NEV89408 Continental Expansion ByNumbers CHALLENGE Mystery Cache

Today is the 14th anniversary of the first cache find by StarPop and Seek2FindMe. That first was on the island of Kauai (Hawaii). It is still probably the most special, memorable, geographically noteworthy find to date. With that, we became hooked. The hours and miles we have traveled to build our smileys are impossible to calculate. But blood sweat and tears, and smileys galore, have molded a lifetime of experiences and fun!

Thank you to all the cache owners whose hides define our travels and shape our Smiles!

• park and grab
• easy off and back on highway
• cache on roadside shoulder ...keep kids, dogs and errant grandma in safe location while you grab and replace cache
• location inspired by similar challenge nearby GC2KBH9 State Souvenire Challenge Northern NV
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  .....of geocaching.com, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Caches, insure Finds, provide for the common Enjoyment, promote the general Welfare and secure the Blessings of Smiles to ourselves and our Cache Owners, do Accept and Fulfill this Challenge13 for the expansion of Numbers Found.

  • To wit, we individually understand
  • ... the hide is a Physical Cache container at the Posted Coordinates.
  • ... at the time you find the cache, pen your john-hancock on the Log
  • ... if Challenge requirements are not yet met you may Log on-line as a NOTE on the date signed
  • ...when all Challenge requirements are met a new FOUND IT log of "proof" will be posted ON or AFTER date of Challenge Met
  
  
  

  CHALLENGE:

  log as FOUND a Required Minimum Number of caches in at least 13 US states /or 12 states and wildcard Washington DC.
  
  

  TWIST:

  minimum FOUND caches in each State 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.

  PROVIDED REFERENCE ITEMS:

  
  (1) A checker for your convenience in determining your qualification status. It is not necessary to list the caches in your log ... but you may if that is what you want to log.
  
  ( 1) 59 finds (50 needed). Hawaii
  ( 2) 564 finds (48 needed). Arizona
  ( 3) 578 finds (45 needed). Utah
  ( 4) 762 finds (43 needed). Idaho
  ( 5) 47 finds (42 needed). Washington
  ( 6)1113 finds (36 needed). Nevada
  ( 7) 232 finds (33 needed). Oregon
  ( 8)9434 finds (31 needed). California
  ( 9) 30 finds (25 needed). Arkansas
  (10) 16 finds (16 needed). Tennessee
  (11) 104 finds (10 needed). Virginia
  (12) 21 finds (8 needed). South Carolina
  (13) 1 finds (1 needed). Delaware
  BONUS 3 finds (1 needed). District of Columbia
  
  
  (2) Also provided .... A list of states and values needed.
  Remember ... only 13 are required.
  

Other Continental Expansion by the Numbers challenges based on the original placed by Seek2FindMe in Santa Clara county California are:

• 11 MAY 2019 original Nor Cal GC84YKE Continental Expansion By the Numbers CHALLENGE 13
• 24 MAY 2019 (archived) Arkansas GC889Y8 Continental Expansion BYtheNumbers ARKSA CHALLENGE
• 21 DEC 2019 Arizona GC8H4N8 Continental Expansion Traveler's Challenge
• 22 APR 2020 Arizona GC8PM2C Continental Expansion By the Numbers CHALLENGE 13
• 30 JUN 2020 Pennsylvania GC8TJ7K The Elves' Continental Expansion Challenge
• 11 SEP 2020 Utah GC8ZTVG UTAH Continental Expansion ByTheNumbers CHALLENGE
• 10 MAR 2021 So Cal GC97CN2 Hwy 118 Challenge Alley - Continental Expansion