Dr. Leadfoot had the monopoly on lead in this country and earned his bazillion dollars through sales of lead to the manufacturers of gasoline, paint, plumbing pipes, ammunition, cosmetics, and artificial sweeteners (OK, the last two were pre-Leadfoot). But what with all the softies at the FDA, WHO, and other organizations as well as things such as the WEEE Directive that take it upon themselves to protect those who don’t even know they need protecting, lead has been relegated to car batteries, bullets and solder. But even these uses are being eaten away by new-fangled stuff like lithium batteries, tazers, pepper spray, Sn-Ag-Cu solders, etc. In the near future the Doctor’s income might be limited to x-ray shields and fishing sinkers.
Knowing that the U.S. Congress can be bought, Dr. Leadfoot with the help of his salacious assistant Puppy Love have been inventing methods to get their way by lining the pockets of congresspersons and senators to ensure a steady flow of income comes their way. They have set up another “more advanced” dead drop for communicating with staffers than the one used in “Dr. Leadfoot and Puppy Love—Hair of the Dog.”
It’s time to pay attention
This is a four stage multi, which for the “most part” is a 1½ mile round trip walk along a paved path through Rock Hill District Park. All stages and the final are all in the Park. Clearly from the D/T it’s not all a “walk in the park.” Most of the challenge surrounds S2, though as has been pointed out below in the logs the final can be a challenge in the greener seasons. I have taken readings of the coordinates over the period of a month with three different GPSrs, so the coordinates are about as good as I can get them.
Like the old “protocol” the new one requires the use of a smartphone. Sorry even the most expensive Garmins probably won’t get you there; the doctor’s peons don’t know how to use one of those complicated electronic devices. Congresspersons don’t even know how to spell GPS let alone how to use the system unless it’s hidden in some smartphone application such as the “Find My Constituency” app.
You would be well served to read the “DoC.A.R?T Moving Cache” (GCD079) logs for November 3rd through the 9th of 2013 since S2 for this cache is really close as the one for the DoC.A.R?T hide on those dates. Pay particular attention to the encrypted potion of “DoC.A.R?T Moving Cache” log of 11/5/13. Just as with the DoC.A.R?T hide the same caveats apply:
1. As part of this cache you will need to cross Old Lee Road near a blind curve. Go to where the paved path turns parallel to the road before crossing. Not only will that put you about 500’ from the curve at a relatively safe crossing point, but it will save you the trouble of bushwhacking through thistle, ticks, etc.
2. None of the waypoints are located on the road or can be accessed from the road. So don’t go there, roads are for cars, motorcycles, and trucks; not geocachers.
3. Use common sense, access to S2 is affected by the current and recent past weather.
As you correctly inferred you need to bring your own writing instrument and there is no room for SWAG or TBs in the cache. Only paper and bitcoins fit in the cache. Who knows if the FTF gets there quickly they might be able to intercept bitcoins or some other negotiable items.
Since S1 keeps disappearing, I’ve turned it into a semi-complicated virtual field puzzle. Here it is:
1. Go to S1 and note the serial number at the top of the electrical box in the following format: www-xx-y-zzz. Then look at the warning sign and take note of two distances mentioned in the picture under the blue “NOTICE.” Let’s call them d1 and d2, it doesn’t matter which is which.
2. The coordinates for S2 are: N 38 52.(973-d1-d2-xx-y-zzz) W 077 28.(481-www+2(xx+y)+d1+d2)
Congratulations to NutmegBrownie for the FTF!
Congratulations to freddiecrs on her 900th cache!
This geocache was placed with the permission of the Fairfax County Park Authority. All Park Authority parks are open from Dawn to Dusk. Night Caching in Park Authority parks is expressly forbidden. Also note that though Rock Hill is an “Off-leash Dog” park, the portion of the park where this cache is located in not within the off-leash area, so if you bring your four-footed friends with you they must be on leash while they are geocaching in this part of the park.
