Yellow Hellgrammite Cache Mystery Cache
Yellow Hellgrammite Cache
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This cache is well hidden and will require a little math and a bit of imagination to crack!
Isn't the Midland trail great? I just love it and it's surrounded by hidden treasures. This cache will help you to find one of those!Before you get started, I suggest you take a close look at the questions below. Most can be answered from signs near the parking location. I hope you won't need a calculator. The coordinates will take you to the PARKING AREA. There is room for a half dozen cars. There is NO CLIMBING of any kind involved in finding this cache.
START YOUR HUNT FROM THE NEW PARKING AREA LOCATED AT:
N 38 08.084 W 081 06.062
ALL INFORMATION NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE PUZZLE CAN BE FOUND ON SIGNS NEAR THE R.R. CROSSING SIGN. AFTER COMPLETING THE PUZZLE PROCEED SOUTH ON THE OLD RAIL BED TO THE BRIDGE AND USE THE ANSWER TO PUZZLE QUESTION 5 TO FIND THE CACHE.
The Ansted Branch was completed in 1890.
1. Subtract the year West Virginia became a state from the year the Ansted Branch was completed______________
2. Multiply the answer to question 1 by the number of tracks that crossed near the parking coordinates_____
3. Add the answer to question 2 to the number of rules for using the trail__________________
4. Add the answer to question 3 to the value of a "baker's dozen" _____________
5 Add the answer to question 4 to the number of months in a year ___________________________
Ok, there's your number, now you figure out what to do with it!!!!!
There is NO CLIMBING of any kind involved in finding this cache. The cache is a 5 x 5 Lock & Lock container.
Original contents:
3 red balloons
1 green balloon
5 dice
nail clippers
2 little magnifiers
Hey, thanks for the fun!!!!!!!
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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