Cache Ba$h Weekend

[thepharmgirl]

The cache pages for all 3 days of the West Bend Event August 14-16th are now published. Make sure you visit all 3!

West Bend Cache Ba$h Weekend:

FRIDAY: (GC1RB4Q) Pre-Ba$h Meet and Greet (Family-friendly!)
The Old Courthouse, 6-11pm
Walk down Main Street Multi-Cache, Night Caches, Free Museum Admittance, Socializing, Coordinate Downloads, Travelbug and Geocoin trading, etc

SATURDAY: (GC1KZHZ) West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h MEGA Event
Regner Park, 6:30am-7pm
Caching, games, contests, socializing, raffle prizes, and more

SUNDAY: (GC1RWV6) WGA Pancakes and PJs in West Bend
Regner Park, 7:30am-10am
All you can eat pancake breakfast, PJ Contest, fun activities and prizes

[Lostby7]

I plan to attend all three….now who wants to lend me a patch of green for my tent? …or I will be sleeping in my car.

[furfool]

Seeing as West Bend will be so hospitable that weekend, you can probably pitch a tent on any given lawn. I plan on sleeping in my own bed, so you will have to let me know how that goes. If all is good, maybe I’ll try it next year.

[greyhounder]

I was trying to secure accommodations for myself tonight — no luck…

Bec

[thepharmgirl]

What type of accommodations are you looking for?

Campgrounds: (With approximate driving time to Regner Park)

Lake Lenwood Campground (West Bend,~5 min): http://www.lakelenwood.com
Timber Trail Campground (West Bend,~5-10 min): http://www.timbertrailcampground.com
Lazy Days Campground (West Bend,~15 min): http://www.wisvacations.com/LazyDays/
Pike Lake State Park (Hartford, ~25 min) http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/pikelake/camp.html
Mauthe Lake Campground (Northern Kettle Moraine,~35-40 min) http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/parks/specific/kmn/camping.html#mlcampground
Hoeft’s Resort&Campground (Cascade, ~40 min) http://www.wisvacations.com/hoeftsresort/

Some Hotels, Motels, and B&Bs: (Distance to Regner Park)

Isadora’s B&B (West Bend, 0.3 miles)
Super8 (West Bend, 1.7 miles) – NOT recommended; bad reviews
AmericInn (West Bend, 1.9 miles)
Country Inn & Suites (West Bend, 2.9 miles)
Hampton Inn & Suites (West Bend, 3.3 miles)
Bonne Belle Motel (Kewaskum, 5.7 miles)
Comfort Inn & Suites (Jackson, 8 miles)
Welcome HOME B&B (Newburg, 8.2 miles)
Westphal Mansion Inn B&B (Hartford, 18 miles)
Country Inn & Suites (Germantown, 18 miles)
AmericInn (Germantown, 18 miles)
Holiday Inn Express (Germantown, 20 miles)

[Lostby7]

@thepharmgirl wrote:

What type of accommodations are you looking for?

Well the free kind of course…..Anyone wanna split a camp site?

I’m serious about sleeping in the car….I did it the first night at Geobash and that seemed to work out OK. I live too close to really justify paying for accommodations but far enough that I don’t really want to drive 6 one hour trips to the area…I plan to be in the car going from cache to place for most of the weekend as it is.

[Lostby7]

I have found a camping buddy! Thanks buddy… 😛

[Hotdogs_Off_Trail]

Hotdogs Off Trail are also looking for a camping buddy to share a site for Friday and Saturday nights at the Cache Bash. Camping fees at the private campgrounds are about $30-35/night.

[Lostby7]

If anyone cares….Lake Lenwood Campground will be hosting myself and my camping buddy….

[donb01]

I haven’t decided yet if I’m driving down Friday night or early Saturday, but I have full wall – wall carpet in the box/cap of my truck and am considering sleeping in there. I haven’t slept in this new one yet, but have a few times in the old one. The biggest scary thing is worrying about where to go to the bathroom if necessary.

Can anyone suggest an area where I would not get busted for overnight parking that would not be brightly lit, loud, and in an ideal fantasy world have a usable bathroom not far away?

[kansas64]

Not that I did this, but I know some cachers spend there nights sleeping in the parking lot at Wally World (aka WalMart)..however it maybe a bit bright given the lighting

[thepharmgirl]

I’m not sure if there are any locations in West Bend that legally allow free overnight parking. I wonder if some of the state trails or parks do (since backpacking is sometimes allowed). I’ll look into it. The Wal-Mart doesn’t allow night parking (and they’re not open 24 hours). The Walgreens in town is open 24 hours and the restrooms are open to the public, but I wouldn’t advise sleeping in that lot. I work the night shift, so I know the police patrol the area at night.

[greyhounder]

Looks like most Wal-Marts in Wisconsin are okay with overnight camping. I found this list of the ones who do NOT allow it:

WI
City State Store Number
Ashland WI 1672
Janesville WI 1305
Milwaukee WI 2828
Minocqua WI 2510
Sheboygan WI 1276, 3324

However, it is recommended that you ask the store before parking for the night.

Bec

[Lostby7]

@greyhounder wrote:

Looks like most Wal-Marts in Wisconsin are okay with overnight camping. I found this list of the ones who do NOT allow it:

WI
City State Store Number
Ashland WI 1672
Janesville WI 1305
Milwaukee WI 2828
Minocqua WI 2510
Sheboygan WI 1276, 3324

However, it is recommended that you ask the store before parking for the night.

Bec

It is a dirty little secret of RV campers…here is a link to the complete list.
http://www.freecampgrounds.com/othercamps.html

[thepharmgirl]

I called Wal-Mart. The manager told me that they don’t personally care if people park overnight and he sees people doing it “all the time”; however, they do not own the lot and the lot has signs posted that read “no overnight parking.” The lot is owned by the city. He thinks that it might be a city ordinance and suggested I call the courthouse to check on it. I will call tomorrow (Monday) when the courthouse is open and let you all know what I find out.

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