Welcome to Frank
Holder's Art Park
PLEASE NOTE: This is a LETTERBOX HYBRID geocache. There is no
trading with this cache and everything that is in the cache should
remain there for the next person.
Letterboxing
is a precursor of geocaching, using compass bearings or other clues
to lead the seeker to the letterbox. Typically a letterbox contains
a logbook and a stamp. If you wish, you may stamp your personal
journal with the rubber stamp in the letterbox (cache); then you
may stamp the logbook with your personal stamp if you have one - if
you don't have a stamp, just sign the logbook. But be sure to leave
the stamp, logbook, inkpad, and instructions in the
container.
In
addition to your GPS, you will also need to bring your own pencil
and if you have a small rubber stamp and a journal, bring those
along, too. The letterbox is a small tupperware sandwich-sized
square container. It is a little larger than the typical micro, but
much smaller than a standard geocache. Please be sure to snap on
the lid securely and be very careful about replacing the
cache/letterbox. Only your care in replacing it will keep it from
being discovered by others.
Please note that this is ART,
not a jungle gym. Children should be kept firmly in tow, both
for the protection of the art and for their own safety since there
is water and uneven terrain.
This park can be enjoyed by
someone in a wheelchair although they may need help retrieving the
cache.
The
coordinates given are for parking. Please sign the guest
register nearby and start your quest for
"Happiness."
From that point shoot a bearing of
255° and go talk to the Mermaid. We strongly suggest
that your conversation continue until the whale bows for your
attention (isn't that cool?). Notice the flowers in the
mermaid's hand. How many are there? Subtract one
and multiply the result by 35. Using that number as a
bearing, look in that direction. Look HIGH until you see
the flying eagle.
How many
fish in the eagle's talons? Multiply the number of fish by 60
and use that figure as a bearing to guide you to the cannon.
How many cannonballs can you see? Look in front and
back. Don't count cannonballs that you cannot see. When
you have a count, proceed down the road (roughly east) that number
of double paces (count each time your right foot hits the ground)
until you arrive at the flower garden.
Once
you're at the garden, take a moment to look around and listen for
frogs. How many flowers do you see? Multiply the number
of flowers by 50. Using that figure as a bearing, turn around
go back up the road 28 double paces (count each time your right
foot hits the ground).
Stop and
look around. Isn't this a fun place? Now go to the
desert and see what Wiley's nemesis has hidden up his sleeve.
Be sure to be sneaky and cautious so as not to compromise the cache
location. Also push the cache firmly into its hiding place
when you replace it.
About the Art
Park
Frank Holder is a
welder by trade, but his artistic inclination and engineering
skills are obvious at his art park. He built all
of the creations you'll
see
here. The spouting whale is gravity fed from a nearby
branch. Doris is in charge of the amazing and beautiful
koi in the pond. Please be sure to sign the guest
register to let Frank and Doris know just how cool this place
is!
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.