Today marks my 20th Geo-anniversary. I found my first cache on 8/7/02 but did not create my account until the next day. Two years ago I carpet-bombed Lake Wheeler Park where I made my first find with 8 new caches to celebrate the day. Last year I celebrated the day with 9 new mix-tape puzzle caches. This year I am hiding 10 2-stage multi-caches to represent 20.
Who knew when I found that first cache in a tree stump it would lead to spending nearly 1/3rd of my life chasing after them, visiting all 100 counties in NC, all of the lower 48 states plus Alaska, and multiple countries to find more caches. But even more importantly, I have met some of the most wonderful people all around the globe through this game.
Twenty is sometimes referred to as a ‘score’. Score is related to share and comes from the Old Norse "skor" meaning a "notch" or "tally" on a stick used for counting. ... Often people counted in 20s; every 20th notch was larger, and so "score" also came to mean 20."
Twenty is the number of moves (quarter or half turns) required to optimally solve a Rubik's Cube in the worst case.
Twenty is the atomic number of calcium and the third magic number in physics.
Twenty can be used as an index in measuring visual acuity. 20/20 indicates normal vision at 20 feet, although it is commonly used to mean "perfect vision".
A standard dartboard is laid out as 20 sectors.
The Kentucky Derby currently has a maximum field of 20 horses.
I-20 runs 1,539 miles beginning near Kent, Texas, at I-10 to Florence, South Carolina, at I-95. I-20 runs through northern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia between Texas and South Carolina.
This cache starts at an odd piece of Raleigh history that I have wanted to incorporate into a cache for years. You are looking at some decorative objects that were on the facade of Hugh Morson HS that stood diagonally across the street. It was a High School from 1925-1955 when it was changed to a Middle School. It closed in 1965 and was torn down to make room for the Terry Sanford Federal Building.
To find the final stage add the number of letters from the first word in the sixth line to the latitude and subtract the number of letters in the first word on the fourth line from the longitude. That will give you the coords to the hide.
Check out this website if you want some more information on this historic school.