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.
MINNESOTA
- Origin of name: From the Dakota Indian word meaning “sky-tinted water”
- Capital: Saint Paul
- Largest city: Minneapolis
- Population: 5,420,380 (2013 est) Ranked 21st in the US.
- Nicknames: North star state; Land of 10,000 lakes; The Gopher state
- Highest point: Eagle mountain, 2,301 ft
- Admission to union: May 11th, 1858 (32nd)
- State motto: The Star of the North
- State song: Hail! Minnesota
- State tree: Red (Norway) pine
- State flower: Lady’s slipper
- State bird: Common loon
- Area: 86,939 sq mi. Ranked 12th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Minnesota has 90,000 miles of shoreline, more than California, Florida and Hawaii combined.
2) The first Automatic Pop-up toaster was marketed in June 1926 by McGraw Electric Co. in Minneapolis under the name Toastmaster. The retail price was $13.50.
3) Candy maker Frank C. Mars of Minnesota introduced the Milky Way candy bar in 1923. Mars marketed the Snickers bar in 1930 and introduced the 5 cent Three Musketeers bar in 1937. The original 3 Musketeers bar contained 3 bars in one wrapper. Each with different flavour nougat.
4) Minneapolis’ famed skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going outside.
5) The mall of America in Bloomingtons is the size of 78 football fields – 905 million square feet.
To solve this one name the state Bird.
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