GC70P0P Unknown Cache 15 Earthcache 15 States Traveler Challenge
Type: Mystery | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 5 out of 5 | Terrain: 5 out of 5
By: msstrong @ | Hide Date: 02/17/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 11.381 W104° 57.897 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Recommended for kids  Takes less than an hour  Available at all times  Available during winter  Stealth required  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 facesmileyYou 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 5 X 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.

We have found Earthcaches are a great way to see great locations and Geological features that we would normally just pass by.

To quilify for this challenge you need to travel to 15 different states in the USA and get at least 1 EarthCache 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 ? (GC70P0P) according to http://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC70P0P/25759). 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

**Alaska** A Geologic Story (GC1YF1G)

**West Virginia** Mouth of the New (GC1EZE4)

**Georgia**Stone Mountain (GC17JDM)

**Indiana** ORVEC: The Potholes (GC2K3YF)

**Kansas** Point of Rocks (GC38V24)

**North Carolina** Blue Ridge Parkway Eastern Continental Divide EC (GC2KG2B

**New York** Umpire Rock (GC1G4W0)

**Maine** The Bar That Named a Town (GC3RJ39)

**Florida** Shifting Sands of Garden Key (GC45FYN)

**Louisiana** Old Louisiana State Arboretum (GC6NJDF)

**South Carolina** The Freshwater Marsh (GC37QCQ)

**Texas** The Second-Largest Canyon in the United States (GCZQ83)

**Missouri** 'weathering' of KIMMSWICK LIMESTONE rock face EC (GC2CGC0)

**New Mexico** Capulin Volcano (GC1DJT7)

**Alabama** World's Whitest" Marble (GC3NX8Z)

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10 Logs: Found it 6  Write note 4  

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

Found it 06/10/2019 By TheBrecks
We traveled from Colorado Springs to Northern Colorado today to do a little caching. We signed many of these challenge caches a couple years ago and now we qualify for more of them. Thanks for placing this cache for us to find today. No problems here.


TheBrecks](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=TheBrecks) has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

I have found required number of caches (1) in each of 19 regions (required number of regions: 15).
Finds in required regions are listed here:

Colorado (United States) Palmer's Tafoni (GC3H88K) | 2014-11-15 | 2012-04-16
Wyoming (United States) West Thumb Geyser Basin and Crater (GC15A0V) | 2015-07-05 | 2007-08-20
Montana (United States) The 1959 Earthquake (GC1E2ZT) | 2015-07-06 | 2008-07-11
New Mexico (United States) Capulin Volcano (GC1DJT7) | 2015-08-01 | 2008-06-26
Nebraska (United States) East bound I-80 (GC5TM39) | 2016-08-10 | 2015-05-01
Wisconsin (United States) Driftless Zone(Earth Cache) (GC3EYWX) | 2016-08-11 | 2012-03-19
Michigan (United States) George George Vernal Pond (GC1XE70) | 2016-08-16 | 2009-08-18
Ohio (United States) What a Dam Sight (GC1DG3C) | 2016-08-17 | 2008-06-23
Tennessee (United States) Lee & Gould Furnace (GC15QK3) | 2016-08-20 | 2007-09-06
Texas (United States) Beach Hazard (GC63PC3) | 2016-10-09 | 2015-09-18
California (United States) Kramer Borate Deposit Earthcache (GCQ5FV) | 2016-11-10 | 2005-08-15
Nevada (United States) Ivanpah Dry Lake Earthcache (GC1B0Z1) | 2016-11-15 | 2008-04-07
Kansas (United States) History Written In Stone (GC539ZZ) | 2017-05-19 | 2014-04-23
Alaska (United States) Nugget Falls (GC1EHCT) | 2017-06-07 | 2008-07-25
Kentucky (United States) Drive-By Geology (GC1G4NF) | 2018-05-25 | 2008-09-09

Write note 06/09/2019 By Mixed Breed
I don't quite qualify for this one. I need one more state. I signed log but will not claim a find until I get that one more state!

Found it 06/03/2019 By JeffS47
Colorado Wyoming North and South Dakota trip with Mikeott. I have 48 states and at least 1 EC in each. TFTChallenge.

