This cache is located at the site of Thomas
Alva Edison’s Menlo Park labs. The curator of the on site Museum
gave us permission to place this cache. If you go to seek it between the
hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Tues – Sat, you will be able to
visit the museum as well.
To find the cache you will need to gather some
info and answer the following questions, all answers can be
obtained from signs on the walking trail near the suggested
parking.
A –What was one of Edison’s favorite pastimes
with his daughter?
Ride
Bicycles = 4, Fly Kites = 1, Cloud Pictures = 3, Read = 2
B – When was Edison Born?
2/26/1846 = 2, 2/24/1847 = 3, 2/28/1849 = 8, 2/21/1848 = 9
C – Where was the bamboo for light bulbs
imported from?
Pine
China = 4, Japan = 7, Philipines = 8, Korea= 6
D – What year did Edison experiment with
Electric Trains?
1878
= 3, 1879 = 4, 1880 = 7, 1881 = 8
E – What was the first commercialized filament
made from?
Golden Rod = 2, Reeds = 4, Bamboo = 7, Carbonized Thread = 8
F – What invention was Edison’s favorite; he
often called it “My Baby”?
Electric Light = 3, Film Projector = 1, Phonograph = 2, Kinetoscope
= 4
G – Where did the Edison Train line end?
Fords = 1,
Main Street Edison = 9, Metuchen Country Club = 0, Linden = 2
H – Who was the only of Edison’s children to
be born in Menlo Park?
Thomas Alva Jr. = 7, Marion = 8, William = 3, Charles = 5
I – What street did Edisons band parade
on?
Rt 27 = 4,
Tower = 7, Christie = 8, Menlo = 2
J – What did Edison do in the park with his
workers during breaks?
Picnic =
7, Camping = 0, Fishing = 2, Archery = 3
Once you have answered the questions, plug the
values of the answers into the following formula:
Final Stage
= 40
AB.CDE 074
FG.HIJ
The cache and the walk should be very Kid
friendly with only some very light bushwhacking for the final
stage, so we stocked it mostly with toys, as well as a log book and
a pen.
Please re-hide the final stage so muggles can't see it to help from
being taken again.
Congrats to TucsonThompsen on
FTF!