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10/07/2009 at 11:39 pm #1914965
Well, the forecast even down here in sunny bluff country has the s word in it, too. So it doesn’t matter where we are.
Unless we want to go to Pamida!
10/08/2009 at 2:18 am #1914966The Pamida in Ladysmith just closed in the last month.
We are up north but we are not hoping for any snow this weekend. Yuck! Wasn’t summer cold enough?
10/09/2009 at 12:05 am #1914967Milwaukee area forecast for Saturday night….
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of light rain and light snow through late evening…then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. West winds 5 to 15 mph.Don’t need to go north to find snow in Wisconsin, unfortunately.
10/09/2009 at 2:32 am #1914968Here’s the outlook for the here at Stout.
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
641 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
091100-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
641 PM CDT THU OCT 8 2009THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA…AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN..DAY ONE…TONIGHT
A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER
20S. SCATTERED FROST IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK..DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT…SATURDAY MORNING
AND
SUNDAY MORNING.THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY
AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE INCH IN SPOTS.10/09/2009 at 3:14 am #1914969I’ve only starting geocaching just this past April. So I’ve yet to experience winter caching.
What is geocaching like when there are several inches of snow on the ground? How difficult is it?
There’s a cache that I DNF’ed once because I would have had to walk through about 160 feet of ankle deep mud. I’m waiting for a freeze for that mud to harden and I can walk on top of it.
Also waiting for river ice over to get a couple caches on an island near me (I don’t have a boat).
10/09/2009 at 3:25 am #1914970@Todd300 wrote:
I’ve only starting geocaching just this past April. So I’ve yet to experience winter caching.
What is geocaching like when there are several inches of snow on the ground? How difficult is it?
There’s a cache that I DNF’ed once because I would have had to walk through about 160 feet of ankle deep mud. I’m waiting for a freeze for that mud to harden and I can walk on top of it.
Also waiting for river ice over to get a couple caches on an island near me (I don’t have a boat).
Sometimes it’s fun and other time’s it just sucks. No leaves on the tree’s means you can find the bisions better though. I can’t wait until Lake Menomin freezes so I can go rack up a bunch of lonely points.
10/09/2009 at 3:27 am #1914971@Todd300 wrote:
I’ve only starting geocaching just this past April. So I’ve yet to experience winter caching.
What is geocaching like when there are several inches of snow on the ground? How difficult is it?
There’s a cache that I DNF’ed once because I would have had to walk through about 160 feet of ankle deep mud. I’m waiting for a freeze for that mud to harden and I can walk on top of it.
Also waiting for river ice over to get a couple caches on an island near me (I don’t have a boat).
I’m getting sick of this nice weather. Bring on the snow so we can get down to some serious geocaching. In all seriouness we prefer winter caching to other times of the year. Our monthly count may go down slightly, but the satisfaction of making the find in winter is far more rewarding than lifting up a few pieces of bark. There’s nothing like a find on snowshoes and the winter scenery on a snowy morning can be magnificent. This is the one time of the year that I really envy the cachers who live in northern Wisconsin. Every year it amazes us how many cachers stop when winter comes and don’t come out again until spring. When you live outdoors in Wisconsin it’s just a matter of learning to adapt.
10/09/2009 at 1:26 pm #1914972@Todd300 wrote:
What is geocaching like when there are several inches of snow on the ground? How difficult is it?
Look for the winter-friendly icons in the attributes, but also add a snow shovel to your list of caching supplies…with maybe a bag of sand in the trunk, a towrope…[:D]
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10/09/2009 at 1:35 pm #1914973@Todd300 wrote:
I’ve only starting geocaching just this past April. So I’ve yet to experience winter caching.
What is geocaching like when there are several inches of snow on the ground? How difficult is it?
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I preferred finding caches this past winter than this summer, less finds for me but so much more fun.
10/09/2009 at 1:55 pm #1914974@Todd300 wrote:
I’ve only starting geocaching just this past April. So I’ve yet to experience winter caching.
What is geocaching like when there are several inches of snow on the ground? How difficult is it?
There’s a cache that I DNF’ed once because I would have had to walk through about 160 feet of ankle deep mud. I’m waiting for a freeze for that mud to harden and I can walk on top of it.
Also waiting for river ice over to get a couple caches on an island near me (I don’t have a boat).
The deer are easier to see!
10/09/2009 at 4:31 pm #1914975nothin’ more rewarding than digging down through 18+ inches of snow and ice to uncover that ammo can!
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10/09/2009 at 5:37 pm #1914976@labrat_wr wrote:
nothin’ more rewarding than digging down through 18+ inches of snow and ice to uncover that ammo can!
Especially when you guess where it might be and come up spot on!
One thing I really don’t care for when caching in the winter: micro’s frozen to tree’s. Another is unrolling nano log rolls with bare hands and there’s a wind.
One thing that is great is doing caches that require water crossings become suddenly very easy.
10/09/2009 at 5:42 pm #1914977We didn’t do much winter caching last year because it is harder to trudge through the snow carrying little kids. And babies noses freeze fast ‘:lol:’ We may try some this year though now that they are a little bigger. We really like this time of year though, no bugs, ticks and wearing jeans and tennis shoes is more practical when it is not 95 degrees out.
10/09/2009 at 5:53 pm #1914978@LostBoys5 wrote:
We didn’t do much winter caching last year because it is harder to trudge through the snow carrying little kids. And babies noses freeze fast ‘:lol:’ We may try some this year though now that they are a little bigger. We really like this time of year though, no bugs, ticks and wearing jeans and tennis shoes is more practical when it is not 95 degrees out.
I just bought a used kelty kid carrier with a rain shield. I am hoping it will help block the nasty wind from my little ones face. I am thinking about adding velcro pockets so I can place hand warmers inside to help keep her warm. It is going interesting to see if I can keep my streak going.
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