Seven is Heaven: IL Road Trip Challenge (GC3XY7E)

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 7:40 am

I am trying to organize a road trip to qualify for this challenge. It involves finding 2 caches in seven different states in one day. Illinois must be one of them. I am looking to cache in WI, MN, IA, KS, IL, IN and MI. to complete this challenge. We will also complete the Seven is Heaven: Run for the Border Challenge (GC43517) on the same run. If we have time, we can then also grab Indiana's First (GC93)

We would depart from Madison just after midnight on May 25th and grab our Wisconsin caches before leaving the state. With multiple people in each vehicle, the long drive will be much more enjoyable. We will also have much more daylight and hopefully good weather. On the way back to Wisconsin, we can then swing thru and grab the physical caches for these challenges to sign and get group pictures.

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:09 am

I could be very interested in this -

I would even offer to drive ( split gas of course ) - I have a Tiny Ford Fiesta that gets 40mpg and is a stick or I have a Small SUV - Either one wouldn't be an issue for me. Both Seats 5 but the Car would be squeeze -

Keep me in mind as you get closer to planning this. I

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:11 am

Looking at the requirements thoe you dont need 7 states - there is a combination of different things - it looks like 7 counties does it?

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:46 am

neonride93 wrote:

Looking at the requirements thoe you dont need 7 states - there is a combination of different things - it looks like 7 counties does it?

That is true for the Run for the Border Challenge. The IL Road Trip is seven states. It is funny that one of the teams was from the Chicago area, but they went south and grab caches in KY, TN, MS, etc.

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:58 pm

I did a number of Wheels00 "Seven is Heaven" caches while working in Chicago periodically a year ago. This is a new one, and great to see another one added to the list.

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 1:37 pm

CodeJunkie wrote:

I did a number of Wheels00 "Seven is Heaven" caches while working in Chicago periodically a year ago. This is a new one, and great to see another one added to the list.

You should join us then, CJ. I think that I current qualify for about 4 of them and this trip would make it 6.

Joined: 2009-06-05 Posts: 2124 Location: Menominee, MI

You guys have to be insane to do 7 states in one day. LOL.

Good luck and drive safe.

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:35 pm

Todd300 wrote:

You guys have to be insane to do 7 states in one day. LOL.

Good luck and drive safe.

I'm doing 6 states west of the Mississippi on Sunday! Just a warm up run for this guy. Smile

Joined: 2009-06-05 Posts: 2124 Location: Menominee, MI

Run & Search has a 7 state cache challenge. I think the final is in the Fox Valley. I don't have the GC Code for it though.

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:23 pm

GC3DX78 Multi State Traveler Challenge Cache

Find at least three DIFFERENT caches in six DIFFERENT U.S. States or Territories (total of 18 caches)
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington D.C. count.
Your home State counts.
All cache types count.

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 3:31 pm

Thanks Todd! I completely forgot about that! Now you can defiantly count me in Smile

I want to get that one off the radar - the final is one of the closest caches to my house.

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:43 pm

Walkingadventure wrote:

GC3DX78 Multi State Traveler Challenge Cache

Find at least three DIFFERENT caches in six DIFFERENT U.S. States or Territories (total of 18 caches)
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Washington D.C. count.
Your home State counts.
All cache types count.

I will have to see if my buddy wants to do 3 per state instead of just 2 this w/e.

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:32 am

Well, we completed the 6 state run in just a little over 9 hours. First find to last find. It was a 14+ hour day for Ken and I, with a FTF in Iowa also. We did a min of 3 caches per state. Ken had one more than I did, as we stopped for a virtual that I did back in 2010. We both qualified for the challenge in CA. and the one up in the Fox Valley (GC3DX78).

After I get done with the Devil's Lake State Park outing, I will get the plans for this one finalized. Right now it looks like neonride93 and I are in. I think that there are one or two from The Wild Bunch that might join in also. That would be 4 people splitting the gas. Any more would be in a second vehicle.

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 8:43 am

I would be interested in joing this challenge. Let me know the details.
Bill
The Searchers

Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 9:07 am

I will have the route file(s) available soon on GC and will post more details in this thread. I am not quite sure how far into MN we will need to go to get the two required caches. It will have a departure time of just before midnight so that we can get the WI caches right after 00:01 hours. I will probably need input from all as to which WI caches to grab, as some may have them already.

Between work, tax season and the Devil's Lake trip, getting a little slammed. LOL!