Originally posted on 2/1/2005 by R. Paske

We may have a few of them out there… our own geocaches on which we have been meaning to do a little maintenance. Or maybe a geocache that was reported gone, and we’ve disabled it for two or three months. Or maybe a cache that is snow covered. Well, now is the time to get out there and get a jump start on your spring cleaning!

February has Ground Hog Day and Valentines Day. February is also the unofficial Cache Maintenance Month. During the month of February, get out there and visit your geocaches. Replace those worn and leaky containers. Clean out the junk. Replace the log book. Add a few more goodies to the container.
For those of us that have geocaches that have been disabled for awhile, make a trip to your cache. Either replace it, or go ahead and archive it. That way folks won’t keep wondering what is happening. Take out that geocache camera, develop the prints and post them. We do enjoy looking at the pictures.

While you’re heading to ground zero, check around for worn geocache pathways. If a path exists, maybe it’s time to retire or relocate the geocache. Let’s make a special effort this month to get out there and do what’s right. Let’s clean up our geocaches and make some room for newbies to put a few out there!

Wisconsin Geocaching Association has added lots of new geocachers to our ranks. What better way to get them excited about geocaching than to make sure their first experiences are great ones, with caches a-plenty and good swag to find.

Thanks and let’s have a great spring!