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Bonus Adventure Lab - Helendale to Oro Grande, CA Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/7/2021
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This is a bonus cache for the Historic Route 66 Adventure: Helendale to Oro Grande, CA

"The cache is not at the posted coordinates"

Somewhere along this adventure, between Oro Grande and Helendale, hidden, is a cache.

 

You have two ways of claiming this find.

Option 1: this will require that you use the Geocaching Adventure Labs app onto your mobile device. The coordinates could be posted somewhere in the description or information of your stops along the way. I would recommend this option in completing the Adventure Lab.

Route 66 Adventure Lab: Helendale to Oro Grande, CA
 

Option 2: Visit each of the 6 waypoints listed below to retrieve the answers needed to solve for coordinates. There may be some back tracking to the cache if you consider your approach in visiting all 6 waypoints.

A. LA Delta Service Station and Auto Court

How many doors on the stable looking structure? (Answer-1)=A

B. Potapov's Service Station and Auto Court

How many bolt studs sit on the concrete base? (Answer+5)=B

C. Elmer Long's Bottle Ranch

Along the fence, how many blades are left on the propeller? (10-Answer)=C

D. Watson's Richfield Station

How many doors are on the outhouse? (Answer-2)=D

E. Polly Gas Sign

The cost (cents) of Ethyl without the fraction? (Answer-21)=E

F. Burden's Store and Post Office

How many pillars exist out front? (Answer/2)=F

N 34° 41.ABC W 117° 20.DEF

At times, this could be a busy road. Be careful pulling off and onto the road when visiting the waypoints. The cache is off the main road along a well maintained dirt road, most definitely 2-wheel drive safe. Keep your eyes for any critters especially the long slithering types during the Spring Summer months. I heard me a yelping coyote out here.......

 

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

ehfgl......

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)