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@Todd300 wrote:
@furfool wrote:
Today I started planning my route to and fro for the planned march to the “Eagle Source”. I figure if time allows, I could collect a couple of counties and DeLorme pages along the way. While looking at a page for a virtual, I noticed that there were two finds a day or two apart. Both finders are from Germany. After looking at the profile for one of them, and looking at their stats and finds, it turns out that they have cached in numerous states, from the midwest to the southwest. Unless I missed something, all of their 88 finds in this country, are virtuals. How odd I thought. So I looked at all of their traditional finds and found them to be almost 100% in Germany and France. I also noticed that they cached in quite a few foreign countries. Imagine, such world travelers and only finding virtuals? After seeing their finds in the US of virtuals, and where they found their traditionals, I quit looking any further. I was just too pi__ed off. Talk about arm chairing it.
Furfool, I’m guessing that finder is Geocachingdog. He’s since been banned by Groundspeak. More info on my blog as I wrote about it last week.
The specific cache that I was looking at is
GC9AED. I didn’t take a very close look at the latest log, from Dec. 9th, but looked pretty good at the one prior to that.Today I started planning my route to and fro for the planned march to the “Eagle Source”. I figure if time allows, I could collect a couple of counties and DeLorme pages along the way. While looking at a page for a virtual, I noticed that there were two finds a day or two apart. Both finders are from Germany. After looking at the profile for one of them, and looking at their stats and finds, it turns out that they have cached in numerous states, from the midwest to the southwest. Unless I missed something, all of their 88 finds in this country, are virtuals. How odd I thought. So I looked at all of their traditional finds and found them to be almost 100% in Germany and France. I also noticed that they cached in quite a few foreign countries. Imagine, such world travelers and only finding virtuals? After seeing their finds in the US of virtuals, and where they found their traditionals, I quit looking any further. I was just too pi__ed off. Talk about arm chairing it.
@Timberline Echoes wrote:
Any one interested in getting together with us after? We live under 30 miles away, or will everyone have to be heading home before dark?
TEI appreciate the offer TE, but I will be heading out after the hike. It will be just too long of a ride. Thanks for the offer.
Amazing what a sprinkler can do. Or was it? Maybe the military should be called in to investigate.
Sorry Pete, but I’ll have to drop out if thats the case. That would make it real interesting though.
@sandlanders wrote:
Need a last minute idea for a Christmas gift? We just picked up some 2010 state park stickers today, two for gifts and two for ourselves (the second one half-price). They can actually be used now and are good until December 31, 2010. All Wisconsin state parks all year long. Go as many times as you want, any property.
What a bargain! See DNR page for specifics.
Is this the same DNR that is raping hunter’s wallets for permits and really has the deer population estimates screwed up? 👿
Other than that, not a bad idea.
I would like to be counted in for the 27th. There is a possibility of picking up another around Green Bay. Coming from Milwaukee, I’m looking at about a four hour drive. I will definitely be watching the weather on this one. I have no cell phone, so if somebody would want to pm me with a number in case of a last minute cancellation, it would be appreciated.
Right now I have room for one person to ride along if they want too, but they would be third on the list.
Yes, there’s always a number of robins that stick around. Their main food is worms and insects however, just like anything else when food is scarce, they will be forced to eat something else. My guess is that right now there could still be open springs and other soggy areas harboring some goodies for them, and they are supplementing their diet with fruit and maybe some seeds.
It looks as of now that Crandon is reporting about 8″ of snow cover.
http://www.nohrsc.nws.gov/I was just looking again at the satellite image. I noticed a faint line about 5oo ft west of the Yellow Birch. It appears to start out going sw and then arc south to go right to the shallow V where the top of the “bird’s” upper beak and head meet. Just wanted to throw this out there. I wish I could zoom in closer and have a little better resolution.
Anybody know what the swamps are like, waterwise? If there is not a lot of snow, or if it warms up, is this one of those swamps that holds ankle or knee deep water? Or just a few inches that kind of seeps up? I would like to be prepared on all fronts if possible.
After looking at the western route again, I can say that I never been on that one before. Like mentioned above, I’m not liking that too much unless someone has some experience on that trail. It might be easier, but it might be miles longer.
I was looking at that too TBC. If memory serves, most of those roads are old logging roads that are well overgrown now days. I’m thinking that some of them may be snowmobile trails now days. I remember hearing from some locals over 25 years ago that Hunting camp road, on HWY 45, north of county C a couple of miles, used to be a short cut to Hiles for local teenagers. I remember a guy telling me the only way was by 4 wheel drive and that he wouldn’t risk taking his in there. I bird hunted Hunting Camp years ago, and the road just circled around, but there were a couple of off shoots that kind of peetered out to nothing.
@One Paddle Short wrote:
The place to avoid is that arrowhead shaped swamp pointing southwest. It was a very pretty and unique area but I’m not going back.
It looks like a parking area directly east of the cache, that turns west off of Atkins. I’m guessing this would be a bad idea, judging by OPS’ post.
The 29th would work the best for me. After that, I’m not sure. I personally would probably pass on the later date due to having work the next day. At this time of year, I hate to call things close in case some thing happens. I will already be looking at an 8 hour round trip drive.
Looking at the ariel map yesterday, I thought perhaps there could be an extinct railroad grade, or perhaps cleared boundary line of the national forest running se to nw.
On second thought, I don’t think that’s an old RR grade near Yellow Birch road. That may have been and old forest road or logging road that runs se-nw., if not a boundary line. I’ve been shooting up Hwy 45 for nearly 40 years and the only RR lines that I know of run N-S just west of 45, and E-W about a mile south of the cache. I cannot recall any others in that area. I don’t think either one is any longer in use.
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