Cache is not at posted coordinates. Those coordinates are just one of two parking options. To find the correct coordinates, you must solve the puzzle. This is my first Mystery cache, and the puzzle is easy for all except the super puzzle challenged. Before the puzzle, let me give you a little background about this spot:
You might be wondering about the title. Well . . . it all happened in 3rd grade. I remember we were studying topsoil and we were all assigned to go get some dirt and bring it in next class so we could see all the different types of dirt in Northern Virginia. Well, it just so happened that it had snowed that day, and for whatever reason, Ms. Campbell, my teacher, didn't want us getting dirt from under the snow. In other words, we had to find dirt that wasn't covered in snow. Being the bright and knowledgable 3rd grader I was, I distinctly remembered driving by a big mound of dirt that was untouched by the snow. That happened to be this mound that this cache is placed upon. The next day, my dad and I drove up and I collected my dirt for the class science expiriment and I brought it proudly to school. I was actually only one of two students in a class of 32 students that had found dirt that was not covered in snow, and I was quite proud of myself. Forever onward, that spot has been known as the 3rd Grade Dirt Site, and I remark on it whenever I pass by there today.
It snowed today, so I thought, "Why not revisit this site and place a cache to commemorate it." Just for a little fun, I added a simple puzzle.
Some Reminders:
- Be stealthy
- BYOP
- There is SWAG, please trade and don't just take so there will always be some SWAG in there.
- The hill is pretty steep so please be careful.
- Please do not cause erosion. Go up the sides or the back.
Here is how to get the actual coordinates:
Keeping with the dirt theme, I have selected my favorite two songs about the stuff, and you will have to find the coordinates from their lyrics. Due to Geocaching.com regulations, I am not able to place links to the the lyrics, however a quick search on Safari should suffice. I am allowed to give links to the songs on YouTube, so if you want to find the answer to the puzzle by listening, you can do it that way, or if you just want to hear the songs, they are there.
North set of coordinates:
Song: "Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands" By David Allan Coe
Link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42uphHWxmFU
What are the amount of letters in the word(s) that go in the blank(s) in the lyrics:
- When I was a little boy, Daddy used to say to me “_____”
- He said he’s _____ me a lesson
- Come with your _____ to the cotton patch
- Well, it's four in the morning and the _____ is calling' my name
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- Met _____ slicker with a shady deal
- If you want to grow up to be a _____, _____ _____
- You better _____ what old Whispering Bill told you in his son
West set of coordinates:
Song: "Dirt" By Florida Georgia Line
Link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB1BRx4k6EE
What are the amount of letters in the word that goes in the blank in the lyrics:
- Build your cornfield, _____ , bonfires on it
- You’ve stuck some _____ and some painted goal posts through it
- And mud _____ her jeans that she peeled off and hung up
- That _____ eyed summer time smile looks so good that it hurts
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- Makes you wanna build a 10 _____ down white picket fence house on this dirt
- Drift a _____ back behind county roads that you run up
- That plowed up ground that your dad _____ his luck on
Congratulations to saberspark77 and WVKiwi on the chilly FTF!
Good Luck! Happy Caching!