GC71GHX July 24th~Amelia Earhart Day
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 03/03/2017 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 47.562 W104° 53.629 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 1

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Amelia Earhart Day honors a famous aviation pioneer. Amelia Earhart broke many early aviation records.
Legend and mystery surrounds the final flight and disappearance of Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. They were on a record setting attempt to fly around the world, when they became lost in the Pacific Ocean. On July 2, 1937, they headed on a difficult leg of the journey towards Howell Island in the Pacific. Weather conditions were less than ideal. While still in radio communication, ships on the ground confirmed that Earhart was having difficulty finding the island. Ultimately, radio communications faded and died. The plane was never heard from again.
The disappearance of Amelia Earhart's plane resulted in the largest search and rescue operation to date. It also sparked rumors as to what caused the disappearance. To this day, theories and speculation still exists about the cause of the disappearance. Some theories involve conspiracies, and even alien abductions.

Did you Know? The proper spelling of her name is Amelia. It was misspelled in a song about her, and is now the more popular, albeit incorrect, spelling of her name.
Celebrate by learning and reading about Amelia Earhart, and other female aviators. We do not recommend you spend time searching for her or her plane. The U.S. navy searched over 250,000 miles of ocean to no avail.

Note: A relocation cache from original area.

04/04/2019 By WalkingDuo
I had pushed Not Found on my GPSr but after seeing you had just replaced it I was too ashamed to give up. Enjoyed the Search - Thanks

03/18/2019 By imusttravel2000
Updated cache

03/16/2019 By mipi13
Tftc, found it on the ground, no log

11/02/2018 By lasouthpaw
It was such a nice day I just couldn't stay inside. So here I am on a lunchtime caching run! My phone seems to be a little off today, it put me at the wrong GZ. Sometimes it helps to know your CO's style because I had a feeling this isn't the type that's usually selected. I saw a much more likely suspect and sure enough made the find over there. Thanks for the smiley! Find #2909.

10/16/2018 By tugies
I like these easy ones with good parking. Also like Amelia Earhart . Thanks for the fun, imusttravel2000!

08/18/2018 By walkerjmist
Thank you Imusttravel2000! super excited found my first geocache today.

07/25/2018 By 2lablovers
Quick find while out caching on this very warm day. Thanks for the smiley.

06/16/2018 By F303
Got it! :)

06/08/2018 By HawleyKids
Fun find across the street from our house! I was afraid it may be gone since they dug up the park and are reseeding but it was there.

05/28/2018 By cajrrman
I went for a fun 27 mile bike ride today to find some caches and managed to find 20 including this one at 11:56 am 4 minutes after finding another cache. Thanks for the cache and for making my route more fun!

04/12/2018 By Pixel Magic
Out on a beautiful day from northern Colorado for a day of caching before meeting family at DIA.

Thanks for placing and maintaining.

03/18/2018 By wksloan
TFTC SL, first find by Gavin

02/24/2018 By GanderGoose
Amelia Earhart was dynamic! Found this with #1 Beefers and on a shiver me timbers cold day. Thanks for the placement, imusttravel2000!

02/24/2018 By #1 Beefers
got this one today (bitter cold) with GanderGoose. We decided to leave the rest of our plan for a warmer day. Thank you for this placement imusttravel2000

02/18/2018 By Memfis Mafia
Thanks, imusttravel2000, for placing and maintaining this cache. We found it in great shape and enjoy all the caches we find as a family.

For 2018 we are working on really getting back into Caching. To do this we are upping our enthusiasm and the number of our cache trips. This is cache number 6182 for us. We have also hidden 244 so we understand and appreciate the effort that goes into maintaining a cache. Thanks again and go have fun.