GC35XGV Traditional Cache December 12th~Poinsettia Day
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 10/13/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 46.093 W104° 10.231 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
ese beautiful flowers are recognized as a symbol of Christmas. Poinsettia Day was pronounced as an Act of Congress. It is in honor of Joel Roberts Poinsett, who died on December 12, 1851. Poinsett was the first Ambassador to Mexico who brought the plant back to his plantation in the U.S. He grew the plants in his Greenville, S.C plantation and gave them out as gifts to friends.

In Mexican folklore, there is a story of a little poor girl who had nothing to bring to church for Christmas. On her way to church, she picked some plants by the side of the road. As she entered the church, the ends of the leaves turned into bright, brilliant red flowers. You guessed it... Poinsettias.

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10 Logs: Found it 9  Didn't find it 1  

Didn't find it 05/04/2019 By WalkingDuo
Looked but didn't find. Enjoyed Searching - Thanks

Found it 03/26/2019 By team.STEWART817
TFTC! Finishing up on this road before we head in for the evening, the sun is setting, it’s getting chilly and batteries are dying.

Found it 11/21/2018 By EJBHGV
Great day of geocaching in the Eastern plains.
Thanks to all CO's for making this game possible.
This was one of 66 finds.

Found it 09/09/2018 By IowaGerd
Danke!

Found it 09/02/2018 By Mean Kitty
Find #48738

Its been a long hot summer in Texas, I've been trying to get out and do a caching trip a couple of times this summer, but it never worked out. Finally managed to get a week off, and am so happy to be out here in Colorado. The weather if perfect, and there is a load of caches that need my name on Smile Thanks so much for the hide imusttravel2000, I really enjoyed finiding this cache!

Found it 08/11/2018 By oz8118
Lots of burrowing animal holes nearby, yet none seen, thank goodness! Especially the snake kind.
Great day exploring the high plains east of Denver. T4TC

Found it 04/27/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

Found it 01/29/2018 By GanderGoose
With beautiful weather forecast, we took a long drive to the Colorado plains and found 36 caches. We saw lots of hawks and a herd of 42 mule deer (4 bucks) along the way. The holiday series is fun. Thanks for the placement, Imusttravel2000!

Found it 02/21/2017 By Rohatx
Another Power Trail Day! Working the eastern plains and getting bombarded by tumble weeds. It's pretty windy! Container was completely buried in wind blown dirt. Almost missed it. TFTC!

Found it 07/02/2016 By AirRaidFan
Fun run no problem this trip. There was a convoy. TFTC!

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