Ladle Rat Rotten Hut Multi-Cache
Hidden : 3/23/2003
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

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The coordinates given above are not accurate. But they do put you in the general vicinity of the first stage of the cache. You must decipher the code below to come up with the correct coordinates. (Suggested parking coordinates are N 36 09.248 W 80 05.978). This is a two-stage multi. There is a bit of elevation change in seeking out this cache. There is less than 300' from the first stage to the second. Still, allowing for the standard geocaching circuit (bushwhacking and going around in circles), you will probably walk about 3/4 mile roundtrip.

Kernersville Lake Park is closed every Wednesday.


2020 Operating Hours
Date Park Open Park Closed Comments
March 1 - March 7 7:00 am 7:00 pm Open to the public
March 8 - April 5 7:00 am 8:00 pm Daylight Savings Begins
April 6 - April 30 7:00 am 8:30 pm
May 1 - May 10 6:30 am 8:30 pm Open at 6:30 am
May 11 - August 9 6:30 am 9:00 pm
August 10 - August 31 6:30 am 8:30 pm  
September 1 - September 6 7:00 am 8:30 pm Open at 7:00 am
September 7 - September 20 7:00 am 8:00 pm
September 21 - October 11 7:00 am 7:30 pm  
October 12 - October 31 7:00 am 7:00 pm  
November 1 - November 15 7:00 am 6:00 pm Daylight Savings Ends
November 16 - December 31

Closed to the public
Park is closed every Wednesday


This is a nice place to visit! There are picnic tables with grills, restrooms, boats for rent, sand volleyball court, horseshoe pits, and small playground. You may also fish from bank or boat.

Please read and decode the following narrative, then answer questions on the worksheet below to get accurate coordinates to the first stage.

Ladle Rat Rotten Hut: Annulled Furry Starry

Wants pawn term, dare worsted ladle gull hoe lift wetter murder inner ladle cordage honor itch offer lodge, dock florist. Disc ladle gull often worry ladle cluck wetter putty ladle rat hut, end fur disc raisin pimple colder Ladle Rat Rotten Hut.

Wan moaning Rat Rotten Hut's murder colder inset: "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut, heresy ladle basking winsome burden barter end shirker cockles. Tick disc ladle basking tudor cordage offer groin murder hoe lifts honor udder site offer florist. Shaker lake, dun stopper laundry wrote! Dun stopper peck floors! Dun daily-doily inner florist, end yonder nor sorghum stenches dun stopper torque wet strainers."

"Hoe-cake, murder," resplendent Ladle Rat Rotten Hot, end tickle ladle basking end stuttered oft. Honor wrote tudor cordage offer groin murder, Ladle Rat Rotten Hut mitten anomalous woof.

"Wail, wail, wail," set disc wicket woof, "evanescent Ladle Rat Rotten Hut! Wares or putty ladle gull goring wizard ladle basking?"

"Armor goring tumor groin murder's," reprisal ladle gull. "Grammars seeking bet. Armor ticking arson burden barter end shirker cockles."

"O hoe! Heifer gnats woke," setter wicket woof, butter taught tomb shelf, "Oil tickle shirt court tudor cordage offer groin murder. Oil ketchup wetter letter, end den -- O bore!"

Soda wicket woof tucker shirt court, end whinney retched a cordage offer groin murder, picket inner widow end sore debtor oil worming worse lion inner bet. Inner flesh disc abdominal woof lipped honor betting adder rope. Zany pool dawn a groin murder's nut cup end gnat gun, any curdle dope inner bet.

Inner ladle wile Ladle Rat Rotten Hut a raft attar cordage end ranker dough ball.

"Comb ink, sweat hard," setter wicket woof, disgracing is verse. Ladle Rat Rotten Hut entity bet rum end stud buyer groin murder's bet.

"O grammar," crater ladle gull, "wart bag icer gut! A nervous sausage bag ice!"

"Buttered lucky chew whiff, doling," whiskered disc ratchet woof, wetter wicket small.

"O grammar, water bag noise! A nervous sore suture anomalous prognosis!"

"Buttered small your whiff," inserter woof, ants mouse worse waddling.

"O grammar, water bag mousey gut! A nervous sore suture bag mouse!"

Daze worry on forger nut gull's lest warts. Oil offer sodden throne offer carvers an sprinkling otter bet, disc curl end bloat Thursday woof ceased pore Ladle Rat Rotten Hut end garbled erupt.

Mural: Yonder nor sorghum stenches shut ladle gulls stopper torque wet strainers.

- from Anguish Languish by Howard L. Chace


WORKSHEET PORTION:

N 36 09. _ _ _ (this is latitude)

W 80 0_. _ _ _ (this is longitude)

  1. How many sheep jumped over the rail in the narrative? Put the answer in the first blank of the latitude.

  2. How many characters were in the story? (Include them all!) Put the answer in the second blank of the latitude.

  3. Take the number in (2) above, double it, and put that figure in the last blank of the latitude.

  4. How many of the characters were inhuman? Add 5 to the number and use the result for the first blank in the longitude.

  5. Did the female protagonist survive? If yes, put a 1 in the second blank of the longitude; if no, put a zero there.

  6. How many bricks of gold were mentioned in the narrative? Use that figure for the third blank in the longitude.

  7. How many stolen garments did the villain take? Use this number to complete the last blank in the longitude.


Now you're ready to find the first stage of the cache! Please note that there are two "no tresspassing" signs, but they do NOT refer to the nature trail or the woods around the lake - they refer only to the storage area for mulch, gravel, etc. I couldn't get readings better than 24', so you may need to use the hints to help zero in on the right spots. Please take care to re-hide each stage for the next seeker. Please don't reveal any secrets in your logs, even if encrypted.

The cache container is an ammunition tube, about 20" long and 4" across. Be sure to get the top screwed down straight and tight. Along with the logbook and pen, there are Ladle Rat Rotten Hut buttons and other goodies in the cache plus a custom Ladle Rat Rotten Hut t-shirt (size XL) for the first finder if s/he would like to take it.

Thank you for hunting our latest!

-honeychile and Tawny

NOTE AND DISCLAIMER: This cache is hidden in the great outdoors. Welcome to the South! We've got skeeters; we've got chiggers; we've got ticks; we've got ants; we've got snakes and other critters; we've got poison ivy, oak, and sumac; we've got mold and allergens; we've got kudzu and other pesky vines; and boy, have we got briars, brambles, and stickers! Depending on the place you elect to enter the off-trail portion of the hunt, you may very well find these and other denizens of our environment. Please dress accordingly and take adequate precautions whenever you interact with nature. And don't forget to cache in, trash out.. SPECIAL NOTE: one of the hints contains a link to an mp3. If you do not have equipment that allows you to access the internet on the fly, you may wish to download and listen to this before leaving home. Alert: You are about to download a file that contains further details needed to find this geocache. As the cache owner, I represent that this file is safe to download although it has not been checked by Groundspeak or by the reviewer for possible malicious content. Download this file at your own risk.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint for Decoding the Narrative] Gel ernqvat vg nybhq jvgu n sevraq naq frr vs vg qbrfa'g fgneg fbhaqvat snzvyvne. Vs nyy ryfr snvyf, tb gb uggc://whfgorrzr.pbz/ynqyr.zc3 [Hint for Stage One] Gur pbbeqvangrf ner jevggra ba n ebpx juvpu vf uvqqra va gur znj bs n prqne hepuva. [Hint for Final Cache] Ebbg nebhaq naq lbh'yy svaq vg.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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