Quinceañera Challenge Olio #32 Mystery Cache

Background

Welcome to my series of odd and miscellaneous challenges.

Happy Cinco de Mayo Day!

It's time we brought a little bit of Mexico to this Olio series. And what better day than on Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de May literally translates to 5^th of May. In Mexico, Cinco de May celebrates that day in 1862 when Mexico defeated the French army at the Battle of Puebla.

Another important celebration in Mexico and other Latin American countries is called Quinceañera (pronounced keen-seh-ah-nyeh-rah). A Quinceañera occurs on a girl's 15^th birthday and celebrates her coming of age. It is similar to how some cultures celebrate a girl's coming of age on her Sweet 16 birthday or the Jewish Bat Mitzvah celebration.

This challenge is loosely based on Quinceañera, or at least that's what we're claiming after taking some creative license. Credit for this challenge idea goes to colincactus's cache GCAEJVB The Birthday Party Challenge in the UK. We have been given their permission to leverage the challenge here. Thank you again, colincactus.

The Challenge

To qualify for this challenge, you must have found 15 caches that were hidden on the exact same calendar date (MM/DD) of the year, but each of them from 15 different years.

The Requirements

Some more things about the challenge to be aware of:

• All cache types, except for events (regular, CITO, mega, giga, GPS Adventure Exhibit, community celebration, HQ celebration, HQ block party), locationless, adventure lab caches, and benchmarks, can be used for this challenge.
• Leap Day aka February 29^th can be used for this challenge. However technically it would take until at least the year 2060 to qualify for this challenge using Leap Day.
• When the caches are found is irrelevant for this challenge. There are no date/time restrictions or any required order for these caches to be found in.
• In the past, it was possible to log your own caches. These caches are not allowed for this challenge.
• Past finds count. Any cache that you have found and have been archived or disabled after you have found them can be used for this challenge if it meets the criteria.

The fine print

CO reserves the right to make any changes to this challenge if any issues or ambiguities are discovered. CO will be fair but has the final say on any events, caches, finds, or logs that are questionable. CO reserves the right to delete any logs if problems are found.

Finding This Cache

Do NOT access this cache from Highway 2. Please use the nearby service road instead.

Please be aware the shoulder space along the service road near GZ is very limited. For this cache, we recommend parking on the north side of the Township Road 264 and Range Road 294 intersection where there is much less traffic, or at either one of the nearby approaches along the north or south side of Township Road 264 just to the east of GZ. Coordinates for all three of these potential parking locations have been listed as waypoints below.

Please remember to be respectful of the cache location. Be aware of how and where the cache is "attached" so that it can be put back in exactly the same way and in the same place for the next person(s) to enjoy.

Logging This Cache

As with any challenge caches, you are welcome to physically sign the log for this cache and log it as "Write Note" if you haven't met the challenge's requirements yet. Please bring your own pen(cil)/writing instrument to sign the log.

Please use this Project-GC challenge checker below to verify if you have qualified for this challenge.

You can only log a "Found It" entry online after you've completed the challenge and signed the log. All non-qualifying "Found It" logs will be deleted without notice.

Similar Challenge Caches?

Whether you qualify for this challenge or not, you may also qualify for similar challenges as well.

• GCAEJVB The Birthday Party Challenge (United Kingdom) - the inspiration for this challenge
• GC2GKDF It's My Birthday - Lets Party! Challenge (British Columbia) - find 6 different caches on their 1st, 2nd, ...., 6th birthdays in order
• GC5B5FN Birthday Party Challenge Cache (Quebec) - find 6 different caches on their 1st, 2nd, ...., 6th birthdays
• GC1YZNW 6 Birthdays Challenge (California) - find 6 different caches on their 1st, 2nd, ...., 6th birthdays in order
• GC23CQX 6 Birthdays Challenge OC (California) - find 6 different caches on their 1st, 2nd, ...., 6th birthdays in order
• GC3QKY8 LPC - Happy Birthday Challenge (Texas) - find 10 caches on their birthdays
• GC5ADMA Die Happy-Birthday Challenge (Germany) - find 15 caches on their birthdays, including 1 on their 1st, 2nd, ..., 6th birthdays

If you know of any other caches similar to this challenge or if you want to replicate this challenge in your area, please let me know and I will add those caches here so that other cachers can be aware.

To see the rest of the caches in this Challenge Olio series, check out the OLIO PortfOLIO public bookmark list located on the right-hand side of this page or the index at the bottom of the description on GC9000D No Caching Days Olio #00.

Missing Hidden Dates?

This is a PSA to help out those cachers who haven't completed this challenge yet. Please feel free to write a note if you are missing a few specific dates. It may be useful to consolidate the various hidden days that cachers are missing into one infographic.