? cache recommendations for the greater Milwaukee area?

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:18 pm

I'll be spending like 5 days in the greater Milwaukee area down to the Illinois border and I kind of want to do this trip a bit different and spend the majority of my time doing mystery caches. Can anyone recommend some of the ones they have enjoyed. I have just less than a month so I should have enough time to beat my head against the wall on quite a few Smile

Thanks in advance.

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:33 pm

if you have a Garmin unit that has chirp capabilities
GC2H3TE

Not to much for puzzles, so dont have too many to help your quest with

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:49 pm

I wish I had the equipment to go do that one, it looks really cool Sweetlife, Thanks!

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:06 am

How about the GeoIdols2 series? I've only done about4 of them but they are great hides. A puzzle for the coordinates and then very creative containers and hiding spots. They aren't actually in the city though, they are along the Ice Age Trail kind of near Hartford.

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:09 pm

I would recommend GC2YTJ1, it is an easy field puzzle at a Milwaukee area institution. The cache itself is one of those evil little hides.

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 6:46 pm

Braid Beards Gang wrote:

I would recommend GC2YTJ1, it is an easy field puzzle at a Milwaukee area institution. The cache itself is one of those evil little hides.

Nice and it fills in a missing D\T square for me! I will be doing this one for sure.

Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:19 pm

Braid Beards Gang wrote:

I would recommend GC2YTJ1, it is an easy field puzzle at a Milwaukee area institution. The cache itself is one of those evil little hides.

Wow, how have I missed this. I know how to solve this one.

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 12:59 pm

TheBalks wrote:

Braid Beards Gang wrote:

I would recommend GC2YTJ1, it is an easy field puzzle at a Milwaukee area institution. The cache itself is one of those evil little hides.

Nice and it fills in a missing D\T square for me! I will be doing this one for sure.

You better have a Phone-A-Friend ready for this one. A lot of experienced cachers have had DNF's on this one for their 1st & 2nd tries. The puzzle is easy enough to solve, but not the final resting place of the hide itself. Twisted Evil

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:14 pm

I'd echo Beccaday's suggestion: the Geo-idols season 2 series http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=087d3f93-5934-47dd-b4a6-4f89af0f982d

The 15 mystery caches in this series are among the best around, and collectively have 159 favorite votes (so far). The difficulty level ranges from 3 to 5 and terrain ranges from 2 to 4.5. The puzzles are fun to solve, and the hides are on the thinking outside-of-the box creative side. It's located about 30 minutes NW of Milwaukee, with the 15 caches located in two different underdeveloped unpopulated parks. You won't encounter too many people while searching for these fun hides.

Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 1:26 pm

After a quick look at the puzzles in the area. Here is a list of some good ones. Either for final location or puzzle. they also cover a variety of types of puzzles.
GCVQ29 My Favorite Park
GC100XK Many Experts Say…
GC2B2RP LCMXCXCIX
GC2B2TC Magic Carpet Ride
GC2PPYV What’s the Scoop?
GC2B53Y A Hike from Historic Hospitality
GC1GT4Z Geocache Challenge
GC12D5K Echoes of Canton
GC2KZT9 Crypto Cache 001 – Substitution cipher
GC162Z3 Geocachers Story
GC2T21W >KO)->
GC30Z84 A Berry Hard Cache
GC22859 Pine X
GC126M4 Alexander Kimmey
GCTN66 What a Mess!
GC265RD Goldiefinger : The Ultimate April Fool
GC14B7X The PToE
GC111DM1 Puzzler’s Puzzle
GC2XC1F Bogey! 12 O’Clock High!
GCN4E8 Lateral Thinking
GC1EBA LPS008
GC137JG Gertie and the Bridge War
GC154BB Milwaukee’s Brews on the Yellowstone Trail
GC24BC7 Sherlock Holmes: the Beginning
GC1N7V0 Quilts on Barns
GC22K8K Our Bookshelf

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 8:41 am

Thanks for the lists! I have a few of these done already, and some I have no clue as to where to start.