GC70KWK Unknown Cache 5 X 5 State Traveler Challenge
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 4 out of 5 | Terrain: 4.5 out of 5
By: msstrong @ | Hide Date: 02/16/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 11.942 W105° 01.035 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Dogs  Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Available during winter  Bicycles  Motorcycles  No Quads  No Snowmobiles  No Horses  No Campfires  Stealth required  No Truck Driver/RV  Park and Grab  Tourist Friendly 

The cache is at the posted coordinates but you must qualify for this challenge before logging this cache with a find and acquiring the smily facesmiley You may sign the log and post a note that you are working on the challenge and then post a find after you have qualified.

All of the cache containers in this series are similar and easy to find. PARKING IS ALONG SIDE OF THE ROAD SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL. The FUN part of this series is qualifying for the final. The final container is the REWARD for all your effort. We hope you enjoy the challenges.

I have rated a 4 X 4.5 because of the effort it will take in each state and the distance you will have to travel to accomplish the challenge. The final container location is 1.5 X 1.5

We love to travel and cache as we go because caching takes us to so many interesting places and we meet so many interesting fun people along the way.  We also have found we are creatures of habit and tend to just get geocaches that are easy and close,  but if we  are challenged, we will go far and wide to get the needed cache to meet the challenge.  So we have created a series of challenge caches to get you motivated to travel and see more of this great world and get more different types of geocaches.

To quilify for this challenge you need to travel to 5 different states and get 5 different cache types in each state.  Please use the link to the challenge checker below to see if you meet the quilifcations and then copy and paste the results on your found log. ( like this...msstrong fulfills challenge ? (GC70KWK) according to http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC70KWK/24939 ). We would love to see which caches you have found in each state and your story about your travels.

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Here are my qualifications

Alabama

  • GCVGWN Traditional Cache Confederate Rest
  • GC1K275 Unknown Cache Alabama Well Rounded Cacher (Fizzy Challenge)
  • GC3NM64 Earthcache The Dunes of Alabama
  • GC5030W Multi-cache Hard Core - Just Plain Mean
  • GC3DJXP Letterbox Hybrid You've Arrived! (Letterbox Hybrid)

Colorado

  • GC458G4 Unknown Cache 10 years in a single day Challenge Cache
  • GC279KX Traditional Cache 10 years! 1,000,000 caches!
  • GC25Q6X Event Cache 2010 NoCo Geo-Night Out #7
  • GC3D4B Virtual Cache 2K in 202
  • GC5FCP8 Letterbox Hybrid Wal-Moose

Florida

  • GC1Y0F1 Letterbox Hybrid BeachBums SunSet Condo Cache
  • GC6WEKV Event Cache Bones At The Beach: Surf Hut
  • GC1Y3HH Wherigo Cache M&M-183 Wherigo Whenican't...Downtown Disney
  • GC241QW Multi-cache No-Con-Go-Cache #2
  • GC2ZZPM Earthcache Pensacola Pebbles

Hawaii

  • GC58GNK Event Cache "7 Souvenirs of August" Halawai
  • GC55FX7 Wherigo Cache Aiea Loop Trailhead WIG
  • GCMMHR Multi-cache Fourth Marine Division Memorial Park
  • GC18Z99 Earthcache Pu'u'ula'ula (Red Hill) Haleakala Volcano Summit
  • GC29397 Traditional Cache Sugar Cane Train

Louisiana

  • GC1M92V Unknown Cache Louisiana Spirit Quest: Mason Cemetery
  • GC1QEGG Traditional Cache Duelling Oaks
  • GCD7CB Virtual Cache From Distant Shores
  • GC23D73 Earthcache An Island of Salt and Pepper
  • GC5M9ZB Multi-cache South Landing Two-Step

 

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10 Logs: Found it 9  Write note 1  

Write note 07/02/2019 By Xnard
Just a note for now. Signed log with MammaCa$$.

