Counties in California - Challenge
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I have had my County Line Series of Caches for years now and am still in the process of doing something with that as a challenge (once I complete them). However, in the meantime I figured that this little challenge will get you out and find caches with all 58 of California’s county names in them.
I did a search of the county names and there are tons of caches to choose from throughout the state to fulfill the requirements. And yes, you can use my County Line Series of Caches to fill in those holes you need. The actual caches do not need to be in the counties with their namesake.
In addition, please find at least (5) different types of caches or categories (icons) when posting your finds. (Traditional, Multi, Unknown, Letterbox, Web, Virtual, Events. etc). This gives the challenge an extra star boost to the difficulty.
The counties names you need to find are:
ALAMEDA, ALPINE, AMADOR, BUTTE, CALAVERAS, COLUSA, CONTRA COSTA, DEL NORTE, EL DORADO, FRESNO, GLENN, HUMBOLDT, IMPERIAL, INYO, KERN, KINGS, LAKE, LASSEN, LOS ANGELES, MADERA, MARIN, MARIPOSA, MENDOCINO, MERCED, MODOC, MONO, MONTEREY, NAPA, NEVADA, ORANGE, PLACER, PLUMAS, RIVERSIDE, SACRAMENTO, SAN BENITO, SAN BERNARDINO, SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO, SAN JOAQUIN, SAN LUIS OBISPO, SAN MATEO, SANTA BARBARA, SANTA CLARA, SANTA CRUZ, SHASTA, SIERRA, SISKIYOU, SOLANO, SONOMA, STANISLAUS, SUTTER, TEHAMA, TRINITY, TULARE, TUOLUMNE, VENTURA, YOLO, YUBA
You have no time limit on finding the caches. In fact, you may have already completed the cache requirements. But, if you haven’t… now you have some target caches to find.
When logging this cache, either create a book mark or list your requisite caches with the cache name, gc#, date found, and type of cache as identified below:
ALAMEDA Galaxy near Wisconsin (GC2N12Z) 2/12/11 (Traditional)
Intermediate Dendrology III: ALPINE Forest (GCPK6Z) 9/29/06 (Multi)
AMADOR County Geocachers First Get-Together (GC1058Y) 1/28/07 (Event)
The Sutter BUTTES (GC15B70) 9/2/07 (Earthcache)
CALAVERAS Crossing (GCPZMZ) 4/7/06 (Traditional)
COLUSA fowl (GCZKQ9) 12/16/06 (Traditional)
Revolution in CONTRA COSTA? or in GV? (GC2NBFT) 2/13/11 (Traditional)
DEL NORTE Dive (GC13M44) 10/6/07 (Traditional)
EL DORADO Bob’s Micro Stash (GC1071R) 1/10/07 (Unknown)
FRESNO Copycat (GCMQNN) 7/4/05 (Traditional)
GLENN County Line (GCZPMH) 12/16/06 (Traditional)
Queen of Diamonds “Old HUMBOLDT Road” (GCYMJY) 12/30/06 (Traditional)
Homer #19: IMPERIAL Beach (GCQ1G6) 5/31/06 (Traditional)
Galaxy snake INYO cold, Vulcan Cdr monkey face (GC30DCH) 7/25/11 (Letterbox)
KERN County Cacher – TheKeySmith (GC1V7RY) 1/11/11 (Traditional)
KINGS Hopefuls (GCVRXC) 5/25/06 (Traditional)
Lost LAKE of Davis (GCPH36) 12/11/05 (Unknown)
Peter LASSEN’S Farm (GCX4MG) 8/26/06 (Traditional)
LOS ANGELES Rams (GC2Q4CT) 9/21/11 (Unknown)
MADERA (GC1GQF) 4/4/10 (Traditional)
White Christmas in MARIN (GCZHYE) 12/10/06 (Virtual)
County Line – MARIPOSA (GC13VHN) 6/22/07 (Unknown)
Monkey and the MENDOCINO Melon (GC2XER5) 8/14/11 (Letterbox)
MERCED City (GCZTR6) 9/29/07 (Traditional)
County Line – MODOC (GC144G8) (Unknown)
MONO’S Pioneers (GC9012) 7/24/10 (Virtual)
MONTEREY Formation Folds and Oil – Corona Del Mar (GCZCHD) 2/14/07 (Earthcache)
Next Door to NAPA (GCPQJ9) 12/20/06 (Traditional)
NEVADA Highways (GCT9QE) 4/1/06 (Unknown)
Giant ORANGE (GC27R1D) 5/2/10 (Letterbox)
PLACER Toy Exchange (GCHFCH) 4/9/05 (Traditional)
Cavalier Buccaneers in Titanium Georgian PLUMAS (GC2MQ3B) 3/12/11 (Traditional)
Down by the RIVERSIDE (GCWW29) 11/21/06 (Traditional)
SACRAMENTO’S Second Webcam Cache (GCH5EF) 3/1/06 (Web Cam)
County Line – SAN BENITO (GC167HT) 9/19/07 (Unknown)
On the Road to SAN BERNARDINO (GC27KC4) 10/15/10 (Unknown)
SAN DIEGO Zoo Virtual (GCHBT3) 2/14/06 (Virtual)
SAN FRANCISCO Waterfront (GCE731) 1/24/06 (Multi)
SAN JOAQUIN Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary (GCPAFC) 8/2/05 (Earthcache)
SAN LUIS OBISPO Travel Bug Motel (GCM47P) 5/7/07 (Traditional)
SAN MATEO, Minnesota 95945? (GC2N0TN) 2/13/11 (Traditional)
County Line – SANTA BARBARA (GC12WAE) 5/9/07 (Unknown)
County Line – SANTA CLARA (GC13771) 5/27/07 (Unknown)
County Line – SANTA CRUZ (GC138RT) 5/27/07 (Unknown)
View of SHASTA (GCGMP6) 6/28/07 (Traditional)
SIERRA 2 (GCYCKR) 10/21/06 (Traditional)
Grandpa Home 20000 SISKIYOU Railroad Timberwolves (GC2MDJT) 8/14/11 (Multi)
SOLANO House (GCHV72) 3/20/05 (Multi)
Hwy 37E Quickie #1-SONOMA Marina (GC109EY) 7/11/07 (Traditional)
Queen Bee & King Apollo welcome to STANISLAUS? (GC2YAFH) 10/9/11 (Traditional)
Gold! Gold ! Gold! at SUTTER Creek (GCPM4C) 12/24/05 (Earthcache)
TEHAMA-Colusa Canal (GC17P0M) 12/2/10 (Unknown)
Rock TRINITY (GCBB32) 2/13/06 (Traditional)
Welcome to TULARE (GCPPGR) 12/23/05 (Traditional)
Sir Eris, burn Fort TUOLUMNE Ape ID (GC2T3NE) 5/7/11 (Traditional)
County Line – VENTURA (GC2KGFC) 12/19/10 (Unknown)
Nuts About YOLO County (GCQQ3E) 3/12/06 (Multi)
YUBA City High (GCNZ23) 9/2/06 (Multi)
You may find the cache and ink your TnL (d)mark™ in the log at anytime but you may not log it as a find until you meet the requirements listed above.
Congrats to retiredprof for the FTF.
As always… Enjoy and Have Fun.
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