2024 IS THE LUNAR YEAR OF THE DRAGON, always a Leap Year with 366 days. "In Chinese culture, the Dragon holds a significant place as an auspicious and extraordinary mythological creature, unparalleled in talent and excellence. It symbolizes power, nobility, honor, luck, and success. Consequently, 2024 is forecasted to bring about opportunities, changes, and CHALLENGES."
Other CHALLENGES in this 2024 Year of the Dragon series: 1) GCAPTZX 2024 Dragon Challenge:150 Souvenirs; 2) GCAJV7Z 2024 Dragon Challenge: 366 Earthcaches; 3) GCAV337 2024 Dragon Challenge: Letterbox 96 Calendar Days.
"It's Simply Not An Adventure Worth Telling, If There Are No Dragons" J.R.R. Tolkien in Chapter XII of The Hobbit.
Sculpture in Deane's Children's Park, aka "Dragon Park", is the second rendition of "Kenton's Dragon" (1966, 2013) created by artist Kenton Pies. Mercer Island Park hours are 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
To qualify for this Challenge, you needed to have found and logged at least 366 Virtuals at any time, any month, any year, during your time as a registered geocacher. You may log a Write Note when you find the physical cache but are not yet qualified.
Congratulations to PNW_Navigator for FTF.