This cache is an easy mystery cache created for the NoVaGO CANV series.
The cache is not at the listed coordinates.
You will have to gather information at the listed coordinates and perform some basic math to find where this cache is located.
The cache is located at: N 39 01.9AB W 078 16.8CD
Searching for this cache is only allowed during daylight hours.
Welcome to Wayside Inn, just around the corner is Larrick’s Tavern.
The Wayside Inn is the oldest continuously operated inn in the United States.
Before the Civil War, the inn was purchased by a man named Jacob Larrick, who changed its name to Larrick’s Hotel. During the war, the inn was frequented by both Union and Confederate soldiers and was used as a makeshift hospital.
In the early 1900s, the inn was acquired by Samuel Rhodes, who gave the building its current title. He also added two wings and a third floor to the structure. Then, in the 1960s, the financier Leo M. Bernstein bought the structure and introduced numerous renovations. Bernstein hailed from Washington D.C. and had a keen interest in preserving American history. He was also a very savvy real estate broker and adored collecting antiques. He decorated the Wayside Inn with many of his lavish pieces.
The inn was then sold in 2009 to Jacob and Lois Charon. Since then, guests and employees alike have encountered ghosts all around the building. One staff member, for example, recalls seeing the apparition of a woman in a high-collared blue dress floating around in the lobby. Others have spotted the ghosts of war veterans flitting from room to room.
Other strange things are seen and heard at the Wayside Inn. Several people have caught the creepy sounds of children running in otherwise empty hallways. Servers have seen dishes fly off shelves in what was once the slave kitchen, even felt something brush their arms while working.
If you stand next to the fireplace in the inn’s lobby, it is said that you will encounter an unusual cold spot. If you leave a pile of coins on your nightstand, you will wake up to find them rearranged in the letter L. The Wayside Inn’s Room 14 is especially prone to paranormal activity.
But according the Charons, the ghosts of the inn are friendly.
While standing at GZ you will see a sign hanging from a post.
For AB add 07 to the last digit that Larrick’s Tavern was built (AB=XX+07)
For CD add 78 to the bottom black number on the post (CD=XX=78)
You can check your solution with the solution checker on this page.
Once you get the green light it’s off to find the cache which is a short drive away.
As part of the 2020 NoVAGO series, you can earn $.50 of the cost of a NoVAGO Cache Across Northern Virginia coin for each cache in the series you find. This cache is part of that series; when you find this cache you will need to take note of the code provided as proof of the find. The cost of the coin is $15. To claim your coin you need to send a list including each cache in the series you’ve found with the date found and the associated code word to officers@novago.org