Although we have driven by here hundreds of times, this was the first time we actually stopped and enjoyed the garden. We spent close to 2 hours here placing the cache and enjoying the area (don't worry it won't take anywhere near that long, as this is a short multi, with easy walking). As we were playing with the remote control boat in the pond (the geese were not too pleased about this), a large heron (never saw a heron in the middle of Georgetown before) swooped down to the opposite end of the pond and wandered around there for several minutes before disappearing again. Don't worry, you can walk along all the paths in a couple minutes. It's a really small and beautiful park.
The posted coordinates are for the parking lot which is off of Maple Ave.
Now you don't think we will make the cache that easy, do you? This multicache involves a lot of counting and some very simple math. Record the number for each of the lettered questions that you see below. Ready?
A) Count the total number of vertical pickets on the gazebo railing. Note that there are 7 sections of this octagon shaped gazebo.
A=__________
B) Along the outer edge of the gazebo is a garden, which in turn is edged by large rocks. How many large rocks line this garden?
B=__________
C) Now go look for the fairly big pond down the hill. Count the number of geese that you see.
C=__________
D) How many herons did we (that's us, the cache owners!) see here when we placed this cache?
D=__________
E) Somewhere you will find a culvert that goes under one of the paths. Count the number of big rocks that line both sides of the path here.
E=__________
F) Take the path to the highest point in the park and count the number of large rocks here.
F=__________
G) Count the number of short black lamp posts in the park. They are about 4 feet high and have rounded tops.
G=__________
H) How many wooden bridges are in the park?
H=__________
I) Count the number of planks (just what you walk on, not the railings or posts) on the wooden bridge that is closest to the parking lot.
I=__________
J) How many tiny goldfish are there in the small fountain/pond? They are very small, so take a close look. I bet they're real hungry too.
J=__________
K) Find the large yellow flower. On the information panel that has "... a Canadian Gardening Tradition ..." printed in italics, make note of the numbers of employees that were shot during the busy season. Or perhaps they weren't shot.
K=__________
L) Also by the large yellow flower. On the other information panel that has "... a vision realized ..." printed in italics. There are 11 significant years noted in bold on this panel. Two of the years are duplicated. Make a note of the more recent year that is duplicated.
L=__________
Now go and sit down on one of the many benches and start doing the math. Why not have a picnic while you do the math.
Reverse all the digits for each of the numbers you wrote down and multiply them by either 0 or 1 as indicated below, to get the new values for these letters.
A=__________ x 1 = __________
B=__________ x 1 = __________
C=__________ x 0 = __________
D=__________ x 1 = __________
E=__________ x 1 = __________
F=__________ x 1 = __________
G=__________ x 1 = __________
H=__________ x 1 = __________
I=__________ x 1 = __________
J=__________ x 0 = __________
K=__________ x 1 = __________
L=__________ x 1 = __________
Now total these new values to get M (i.e., A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H+I+J+K+L=M).
M=__________
As a check, if you add each digit from the result for M, it totals 22.
Divide M by 1000 and add it to the following meaningless coordinates.
N43° 34.837
W79° 50.533
Now go find the cache...it's a hide-a-key container with only a logbook, so bring your own pen to sign the log. This park may be busy at times, so use the hint if it is, but we only saw 2 other people wander through in the 2 hours that we spent here. We really hope that you enjoy this area as much as we do.