Found it 06/03/2019 By MikeOtt
MikeOtt has used Project-GC to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

I have found required number of caches (1) in each of 46 regions (required number of regions: 15).
Finds in required regions are listed here:

New Jersey (United States) Why is the water brown Earthcache (GCPXWQ) | 2007-01-03 | 2005-07-29
Pennsylvania (United States) Give a Chick a Chance (GC1304R) | 2007-09-02 | 2007-05-18
Delaware (United States) Delaware's Iron Age (GC167V6) | 2007-10-04 | 2007-09-26
Maryland (United States) Fish Tacos - Calvert Cliffs State Park (GC10PT9) | 2008-04-05 | 2007-02-02
West Virginia (United States) Out of this World (GCZCHJ) | 2008-04-12 | 2006-11-15
Massachusetts (United States) Glacial Potholes (GC16RP6) | 2008-07-03 | 2007-10-18
New Hampshire (United States) Mt. Monadnock Earthcache (GC15YCG) | 2008-07-04 | 2007-09-14
New York (United States) Sand, Sand Everywhere (GC18VWX) | 2008-07-11 | 2008-01-24
Vermont (United States) Pine Hill Massives (GC14NN2) | 2008-07-11 | 2007-07-27
Connecticut (United States) Oh Say, How Far Can You See... (GC10E14) | 2008-09-15 | 2007-01-17
Virginia (United States) Assateague Island On The Move (GCZNVY) | 2009-01-18 | 2006-12-04
Washington (United States) Snoqualmie Falls Volcano (GC20ANM) | 2010-07-03 | 2009-10-26
Oregon (United States) Vents: More than just Boring (GC11JN6) | 2010-07-04 | 2007-03-20
Idaho (United States) Red Shift Earthcache (GCQV6N) | 2010-07-07 | 2005-10-04
Rhode Island (United States) Hurricane of 1938 (GC22YNF) | 2010-07-23 | 2010-01-13

Found it 08/15/2018 By FresnoDancingFool
Rather than run the challenge checker (I'm limited to 10 'trials' per day) I've linked this cache to my public bookmark list EARTHCACHES IN MANY STATES. That list contains earthcaches 've found in 21 different states, more than enough for this challenge. Great job, FDF favorite point, and TFTC!

Write note 08/05/2018 By MaPeStr
16:22

... I do not think that I visited 15 US states at tall but time to fix it Smile

Found it 07/24/2018 By DrPowercat
Signed the log for a few targeted challenges while in the area preparing to climb Long's Peak.

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

I have found required number of caches (1) in each of 18 Regions (required number of Regions: 15).
Finds in required Regions are listed here:

New Mexico (United States) Curious Gorge (GC2C6HT) | 2013-08-03 | 2010-07-23
Georgia (United States) Brasstown Bald Earthcache (GC17WXM) | 2016-03-24 | 2007-12-10
Kansas (United States) Another rock in the road (GC3D3DQ) | 2013-03-26 | 2012-02-22
North Carolina (United States) Mount Mitchell Summit (GC1QMR3) | 2016-03-22 | 2009-04-27
Tennessee (United States) Foster Falls (GC14KGV) | 2017-02-09 | 2007-07-24
Nevada (United States) Red Rock Escarpment Overlook (GC18FMD) | 2016-03-07 | 2008-01-08
South Dakota (United States) Black Hills Highpoint (GC27A96) | 2013-03-12 | 2010-04-23
Florida (United States) Estero Bay Aquatic Preserve (GC33BNG) | 2017-02-07 | 2011-08-31
California (United States) Death Valley Borates (GC5X6V9) | 2016-03-10 | 2015-06-08
Virginia (United States) Mount Rogers - The Summit (GC1NBE3) | 2016-03-21 | 2009-03-05
Alabama (United States) The Dunes of Alabama (GC3NM64) | 2017-02-04 | 2012-06-03
Colorado (United States) Missing in Action (GC1M14E) | 2016-07-03 | 2009-01-23
Illinois (United States) Illinois High Point (EC) (GC19A9Q) | 2011-06-04 | 2008-02-11
North Dakota (United States) Painted Canyon Overlook (GC238GK) | 2013-03-13 | 2010-04-16
Missouri (United States) Sherman's Rock Cache (GC7A71K) | 2018-05-26 | 2017-08-07

Write note 07/23/2018 By Izzifix
Arrived yesterday from Switzerland and heading North with FWIA and Harvestmoon2 to get a new state (Wyoming) for me before we travel back to the South of Colorado for some family time! TFTC and best regards, Izzifix

Not qualified right now.

Found it 07/23/2018 By FWIA
Ah yes, back in beautiful Colorado with Izzifix & Harvestmoon2 for family time, caching, and GCCO Campout fun. ( A little side trip to Cheyenne, WY for Izzifix)

Thanks to all the CO’s for placing the caches we enjoyed hunting. Much appreciated!

Log stamped FWIA, Izzifix, HM2.

FWIA fulfills challenge 15 Earthcache 15 States Traveler Challenge (GC70P0P) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC70P0P/25759