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'23 Winter.12: You’re the First, the Last, ... Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/24/2023
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


There is nothing hidden at the posted coordinates. You must solve the puzzle below to determine the coordinates of the cache.

About 16 years ago I started caching with my mother and father. Then I had about a 3,000 day gap of finds. A little over 5 years ago I started caching again with my daughter. In the last 18 months I've found about 850 caches and solved about 75 puzzles. I created and launched a few puzzles over the last few months and I've been thinking a lot about my favorite puzzles and ideas for making something for other cachers. This cache is the twelfth in what I hope is a series of caches throughout the winter of 2023. Be sure to save the bonus information from the geochecker for the winter season finale. On with the show...

I love this song. It’s a love letter. Since this puzzle references a few people and their partners I thought it was appropriate to send along with this puzzle cache.

My first, my last, my everything
And the answer to all my dreams
You're my sun (sun), my moon (moon), my guiding star
My kind of wonderful, that's what you are

I know there's only, only one like you
There's no way, they could have made two
You're all I'm living for
Your love I'll keep for evermore
You're the first, you're the last, my everything

I hope this song and this list gets your official approval.

First Guys Wife in 1923
Second Guys Wife in 1985
Thirty-fourth Guy in 1970
First Guys Wife in 1923
Third Guy in 1856
Thirty-fourth Guy in 1970
Twenty-fifth Guy in 1927
Thirty-fourth Guy in 1970
Third Guy in 1954
Between the First Guy in 1847 and his wife in 1902
Twenty-fifth Guy in 1927
Eighteenth Guy in 1923
First Guys Wife in 1923
 

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Thank you to NYWanderer for beta testing the puzzle.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Vzcevag, Vzcerff, Pneir, Rgpu, Znex, Ynory, Frny

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)