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.
IOWA
- Origin of name: From an Indian word meaning “This is the place” or “The beautiful land”
- Capital: Des Moines
- Largest city: Des Moines
- Population: 3,090,416 (2013 est) Ranked 30th in the US.
- Nicknames: The Hawkeye state
- Highest point: Hawkeye point, 1,670 ft
- Admission to union: December 28, 1846 (29th)
- State motto: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
- State song: The song of Iowa
- State tree: Oak
- State flower: Wild Prairie Rose
- State bird: Eastern Goldfinch
- Area: 56,272 sq mi. Ranked 26th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Ripley's Believe It or Not has dubbed Burlington's Snake Alley the most crooked street in the world.
2) Quaker Oats, in Cedar Rapids, is the largest cereal company in the world.
3) Iowa is the only state whose east and west borders are 100% formed by water. Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
4) The highest double track railroad bridge in the world, the Kate Shelley Bridge, is located at Boone.
5) The famous actor John Wayne was born in Winterset on May 26, 1907.
To solve this one name the state Flower.
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