45 California Mystery Cache
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This is part of the Missouri 50 State Star Geoart, 51 caches, one for each state and a bonus cache. The 50 State caches are all along roads with parking nearby. Each cache will have an easy puzzle to solve. The caches are NOT at the posted coordinates. Solve the puzzle to get the final coordinates. To find the bonus, look for a part of the final coordinates at each cache or on each cache page and save that information. Once you collect them you can figure out where the bonus is. Have fun and be safe!
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.5 million residents, California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 8.8 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second-most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County; its largest county by area, San Bernardino County; and its fifth most densely populated county, San Francisco. California was admitted to the Union Sept. 9, 1850 as the 31st state. California's $2.8 trillion economy is larger than that of any other state. If it were a country, California would be the 5th largest economy in the world, and the 36th most populous as of 2017. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second- and third-largest urban economies ($1.2 trillion and $821 billion respectively as of 2016), after the New York City metropolitan area. The San Francisco Bay Area PSA had the nation's highest GDP per capita in 2016 (~$94,000), and is home to four of the world's ten largest companies by market capitalization and four of the world's ten richest people.
To find this cache add 0.019 to the North coordinates and subtract 0.504 from the West coordinates.
Bonus Info: The red letter.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Ohevrq pnoyr fvta.