Still Figuring Mystery Cache
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The published coordinates are fictitious. You must solve the puzzle to obtain the actual values. The cache is hidden in a large wooded park; accessed from a well maintained trail. Bushwhacking is unnecessary; the cache site is within a few inches of the trail and can be accessed by simply bending from the waist. Please try not to disturb the area around the cache; trampled undergrowth makes the hide too obvious. And please do watch for muggles, two of my caches have been vandalized in this park.
Early morning, deep in the woods:
Mornin Luke.
Hey Monk.
How ya gittin along? …Did tha batch cook out?
Yeh, bout three this mornin. Filled four gallon jugs an two quart jars.
Wha'd ya do with it?
Wal, Ah poured it all inta thet five gallon jerry can over there. Topped it off with crick wadder.
&%\^*$ it Luke, now we dohn know what tha proof is. Ya know what tha Man said. If we bring’m any more waddered down shine he gonna put tha Feds on ta us. He said it had ta be hunert proof. Now whuddar we gonna do? If we mix it half and half like we been doin it ain’t gonna come out no hunert proof. Ah know thet fer sure.
Um sorry Monk, ya know ah ment well. Ah jest mess up some times. We gonna hafta dump the whole batch?
Naw, we’ll thinka somethin. It seem like a feller awdda be able to figger a way outta this.
…After a long pause with Luke and Monk in deep thought, Monk says:
Luke, yer boy still goin ta hi school?
Jimmy Joe? Yeh, doin jest fine. He gonna be somebuddy someday.
Ya think he cud figger this out?
Cain't say as ah know-Ah’ll ask him.
Later that day.
…Luke and Jimmy Joe are quietly talking:
Son, Me and Monk got a business problem. Monk thinks ya’ll kin hep us.
Skeptical pause: What does he want me to do Dad?
Wal, Ah watered down the batch and now we don know what we got.
Thoughtful Pause: Do you know what you started with?
Yeh.
Do you know how much water you mixed in?
Yeh.
Another pause: Well, that’s a mixture problem. Mr. McCartney, my Algebra teacher, worked one out like that on the board a few weeks ago, but I forgot how he did it.
Now lissen son, me an Monk need ta know. Ya’ll see if ya can git yer teacher ta work it out fer us. Be kerful now, ah don’t want no law on us, ya hear?
Yes Sir, just give me the numbers and I’ll ask him.
After school the next day:
Jimmy Joe is thet teacher gonna hep me out?
He said that he would Dad, but he wants two quarts before you cut it anymore.
Ah de-clare, that %$@##*&^, what kindava teacher is he anyhow? Thet’s a %#$@&** of a fine example ta be settin fer yew young people.
Thoughtful pause: Aw right, tell him Ah said it was ok. #$%@##&^%. Tell him to leave his car unlocked in the school parkin lot on Friday. Ah’ll put it under the front seat.
Seekers, calculate the final quantity of 100 Proof moonshine in gallons, expressed in decimals, and divide by 10. Plug the first two integers of your answer into the coordinates below to find the cache location.
Latitude = 47 18.074
+ .xx
Longitude = 122 23.114
+ .xx
Helpful Information:
1. You can save a few dollars if you park at:
47 18.826
122 23.563
The cache is just a short walk from there.
2. It is very likely that your receiver will be blanked by the tall evergreen trees. Don’t let that STUMP you; Use your Geocaching skills and you will do just fine.
3. Bring a pen.
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