Our GeoJourney

[Grandma & Grandpa]

Gram and I recently did something new in our geocaching career. We always have planned our vacation trips, and then looked up nearby caches to do. This Spring we planned and did a Wisconsin GeoJourney.

We started with the Good Friday event in Bonduel, and of course found some caches en route and once there. We then continued to our cottage in northern Oconto County. On Saturday we headed to the Wabeno area and did the whole Ed’s Lake series, other than the four new ones that were being put out while we were there in the woods. We came home for Easter Sunday church and the family gathering in Appleton. From there we headed out on our caching road trip. We went to Kewaunee County, then down the east coast of WI, west across the southern tier of counties along the state line, and zig-zagged up the state’s west coast.

Highlights include:

*** Several days traveling and caching with my sweetie Chris.

*** Enjoying great pizza in Bonduel, renewing acquaintances, winning a couple of door prizes, and meeting new caching friends – thanks a lot Lander and Lancelot for putting this event on.

*** Finding caches in 20 different counties, bringing our total up to 60 (but it’s not about the numbers, right?)

*** Averaging 49 mpg in our Prius cachemobile for about 1200 miles, and having no unintended acceleration probs.

*** Finding many terrific caches placed by several folks active in the WGA

*** Receiving several nice emails in response to our posted cache logs and photo’s.

*** Enjoying town road travel (our Nuvi “Ruth” seems to like these routes, time for some new parameters for her?) in parts of the state we’ve not been in before – Wisconsin is really a neat place to explore.

*** Only 1 DNF – a micro, at night, during a thunderstorm, didn’t feel too bad about that one!

*** Grandma getting to a few quilting shops – while I found more caches.

The only counties left for us are in the northwestern corner of the state, plus Wood County – how’d we miss that one? Maybe another road trip this Fall to enjoy the colors up there? Yup, I think maybe…

cYa, Jim & Chris

[sandlanders]

That sounds like a great road trip, Jim. How did we miss all of your logs? Sure do like caching around Wisconsin ourselves. Can’t beat it.

And still missing Wood County????? 🙄 🙄 😉

Say “hi” to Chris for us. 🙂

[labrat_wr]

Isn’t this what geocaching is all about !?!

sounds like a very worthwhile trip Jim. Glad Chris got to share it with you.

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[RSplash40]

@Gram&Gramps wrote:

The only counties left for us are in the northwestern corner of the state, plus Wood County – how’d we miss that one? Maybe another road trip this Fall to enjoy the colors up there? Yup, I think maybe…

cYa, Jim & Chris

Hehe, ask TBC about setting a course and missing 1 county smack dab in the middle of your 500+ mile route… yeah, 2 weeks of planning and I have no idea how I missed it. Was a fun trip though, your’s reads much the same just many more days involved! When’s the next one?

[zuma]

Sounds like an awesome trip. That is the part of caching that I like best to, just traveling the backroads and exploring new places. Glad you had such a great time.

z

[Miata]

You need to travel down to Mountain and visit me some day this Summer too! 😀

[GRAMACINDY]

What a wonderful journey you had….now you MUST head to NW Wisconsin…..Hayward Cheezehead has some great puzzle caches, and I LOVE to place micros in the woods! Don’t let that scare you off….But SERIOUSLY…if you solve any of Hayward Cheezehead puzzles, email me the answers for trade in local Cheeze. Sound good to you?

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