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rawevil 9 years, 1 month ago.
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Hey Cachers!-
Summer will soon be over, but I want some recommendations for the fall, winter, and 2016. Here is my question: Of all of the Wisconsin caches, which one that you have found has brought you to the coolest location? Which cache has had the most ingenious or devilish container (no spoilers here please)? It is a broad question, but I am sure many hidden gems can be brought forward to all who frequent the forums here. Plus, it is a lot of fun to reminisce on your favorite caches. The best spot caching has taken me was to the Forevertron, which has GC9E5E on site. The best container I have ever found is narrowed down to about 10 or 15, with the best of the best being GC2YKXH in Edgerton, GC5R2A3 in Slinger, or GC5BGQA in DeForest. What are some of yours?
I am surprised that there isn’t more interest to unique geocaches. When this all began here in Wisconsin, there was a real interest in creating such caches, and in seeking out really interesting locations. Examples include many of the caches by Socko (Something Different and Something Different II) Caches by Cheesehead Dave (Jingle Bell Rock) and the puzzle caches centered around the West Bend area in 2002-2004 by a quirky young cacher who is no longer active and his name escapes me. There were a lot more ammo boxes used then. Today’s geocachers settle for getting their names on the board with a bison tube hanging in a pine tree or a magnetic key-holder on a guard rail. These are ok if that’s all you have, but it gets rather humdrum after a while.
On one of our trips down Rt 66 we found a stretch of the route where there were 35mm film canisters hanging on the roadside fencing every 500-1000 feet. The first ‘skirt-lifter’ we found was a reel surprise, the second, not so much. now…
Where is the background story? It seems to have all but disappeared. In the mid-2000’s Trudy and I placed a series of ammo boxes along a deserted section of rail bed and called them Ghost Train Station One, et. seq. and took the story of THE Ghost Train (Canadian) and fitted it to each of the caches. The caches were unadorned, nothing special, but cachers loved the series for the stories.
Does anybody get permission these days? Does anybody maintain their caches these days? Does anybody pick-up trash on the trails? Some do, many do not; many do not log a DNF. Times are changing and you are doing well, my friend to point out caches you see as exceptional. I make a point of visiting these great caches and thank you for posting this.
There remain a lot of great caches in Wisconsin, mixed in with the dreck and spew. I like it when a cache takes you to an interesting place or shares some history of the location.
For a bookmark listing of great caches that I have visited, you can look at my bookmark list for the Z COTD. Only high quality caches receive the Z COTD award. As to say which is best, who knows? Which is better peach cobbler or warm pecan pie? Depends on your taste, I guess.
Z COTD winners: http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=401010d2-4ed9-44e9-94b4-e5b4eae201a1
zuma
I have to agree with Zuma that there are a lot of really interesting caches out there! I am most familiar with the Milwaukee area, having done most of my caching there, there are some truly creative caches out there. I have been truly impressed by many caches that I’ve found there and think that the area would rival any other in the whole country, as far as creative caches. This is why I often tend to look for caches hidden by particular hiders, as I know that they will be especially interesting. I mean, there’s even one in Waukesha with a working trebuchet where cachers get to throw potatoes into the nearby water!
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
Had a visitor from England the past few days and he wanted to do gadget caches. We were able to do 8 in SE Wisconsin for a day trip.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
-Henry David Thoreau
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