Articles submitted by WGA members
Good day folks! This is rlove2seek. We are a husband/wife geocaching team from the Northwood’s of Wisconsin. Just to let you all know, this is the male half jotting down this scribble…so do not hold anything against the Mrs. rlove2seek. I am not an English major or an author, so please bear with me. I … Continue reading Member Submission: rlove2seek Goes Geocaching
The DeLorme Challenge by Team Honeybunnies This article was originally published in the December 2013 Newsletter: The DeLorme Challenge. One of the granddaddies of all the challenges, along with the Fizzy Challenge, The Jasmer Challenge and the County Challenge. Some have heard the call of the open road and cracked out the atlases, some have … Continue reading Previous Member Submission: The DeLorme Challenge
by Team Northwoods Bad Decisions Make Good Logs. The following is a tale of cheer and woe. A good cautionary tale to those of us that are just a little too determined sometimes. Click on the links for the correlating geocaching web page. On Sunday February 1st, 2015, I was planning on going geocaching with … Continue reading Member Submission: THE GEOCACHE THAT ALMOST KILLED ME!
It’s turned into a tradition, one of many, started by my beautiful wife. It seems that you only get one or maybe two opportunities each year to make snowmen. The temperatures have to be just right, to create packy snow. Well this year we rolled our snowmen, under the tutelage of my wife, ideas bouncing … Continue reading Packy snow by ham_fam
Winter is Here. Are You Ready? by rawevil We were destined to have this happen. We live in Wisconsin. Whether we were ready or not this season, Old Man Winter finally decided to show his frozen face to us on December 28th. He graced us with anywhere from 6-18″ of snow depending upon where we … Continue reading Member Submission: Winter is Here. Are You Ready?
Lazy Boy by spammela & teeshot (team teespamm) I’ve always been a curious person, willing to try anything once and usually jumping in with both feet. Well, geocaching was no exception. It started on a lazy Saturday afternoon. The hubby, out like a light in his recliner and I with total possession of the TV remote … Continue reading Member Submission: Lazy Boy
UNO! By BeccaDay When playing the game UNO it is required that you call out “uno!” when you have only one card to go before winning. So here’s me shouting out “uno!” with gusto as I am close to completing the Grandaddy of ‘em all, the Jasmer challenge. Let’s back up…a while back geocaching.com suspended … Continue reading Member Submissions: Uno!
Mr. Piffles, The Geocaching Cat by rawevil Like many of you, we spend a fair amount of time on the trails. While on the trails, we see many animals. We’ve come across a lot of gray, red, and black squirrels. Chipmunks cross our path more times than we can count. Field mice have a … Continue reading Member submission: Mr. Piffles, The Geocaching Cat
Geocaching should be a Walk in the Woods by Ranger Boy One of my favorite books about the outdoors, “A Walk in the Woods”, has been made into a movie. I thought this would be a good time to recommend this novel, by Bill Bryson, and explain how it reminds me of Geocaching. The author decides … Continue reading Member Submission: Geocaching should be a Walk in the Woods
by rawevil It’s that time of year again when the days get shorter and the nights get longer. There’s a crispness to the air and its scent can never be captured in a candle or an air freshener. Yes, it’s autumn in Wisconsin. It’s time to pull out those WGA hoodies and warm socks and head … Continue reading Member Submission: Crunchy Leaves
