Lake Michigan Chicken

This box was planted for the 2007 Michigan Fall Gathering (”It’s a Wing Thing”) at Pigeon Creek Park in West Olive, MI. A trail map is strongly recommended and can be obtained from the Ottawa County Park Commission. Trail maps are also posted at the park.

Getting There…

U.S. 31 north from Holland or south from Grand Haven. East on Stanton for about 3 miles to the park entrance.

Clues…

Down on his farm near the Lake Michigan shore Old MacDonald is distraught and puzzled. His beloved chicken has flown the coop! For some reason that darn bird thinks she is a pigeon and has headed over to Pigeon Creek Park. But in the hen house, she left some clues… a nesting box with numbers and letters scrawled on the eggs, and a hand-written note (hope her chicken scratch isn’t too difficult to read).

Old Shoe’s Brews #1

This box is part of an ongoing series of letterboxes representing some of OldShoe’s favorite microbreweries.

Letterboxes in this Series…

Old Shoe’s Brews #1
• Old Shoe’s Brews #2

Clues…

Complete the Sudoku Puzzle and use the results to decipher the clues below.

 
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Each pair of coordinates points to a cell in the Sudoku puzzle. The corresponding number from the puzzle square is translated into a number, a letter or part of a letter in the clue text. Punctuation and spaces in the text are represented by zeros.

C6 G3 A2 B2 C1 I7 D2 A4 A2 B7 F4 E0 G3 D7 A4 I7 A8 G6 H3 H1 A0 G3 B7 B2 A4 G6 I8 F0 G8 D0 A4 F7 B0 E5 C1 B2 C9 G3 A8 H1 I7 G9 B2 D3 G3 E2 C9 G0 B2 B3 A4 A2 H4 I7 H7 D2 A0 H0 C0 A4 C3 D2 F0 E5 I7 B1 H7 B8 B2 G6 C2 E0 G3 H3 A0 C0 B7 G0 F3 A2 H0 D2 A3 I8 E5 H4 B7 I0 B0 C9 G3 A8 C4 E0 I7 D3 G7 B0 D2 B8 F3 A2 C0 C1 G3 B2 E7 A4 A1 C3 D3 I7 H8 B0 E5 D2 G3 A2 A4 H1 B2 I7 A0 B2 D7 G8 C7 H0 C1 F0 E5 C9 D0 I7 G9 F7 G4 B0 G3 I0 B2 D2 A4 G3 B9 C2 C9 E0 E8 I7 A4 G8 E5 D2 A2 B2 A8 D0 I7 C6 D7 B2 A8 D3 B0 F0 B3 D7 B2 A8 C4 D0 H3 F0 H8 A2 D0 I7 C6 E5 I6 I2 B7 B3 F7 A0 G8 H1 G3 A2 B7 E5 C0 G3 D7 A2 I8 I7 E5 A0 A4 D2 G0 C0 D2 F0 F3 D3 B0 I7 A1 A4 A2 E5 H1 C1 G0 A0 C9 G3 B1 C4 E0

Old Shoe’s Brews #2

This box is part of an ongoing series of letterboxes representing some of OldShoe’s favorite microbreweries.

Letterboxes in this Series…

Old Shoe’s Brews #1
• Old Shoe’s Brews #2

Clues…

Complete the Sudoku Puzzle and use the results to decipher the clues below.

 
| Click here to download the puzzle grid in Adobe .PDF format |

1. {E1*D5*F6} {F9-A4} {A6+G7+H4} {G5+I2} {A2*I4} {C1+C4-C2} {B4*G2+D1} {A3+I4} {F9*H1} {H2*B1} {A4+G5} {B6-H9} {H6+D5+G9} {C2+I7} {G1*H3+B2} {D3-F7} {G7*B8} {A3*F8-A4} {C4*A3*I8} {D5*G2-I9} {D3*F8-A6*D8} {B1*G7} {E8*E2}
2. [D1*I7] mile(s) from {A1-E8} {E4*I8} {H1*F7} / {C4*F7+I2} {C6*I4-I7} {D1*H4} {G8*H1} {F3*B1-B9}
3. [A2*G9+B1] steps toward {A2*F8} {B9*I3} {F3*H1} {B6-H3} {A1*G6} {B8-E5*H3} {A7+H4} {A1/G8} {A2+G9} {F3+D5} {B8*C5+D1} to {C1/B4} {E1*E2} {F4/H6} {D7*G7} {H1+E5} {G5*I4-B2} {H4*A5} {F8*B9} {C2+I4}
4. [B7*F7] steps from {C1*F5+H3} {A7*I7} {F4*I8+H4} {A7*E5*G6} end to {E8*D5} {F4/B2} {C6*A3} {F7+C5} on {D7*E5} {H1*B1-H4} {A4*I7} {A7*G4}
5. [F4*B8*G9-A7] degrees; {C5*H3} {E4*H1} {C3*B1+B2} {A1/H4} {B6/F7} {D8*I7} {B9*H1-H9} {C5+G7} {A2/E4} {F8*G4} {F4+G7} {F7+A7} {G1*B4} {A3-H4-I7} {D8*D5} {H6*F7} {B7*H3} {E1+I2} {D8+B8}