This travel guide will inform your tourism and caching journey along the Echo River. It will ensure that you appreciate the sights and sounds of your journey and something of the hydrology, flora and fauna of the river.
Some cautions and advice. If you see the Iron Pariah, a derelict floating battleship that seems to be inhabited entirely by cats, don't worry -- it can vanish as quickly as it appeared. In your journey, if you hear organ music, don't go there. No one seem to have returned. Also, though the insects along the river may annoy you, unless you are a keen entomologist I'd avoid a deeper study of them.
To be sure you are well informed, you should collect answers to some information the travel guide contains. If you collect all the necessary information, you will be able to seek a geocache along the waterway. It is located at:
N37 AB.CDE W122 FG.HIJ
The first letter of an answer gives a value (A=1, B=2,..., J=0,K=1,L=2,...).
Some answer text is preceded by a clue word helping you identify the area where the answer might be found. E.g., Bird: suggests someting to do with birds
| A |
# to press for Food Recommendations (not Drink) |
| B |
A Guide to the Echo River for Drifters and ___________ |
| C |
Fifth kind of water: Water that moves ______________ |
| D |
Sound: __________ringing underwater |
| E |
Bird: Lonesome ______________ |
| F |
1st digit of extension to call for any other kind of water |
| G |
# to press for what little is known of the Iron Pariah |
| H |
__________: Proper name given to the creature you are holding (not the type of creature) |
| I |
Bird:_______________ Hummingbird |
| J |
Where you can't sleep: Deck of the __________ Mammoth (add 1 for value) |
This is an unconventional Geocache puzzle in terms of the way you find the final coordinates. You will call a phone number with a touch tone phone to choose different options and collect information to give the final coordinates. With the above 10 bits of info to find in the tour guide, you are ready to begin.
You can access the travel guide by calling (270) 301-5797
Happy journeying along the Echo River and if you get to Sam & Ida's, tell them I sent you.
Did you remember the Add 1 on J?
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.