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.
MICHIGAN
- Origin of name: Based on Chippewa Indian word “meicigama” meaning “Great water” (the Great lakes)
- Capital: Lansing
- Largest city: Detroit
- Population: 9,895,622 (2013 est) Ranked 9th in the US.
- Nicknames: The Great lakes state; The Wolverine state.
- Highest point: Mount Arvon, 1,979 ft
- Admission to union: January 26th, 1837 (26th)
- State motto: If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.
- State song: Michigan, my Michigan
- State tree: Eastern white pine
- State flower: Apple blossom
- State bird: Robin
- Area: 96,716 sq mi. Ranked 11th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.
2) The Kellogg Company has made Battle Creek the Cereal Capital of the World. The Kellogg brothers accidentally discovered the process for producing flaked cereal products and sparked the beginning of the dry cereal industry.
3) Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.
4) The Upper Michigan Copper Country is the largest commercial deposit of native copper in the world.
5) Although Michigan is often called the "Wolverine State" there are no longer any wolverines in Michigan.
To solve this one name the state Flower.
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