It all started a long time ago when sDsB published the challenge "Challenge #025 - 5 län på ett dygn", at the same time a similar challenge called "10 län på ett dygn" was to be published, it was not to be though as the reviewers at the time thougt that it was more or less impossible to log a cache in that many Swedish states in one day. Even at that time we could not see any problems wirh logging a cache in 10 Swedish states in 24hours, as we had logged a cache in 7 Swedish states in 24 hours by then and that was just from going home from a day caching in Karlsborg. Since then we had mostly forgotten this challenge but last week Jimmy.P stated on Facebook that he was bored, I suggested we'd take a "short" road trip to log some of the Swedish states that we were both missing (Kalmar, Blekinge and Skåne län) and then perhaps go for a few more states "while we were at it", Jimmy.P however bowed out of that proposition and I was left thinking about such a trip. A few days later I contacted lhasa_runner to see if they were interested in a trip where we would log a cache in 14 Swedish states in 24 hours, it turned out they were! The planning could now begin in ernest, routes were plotted, caches selected and so on. By Thursday we had a route plotted and we were set to go. On Friday Maria had an idea and started plotting an alternative route, this new route would enable us to log a cache in 17 Swedish states in one day with a bonus of an extra state if all went well. Late Friday night i left rEDdOG base to meet up wit lhasa_runner in Västerås. We had discussed the alternative route before and still had the possibility to chose between these routes in a relatively late stage of the trip we decided to choose which route to go as late as possible and to base that desicion on how tired we were and so on. So let the trip begin!
We started in Västerås and logged the cache "Åkerman" by Helvite, we had a pretty good idea where to look for this cache and it was a relatively quick find and we could head on to the next cache which is located in Hummelsta and as it happens it is also a cache by Helvite, the cache we had chosen to represent Uppland was "A Screw Loose". Even though this was supposed to be a trick cache to find we were lucky ad found it in a matter of seconds, this trip was getting a good start! With Uppland ready we headed towards Södermanland. Södermanland was to be represented by the cache "Pendlarn", we actually jogged to this cache to save time (that we thought we might need later on in the day). The cache was quickly discovered and we hurried back to the car and headed towards Stockholms län and it's designated cache "Turinge" this one proved to be a little bit trickier as we managed to choose a less than optimal parking and had to walk quite a fair way totally unneccesary as there was ample parking space just by the cache. The cache in it self did not provide that much resistance as we found it almost immediately after reaching the area. We rushed back to car and headed towards Östergötlands län and the cache "TB Motell Strömsfors", this cache was a bit hard to reach but luckily L in lhasa_runner is tall so he managed to get to the cache with no problems at all! We did not see any sign of the cache ower but that may be attributed to the fact that it was around 2:20 in the morning! We headed away into the night, this time we set our sight at the designated cache in Kalmar län "LEK MED FART", we arrived there in what could still be called pitch blackness and hastily made our way towards ground zero, where we found not only the cache but also found out why the cache has the name it has. 
It is a quite clever name really. So which cache and what state would be up next? Any guesses? Well the state is of course Blekinge and the cache is named "Karlskrona Info", after finding this cache we used the facilites at hand and enjoyed tha fact that it was now quite bright out and we could put our flashlights away for a while. The next objective would be Skåne län and a cache named "Trollastenen" this cache was almost found before we even got out of the car so we decided to go for a bonuscache that was quite close by "Maglestenen" which is an Earthcache the requirements for logging stated that you had to approximate the circumference of the rock which was an excellent reason to exercise some , after having our pictures taken at the rock we headed back to the car to drive off to the next cache and the next state. We were now heading towards Kronobergs län and a cache called "LANDMÄRKE Välkommen till Markaryd", just before this cache we had to stop and refuel the car, unknowingly and rather amusingly it later turned out that the exit we took to go to the gas station was the best way to get to the cache as well... We however did not realize this until later when we passed the cache on the motorway, now what? Where's the next exit? Do we have a backup cache in this area? The answers were: I don't know where the next exit is and no we do not have a backup cache here... After what seemed like an eternity an exit appeared (actually this was only a km or so, so our detour wasn't that long) and we quickly turned around and sped back to the place we just left and drove into the industrial park trying to find a way as close to the cache as possible, preferably without fencing between us and the cache. Eventually we succeeded in our goal and the cache could be logged! With