THE RULES
To complete the challenge and claim the find you MUST do ALL FOUR of the following:
1) Find at least one cache on EACH of the 20 identified holidays. It can be any year and anywhere (not just in Wisconsin) as long as at the time of finding the cache it was one of the listed holidays.
2) Sign the log. You can sign the log at any time, even if you have not fulfilled the requirements of the challenge. You can write a note for the find until such time you have completed the challenge. You will not get a smiley until then.
3) Create a shared, public bookmark list of the holiday finds or post in your log, with:
a) In the description, identify the Holiday and Date Found.
b) In the title, use the two-digit numbering scheme listed below before the cache name so the caches will be displayed in order.
(The Bookmark List may be removed 3 months after claiming the find)
4) All caches in your bookmark list must be physical caches and at least three of the finds must be Multi-cache, Unknown, Letterbox, or APE caches.
THE HOLIDAYS
(amended 10/18/2011 to include #14b - International Geocaching Day)
01 - New Year's Day: January 1
02 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Third Monday in January*
03 - Groundhog Day: February 2
04 - Lincoln's Birthday: February 12
(It would not be an Illinois version without Lincoln's Birthday)
05 - St. Valentine's Day: February 14
06 - President's Day: Third Monday in February*
07 - St. Patrick’s Day: March 17
08 - Traditional Easter Sunday: First Sunday after the first ecclesiastical full moon after the vernal equinox*
(Eastern Orthodox Easter is not permitted)
09 - Earth Day: April 22
10 - Mother’s Day: Second Sunday in May*
11 - Memorial Day: Last Monday in May*
12 - Father’s Day: Third Sunday in June*
13 - Independence Day: July 4
14a - International Friendship Day: First Sunday in August*
*****OR (by seeker's choice)
14b - International Geocaching Day: Third Saturday in August (found 2011 or after)*
15 - Labor Day: First Monday in September*
16 - Columbus Day: Second Monday in October*
17 - Halloween: October 31
18 - Veterans Day: November 11
19 - Thanksgiving Day: Fourth Thursday in November*
20 - Traditional Christmas Day: December 25
* These holidays change each year. You can check these links for most holidays between 2000 and 2005 or2005 and 2010. Need this year's or future dates? 2010-2015
The Geocache Notification Form has been submitted to Rebecca Green at Mirror Lake State Park. Geocaches placed on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources managed lands require permission by means of a notification form. Please print out a copy of the notification form, fill in all required information, then submit it to the land manager.