Why this madness?
I have a number of friends who are convinced that there simply aren't enough multicaches in the area. Multicaches can be fun when well executed and I hope you'll find this series of multicaches offers a pleasant trip into a number of parks and trails in the southern Snohomish county area. Not a single cache is hidden under a lamp post in a parking lot with a million people watching you make the grab.
All the caches are simple multicaches where you'll get information from a sign or two and then calculate where the final hide is. At each of the ten caches in this series, you'll find that either the log or the container (sometimes both) have been marked with a letter from A through J along with a corresponding number. Hopefully you've taken note of these numbers as you'll need them to find this cache, the final cache in the series.
Calculating the Final Coordinates
While this cache is a mystery by definition, it is also a multicache in order to fit in with the rest of the series. So the first step will be to use the numbers you've gathered from the other caches in the series and calculate where the parking area is.
Calculated parking coordinates for the final are: N47 BG.J(D-F)C W122 CH.(C+E)A(H+I).
The fifteen digit checksum for the parking coordinates are 65.
Now that you've arrived at the parking spot for the cache, it's time to figure out where the final is hidden by reading some signs! For waypoint #1, add 0.013 minutes to the latitude and subtract 0.024 minutes from the longitude that you calculated for the parking coordinates and gather the following information from the sign there:
abcd = year building was moved
Waypoint #2 is another sign, which is an additional 0.010 minutes in latitude and 0.005 minutes less in longitude from Waypoint #1. Gather the following information there:
efgh = year farm was closed
The final waypoint is a 3rd sign, located 0.007 minutes less in latitude and 0.005 minutes less in longitude from Waypoint #2. At this spot, please record the following information:
car number = ij
Now it's off to the final, which is located at:
N47 (e+g)f.b(i-d)(d+h+j) W122 (g-a)(g+h).(i+e)(a+j)(c+j)
You can verify that you final coordinates are correct by entering them into the geochecker.
IMPORTANT NOTE (July 2020): There is a yellow jacket nest near the final spot (in a break in the wood that is lying in the ground). Please approach from the LEFT of the tree in an effort to avoid being stung.