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Camouflage in the Northwest
I used to be dragged around with mc3cats looking
for caches. It was so boring! (fortunately, I would have a book with
me). Then I started looking at the different kinds of cache containers.
Different cans, tubes, tubs and boxes all hidden for others to find.
And There Was Camouflage! (or as I like to
say “hidden in plain sight”. The one that
really grabbed my attention was a cache done by an old cacher hidden in
downtown Kent. It was a cache hidden on a phone pole. It was a flyer
posted amongst other flyers and it was the cache! Wow! How cool was
that? And ever since then my thoughts burst with different ideas of
camouflage. So many ideas and so few places to hide. I think the
Northwest with its varied landscapes holds so many possibilities. Things
like rocks, blades of grass, stumps, magnetic things like flats (love
them!), stripes, bolts or switch plates all to name a few. Once I even
made a fake fly and an owl in a nest! The list of creative possibilities
is endless. If you like the kind of caches where you jump out near a
guardrail, grab the magnetic key hide or love big ammo containers, my
caches are not for you. So many people look a little and then log DNF-
when really the cache is safely tucked where it should be all snug
waiting for the cacher to think outside the box. Enjoy! (and think like
a mamacat) 😼
The listed coordinates brings
you to the Philip Arnold Park sign. There will be a little bit of
walking associated with this cache, hence the "elevated" terrain rating.
WP 1 (Listed
coordinates) - How
many icons on the top of the sign denote sports activities available in
the park? (Make
that the answer for "F")
What is the second
digit in the address for the park?
(Make that the answer for
"A")
WP 2 - Welcome Sign -
What is the
second digit in the
RMC number?
(Make that the answer for "B")
What is the
seventh digit in the
FIRST phone number noted on
the sign?
(Make that the answer for "D")
What is the
last digit in the
FIRST
phone number noted on the sign?
(Make that the answer for
"C")
What is the
first
digit of the LAST
phone number noted on the sign?
(Make that the answer for
E)
Make the answers for ABC the
last three digits of the north coordinates and
DEF for the last three digits of
the west coordinates. Assume
that all of the other numbers for the final coordinates match the listed
coordinates for this cache. Good Luck!
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