This cache was published during the 🇳🇱🇳🇱 Flag Day - Dutch Herring Day! 🇳🇱🇳🇱, an event by The Flying Dutchmen | GCATMAK | in California.
As with every TFD hide, every word in the description counts, may be ambiguous, so read carefully and do not overthink.
- Solve for WP1 from anywhere in the world.
- Put the solutions for subsequent WP in the checker to get the next set of instructions.
- From posted coordinates, all distances are just as far driving as walking.
- Walking may be faster than driving and parking.
- Pay attention to traffic.
- You are in BELLFLOWER, California.
Rollmops are pickled herring fillets wrapped around a pickle spear or gherkin. The texture is firm and slightly rubbery which is to be expected. Everything pickled is a bit rubbery. The two most prominent flavors are the fish, and a kind of sweet vinegar which is strange at first but grows on you after the third piece. Don't give up too soon, you have to make it through that third piece!
Now on to geocaching!
1. From the posted coordinates project the distance of 258 average size ATLANTIC herrings laid out in a super straight line, nose to tail, at 218 degrees. Here is a picture showing an average size.
Atlantic herrings typically grow up to thirtyfive centimeters,
and some grow up to fourtyfive centimeters in length.
The average atlantic herring is twentyfive plus four tenths centimeters.
2. At the correctly projected coordinates you will be on the sidewalk. Here, you find a brass benchmark. Enter the two longest words in the geochecker to get further instructions.
Note: if you solved this prior to September 27, 2025 you need to run the checker again to get updated instructions.
You can fish for your sweet vinegar solution with
certainty.