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The Chinn Park Regional Library Multicache Multi-cache

Hidden : 6/18/2019
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This geocache was placed for an introduction geocaching class held by the Chinn Park Regional Library as part of their summer program. It has already been found and signed by the kids in that group, but that being said the FTF is still open after it is published. Cache is not at the posted coords. Please read the stone bench at the posted coordinates and find the answers to the questions below. Final is within walking distance and could get a bit muddy after a rain.This cache is placed in a Prince William County Park with permission, so absolutely no night caching.


Find the answers for AB and YZ and plug them into the coordinates below.

N 38° 40.1AB W 77° 19.8YZ

A: This portrait is hanging in the nearby building for whom it is named for. Who is the woman in the portrait?
8: Mary Jane Chinn
9: Jennie Dean


B: This bench is dedicated to the memory of whom?
5: Mary Jane Chinn
7: Merrie Collins


Y: On the bench at the posted coords who is quoted for "Reading Maketh the Man?"
0: John D. Jenkins
9: Frances Bacon


Z: What does it say between the two books on the bottom line?
9: A reader lives a thousand lives before they die
5: A Life Devoted to Reading


Approved by Ranger Eric Wysocki PWPA
and
Jane Drabkin at the Chinn Park Regional Library

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

gjrrg, gjrrg

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)