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Painted Boxes #1 Multi-Cache

Hidden : 9/3/2018
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


There is not a cache at the posted coordinates above.  You will need to go to each stage to get the information for the final coordinates.  You will likely need to find your own legal parking to get to each stage, including the final.  However, biking would work well or you could walk, best starting at stage 1 and proceeding to each stage in sequence, or you could walk and I would project it would take less than 1.5 hours.

This is a multi-cache along Madonna and Los Osos Valley Roads and each stage (except the final) is at a painted utility box.  The City of San Luis Obispo commissioned a number of artists to paint them with scenes depicting this area.  There are many such distributed throughout the city.

Please obey all traffic laws and when on foot use the marked crosswalks at the signaled intersections.  Please use stealth while finding, retrieving, and replacing the cache.  BYOP to sign the log!

Take your time to admire the artistic creations at these waypoints.  There are 7 waypoints. Values to answers can be any number from 0 to 9 and some numbers could be duplicated.  You will need to check all sides of each box.

The FINAL coordinates for the cache is at Stage 7: N 35 15.ABC  W 120 41.DEF.

Stage 1 (virtual) = N 35 15.749  W 120 40.724.  D = THE NUMBER OF GOLD-COLORED FISH.

Stage 2 (virtual) = N 35 15.672  W 120 40.790.  F = THE NUMBER OF WHITE FLOWERS.

Stage 3 (virtual) = N 35 15.576  W 120 41.046.  B = THE NUMBER OF MOTHS.

Stage 4 (virtual) = N 35 15.520  W 120 41.539.  C = THE NUMBER OF QUAIL, BOTH ADULTS AND CHICKS.

Stage 5 (virtual) = N 35 15.706  W 120 41.795.  A= THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STRIPES SHAPED LIKE NECK TIES THAT ARE COLORED WHITE + GREEN + LIGHT BLUE.

Stage 6 (virtual) = N 35 15.394  W 120 41.427.  E= THE NUMBER OF FIRE ENGINES.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

orarngu n pbapergr oybpx

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)