Dinosaur Train is an animated television program aired on Public Broadcasting System stations aimed at children aged 3 to 6. The show features a Tyrannosaurus rex named Buddy who, along with the rest of his family, who are all Pteranodons, takes the Dinosaur Train to explore the Mesozoic Era and have adventures with a variety of dinosaurs. The show is set in a prehistoric world of jungles, swamps, active volcanoes, and oceans, all filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric animal life, and connected by a train line known as the Dinosaur Train. This train can be customized for dinosaurs of different species: windows can accommodate long-necked sauropods, there is headroom in the Observation Car for the larger theropods, and the Aquacar is an aquarium for sea-going passengers. The train itself is run by Troodons, being one of the smartest dinosaurs in this fictional universe. It can travel through the Mesozoic Era, the "Age of Dinosaurs", passing through magical Time Tunnels to the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous time periods.
The world of Dinosaur Train is seen through the eyes of Buddy, the Tyrannosaurus rex. Buddy was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Pteranodon. He hatched at the same time as his Pteranodon siblings: Tiny, Shiny, and Don. By traveling in the Dinosaur Train around the Mesozoic Era, and supplied with dinosaur facts by the train's conductor, Buddy learns that he is a Tyrannosaurus rex. As an adopted child in a mixed-species family, Buddy is curious about the differences between species and likes to learn about all the dinosaurs he can by riding the Dinosaur Train.
Episodes are followed by a live-action segment featuring educational consultant and paleontologist Dr. Scott Sampson, who appears onscreen to explain the current week's show in greater detail.
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The cache is not at the posted coordinates, but you may begin your search from any point in the world!
This Wherigo converts your player into a virtual version of the "Reverse Cache Box" which tells you the distance to the cache, but not the bearing. You may begin your search from any spot in the world using your Smartphone or Whereigo compatible GPS to navigate to the cache.
A tutorial on Reverse Wherigo caches can be found here: Reverse Wherigo Tutorial.
This cartridge is available to download from the wherigo.com website.
Your task is to find the cache by periodically querying your Reverse Cache Box for the distance to the final location. Try to use your Reverse Cache Box as few times as possible. All instructions and necessary information needed to complete the cartridge is contained within it. The cartridge is multilingual.
To begin, you will have to type this code into your player:
814303
003260
185747
It is suggested that you take the code with you on your journey. It will be needed if it becomes necessary to restart your player for any reason.
When you have reached the final, you will be given some statistics on your quest. If you wish, you may enter the details into your log, and also post the number of times you calculated the distance.
At the end of the game, you will be given a personal pass-code which you can enter into the cartridge if you select "create" rather than "play" when you start the cartridge. Save this code, and if you ever wish to create your own reverse cache, you can do so.
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This cache is one in a series of caches about Dinosaurs. It is located in a pulloff on the Rattlesnake Grade, which is part of Washington Highway 129 as it descends into the Grande Ronde River Drainage south of Clarkston. It is highly recommended that you find this series of caches from higher elevation to lower elevation, as this will be safest. As you find this cache, please pull all the way into the pulloff and make sure your vehicle is safely parked. Motorcycles and sportscars love to travel the Rattlesnake Grade at higher than recommended speeds, and you will also be sharing the road with logging trucks, recreational vehicles, and rafting company vehicles towing trailers piled high with rafts and gear. Not only will you be sharing the road with vehicles, but there is abundant wildlife to contend with. I have seen quite a few deer, some elk and bear, and even bighorn sheep on this road at various times.