Official Stuff
This cache is located in Sandy Creek Park. As of 5/1/21, there is current a $2/person fee to enter the park. Please obey posted park hours (They vary by season and are available online or posted at the gate). DO NOT HUNT OUTSIDE OF POSTED HOURS. Additionally, please make sure we follow all park rules, including:
- Please respect the property and Leave No Trace.
- Park only in designated areas. Do NOT park on the sides of roads or in non-designated parking.
- Please do not park on the dam.
- Please do not enter the water at the dam.
- Please don’t climb on the rocks at the bottom of the dam or enter dangerous areas.
- Please do not dig in the park as no caches are buried.
- Please respect the property and Leave No Trace (Yes-- we said this twice).
Thank you for being respectful of this beautiful park!
The Series
Do you love mystery caches? Do you love D/T (Difficulty/Terrain) ratings? if so, we have a GREAT series for you!!!
The Jackson County Agritourism Geo-Trail 81 series (JCAT-81) has been placed for YOU! We do have to fess up that the series isn’t actually in Jackson County, but it’s a stone’s throw away and an awesome set of caches. If you complete all 81, you will have completed an entire D/T grid. Total fizzy awesomeness!
The majority of the caches are hidden in Sandy Creek Park. There is an entrance fee of $2 per person to enter. Current park hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, closed on Mondays. (Note: Hours can change-- please check with the park before making your trip plans)
The caches are hidden in a variety of containers and styles. The puzzles will help build your puzzle-solving skills. Be on the lookout for some JCAT-81 Puzzle-Solving events where we will help you solve some of the tougher ones.
This series is a collaborative effort of “The Puzzle Posse”! The Puzzle Posse consists of Bragger407, GeoMonkeyTiger!, LaFavorite Cacher, and poeanne.
The Cache
This cache is rated a 3.0/4.0. The physical find will be a good bit easier than the puzzle!! This is a good hike to get to GZ, but most of it will be on the trails (Except the last bit). Look for the white-blazed trails and please don't cross any fences to get to the cache! Good luck!!
The Puzzle!
(This puzzle is brought to you by poeanne)
The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates!
Old MacDonald wanted to build a farm. He had a total of 14 pens—7 on the North side of this property and 7 on the west. He really wanted to have a unique choice of animals, so he started working with various groups to see what he could arrange. Here were the ideas that they had for him:
North Pens
Pen 1: Chicken, duck, or emu
Pen 2: Vulture, finfoot, or raptor
Pen 3: Monkey, kangaroo, or ocelot
Pen 4: Xenopus, squid, or walrus
Pen 5: Viper, goat, yak
Pen 6: Bear, hyena, Unau
Pen 7: Mink, kakapo, ostrich
West Pens
Pen 1: Badger, horse, urial
Pen 2: Cheetah, dingo, elephant
Pen 3: Xerus, sea lion, warthog
Pen 4: Camel, donkey, elk
Pen 5: Badger, gazelle, tapir
Pen 6: Xenops, scorpion, wallaby
Pen 7: Baboon, hedgehog, umbrellabird
With the list complete, he started looking at it closely, and realized that maybe there was more than met the eye…
Can you see what Old MacDonald saw?
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