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Horsin' Around Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/12/2020
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Have some fun matching up these famous horses with their riders, listed below.

Note:  the cache is not at the listed coordinates; you must solve the puzzle to get the corrected coordinates. Puzzle directions:  Choose from the following famous horses and match each with its rider:  Buttermilk, Bucephalus, Silver, Nelson, Khan, Clever Hans, Dollor, Trigger, Macaroni, Mr. Ed, Black Beauty, Rocinante, Pokey, Tornado, Pie. 

Note that there are 12 riders, but I have listed 15 horses.  When you have completed the puzzle, there will be three horses left over.  Count the number of letters in those three names and add them together.    Multiply that number by 10 and subtract from North. You will then have the correct coordinates.

 

Roy Rogers                                       _______________________________________

The Lone Ranger                             _______________________________________

Don Quixote                                     _______________________________________

Wilbur                                                _______________________________________

Zorro                                                  _______________________________________

Gumby                                               _______________________________________

John Wayne                                      _______________________________________

George Washington                       _______________________________________

Squire Gordon                                 _______________________________________

Dale Evans                                        _______________________________________

Caroline Kennedy                            _______________________________________

Mulan                                                 _______________________________________

 

Note: If "Regular" size is "the size of a shoebox" then this cache is in between small and regular.

Please do not upload any pictures that give away the location of the cache so that others after you may enjoy the search. Thank you and enjoy.

[Update: 12/28/20:  Little did I know when I placed this cache in sunny weather that it would be in an area that floods the trail with heavy rains and even more so with heavy snow melts. Plan your trip around these events or wear boots!  Most other times it should be a dry clear path.]

 

 

 

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)