GC594F0 Queen Bess' Rest Area
Type: Mystery | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Dasshatzi @ | Hide Date: 07/18/2014 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N37° 54.437 W107° 38.906 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
               

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-= As of 8/1/17, the cache has shifted and requires more cover than before, please read the owner maintenance log from the date mentioned above. =- This cache is located on the Queen Bess patented mining claim.  You will need a four wheel drive vehicle and a good GPS to find this geocache.  The views are beautiful at the cache and you may want to bring a camera to take pictures. 

There is a prize for FTF. Congrats to TwoElkers for FTF!

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The geocache is not located at the posted coordinates.  At the posted coordinates there is a restful area.  Solve the questions below.  The cache is located at N 37 54.ABC W 107 38.DEF.

 The puzzle is not hard to solve you will just need to do some historical research.  Have Fun! 

Use letters at the top of questions and replace those letters with the number next to the correct answer in the coordinates.

A.

What year was Queen Bess born?

1 = 1523

4 = 1533

7 = 1527

0 = 1538

B.

2 ˝ years after Bess was born, her mother…..

7 = Was executed

8 = Was excommunicated from the Catholic Church

5 = Divorced King Henry VIII

1 = Gave birth to another child

C.

One of Queen Bess’ mottoes was “video et taceo” meaning?

0 = I see, and say go!

6 = I see, and say nothing.

2 = I see more than I want to see.

9 = I see things others cannot.

D.

When did Queen Bess’ half-brother Edward VI die?

5 = 1547

1 = 1555

8 = 1553

3 = 1543

E.

How many years did Queen Bess reign?

0 = 40

2 = 48

7 = 39

8 = 44

F.

Who was Queen Bess’ successor?

1 = James I

8 = William II

6 = James II

4 = William IV

You can check your answers for this puzzle on GeoChecker.com.

Additional Waypoints

06/08/2018 By Team TJ
Solved this cache a long time ago. Finally got a chance to find it today. TFTC

08/02/2017 By dasshatzi
Came up yesterday to check on the cache. Unfortunately, the area where the cache originally sat has shifted over what I presume to be the winter in San Juan County. I moved the cache no more than a 1/2 a foot forward and the coordinates are still accurate. Since the cache has lost some of its original cover, please make sure that you put a lot of camouflage over the top of it to ensure that the cache doesn't shift any further. Other than the cache shifting, the container and area are doing great; everything has been staying dry despite the rain over the last few days. The cache is ready for the next winter.

07/24/2017 By Mlomary
Found and logged this one Aug 2015 but never logged it. Tfth

06/30/2017 By K Trackers
I picked this one up while in the local area during the end of the June transition month for what I called the "Freeze and Fry Run"...snivel cold at night and in the morning, sun beating hot in the afternoon. I had to go to Cortez, CO to pick up some old friends from New Jersey to act as their tour guide while enroute to DIA. Of course, I was trying to hike and pick up a few caches before they arrived. I decided to give this one a try because it looked fun, had a decent D/T rating, and I am a big history nerd. I actually had this one solved back in 2015, but I had to cut that run short and missed the opportunity to come here. I was grateful to finally have that chance to come today and make the find. I don't know if I had bad reception or not, as the hint drew me away from where the (solved puzzle) final coordinates took me. I enjoyed the view. Thanks to the CO for placing this nice cache for everyone to find, TFTC.

09/26/2016 By Rojo464
We did our homework before we we left home, a beautiful area to jeep and geocache in. TFTC