Delta: City of Murals #2
Discover and enjoy a portion of the Delta story in its murals
The wealth of murals in Delta, Colorado, created by local artists celebrates the heritage of this community. Most are located along Main Street. This series is numbered in the order in which the murals were painted.
It all started in 1986 when the city was awarded funds for an urban renewal project. A portion of these funds were set aside to begin the “mural project”. The success of this project has led to the expansion of the Delta Public Art Committee which is currently continuing the mural project and initiating a new program for sculpture and other 3 dimensional media art in public places.
In this series of multi-caches, the coordinates given are a virtual (the mural) from which you will gather information to find the second stage which will contain the log to be signed. The second stage has a connection to the first, perhaps only in the owners’ minds, but can you read our minds?
This mural is by local artist Ginny Allen and uses many colors and sweeping brush strokes to evoke a temperate autumn day in the area. The elk are fattened to prepare for the harsh winter struggle. Usually a bull elk would have a harem of cows, but that is abbreviated on this mural. (from "waymarking.com)
Recommended: To enjoy this country for yourself, check out the West Elk Loop Scenic and Historic Byway (205 miles with driving time of 6-8 hours) shaped like a lasso that’s been dropped on Colorado’s pristine West Elk Mountains, uniting 3 very different mining communities, giving access to several diverse wilderness and recreational areas- White River and Gunnison National Forests, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Curecanti National Recreational Area, and Crawford and Paonia State Parks.
Coordinates for second stage:
If all three words of the mural title begin with the same letter, N=38 44.246
If all three words of the mural title start with a different letter, N=38 44.455
If neither of the above, N=38 44.365
If mural depicts a lone bull elk, W=108 04.386
If mural depicts one male and one female elk, W=108 04.286
If neither of the above is true, W=108 04.186
Congratulations to crawfordcollins for FTF
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