There are 42 caches in the challenge. Finding 40 are required to receive the gold coin. Finding *44 caches are required for finding the Gold Bonus cache.

*The 42 challenge caches and the Bronze and Silver Bonus cache.

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Originally posted by mertat:
Great job, Trez! Can I have your autograph?

I want your autograph, too. I've already got one of the shiney coins.

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Originally posted by The Jazzmaster:
I've done the work for you. If you're interested in the 42 state parks in Zip file or Gpx. Send request to our profile email, with a return email address and the format you wish to have, and we'll send it in an attahment. Cache On!

Just to save you from getting bombarded with request and for those who dont know, if you are a premium member you can run the bookmarks from the cache sites as a PQ.

From Thorny1: Georgia Park Cahes Bookmark List

Bored, so i got the calculator out.
One week into the challenge and the state parks have had 349 caching visitors (including a DNF and a wayward silver bonus visitor) and the logs keep coming. Hopefully, someone at the parks office is watching! Go Dale!

I got this from Gatoller.

Great link, thanks for posting.

Week 2 10:22AM Sunday:
655 found logs and 6 DNF's
wow

Week 4
1302 finds, 16 DNF
including:
5 Bronze Bonus
4 Silver Bonus
2 Gold Bonus
(that's an average of 329.5 visitors per week not counting their companions!)

thank you for letting us know. My husband and I have a very SPECIAL interest in
GA state parks
pat garrison

REI is starting their Outdoor School in Georgia. The state parks are engaging in a partnership with them to bring some of those classes to their parks. These dates have been posted to REI's web site. Some of the locations are still tentative pending availability, especially the overnight camping ones.

6-5, 1pm - Intro to Hiking at SWC
6-15, 4pm - Family Hiking at SWC
6-19, 8am - Intro to Map and Compass at RTM
6-23, 9am - Family Hikingat Panola
6-26, 8am - Intro to GPS Navigation at Ft Yargo
6-27, 1pm - Family Geocaching at Ami Falls
7-8, 9am - Family Hiking Class at Ft Yargo
7-10, 8am - Essential Camping Skills at SWC
7-11, 1pm - Backcountry Cooking at SWC
7-17, 8am - Intro to GPS Navigation at RTM
7-18, 1pm - Family Geocaching at Ft Yargo
7-25, 1pm - Backcountry Cooking at SWC
7-31, 12pm - Family Campout at Vogel - there was discussion of this one being changed to the Pioneer Campgroung at Black Rock, pending availability
8-7, 8am - Intro to Map and Compass at Ft Yargo
8-14, 8am - Intro to GPS Navigation at Panola
8-28, 8am - Intro to Hiking at Panola
9-11 9am - Overnight BackPacking at Cloudland
10-16, 9am - Overnight BackPacking at Black Rock

The DNR has assigned 6 demo state parks around the state:
1. Ft. Yargo
2. Kolomoki
3. Panola
4. Unicoi
5. Skidaway
6. Elijah Clark

Those six parks has one etrex you can use.

Before geocaching I played billiards playing in tournaments. One association I was playing in sponsored a tournament with the proceeds going to a local child that had a rare lung disease. All the players gathered on the bleachers in the ballroom one Saturday for the opening announcements and rules. When the opening announcements were spoken they wheeled out the young girl that's on oxygen and said, "lets do our best to help this child out" while the guy next to me lit a cigarette.

This came to my mind when I read this log from one of the Gerogia State Park Caches.

YAY! We did it. Thank God it was low tide while we were there. I can officially be called a murderer as of today. All of us for that matter. There was no way of dodging the Fiddler Crabs and there was some sort of snail on the grass out there amongst the little crabs. Anyway, every little crunch made me want to cry. So here we go, crunching little crabs and snails out across this slimy stinky place and I was the only one that wanted to find a trail this time. This state park kind of had me worried about straying away from the path. No telling what might eat you. We get out to the first little place, do our figuring and head to the next and the daughter spotted it. Very nice! At least it's safe from the water. So we signed and all that jazz and high tailed it out of there just waiting for high tide to come rolling back in like a tidal wave..lol. We had a really good time and I did take some pictures of a male and female fiddler. Separately, in my hand. I think I accidentally pulled their little eye stalks off catching them but that's better than being smashed into the mud like they didn't matter. Thanks for the cache! We really enjoyed earning this one.

DNR's mission statement

Oh my goodness. Fiddler Crabs have feeling too!

Fortunately, the log has been edited. (I urged the geocaching family to do so.) She was apologetic.

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Originally posted by geomuse:
Fortunately, the log has been edited. (I urged the geocaching family to do so.) She was apologetic.

Too bad an alligator didn't get them.....

before I log, I want to say that I hope no one takes offense-I just love GA state parks.
Bill and I have been volunteer campground hosts 7 years.
We have enjoyed it so much that we sold our HOUSE 3 YRS ago and are now living fulltime in our motorhome. As of now, we have hosted in 13 different parks(2 of our favorite fishing 'holes', have now closed)
I am so thankful that the park system has allowed caches and so appreciate the stewards giving their time.
Just THINK of all the family memories that are being made.--because of our addiction-

For those who have already finished the challenge, you are lucky that you have been introduced to new parks and I hope everyone will
"come back and stay a while
=I'll leave the light on" :-) LUV 2 ALL

Week 5:
1512 finds, 18 DNF
including:
7 Bronze Bonus
4 Silver Bonus
4 Gold Bonus

I guess the heat doesn't bother some.

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Originally posted by fatkidsOTWunite!:
Week 5:
1512 finds, 18 DNF
including:
7 Bronze Bonus
4 Silver Bonus
4 Gold Bonus

Better make that "3" on the Gold Bonus. A find was recently claimed that turned out to be a DNF.

It would be neat to see all of the pictures from those who've found all of the caches in the State Parks Geo challenge. Hey, maybe even a whole set of '12' for a special GA Geo State Parks Challenge Calendar??