Geocaching should be about discovering great places, not just about numbers.
This Challenge borrows (steals) the design of a great cache idea by bobcatw98, and recently updated by zuma!
The way bobcatw98 set up the "Northwestern 6 Pack" was that you had to find 6 of his favorite caches in great places spread out over northwestern Wisconsin. Once you found all 6 of them, you were allowed to log the cache as a bonus find.
zuma's cache copies that idea, only instead of 6 caches, 12 caches are spread out over the area. Once you find all 12 of them, you are free to hunt his cache.
The Minnesota Challenge: KB 12 Pack is 12 caches, one each from 12 Minnesota counties. When this cache has been published, I will create a bookmark link of the 12 caches necessary to fulfill the requirements for this Challenge.
These 12 caches are all in great spots and you will enjoy the places these caches take you. They are not necessarily the 12 best caches in the area. That would be impossible to measure, and "best" is entirely subjective. Opinions may vary. I chose to NOT include any puzzle caches, canoe caches, or micros so that anyone who wants to complete the 12 pack may do so. By not including any puzzles, water caches or micros, it is easier to find all the caches in the 12 pack. It also means that I had to exclude some really great caches.
I want to thank Ralph and Bob for letting me borrow (steal) their idea.
Rules and Guidelines:
1. Once you find all 12 caches, you are free to hunt this cache. You cannot log this challenge cache, until you have logged all 12 caches in the 12 pack.
1a. Once you find all 12 caches, send me a list of all of your *find* dates, with GC number. Once verified, you may seek the final cache. You may not seek the final until you have completed the challenge and had it verified by me.
2. Challenge caches previously found DO count. You do not need to go find them again. That means some people will have a bigger head start, others will have a smaller head start, and some will have to start from scratch. That may not be fair, but that is the rule for this challenge.
3. If you own one of the Challenge caches, you do not need to go find it. Ownership counts as a find for the purpose of the Challenge.
4. If one of the caches is disabled for more than a few weeks or is archived, I will list a substitute cache in the same county. You still have to find 1 cache in each of the 12 counties.
Caches in the 12 Pack:
(Chippewa) Scenic Overlook Cache (loneeagle_24)
(Cottonwood) Hell? We Must Be In Heaven, Man (King Boreas)
(Dodge) Where the Cooper Lived and Worked (Rick-san)
(Fillmore) Tunnel Along the Bike Trail Root Roll-up(Big Bird and Son)
(Houston) Lair (ka0atu)
(Isanti) Bridges of Stanford Township (kleiner)
(Lake) Silver Island Treasure (Candy Apple Green)
(Le Sueur) You Must Be Bluffing (tomslusher)
(Ramsey) Lair of the Three-Headed Woman (King Boreas)
(Saint Louis) Alvin's Phone Line (Ken Walker)
(Sherburne) Woodlands Hollow (doctom)
(Wabasha) Scenic Overlook (Snake Creek Unit) (King Boreas)