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33.These Boots are made for Walking Series Boot #3 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/8/2021
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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These Boots are made for Walking Series – Boot #3

 

This is a 4 cache series with a 5th bonus cache. The cache is not at the given coordinates. Answer the question at the top of this cache page in Certitude to get the final coordinates for this cache. Just above the Certitude Icon is a Bonus Cache question. The answer to that question will be found near this cache. You must collect all four Bonus Cache answers and enter them into Certitude on the Bonus Cache page (GC9AZ0J) to get those final coordinates.

 

Texas Tech Red Raiders Mercedes BootCache Question: What do the students of this school call their team? The (2 Words)

Texas Tech University was created by legislative action in 1923 and has the distinction of being the largest comprehensive higher education institution in the western two-thirds of the state of Texas. The university is the major institution of higher education in a region larger than 46 of the nation's 50 states and is the only campus in Texas that is home to a major university, law school and medical school.

https://www.ttu.edu/about/

The “Las Botas de Mercedes” collection in downtown Mercedes, Texas: The boots are part of a public art project and an initiative to promote higher education, as they are all decorated with school colors and logos. Each boot, manufactured by ACSC Signs in Weslaco, Texas, costs $2,400 to be designed, created and installed. Texas A&M University, University of Texas, Notre Dame and other prominent universities are part of the collection. 

 

Mercedes, Texas is considered the boot capital and it welcomes visitors and residents alike to find their alma mater’s boot in The Boots of Mercedes Collection.

 

 

Off Our Rocker RV Blog LogoBoot Images: https://www.offourrockerrv.com/adventures/boots-made-walking/?unapproved=5930&moderation-hash=e1a39ab06554aec2b4ec6a9464c8038d#comment-5930

Permission for use of images was given by David and Kathy Boland of Off Your Rocker RV Blog. 5/6/2021

 

Bonus Cache Question: Locate the nearby boot at the corner of  West 2nd Street and South Indiana Ave to answer this question. What type of animal is pictured on this boot?

 


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

 

Additional Hints ()

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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)

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