Bellingham Neon Art #1 - The Shark Multi-cache
Bellingham Neon Art #1 - The Shark
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Roadside cache off Maplewood Ave celebrating some of the best neon
art in Bellingham
Bellingham has several great neon signs, some bordering on
artwork. This cache is the first in a series that honors some of
these signs.
This cache can be found not far from the Bellingham Pawnshop
neon sign off of I5. The coordinates take you to the sign, not the
cache.
This is a multi-cache for several reasons. First, if I put the
cache at the sign, no one would need a GPSr. Second, I want to
stress that the cache is not accessible from the side of
I5. My GPSr kept insisting that I pull over on I5. Don't do
it. Access to the cache is from Maplewood Ave, which is the
frontage road to the SW of I5. Do not park on the side of
I5.
To find the cache, first find the neon sign. There is a telephone
pole just up the road from the sign on Maplewood. There are 5
numbers on the pole. These numbers are ABCDE.
Next, read through the entire set of instructions below before
doing any math.
Find the address of the pawnshop from its mailbox. These 4 digits
are FGHJ. Count the number of overhead doors on the storage
building near the sign. The digits are KL. Count the number
of gills in the shark on the neon sign. This digit is M.
Count the number of flagpoles at the Lions Club. This digit is
N.
Divide ADCDE by 4 to get PQRS. Multiply this number
by K, divide it by G, then multiply by C. Add
this result to the north coordinate.
Now add FGHJ to KLM. Divide this result by S.
Take the lower three digits of this number and multiply it by
L. Add this number to the West coordinates.
Read through all the directions? Congratulations. Now ignore all
but the first one about the telephone pole. The cache can be
located by subtracting six (or .006) from the North, and using the
first two digits from the telephone pole (AB) as the last two
digits of the West. Good luck.
The cache container is a half liter lock and lock.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Pbhyq unir orra zntargvp, ohg vf abg.