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Sateenkaari Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/8/2019
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


**This cache is NOT at the posted coordinates.**

No need to loiter here for information, as the required info is very prominent, if not snagged from Google streetview.

Sateenkaari is Finnish for "rainbow"

This is another in the small series on the theme of my daughter's "favorite color" here in SUNNYvale (without which we wouldn't have rainbows, right?) 

This site's signage says "Montessori," which I believe is Italian, but I already have an Italian translation cache, and Sateenkaari sounds on par to my American ear. ;-)

However, since the language is Finnish, you have a little coordinates translation to finish:

  1. Subtract the three digits posted on the sign for the street address from the very end of the starting coordinates.
  2. Using the number related to the ages of the children, add it to the end of the N coords as well.
  3. Finally, finish the very end of the W coords by replacing the last digit with the number of times the age-related number appears in that line of the sign.
  4. Then head straight down to that end of this sateenkaari 🌈

 

Thanks to cachbefound for FTS (or messaging me about it anyway) and recommending I add the solution checker so folks don't have to message me to gain confidence.
Congrats to lel_h for FTF (regaining a tie for who has the most of mine!) and not2b for 2TF very hot on his tail!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Npprffvoyr sebz obgu fvqrf, ohg bar naq gura gur bgure vf zhpu rnfvre.

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)