This is a field puzzle. Your starting point is the given coordinates, at the Boulevard of the Bells sign on La Habra Blvd. It will be easiest to collect the required information by car, though walking, biking, or taking the bus is also an option.
The historic El Camino Real passes through La Habra. You may have wondered why there are two designations through the city. The Caltrans designated route runs north on Harbor Blvd. (formerly signed as CA-72) and then turns West on Whittier Blvd. (CA-39, formerly signed CA-72 from Harbor Blvd. to Beach Blvd.). However, El Camino Real is also designated as The Boulevard of the Bells on La Habra Boulevard between Harbor and Beach. Why? The route (the “lower road”) originated on what is now La Habra Blvd, but as old, unpaved roads tended to do, the alignment changed at various times and sometimes was aligned along what is now Whittier Blvd., the “upper road”. In 1906, the first of the El Camino Real bells was placed at the corner of Fullerton Rd and Central Ave (now Harbor and La Habra), and Central (now La Habra) was designated as El Camino Real through town. In 1913, when the state planned to pave the route, arguments were made for using each of the upper and lower roads as the official alignment. It was agreed that the lower route would be the official one, but landowners who lived north of the upper road did an end run in Sacramento to have the upper route designated as the official route so that they would have easier access to the paved road from their properties. La Habra businessmen were upset that the routing was changed without their knowledge, and they banded together with Brea businessmen to pave the lower road as well. Replica bells were placed along the lower road to commemorate its history as the Boulevard of the Bells.
The street signs along La Habra Blvd also commemorate the bells. Most street signs on traffic signals have a hibiscus, the city flower. The traffic light street signs for La Habra Blvd display a Camino bell instead of the hibiscus.
And now the puzzle. Count the number of street bells along La Habra Boulevard from Harbor to Beach. Be sure to keep track of how many are on the north side of the boulevard, and how many are on the south side. Also remember how many you saw at the corner of La Habra and Harbor, and the number at the corner of La Habra and Beach.
A = # of bells on the North side of La Habra Blvd
B = # of bells on the South side of La Habra Blvd
C = # of bells at the corner of Beach and La Habra
D = # of bells at the corner of Harbor and La Habra
E = total # of bells
N 33 5(A).(B+D)(D-C)(A+C+D) W 117 5B.(B+C+D)(E-C)(B+C)
Only count the Camino bells on shepherd’s crook poles. There are at least two form factors for the bells on shepherd’s crooks; you’ll count them all. Don’t count the bell in the bell tower at Washington Middle School. Don’t count the “birthplace of La Habra” bell at the SE corner of Euclid and La Habra. Don’t count the illustrations on the street signs. Don’t count the streetlights that look like bells.