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Jackson's Colors of the Rainbow Mystery Cache

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DinoDuo: Time to put this one to bed since it has covered the spectrum. thanks to all who visited.

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Hidden : 10/13/2004
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

An 8 stage multi/mystery cache

THE ABOVE COORDS ARE FOR PARKING after finding the 6 color stages.

With thanks to Doombot, a Florida cacher, who we “borrowed” this idea from, Jackson’s Colors of the Rainbow cache is a series of 6 colorful mini stages that will take you on a short tour of Jackson. After finding all 6 of the colors you will need to go to an additional site to place the #s in the correct order to locate the final stage along with its “Pot of Gold”.

The 6 color stages are small plastic cylinders, which will require varying degrees of stealthiness to find and extract. There is a single number on the lid of each stage which you will need to retain. 

  • BLUE – wild blue yonder 
    N 42 15.847 W 084 27.482
  • GREEN – bring some bread to feed the ducks, but you may not want to stay long 
    N 42 16.940 W 084 24.727
  • GREY – near Grand River Market, buy some fish 
    N 42 14.930 W 084 24.359
  • ORANGE – school pride, best to search for this one on weekends or evenings 
    N 42 15.041 W 084 25.064
  • RED – lots of things are read here 
    N 42 14.864 W 084 24.648
  • YELLOW – neighborhood park like “butta” 
    N 42 13.430 W 084 25.352

In order to find the Rainbow’s pot of gold you will need to collect the 6 #s located on the lids of the 6 color stages. After doing this, go to the SW Little League Complex on the N side of the Cascades Falls. There are several parking areas. One of them has been listed for you at the top of the page. 

STARTING with the Elmer Berol field, proceed COUNTERCLOCKWISE around the fields matching the dugout colors with the stage colors and placing the numbers that you found into the missing spaces of N 42 13._ _ _ W 084 26._ _ _ in the corresponding order. The final container is a large plastic jug filled with multi-colored goodies, and a First Finders’ prize.  Enjoy the searches and tour of Jackson. 

PLEASE be sure to rehide everything as you found it, or better. THANKS. 
Also, if you have time, our Cascades Lagoon cache is nearby.

PLEASE NOTE: As of April 28, 2007 the Grey Stage is no longer similar to the other stages.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Oyhr - oyhr yvtug fcrpvny Terra - prqne Terl - envyoveq Benatr - lbh'yy Ybir ybbxvat sbe guvf bar Erq - fur'f ybbxvat ng lbh fvggvat gurer Lryybj - Cehqragvny n srj srrg sebz AR pbeare bs cbaq Cbg bs Tbyq - va gur cvyr bs ebpxf

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)