Found it 06/08/2019 By Mixed Breed
Mixed Breed has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

Region: Missouri (156)
Earthcache - GC159ZJ / Creve Coeur Lake Waterfall / 2009-01-11
Event Cache - GC1QJRB / SLAGA August Meet & Greet & Eat Frozen Custard II / 2009-08-08
Multi-cache - GCNRWB / First Class Cache / 2009-05-06
Traditional Cache - GCGFCQ / Bouncing Through Queeny / 2008-04-21
Unknown Cache - GC14CG5 / LIFE CACHE / 2009-11-08

Region: Illinois (21)
Mega-Event Cache - GC2EWFJ / MOGA'11 / 2011-03-25
Multi-cache - GC19RRZ / RetroRestStop / 2010-09-06
Traditional Cache - GCR01J / Deep in the Jungles of O' Town / 2009-05-10
Unknown Cache - GC1BEX4 / Swing Batter Batter Swing! / 2010-04-13
Virtual Cache - GC2258 / RT66:IL-MO - Above the Trees & Mississippi Cache / 2012-09-03

Region: Kansas (5)
Event Cache - GC4XEW0 / 14th Annual Kansas City Area Picnic / 2014-08-23
Letterbox Hybrid - GC3P941 / Dragon Island / 2014-08-23
Traditional Cache - GCTTHG / Lawrence and the Old Trail / 2010-10-12
Unknown Cache - GC5AFE8 / Get a Clue - KC Sports / 2014-08-23
Virtual Cache - GC698E / Atomic Cannon on I-70 Virtual / 2010-10-20

Region: Washington (5)
Groundspeak HQ - GCK25B / Geocaching Headquarters / 2014-04-25
Letterbox Hybrid - GC3Z3PE / HQGT: Geo Post Office / 2014-04-25
Multi-cache - GC1F79P / HQGT: Fremont Library / 2014-04-25
Traditional Cache - GCVJ66 / Winchester Waste Way Rest Area West / 2014-04-24
Unknown Cache - GC2Z6DF / Where is Don Quixote When You Need Him? / 2014-04-24

Region: Ohio (5)
Earthcache - GC1X8AQ / Glacial Erratic / 2016-04-01
Letterbox Hybrid - GC65BNY / Micro Letterbox (Sharon Woods) / 2016-04-01
Multi-cache - GC2GP9D / Par For the Course / 2016-04-01
Traditional Cache - GC3PY3B / GABB: Freedom Trail / 2013-08-03
Virtual Cache - GCG29M / Where's the Floodwall / 2013-08-05

Found it 06/03/2019 By MikeOtt
Keeping this going I make it more like 9 by 9 for me

Found it 06/03/2019 By JeffS47
What's 12000 geocaches in 48 states I qualify. TFTChallenge.

Found it 05/23/2019 By OshawaPathfinder
Day 5 of a 10 day road trip to Mingo in Kansas and GeoWoodstock in Texas as our main targets with Capers4, Frazuky and KaiteeDee aka Squirrel Girls. Signed in to caches as Squirrel Girls, our names or initials.

Stopped by a few of these challenge caches since we all qualify.

OshawaPathfinder fulfills challenge 5 X 5 State Traveler Challenge (GC70KWK) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC70KWK/24939

New York (11)
Earthcache - GC10ACW / Bridal Veil Falls / 2014-07-31
Multi-cache - GC5GDE7 / Riverdale Cemetery Cache / 2016-03-25
Traditional Cache - GC3XV5R / Cycle On In / 2015-11-29
Virtual Cache - GCG735 / Touring Clinton's Ditch / 2016-05-20
Webcam Cache - GCH774 / Power Vista / 2016-03-25

Pennsylvania (9)
Earthcache - GC3TY2P / Geology at the Beach (Presque Isle) / 2015-11-27
Traditional Cache - GC48ZZW / King Cache / 2013-11-29
Unknown Cache - GC4ENFX / Non-Trad Cache Challenge #27 - Trees / 2015-11-27
Virtual Cache - GCAE4F / "Don't Give up the Ship!" / 2015-11-27
Wherigo Cache - GC2MY32 / Wherigo Kinzua Eagles / 2016-05-22

Washington (7)
Groundspeak HQ - GCK25B / Geocaching Headquarters / 2016-04-26
Multi-cache - GC4GW89 / HQGT: De Libertas Quirkas / 2016-04-26
Traditional Cache - GC4EA / WASH OUT FOR THAT LAKE!!! / 2016-04-26
Virtual Cache - GC8ACC / The Davenport / 2016-04-25
Webcam Cache - GCKVR5 / High Five over Eye Five / 2016-04-26

Maine (5)
Cache In Trash Out Event - GC5R0C0 / Clifford Park CITO Event / 2015-04-25
Earthcache - GC5EFMG / Portland Head Cushing Formation EarthCache / 2015-04-25
Multi-cache - GC5A7GD / A smallish muti / 2015-04-25
Traditional Cache - GC128 / The Fort Williams Cache / 2015-04-25
Virtual Cache - GC47EB / director / 2015-04-24

Michigan (5)
Multi-cache - GC47W4B / ABS #10 / 2017-04-08
Traditional Cache - GC5YPZB / Brigham Cemetery / 2016-07-13
Unknown Cache - GCC6B / Fly... MARS ROVER Traveling Cache / 2016-10-22
Virtual Cache - GC7C96 / Hold me tight / 2017-04-07
Webcam Cache - GCK2M9 / School Spirit / 2017-04-08

Thanks for the Smilie...