a newly refuelled car we went back on our quest for another state. This time it was the cache "Stolpodlingen" that had been chosen to represent Hallands län, trying to find somewhere to park was a bit of a chellenge here but eventually we managed to find a nice spot not too dar from the cache, the cache itself was one of those glass jars my mother used to put jam in when I was young, quite nice even though I personally would not recommend using glass containers as cache hides. Whis state is next I hear you ask! Well as it happens it is Jönköpings län that is next in line, here we had chosen a cache called "Skeppshult Info", the cache was an easy enough find but being allergic to spruce it had some side effects with some blisters and stuff, but hey you can't let that stop you from logging a cache! Now let's continue to the next state which is: Västra Götalands län and which cache had won the lottery here? None other than "Kroksjön", this cache proved to be a bit of a challenge also, it had a hint that meant it could be anywhere in the target area and after a whle we sat down wondering what the heck we were doing it turned out that one of us sat on the cache! Now it was merely a matter of signing the logbook and replacing the hide before heading of to the next cache that as it would turn out wasn't in a new state but just a bonus cache. "Barnasjön TB" seemed like a good place to stretch our legs some again so we stopped here and logged this cache as a bonus, the location was really nice and the hide was quite cute! The next cache for the day was another bonus cache called "Monopolet" a cache that lhasa_runner had tried to locate earlier but it was gone then, now the owner had placed a new hide in it's place and we could easily log it. Now it was finally time for a new state, any guesses? Yes of course it is Värmlands län this time. We had a cache called "Kristinehamn - Runstenen" A cache located just by a rune stone on the outskirts of Kristinehamn, we were now so far ahead of our schedule that we decided to go grab something to eat, this time McDonalds was chosen partly due to speed, partly due to location in comparison to where we were going next. Next up was of course a cache in Örebro län and to represent Örebro län we had chosen a cache called "Alfred #1" this cache was just minutes away from Kristinehamn and we were quickly on our way north towards Dalarna and the cache "Örskogen", this was a really easy find in a kind of cool location. On our way north we realised that there was a cache "Tallsjön" that was almost on our route that hadn't yet been found and as we figured we had some time to spare we set out on a quest to see if we could get an FTF on this trip as well, after a couple of km on a gravel road that seemed to get smaller and smaller (surely you know the feeling) we came up on this wonderful fishing/grilling/picnic spot in the middle of nowhere where of course there were a couple of families having a picnic when we turned up, they were really friendly and nice so we chatted for a while, located the cache, it was an FTF! headed back to the car and drove off into the afternoon. We were now heading for the designated cache in Gävleborgs län "RV 45" , this was an easy find and it was not long before we were on the road again. The next cache was "Välkommen till Sveg 1" and for those of you that know your Swedish geography that means that we are now in Jämtlands län, the hide was just as easy to find as we had hoped and we now headed for a gas station again. After refueling both the car and lhasa_runner we headed towards the next state, Västernorrland. Here we actually started with a bonus cache, "Äntligen i Haverö 3" a cache we discovered by chance when I stopped at an information sign to see if we could find some info on Medelpad, we then said that if this hade been at home there would be a cache here, there wasn't but 200, further forward there was so we had to log that as well. All we needed to do now was to find a spruce to take a picture of it with our GPS so we could log the virtual cache "Landskpsblommor, nord" as you might imagine finding a spruce in Medelpad isn't realy a challenge so that task was easily accomplished. Now it was time to log the last of the planned caches of the day "Strucken" here we had to search for quite a while before we found the cache. Now we could relax, or so we thought... This is when M in lhasa_runner says that if we log one more typ of cache today they would have a new personal best in 5 different types of caches logged in one day, ok, is there an easy multi cache on the way home? As it happens there was 
so all we had to do now was to head for home and make a slight detour to log this multi cache, as we approached the first stage of the multi cache (at 23:40 at night) it had gone completely dark outside and of course there was a couple out walking their dog just where we wanted to be to see the clues we needed. We past the place and turned back just to discover that they had actually moved away from the area so we could now look at the clues undisturbed. A quick calculation later and we were on our way to the last find of the day. Our long quest to log a cache in as many Swedish states as possible had come to an end, we managed to log at least one cache in 18 different states, 25 caches in total, 5 different types of caches, 1 FTF and one STF a pretty good result in our books.
I will add pictures later.