there is no room for swag or a pencil in this one
When logging your find, please note which puzzle you or your young geocacher solved . . . without, of course, giving away the answer.
Puzzle 1
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Puzzle 2
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Puzzle 3
The cache is at North CB AA.DFE West FF GA.CBB:
Replace the letter with the number of EGGS equal to that letter in the following image:
The cache location has been approved by Pam Szymanski of the Mequon Parks Department.