Found it 08/18/2018 By I Spy.
Last challenge for the morning. Great series! I had no idea if I qualified for this challenge but looks like Project GC gives me the thumbs up. Love to cache and enjoy traveling so this challenge was made for me. Fav. TFTC

Region: Minnesota (26)
Earthcache - GC1EYG2 / Fire in the Hole! / 2008-08-28
Multi-cache - GCWKQC / 501 / 2007-09-13
Traditional Cache - GCQJJE / Rustic Hills Park / 2006-12-26
Unknown Cache - GCGWME / Cache: Traveling thru Purgatory / 2007-06-30
Virtual Cache - GCB286 / Even The Mighty Start Small / 2008-07-06

Region: Wisconsin (11)
Multi-cache - GCR4CF / Woodville's Norwegian Troll on the Yellowstone Tr / 2009-07-01
Traditional Cache - GC182FP / 4 Calling Birds / 2009-07-01
Unknown Cache - GC1B59V / Bucket Brigade / 2009-07-01
Virtual Cache - GCCAC3 / Where's the Dam....Cache? / 2009-07-01
Wherigo Cache - GC23AMC / Historic Hudson Wisconsin / 2010-02-06

Region: Nevada (6)
Earthcache - GC2GHE8 / Groom Mining District / 2011-02-25
Letterbox Hybrid - GC2545K / A Smile for nvtriker / 2011-02-25
Traditional Cache - GC1K0TJ / Rent-A-Car / 2011-02-25
Unknown Cache - GC2BYVE / 010000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001 / 2011-02-27
Virtual Cache - GC1403 / ID4 / 2011-02-25

Region: District of Columbia (5)
Earthcache - GC20ETR / Colossal Head 4 / 2009-12-11
Traditional Cache - GC17JQH / Illumination / 2009-12-11
Unknown Cache - GC1296M / Doubting Thomas / 2010-09-16
Virtual Cache - GC8B0C / The Actor Really Did Break A Leg / 2007-12-07
Webcam Cache - GCN21R / Scott Circle Webcam / 2010-09-16

Region: South Dakota (5)
Earthcache - GC28B9J / The Ins and Outs of Lake Kampeska / 2011-04-29
Multi-cache - GC1635P / Watertown TB Hotel Rev. / 2011-04-29
Traditional Cache - GC21ETQ / Welcome to Milbank / 2010-08-07
Unknown Cache - GC1YE9T / Certification Test / 2011-04-29
Wherigo Cache - GC27KXC / Historical Tour / 2011-04-29

Found it 08/15/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
I ran the checker here as well:

FresnoDancingFool fulfills challenge 5 X 5 State Traveler Challenge (GC70KWK) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC70KWK/24939

Once again, my two personal cache lists related to this challenge are in one case confusing and the other incomplete.

Great challenge, FDF favorite point, and TFTC!

I've completed enough of my state-by-state list to provide the following information about my icons for my top 5 states:

California (9 icons)
2012-12-12 GC3X8N7 12/12/12@12:12 P.M. [event]
2013-04-20 GC4696F Earth Day 2013 CITO [CITO]
2011-11-10 GCZBZ3 Imperial Valley Mudpots [earth]
2011-03-06 GC12N8Y Jamestown Hangman [mystery]
2011-11-06 GC99C5 Leapin' lizards - It's a soar point [virtual]
2011-03-05 GC24VZV Locomotive #3 [trad]
2012-12-12 GC42HV7 Short Journey [whergo]
2012-02-17 GCMQK2 Tulare Mural Tour [mult]
2012-10-06 GC3QCRD unicorn junction [letterbox]

Washington (8 icons)
2012-06-26 GC6D88 Battle of Four Lakes [virtual]
2014-08-01 GC51NT6 Douglas A. Munro Multi [multi]
2014-08-09 GC2C0VH Eeny, Meeny, Miner Moh [mystery]
2015-08-08 GC5YXVP Luxembourg Comes to Sedro [event]
2017-09-08 GC1169 Mission 9: Tunnel of Light [APE]
2014-08-07 GC2QFDK Moses Coulee Flood Bar Earthcache [earth]
2016-08-07 GCY7HM Super Job! [letterbox]
2013-08-25 GC11ZCH The Screamin' Mimis! [trad]

