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Father's Day Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/15/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not at the Coords above. Solve the easy puzzle and you can be off and running. But not before learning something about Father's Day.

1.) What year did Father's Day start in Fairmont, West Virginia?

E=Last digit of the year

2.) Which started first, Mother's Day or Father's Day?

If Mother's Day: B=6 or If Father's Day: B=4

3.) In honor of experiencing the 1st Girl Scout Powder Puff Derby with my daughter this year: What is the maximum weight allowed for a Pine Wood Derby Car for either Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts?

C=number ounces + 2

4.) Who signed a Presidential Proclamation in 1966 declaring the 3rd Sunday of June to be Father's Day?

D=number of letters in his first name

5.) What year did President Calvin Coolidge support the idea of a National Father's Day?

The last two digits of the year provide values: 19FA

G=F+1

Apply info to: N 43 50.ABC W 070 14.DEG

Dads, please take a gift from the cache, but don't delay as the FTF Prize is Cordless and the 2nd and 3rd TF gifts are not cordless but are slightly better than the rest(well actually they all are cordless...hehehe). A task will be required for the FTF,see instructions at cache. The first 20 or so Dad Cachers are fee to take an item WITHOUT trading as a small gift. Once the gifts are gone, this will turn into a traditional trade item cache. When posting your log, feel free to share your favorite Dad moment, for me it was the moment I became a Dad because of the long Journey we took spiritually, emotionally and physically. So far nothing has compared.

From this cache I am launching my Father/Daughter Flag Geocoin that would like to visit all 50 states by the end of 2018 and make it back to this cache. We would appreciate any help to move it along for us.

A quote from Mark Twain:"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."

There are 64.3 million Dads in the USA. In 2008 it is expected that $11 Billion dollars will be spent on Father's Day, however that still would be $7 Billion less than what is spent on Mother's Day...hmmm how did this happen...?

We highly recommend you check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Congratulations to TH on being FTF!!! Hope you enjoy the Craftsman Cordless drill/driver as your Father's Day FTF prize. Glad you survived the FTF task/adventure.

Additional Hints ()

Cnl nggragvba gb qrgnvyf va svaqvat lbhe nafjref, gura hfr Trbpurpxre.

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)

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