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In January of 2016, a relatively "new to Michigan" geocacher thought he had a fun, creative idea: a "short life" series of caches created just for winter; 6 PNG keyholders under light poles at a shopping center and a bonus cache a short distance away. That series came to be known as "Below Zero", a tip of the hat, if you will, to the cache owner's inexperience with just how cold Michigan could get in the winter. (Later I'd come to find out that folks thought I ripped the name off of a prior Michigan winter series that, in true honesty, I knew nothing about).
The series continued each winter and offered cachers a variety of hides meant to satiate the winter caching appetite. Whether you needed a certain cache type on a certain day, a solid base of cache types for a specific challenge, or were working on a daily streak, Below Zero had you covered. The caches were usually larger containers, never on the ground, and were generally apparent hides, even in a blanket of fresh lake-effect snow.
Over the years, the series took on little twists and turns (anyone care for a popsicle stick?) and some things, like the series kickoff event and final series ammo can, stuck around, Other creative ideas, like the ever disappearing little free library cache, didn't. The one thing I've learned about caching is that as times change, so do people and their interests, and with that, this year, the 10th year of Below Zero, will be the last. You're probably wondering why there was no kickoff event, and where the rest of the caches are. Well, this is it. One final hurrah. The penultimate Below Zero cache. A bonus cache of BZ bonus caches.
As you've completed each of the preceeding 9 series, you should have been taking notes, or photos of each bonus code along the way. You'll need the bonus information from all 9 series to complete this year's penultimate puzzle cache.
Before I get to the puzzle, I'd like to give a special thanks to CacherX4 who helped me plan and place caches over the years. I'd also like to thank those few folks who found every Below Zero cache from start to finish. I'd welcome anyone to post their favorite BZ memory or BZ photos here on the cache page. Lastly, I'd encourage anyone who finds this cache to include a farewell photo with the series ammo can if you so desire. (Obviously none of these are required).
Thanks for a great 10 year run. Oh, and that bit about the prior bonus codes...I was kidding about that...
The puzzle begins now (and don't over-complicate this, there were 9 prior themes for 9 prior years...)
Do You Hear The People Sing
Mrs. Mikey Mac's Baked Goods
Cachemas Carols
Frozen
Not Covid Doctors
Not Covid Doctors
Do You Hear The People Sing
Dad Jokes
Cachemas Carols
Frozen
Not Covid Doctors
Keys
Keys
Mrs. Mikey Mac's Baked Goods