Idaho (7 icons)
2015-08-24 GC2N7VB Challenge of the Century - Traditional [mystery]
2013-08-25 GCF630 Community Spirit [virtual]
2014-07-27 GC3CGT6 Dare To Dream Letterbox [letterbox]
2012-08-20 GC12YTC Lake Bonneville [earth]
2016-08-07 GC1PAFX Overnight Camping Prohibited [mult]
2012-06-21 GC1R453 State Line [trad]
2018-06-09 GC7PYDG WWFM XV [event]

Kansas (7 icons)
2018-07-18 GC5ABD Allen Co (KS) Veteran's Memorial [virtual]
2016-06-18 GC5A5MQ Bucklin, KS [letterbox]
2018-07-05 GC7RE8V Come chat about old times and plan some new times [event]
2018-07-20 GC2WVEZ High 1$$ Strip [trad]
2018-06-27 GC539ZZ History Written In Stone [earth]
2018-07-19 GC2F92G Kansas Color Challenge [mystery]
2018-07-05 GCKYJW Munchkinland [multi[

Ohio (7 icons)
2016-07-02 GC4HXCX A Handy Birthday Letterbox [letterbox]
2016-07-22 GC4A0WR Alpha-Numeric by cache name challenge [mystery]
2011-06-26 GC2G8RC Falcon - Steller Field [trad]
2016-07-21 GC6KF9E July 21st NWOGEO Findlay Meet & Eat [event]
2017-06-30 GC1CEJT Manchester Islands [earth]
2011-06-26 GCZ497 SQ-BG's Oak Grove [mult]
2017-07-05 GCAEFD That's Amore [vrtual]

Found it 08/13/2018 By 2lablovers
Caching our way to the NoCo dinner. Happy to see we qualify for this one. Thanks for the challenge.

2lablovers has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

Region: California (41)
Cache In Trash Out Event - GC2DH51 / K.N.O.C.K.'s 2nd Annual CITO Event / 2010-09-05
Event Cache - GC2DF2M / California Dreaming, Again. / 2010-08-29
Letterbox Hybrid - GC1HR9G / Pay Area Ahead II / 2010-05-19
Traditional Cache - GC1GZWZ / Invisible Fountain - Esplanade Trail / 2010-05-02
Unknown Cache - GC1YKCD / Booger Bonus / 2010-06-04

Region: Colorado (10)
Event Cache - GC389JY / 2012 GCCO Board Meet & Greet / 2012-02-25
Multi-cache - GCPXTG / On a Clear Night You Can See Forever / 2010-10-29
Traditional Cache - GC29B5X / The Legend of Belleview / 2010-08-07
Unknown Cache - GCAA66 / GeoLog House #2 / 2011-07-31
Virtual Cache - GC86CA / Final Fire / 2011-02-21

Region: Kentucky (5)
Earthcache - GC1JNXB / Salt Peter Cave-An Explosive Situation / 2012-10-02
Traditional Cache - GCM865 / I-64 Eastbound Rest / 2012-09-20
Unknown Cache - GCZY7N / The Years of Caching Challenge / 2012-11-26
Virtual Cache - GC9073 / Reflections/snoitcelfeR (2002) / 2012-11-26
Webcam Cache - GCG52C / Weather or Not / 2012-11-24

Region: Arizona (5)
Cache In Trash Out Event - GC39REJ / GateWay Park CITO Event #9 / 2012-02-19
Event Cache - GC3B899 / BUBBLES FLASH MOB / 2012-02-18
Multi-cache - GC11DTZ / The Dark Cell Poltergeist / 2012-02-19
Traditional Cache - GC2Q3CJ / X Marks The Spot / 2011-12-28
Virtual Cache - GCGDXW / ~OCEAN TO OCEAN~ / 2012-02-19

Region: Washington (5)
Event Cache - GC4E56K / A pint among friends. / 2013-08-15
Letterbox Hybrid - GC3Z3PE / HQGT: Geo Post Office / 2013-08-17
Multi-cache - GC1F79P / HQGT: Fremont Library / 2013-08-17
Traditional Cache - GC3193E / Behind the Secret Door / 2013-08-15
Unknown Cache - GC32A0H / HQGT: Ode to the Golgafrinchan Phone Workers / 2013-08-17

Found it 08/13/2018 By Miles ToGeo
I used the checker to see if qualify and I do. So, I headed out to find the final. I found it and signed the log. Here is my list:

