Articles submitted by WGA members
We are starting to collect articles for the next edition of the 2016 WGA Winter Newsletter. Have a funny story? Great winter caching tips? Must do winter caches? We’d love to put your article in the newsletter! Contact any one of your 9 BODs (Walkingadventure, beccaday, AuntieNae, labrat_wr, Team Northwoods, labzone, lostcheq, raslas, or rawevil) … Continue reading Looking for Volunteers
The 2016 WGA Fall Newsletter will be coming out soon. We have had a lot of great submissions from our WGA Members this past quarter and we hope you enjoy them all. Have something you want to share? A poem, an experience, or just want to tell everyone else why you love the WGA? It’s … Continue reading 2016 WGA Fall Newsletter
(by BeccaDay and Silyngufy) Geocaching is a fantastic sport; but not when you are very short. Oh you tall geocachers, if only you knew; All of the things that we short geocachers go through. The cache page says just a quick PNG, my first thought is “how hard can this be?” My eyes begin … Continue reading The Woes of the Short Geocacher
(by labgal13) I have one Godchild. Her name is Lyla (aka ljwaranka). Not having any children myself, I wasn’t sure what I was getting myself into with this role of Godparent, but I figured, at the very least, I would have a new shopping buddy once she was, perhaps, a teenager. It turns out Lyla … Continue reading Godchild Cures Shopaholic Through Geocaching
(by zeeman_clan) As our caching group has gotten involved in looking for lonely caches, we started to wonder about what future generations would think of our technology driven game of hide and seek. In the past couple of months, we have found caches that get regular visits from the caching community, but we have also … Continue reading Some Day, They Will All Be Lonely
(by Silyngufy) June 11, 2016 marked the 3rd bi-annual Road Rally Event (GC6AMQ3) hosted by Chevyole and family. With the addition of a new Ole in March, Ranger Boy and I offered to help plan the event. A new venue was found in Hartland at Nixon Park, which offered a shelter, restrooms and a nearby … Continue reading ROAD RALLY 2016…. A RACE TO THE FINISH
(by CacheCows and Dustpuppy) This is an excerpt from an e-mail that was sent to WalkingAdventure in regards to our WGA heritage. The letter below was used with permission from CacheCows and Dustpuppy. A huge thank you to them for providing all of us this wonderful letter and history lesson. We are grateful to the … Continue reading A Glowing Thank You from a Founder
Discovering My Smartphone by LostCheq 3/24/16 Sometimes one just has to observe and make changes in their lives. On the recent trip to Texas with Racecarchick from Duluth, I learned how to use a valuable GeoTool almost extensively. This was my iPhone for finding and logging geocaches. Racecarchick uses her iPhone exclusively for geocaching, whereas … Continue reading Member Submission: Discovering My Smartphone
TEXAS CHALLENGE MEGA VISIT by LostCheq On March 12, 2016, the Brenham/Washington County Chamber and Visitor Center in conjunction with the South East Texas Region of the Texas Geocaching Society (TXGA) wanted geocachers from around the world to come and enjoy their hospitality at the 14th Annual TXGA Texas Challenge … Continue reading Member Submission: TEXAS CHALLENGE MEGA VISIT
The Triathlon Challenge By Mr. RT (one half of Rib Ticklers) As I have said more than once in my ‘Found It’ logs, geocaching is a pleasure we inflict upon ourselves. The more of it we do, the more we realize that not everything is Ammo Cans and Bird Houses. Not all caches are … Continue reading Member Submission: The Triathlon Challenge
