"gNome not Genome" is hidden at Pen Mar Park in Washington Co., MD, and is available 9:00 AM to Sunset. The restrooms are open seasonally, roughly Memorial Day through Labor Day. Enjoy live music and dancing on Sundays from 2:00 to 5:00 PM, from the beginning of June through the end of September.
Proceed to the posted coordinates. There you will find a remnant from the Pen Mar Amusement Park heydays.
You are standing on the old rail bed.
Listen carefully. You may hear a small voice singing or humming lyrics from The Pirates of Pensance: "With catlike tread, upon our prey we steal. With silence dread, our caucious way we feel. No sound at all; we never speak a word. A fly foot's fall would be distinctly heard." or maybe: "There's a kind of hush all over the world tonight." or even: "But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed in the wells of silence."
Pay attention. Those songs may contain a clue to help solve the puzzle below and find the final cache.
SMILE BUSINESS DESIGN HONOR RAPPORT; HYMN THIEF SALMON; HALFPENNY THINE MANTLE HASTEN; BREAD WRESTLE; FASTEN ANSWER LEOPARD; PIE SUIT GNASH GHOST BALLET OKAY; WEDNESDAY BRIDE GNAT FORECASTLE LIKE DONE ISLAND
Gnomes usually party quietly. When you visit, raise the roof, but try not to alert the whole park. Please rehide as well or better than when you found it. Room for small SWAG and coins only.