The beautiful state of Colorado has always been one of my favorite states. Here are some interesting facts about Colorado:

It is the eighth most extensive in land area and 22nd most populous of the 50 United States.

The state was named for the Colorado River, which Spanish explorers named the Rio Colorado for the ruddy silt the river carried from the mountains.  The Western Slope of Colorado is drained by the Colorado River and its tributaries.

Colorado was admitted to the union as the 38th state.  It is noted for its vivid landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands.

Denver is the capital and the most highly-populated city in the state.  Most of Colorado's population resides along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in the Front Range Urban Corridor between the Wyoming border and Pueblo, Colorado.  This region is partially protected from prevailing storms that blow in from the Pacific Ocean region by the high Rockies in the middle of Colorado.

The highest ambient air temperature ever recorded in Colorado was 118 degrees Fahrenheit and the lowest was -61 degrees Fahrenheit.

The Colorado Springs area is home to the U.S. Air Force Academy and NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command).

To locate the final hiding place for this cache, simply answer the following questions and plug the numbers as indicated into the proper slots.

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A - According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Colorado's population is __,029,196.

B - Mt. Elbert is the highest point in the state, and in all of the Rocky Mountains, at 1__,440 feet above sea level.

C - Colorado was admitted to the union on August 1, 187__.  It is known as the Centennial State because of this fact.

D - Interstate __5 is the primary north/south highway in the state.

E - __ Colorado counties have a population in excess of 250,000 residents.

F - The Rocky Mountains within Colorado contain about 5__ peaks that rise over 14,000 feet above sea level. They are known as the Fourteeners.

G - Colorado is the only state that lies entirely above 1,000 meters or __,281 feet in elevation.

H - The Eisenhower Tunnel, which carries I-70 traffic under the Continental Divide at an elevation of 11,158 feet, is the highest vehicular tunnel in the United States.  It was completed in 1979 and contains __ bores.