This is one of our oldest caches, and it
has about run its course. A cacher from the Central Valley
does business with the owners of the establishment here, and
she has expressed interest in putting a new cache here, one
which we would monitor for her. Thus, if you've been putting
this one off for "later", well, later is now!! We expect to
pull this in mid/late October, so you have about a month to
get it.
This cache is on the site of one of the oldest
continuously-operating commercial establishments in Ventura County.
When we were kids, we both visited here on family vacations. When
we moved to Camarillo, we were thrilled to find the place still in
operation, and we visit several times a year. We also do a fair
amount of Christmas shopping here. BTW: the given co-ordinates are
not where this business is (as if you hadn't already guessed
that 
).
The file (below) contains a simple puzzle. Click on the link to
see it. If you have trouble reading it when it opens, click on
"view", then "toolbars", then "standard", then expand the "zoom"
(lower right box) to 100%. Or you can just print it out. Answer the
six questions by filling in the boxes, one letter to a box. The
number of boxes per question is the number of letters in the
answer. All of the questions are about food items that can be found
for sale at the business, but you should be able to answer them all
at your own computer screen. Once you have all six answers, you
must do the following...
- Convert the six letters in the shaded column to numbers, using
this simple formula: a=1, b=2, c=3, etc.
- Reading down, put each number into the blanks, below. For ease
of placement, the top three numbers in the puzzle are "north" and
the bottom three are "west".
Final
Co-ordinates:
N 34º 15.__
__ __ W 119º 00.__
__ __
Once you
have the done the above, you'll have the final co-ordinates for the
cache. It's a round metal container painted with an appropriate
theme. And the "hint" isn't a whole lot of help, at least as far as
the cache is concerned 
We need to
mention some things about this cache. This is not a
commercial cache! There is nothing in the cache that advertises the
business. We do not work there, nor do we know the owners all that
well, except as customers. However, we do have permission
from them to place this cache on their property. In fact, they were
very happy to give us permission. Naturally, they hope any seekers
will stop in during business hours [basically, 8 AM to 5:30 PM,
seven days a week], and if you do, feel free to mention that you
are a geocacher. But this is not required, of
course.
Have fun!
In fact, "go nuts"! 
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