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Painted Boxes #5+ Multi-Cache

Hidden : 10/20/2018
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


There is no cache at the posted coordinates above so no need to go there.  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.  It is projected that by waliking it would take less than 1.5 hours.

This is a multi-cache mainly along Broad and Santa Barbara Streets and each stage, except Stage 6--which is a statue (hence the + in the title) and the final stage, is at a painted utility box.  The City of San Luis Obispo commisioned a number of artists to paint scenes depicting this area.  There are many distributed throughout the city.

Please obey all traffic laws and when on foot use marked crosswalks at the 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 need to check all sides of each box.

The FINAL coordinates for the cache is at Stage 7: N 35 16.ABC  W 120 39.DEF.

Stage 1 = N 35 16.730  W 120 39.515.  D = THE NUMBER OF RED SPOTS ON THE LOWER LEFT GREEN LEAF ON THE SIDE FACING PISMO STREET.

Stage 2 = N 35 16.692  W 120 39.480.   F = THE NUMBER OF BICYCLES.

Stage 3 = N 35 16.469  W 120 39.374.  A = THE NUMBER OF DOGS PLUS HUMANS.

Stage 4 = N 35 16.190  W 120 39.406.  C = THE NUMBER OF SEALS.

Stage 5 = N 35 16.553  W 120 39.694   B = THE NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THE LAST WORD.

Stage 6 = N 35 16.522  W 120 39.328   E = THE NUMBER OF BUTTONS ON THE FRONT OF A JACKET OF THE MAN WITHOUT A HAT.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ovplpyrf Rkrzcg

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)