I have fancied putting togehter a geo art for a while now & being as the old series is a bit tired, had a chat with USAndy to do this re-run. This is a one of a series of 50 puzzle caches that will take you around the town of Thornbury. All puzzles are so easy to solve we have made the D rating a 1 on most, as the hides are easy to find as well.
All the caches are to do with the USA and will give you info on all the states.
To help you navigate the public footways around this area, the Explorer 167 map will be helpful.
The whole walk in one go will be no less than 12 miles, depending on other caches you can grab on the way round. There is a bonus cache as before.
Please see number 1 USA Mega series re-run #1; Alabama for car parking, if you need it.
WISCONSIN
- Origin of name: From the Cheppewa Indian word “Ouisconsin” believed to mean “river that meanders through something red”
- Capital: Madison
- Largest city: Milwaukee
- Population: 5,726,398 (2012 est). Ranked 20th in the US.
- Nicknames: Badger state; America’s dairyland
- Highest point: Timms hill, 1,951 ft
- Admission to union: May 29th, 1848 (30th)
- State motto: Forward
- State song: On Wisconsin
- State tree: Sugar maple
- State flower: Wood violet
- State bird: Robin
- Area: 65,497.82 sq mi. Ranked 23rd in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Wisconsin visitors and residents enjoy the state's 7,446 streams and rivers. End-to-end they'd stretch 26,767 miles. That is more than enough to circle the globe at the equator.
2) The original Barbie is from Willows. Barbie's full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
3) Milwaukee is home of Harley Davidson Motorcycles.
4) Noah's Ark in Wisconsin Dells is the nation's largest water-themed park.
5) Devil's Lake was established in 1911. The facility has become one of Wisconsin's oldest and most famous state parks. It leads the state parks in attendance.
To solve this one name the state Tree.
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The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast. There is a stats listing, so you can see how many Little Bridges you have found, you can find it HERE . If you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan via the Little Bridges website with your caching name, name of your Little Bridge and the GC code and he will give you a number for your bridge. To qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches "Little Bridges # xxxx then the name" including spaces so it will get picked up and added to stats list.