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Cupid's Trail #2: Cupid's Patron Deity Multi-cache

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Hidden : 2/24/2006
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The name, Cupid's Trail, is suggested by several features along the way in a beautiful area of Ramsey County. Cupid's Trail is a series of four multicaches of moderate difficulty (no bushwhacking required) that may challenge many.

Best parking is along Cty E2 just West of Chatham Ave.


Cupid's Patron Deity


Cupid’s trail will take you to his patron deity. A heavenly jewel, the morning star is named after Cupid’s patron deity, the Roman goddess of love. and beauty.

Bring pencil & paper to work out a puzzle in which you assign a numerical value to each letter of the alphabet (a=1, b=2, etc.)

To stage 2: To determine the seconds longitude add the first three digits you see to the seconds N 45 03.360; and add the last three digits to the seconds W 093 10.703

To the final stageTo determine the seconds longitude (N 45 03.XXX) by multiplying: 214 by the third digit of the address of the house facing the head of the trail.

To determine the seconds latitude (W093 10.XXX), calculate the sum of the numerical value of the street name multiply the sum by ten and add 52. You will want to back track down to the creek before you take a westerly bearing.

Cupid's Trail #2 is 0.44 miles from first stage to cache.


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur svany pnpur vf n pnzbhsyntrq zvpeb pbagnvavat gur ybt.

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)