Region: Colorado (29)
Locationless (Reverse) Cache - GC9B45 / Fitness in the Park / 2003-05-25
Multi-cache - GC6918 / Kidlet Cache / 2003-02-02
Traditional Cache - GC6AD8 / Coyote Crossing I / 2003-02-09
Unknown Cache - GCAF55 / It's Elemental / 2003-05-26
Virtual Cache - GC2222 / Big Dry Creek Cache / 2003-02-16

Region: Arizona (5)
Locationless (Reverse) Cache - GC9680 / Skate Parks / 2003-05-17
Multi-cache - GCPE2W / Rotary-Cole Flyover / 2007-03-03
Traditional Cache - GCNMAJ / Daily Spectator / 2007-03-03
Unknown Cache - GCYP4E / Scottsdale Sudoku - Hard / 2007-03-04
Virtual Cache - GCAFA3 / Waiting for a Date / 2007-03-03

Region: Nebraska (5)
Earthcache - GCP3GK / The Nebraska Sandhills Earthcache / 2005-06-24
Multi-cache - GCP35G / Her She / 2005-06-24
Traditional Cache - GCE143 / Scouts Rest Ranch cache / 2003-06-20
Unknown Cache - GCJ1D2 / Mountain high, valley low / 2004-09-19
Virtual Cache - GCB0E3 / Small Town, USA / 2003-06-20

Region: Indiana (5)
Locationless (Reverse) Cache - GC4A41 / The Barber Pole / 2003-05-31
Multi-cache - GCH6VR / Team J&K Finds 500!! / 2005-04-20
Traditional Cache - GCMARD / DAR001 / 2005-04-20
Unknown Cache - GCJ0X7 / Congressional Medal Of Honor Memorial / 2005-04-21
Virtual Cache - GC941B / Louie's Motto / 2005-04-20

Region: New Mexico (5)
Letterbox Hybrid - GC155CH / Welcome to Raton / 2007-10-14
Multi-cache - GC11WM4 / Cheep, Cheep / 2009-03-03
Traditional Cache - GCXZ7M / Girlz Just Wanna Have Fun / 2007-10-14
Unknown Cache - GC11WJ1 / Tramway Trail / 2009-03-03
Virtual Cache - GCB72A / Zandi 5 / 2007-10-10

Found it 08/08/2018 By dustyriver
Made it -
dustyriver has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

Region: Colorado (51)
Earthcache - GC1PTPD / Walking In Your Footsteps EarthCache / 2015-08-07
Event Cache - GC5ZYR0 / Say Goodbye to your '15 Road Trip Crew / 2015-08-29
Multi-cache - GCM32W / Mondo's The Good, The Bad, and the Cache / 2015-07-14
Traditional Cache - GC3FCDW / Perez's Last Hurrah #5 / 2015-06-28
Unknown Cache - GC1HNZ4 / Easey Puzle Too / 2015-08-14

Region: Kansas (8)
Earthcache - GC2K3Z6 / Kansas Toadstools Earthcache / 2016-10-13
Event Cache - GC7029C / Mocha before MOGA / 2017-04-21
Traditional Cache - GC1BQZV / Howdy Kansas / 2016-10-13
Unknown Cache - GCY146 / Flapjacks Anyone? / 2017-04-21
Virtual Cache - GC66C4 / Chick 15 / 2017-04-21

Region: South Dakota (8)
Earthcache - GC33JW4 / Granite Rushmore / 2018-04-11
Letterbox Hybrid - GC3BXYQ / Cat In The Box / 2018-04-11
Traditional Cache - GC139CF / Cattle At Large / 2018-04-11
Virtual Cache - GC7B7M5 / Solar Time / 2018-04-11
Webcam Cache - GCH7YD / SDSM&T Webcam Cache / 2018-04-11

Region: Wyoming (5)
Earthcache - GC2431V / Sandstone Depot / 2018-04-11
Traditional Cache - GC1J2DB / Which Town / 2016-10-17
Unknown Cache - GC6JXBP / WyCoNe Challenge / 2018-04-11
Virtual Cache - GC946E / Cheyenne GPS Calibration / 2018-04-11
Webcam Cache - GC51D4 / Cheyenne Webcam Virtual Cache / 2018-04-11

Region: Iowa (5)
Earthcache - GC6T4RH / Sunken Gardens Lava / 2018-04-13
Multi-cache - GC3X53K / Hyvee Windows / 2018-04-13
Traditional Cache - GC4NE00 / Kenny's Park / 2016-10-16
Unknown Cache - GC56559 / PL Trail - Bonus Cache / 2018-04-13
Virtual Cache - GC27D3 / Sergeant Floyd Monument / 2018-04-13