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Melissa's Meadow Virtual Cache

Hidden : 11/11/2003
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   virtual (virtual)

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Geocache Description:

Fourth in a series of local interest – virtual caches in the Williamsburg / Jamestown region. This garden, featuring native plants is in Billville, and not on the main campus at Bill and Marie. There are several signs in this garden, and one marker with a name and dedication.

This meadow was designed and created as a joint project of the JCC/W Master Gardeners and members of the John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Members of both groups continue to share their expertise in both maintaining the garden and developing programs. The garden was approved as a virtual cache to preserve the unusual plantings from the rigors of a search.

To log this find, go to the location above for the cache, answer the questions below and email me your four answers -- good luck! Please do not include any answers in your log entries - even if encrypted. Try the hints below or email me and I’ll try to answer your questions if you get stuck.

1. How many plants are illustrated on all of the signs in the meadow? _____ (A)

2. What is Melissa’s middle name? _____ (B)

3. How many green signs are in the meadow garden? ____ (C).

4. What year did Melissa Graduate? _____ (D).

5. If you want to verify that you found the right spot and pre-check your answers, you can validate most of these answers with the following math - add the Year from [D] to the number of plants [A]. Divide this number by the number of signs shown above [C]. Your answer should be 502.5

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)