Easy Magic Puzzle - 6/30/24

Today I'm taking us to Ohio and a puzzle first featured here 12 years ago today:

Easy Magic Puzzle

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Piltdown Man - 6/29/24

Today we're heading to Illinois for a puzzle first shared 6 years ago today:

Piltdown Man

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The Logical Cache - 6/28/24

Today's Rhode Island puzzle was passed along to me a little over 9 years ago.  I know I had looked at it more than once without making any headway, but since I may find myself in the area later this summer I decided to take another run at:

The Logical Cache

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Geocaching Summer Olympics - 6/27/24

Although my own athletic prowess peaked very early (2nd place 8 and Under Backstroke in our City Championship meet in 1970-something), I have always been an Olympics junkie. As I look forward to this year's competition in Paris I've caught a little of the US qualifying for some of the events, including swimming and diving.  I never tried diving myself, and have only watched it in person at my daughter's swim meets (I have some fond memories of serving as the announcer at a number of home meets).  I had fun going through this Minnesota puzzle, and will probably return to more in the series:

Diving - Geocaching Summer Olympics

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Not at the Posted Coordinates - 6/26/24

It should come as no surprise that today's featured Minnesota cache is:

Not At The Posted Coordinates

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HUE are YOU? - 6/25/24

There are 25 puzzles in this Canadian series that I'm slowly working my way through. This week I'm sharing:

#14 HUE are YOU? [Out of the Box]

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Once in a Lifetime - 6/24/24

Today's California puzzle landed in my inbox last week, and I agreed it would be a fitting one to share:

OIAL 092: May

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Easy Haiku - 6/23/24

Today we're back in Ohio with a puzzle I shared 6 years ago.  Yesterday's was a toughie, so I thought I'd follow up with something a little simpler:

Easy Haiku Puzzle

A note from the original post:  "I'm sure this is the first puzzle I've ever solved while standing in the CO's kitchen, just moments before going out to find it."  A fun memory!  I even wrote my own Haiku for the log:

Muggy summertime.
An enjoyable cache find,
after the quick solve.

Sudoku Symphony - 6/22/24

Today I'm taking you back to a puzzle I featured 6 years ago today.  At that time I had found the cache as part of a super fun group solve, but later on I did go back and go through them all.  I can confirm that you'll need a bit of time on your hands to get through this:

Sudoku Symphony

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Going in Circles - 6/21/24

Today I have two puzzles for you, one from Pennsylvania and another from Oklahoma. It turns out, they both have the same name and connections to CacheSleuth and me.  I had reached out to ask him for help in implementing a new puzzle cache, and in talking about it I found out he was working on a new cache using his own implementation of something I'd used before (but he hadn't ever seen mine).  It was pretty funny when we also ended up independently giving our new puzzles the same name.  I guess you could say we were:

Going in Circles

and

Going in Circles

If you want something done ... - 6/20/24

Not long ago I came across some content that just begged to be in a puzzle, so when my friend CaptainMath asked me about writing a puzzle for a cache to launch in advance of his upcoming Tri-State Treasures event I was happy to oblige:

May the 4th Be With You ... Every Day of the Year! 

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An Off-Center Shift Cipher - 6/19/24

Today we head to a new California puzzle that was passed along to me.  It involves:

An Off-Center Shift Cipher

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Size of the Box - 6/18/24

Today's Canadian puzzle had me dusting off some skills I first developed in playing an old adventure game in the early 1990's (I'm thinking it was one of the King's Quest series).  See if you can figure out:

#22 Size of the Box [Out of the Box]

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Sunflower #2 - 6/17/24

Today we head out to another California puzzle I had fun testing before publication:

Sunflower #2

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Slide into Position for Father's Day - 6/16/24

Today is the day to honor all the dads out there.  I considered reposting an appropriately themed cache, but decided to go with this Tennessee puzzle one from 8 years ago today:

Slide into Position

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Sticklinks - 6/15/24

In looking back through the archives for today's post, I spotted this one (first featured 8 years ago today) which felt like a precursor to the new "Strands" type puzzles.  Try your luck with:

 Stuck on Tricky Conundrum StickLinks

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Nonograms are easy! - 6/14/24

Today we head to a California puzzle by a CO whose work was recommended to me a while back.  I've featured several by them before but not this one.  It's a good thing:

Nonograms are easy!

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How Do I Work This? - 6/13/24

Today we head to a California cache whose title contains a question I often ask when attempting a puzzle:

OIAL 025: "How do I work this?"

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Grilles Logiques - 6/12/24

It's been a while since I featured one of the logic puzzles in this French series, so let's head to:

48 - Grilles Logiques : facile

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Rotation - 6/11/24

Today we head to an Arkansas puzzle that landed in my inbox:

Rotation

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The Cameraman - 6/10/24

I'm continuing to really enjoy the variety posed by this Canadian series.  Today I'm sending you to:

#25 The Cameraman [Out of the Box]

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GeoQuest - 6/9/24

Today I'm going back to an Ohio series I featured here 7 years ago today.  Several different puzzles were built into this text adventure game, so you don't need to have done the first two to try:

Quest for Peseverance - GeoQuest, Chapter 3 &  Fishing Buddy - GeoQuest, Chapter 4

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An Elegant Puzzle - 6/8/24

Today we return to Canada and a puzzle misadventure I first shared here 13 years ago today:

Jbeck2's Elegant Cache

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Just Right - 6/7/24

Today I'm sending you to California for a puzzle of a type I'd never done before.  Try your luck with this:

Goldilocks Grid

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I do too - 6/6/24

I can't remember if this Ohio puzzle was passed along to me, or if I spotted it myself.  But upon seeing the title I wanted to know more because when caching (and puzzling):

I Periodically Use The F-Word  (

After reading the logs I am very curious about the field puzzle as well!

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Trivia Night - 6/5/24

Today we head to Minnesota for:

Trivia Night

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Lines - 6/4/24

Today we're back to the Canadian series I've been enjoying:

#08 Lines [Out of the Box]

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Mini-Cube - 6/3/24

The NYT mini-crossword has become part of my daily routine.  This brand new California puzzle is a fun twist on a mini-crossword:

Word Cube (KPC2024)

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Marriage - 6/2/24

I first featured this Colorado puzzle 12 years ago today in celebration of the 22nd anniversary of our:

Marriage

And now we're at 34!  Where does the time go?

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Geocaching in the Elements - 6/1/24

Today we're revisiting a cache I featured here 12 years ago today:

NPC#2 Geocaching in the Elements 

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