[Astro_D]

I know my five year old is addicted when he comes home from the school field trip (to a farm) and mentions he followed the trail into the nearby woods to see if there were any good cache hiding places.

It’s good to corrupt them young.

[Astro_D]

I’ve never been to any of these places they all sound like great places to visit and do some caching.

I have to agree with my fellow geocachers though – I would like to know the dates as I have two weekends in August already booked.

Keep us posted!

AstroD-Team

[Astro_D]

I was one of the logs that mentioned we found a part of it on the ground some distance away from the bench. After finding the rest (which was under the bench), we did put it back together and placed it back in the appropiate spot. However, the stamper was missing.Ecorangers put the star stickers inside in lieu of the stamper.
Did the stamper ever turn up?

Kat from AstroD-Team

[Astro_D]

Well, considering my hobby is a night time activity, geocaching doesn’t interfere too much. However, I admit it’s tough to pull an all day geocache adventure then try to pull an all-night observing session through the telescope.

One of my daytime activities is public outreach. When asked,I gladly volunteer my time, telescope and knowledge to go into the classrooms and present hands-on activities that teach astronomy to the kids in a fun, interactive way.

Mostly,I’m just a stay-at-home mom trying to raise a 5 year old while trying to keep the house (and my mind) in some dignified fashion. However, what I do doesn’t seem to be enough as my husband stongly suggests I find the time to learn a new hobby: cooking! Yeah, like that’ll happen!

Kat
AstroD-Team

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[Astro_D]

The only thing I could think of was the Reforestation Camp/NEW Zoo near Green Bay WI. It is a 1600 acre park.
It is a zoo on one end and they have several miles of hiking trails on the other. (There is a current cache stashed here).
They have several shelters for rent also. They do include electricity, stove and fridge as well as being heated.
The website is: http://www.co.brown.wi.us/parks/reforestation-camp/index.shtml

I’m not sure if its central enough or not, or if the shelters are available for the date you’re looking at, but I thought I’d throw the idea out to you all.

AstroD-Team

[Astro_D]

My husband, (who heard about this from work by Taxman1) introduced me to this sport and we formed our team. We have since taken two others on a geocaching adventure, liked it so much they joined: Sleeps2 (they live in Iowa) and Astronomer’s Lighthouse Hunters from Green Bay.
Not much of a history, but we all gotta start from somewhere.
Astro D-Team

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[Astro_D]

Way to go Ecorangers!!
Your kids have made this sport more fun for our 5 year old.

Keep up the pace and we hope to meet up with you guys and do some more joint caching in the future!
AstroD-Team

[Astro_D]

AstroD has three states – FL, IA and WI.
If you could add us at your convenience that would be cool.

Thanks!

[Astro_D]

It’s not what the tick carries (diseases) that makes me paranoid. It’s the whole parasitic thing – it grosses me out. But I can say, I actually picked one off my son instead of the freaking out that I normally do.
On a side note, what is the ticks purpose? Are they a food source for something or do they exist just to annoy us? Always wondering about that.

Lt Kat

[Astro_D]

Well, I am paranoid about ticks and it was at the forefront of my mind the entire day! Our final total: 3. None attached.
However, my son ended up in the emergency room due to a severe allergic reation to some bug bite. We never did learn the bug responsible.
But now have to be extremely careful when venturing out and make sure we at least got Benadryl with us at all times.
It still was fun and I’m getting over my fear of ticks.It’s all those other bugs that got me worried now.

[Astro_D]

This is my first post. I am relatively new to geocaching (6 months) and do this as a family sport.
If it wasn’t for the 1/1 finds, this activity would require a babysitter so my hubby and I can go alone and then it would no longer be a family sport. 1/1’s give my 5 year old the opportunity to actually find a cache himself and he doesn’t get bored and whiny that results from spending hours looking for a harder rated cache.
When we’re out caching for the day, we’re glad to have a few 1/1 in the mix, it keeps everyone in our family happy. Who knows with more time and more experience our little 5 year old might be ready for the 5/5.
The point to this game for us is to get out and spend time as family – whether it be searching a 1/1 or a 3/4 or a 5/5.
Just my two cents for what its worth.

Lt Kat

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