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.
HAWAII
- Origin of name: The island may have been named by Hawaii Loa, their traditional discoverer. Or after Hawaii or Hawaiki, the traditional home of the Polynesians.
- Capital: Honolulu
- Largest city: Honolulu
- Population: 1,404,054 (2013 est) Ranked 40th in the US.
- Nicknames: The Aloha state
- Highest point: Mauna Kea 13,796 ft
- Admission to union: August 21, 1959 (50th)
- State motto: Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Āina i ka Pono. (Hawaiian for The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness).
- State song: Hawai`i Pono`i
- State tree: Kukui (Candlenut)
- State flower: Yellow Hibiscus
- State bird: Nene (Hawaiian goose)
- Area: 10,931 sq mi. Ranked 43rd in the US
Did you know……..
1) There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
Vowels: A, E, I, O, U
Consonants: H, K, L, M, N, P, W
2) The state of Hawaii consists of eight main islands: Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe and the Big Island of Hawaii.
3) Hawaii is the most isolated population centre on the face of the earth. Hawaii is 2,390 miles from California; 3,850 miles from Japan; 4,900 miles from China; and 5,280 miles from the Philippines.
4) Haleakala Crater (Ha-lay-ah-ja-lah) is the world's largest dormant volcano.
5) The Hawaiian Islands are the projecting tops of the biggest mountain range in the world.
To solve this one name the state Flower.
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