JCAT-81: 1.5/3.0 - Cows Carefully Chewing Cud! 🐄 Mystery Cache

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 1.5/3.0.  You should get the puzzle pretty quickly.  The hide will require a bit of a hike.  It is a small lock and lock.  You will take trails most of the way to the cache, so be sure to pack something to drink, possibly a snack, and insect spray is rarely a bad idea!  Heavy rains may make this area tough to get to.

The Puzzle

(This puzzle brought to you by Bragger407)

The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates!

Farmer MacDonald LOVED watching his cows.  He would often sit for hours watching them!  

One day, he was watching, and decided they were trying to tell him where a great Geocache was hidden!!

Do you see the coords?

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Solution Checker

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