250/250

I needed a new challenge for 2012. My last challenge to myself was to try and get ten new samples of sand in one school year from each state by the end of 2011. Well . . . that happened with five states. A fellow teacher of mine posted a personal challenge to himself - The 1000/1000. He wanted to run and bike 1000 miles in one year. I knew I could never accomplish anything like that. I'm thrilled when I wake up in the morning! He did give me an idea. Why not try to get some number of samples of sand from the United States and the same number from international sources? A thousand of each was ridiculous, but 250 sounded doable! So here's my challenge to me and you. Let's try to amass 500 new samples in 2012. I'll keep a running list and total of all samples below. The quest to turn the United States purple still exists, but this is my new primary goal. Let the quests begin!!

UNITED STATES 30 INTERNATIONAL 26

UNITED STATES SAMPLES

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WEST	MIDWEST	SOUTH	NORTHEAST
AZ CA HI ID ND SD WA WY	MI MN	AR DE FL KY MS SC VA	MA ME NJ

IDAHO - Return to Top	MICHIGAN - Return to Top	DELAWARE - Return to Top	NEW JERSEY - Return to Top
EMERALD CREEK 46.99N, 116.37W	MCLAIN STATE PARK, HANCOCK 47.24N, 88.61W	PRIME HOOK BEACH 38.90N, 75.05W	LONG BEACH - 39.60N, 74.21W
WYOMING - Return to Top	EAGLE HARBOR, LAKE SUPERIOR 47.44N, 88.23W	BETHANY BEACH 38.54N, 75.06W	MAINE - Return to Top
Travertine Sample Near Yellowstone Nat. Pk.	MINNESOTA - Return to Top	CAPE HENLOPEN 38.77N, 75.10W	DYER POINT, CAPE ELIZABETH 43.56N, 70.20W
ARIZONA - Return to Top	CRYSTAL LAKE, BURNSVILLE 44.72N, 93.27W	VIRGINIA - Return to Top	SAND BEACH ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 44.33N, 68.14W
ARIZONA METEOR CRATER ROCK FLOUR 35.03N, 111.02W		OLD ARRONS BEACH, DIGGS WHARF 37.37N, 76.34W	MASSACHUSETTS - Return to Top
NORTH DAKOTA - Return to Top		ARKANSAS - Return to Top	SANDY BEACH, COHASSET - 42.24N, 70.80W
GRASS LAKE, HANKINSON 46.07N, 96.90W		COSSATOT RIVER HEADWATERS, 34.38N, 94.24W
SOUTH DAKOTA - Return to Top		KENTUCKY - Return to Top
CRANDALL GRAVEL PIT 43.20N, 97.91W		LITTLE BARREN RIVER, METCALFE COUNTY 37.10N, 85.63W
CUSTER STATE PARK, SUNDAY GULCH, SYLVAN LAKE 43.75N, 103.42W		MISSISSIPPI - Return to Top
WASHINGTON - Return to Top		CANE CREEK, THAXTON 34.32N, 89.23W
WESTHAVE STATE PARK, WESTPORT 46.89N, 124.11W		BATESVILLE PIT, MEMPHIS STONE SAND GRAVEL, 34.29N, 89.96W
HAWAII - Return to Top		SOUTH CAROLINA - Return to Top
WAILEA BEACH, MAUI 20.68N, 156.45W		PAWLEYS ISLAND 33.43N, 79.13W
UNKNOWN S. MAUI BEACH, MAUI ≈20.64N, ≈156.45W		LAKE WYLIE 35.11N, 81.06W
UNKNOWN BEACH, OAHU		FLORIDA - Return to Top
KAPUKAHEHU BEACH, MOLOKAI 21.14N, 157.29W		SIESTA KEY 27.13N, 82.10W
CALIFORNIA - Return to Top		COCOA BEACH 28.33N, 80.62W
OCEANSIDE - 33.21N, 117.31W

INTERNATIONAL SAMPLES

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EUROPE	NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA	ANTARCTICA	ASIA/AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND/SOUTH PACIFIC
ESP GRL ISL ITA NLD ROM SWE	CAN PR		AZE IDN SAIPAN
SPAIN - Return to Top	CANADA - Return to Top	^{PALEO LAKE VIDA, MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS 77.38S, 161.93E}	INDONESIA - Return to Top
BARCELONA 41.38N, 2.19W	BLACKS HARBOUR, NEW BRUNSWICK 45.06N, 66.79W		CENTRAL SULAWESI 2.00S, 121.00E
MADRID 40.41N, 3.68W	TROUT R. HARBOUR, NEWFOUNDLAND 49.49N, 58.12W		NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS - Return to Top
TOLEDO 39.86N, 4.02W	L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS, NEWFOUNDLAND 51.56N, 55.36W		SAIPAN - SAN ANTONIO BEACH - 15.18N, 145.75E
CARDONA 41.91N, 1.68E	PORT SAUNDERS, NEWFOUNDLAND 50.65N, 57.27W		SAIPAN - KILILI BEACH - 15.18N, 145.75E
TARRAGONA 41.11N, 1.25E	CARIBBEAN - Return to Top		AZERBAIJAN - Return to Top
CIUDAD ENCANTADA 40.21N, 2.01W	PUERTO RICO - Return to Top		ABSHERON PENINSULA, BAKU 40.39N, 49.88E
CUENCA 40.07N, 2.15W	STEPS BEACH 18.35N, 67.26W
NETHERLANDS - Return to Top	AGUADILLA, 18.45N, 67.13W
TEXEL ISLAND 53.08N, 4.83W
MUIDERBERG 52.33N, 5.12E
DEN HAAG, SCHEVENINGEN BEACH 52.10N, 4.27E
ROMANIA - Return to Top
NEPTUNE BEACH 43.87N, 28.61E
ICELAND - Return to Top
REYKJANES BEACH, ICELAND 63.87N, 22.56W
SWEDEN - Return to Top
GOTLAND ISLAND 57.50N, 18.55E
GREENLAND - Return to Top
KANGERLUSSUAQ 69.50N, 53.60W
ITALY - Return to Top
POMPEII 40.75N, 14.48E

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