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!
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.
This Cache
This cache is rated a 4.5/4.0. The puzzle will be challenging. The physical find won't be too hard, but it will be a pretty good hike to get there. The cache is a small lock and lock and has room for trackables or SWAG. Be sure to bring water, bug spray, and possibly a snack! Note that you may see some fences marking private property. Please respect the fence lines as the cache is on the park side of the fences...
This Puzzle
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The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates.
Dinner was over and Farmer MacDonald had settled into his favorite rocking chair on the front porch. His wife sat down beside him.
“Know what we need,” she said. “A turnip patch.”
“And why do we need a turnip patch?” asked Farmer MacDonald.
“Well, lots of our vegetable stand customers asked for turnips and turnip greens last year and we didn’t have any.”
“Where would you put this patch?”
“Let me think about it for a few minutes.”
Everything on the porch got quiet as both were engaged in their own thoughts. Farmer MacDonald needed a break, so he made up a song and started singing...
Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a GAZELLE.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a whinny, whinny here and a whinny, whinny there.
Here a whinny, there a whinny, everywhere a whinny, whinny.
Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
Old Mac Donald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a XERUS.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a bi-joo bi-joo here and a bi-joo,bi-joo there.
Here a bi-joo, there a bi-joo, everywhere a bi-joo bi-joo.
Old Mac Donald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a VOLE.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a chirp, chirp here and a chirp, chirp there.
Here a chirp, there a chirp, everywhere a chirp, chirp.
Old Mac Donald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
Old MacDonald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a DUCK.
E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack, quack here and a quack, quack there.
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack, quack.
Old Mac Donald had a farm.
E-I-E-I-O.
After these four verses, he stopped singing and all was silent again. While his wife had listened to him sing, she had been scribbling on a piece of paper. She handed the paper to Farmer MacDonald and said, “Listening to your song and to all the amazing animal sounds gave me an idea. Here is a fairly good playce for the turnip patch.”
Old MacDonald looked at the scribblings on the paper. This is what he saw.
Assume N 34 and W 083 since that covers our entire farm. Otherwise:
1001000010100 110000101111 10010001 100100001111 11001101000
111000011011 10101100 101000111001 1000011100000
100111010100 1000000010001 101001001001
1000110101101 110110111011 10001011001
111001001 11001100011 1001001100111
11001011001 101001000011 110011101111 10100101000 111000100111
111001000 11101110 111010000101
100000000 10001010 111000101 1001000001111
10100001 1000110100000 111010011
100001000001 100010100
100111011100 10110000 111000100010 10111101110 100100001111
111000011 100100010011 110110110 10100100111 111000100010
110011111001 1000110101111 111100010 101010010
10010111 11101011 110011110111
Old MacDonald stared at the paper for just a few minutes. “Yep. We can do this and this is a good place for the turnip patch. I’ll have the spot ready for planting by Friday noon.”
His wife stood up, walked over and kissed him right on top of his head and said, “I knew that you could make this work!” Then she went inside.
Old MacDonald started humming his favorite song again.
Can you see where he is going to put the turnip patch???
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