Geocaching used to be pretty rough in the old days. As seen in the picture above, conditions were often inhospitable and the means of transportation fairly slow making for some treacherous cache runs. The original 13 Colonies were well known for some pretty fun Geocaches as many of the founding fathers were fond of this hobby. As the pioneers marched westward, they took this hobby to even more vast areas. Most of those Geocaches hidden by the pioneers have been (sadly) archived. However, many modern folk have taken to this old game and have hidden more modern Geocaches throughout all 50 states (and Washington DC)!
To log as FOUND a Required Minimum Number of caches in at least 13 US states /or 12 states and wildcard Washington DC.
Minimum FOUND caches in each area must be AT LEAST equivalent to the order each specific state was ratified or admitted to the Union. (The District of Columbia was formed after the first 13 colonies were ratified. As a "wildcard" it is assigned a value of "1" for the purpose of this challenge. DC is NOT a state).
The Difficulty rating of the cache reflects the "difficulty" of meeting the Challenge. At a minimum to meet the challenge you will have logged a total of 79 caches NOT INCLUDING this one. By comparison, west-coast caching would necessitate 233 finds for the six states of California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho .... and 99 just for Hawaii and Alaska.
