Skip to content

Easy to Solve, Hard to Find: The Waterbed Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

Team JoKiN' Around: Container damaged and missing. Archiving.

More
Hidden : 9/6/2020
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:


The cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates.

Welcome to Paul State Forest! It had previously been part of the family farm of John Paul, Jr., a United States federal judge in Western Virginia, who donated it to the state in 1961.

About the Location:

Paul State Forest serves as an island of forest in a sea of farmland. The trees host a variety of common woodland species. Area regulars include red-bellied, downy, and hairy woodpeckers, and the occasional red-headed woodpeckers drop in sporadically. Forest diversity is at its highest during migration when numerous species of warblers, vireos, tanagers and thrushes can be spotted. The surrounding fields attract a variety of raptors that perch along the edges of the forest. Stay on the look out for the red-tailed Cooper's Hawk, as well as the occasional American kestrel. Keep your eyes and ears open during the spring/summer when tree frogs are likely to appear.

About the Geocache:

To find the exact cache location solve the simple puzzle listed below.

Why is the sky blue?

  1. Nitrogen in the stratosphere: XYZ = 658
  2. Gases and particles in Earth's atmosphere: XYZ = 749
  3. Light reflection off cloud cover: XYZ = 599
  4. Space is blue: XYZ = 800

Coordinates: N 38° 26.232'  W 079° 01.XYZ'

Some bushwhacking needed to get to this one. Walk down path until about 100-200 feet from the cache and the bushwhack downhill to GZ. Cache is less than 15 feet from the creek. Please replace exactly as found!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybt n QAS naq zrffntr zr sbe n uvag!

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)