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Would HIGHLY recommend Twin Falls Cave near Port Wing. Beautiful little known waterfall and park very close to the highway. If coming up 35 check out Eddyed’s caches in Pattison State Park. Nice waterfalls and caches if you have time for a couple short walks.
Absolutely! Jen and I would definitely welcome a picnic type event. Those 2 locations are relatively close to our home so if there is anything we could do to help out, feel free to contact us. Hope it comes together!
We love geocaching the St. Croix Falls area! Had an awesome time caching in Interstate the last time we were there, and Jen and I are looking forward to the event and putting some faces to names we recognize. Sounds like fun, see y’all there!
I had the extreme pleasure of doing two of the MN State Park History caches this weekend, the one in Crosby Manitou SP and the one at Temperence River SP. They both had something for most everyone, they were both multis that took you to 3 AWESOME locations in the parks. The hike was longish but if you’re interested in caching “for the journey” it was GREAT! However, if unable to take a long walk due to time constraints, physical limitations etc… they give you the coords directly to the final which were relatively close to the visitors center.
There are TBs whose mission is to travel from park to park and offer “medallions” to those who complete certain “missions”, plus they’ve printed up thousands of collector cards, placed in each cache, that are park specific which you can collect or whatever.
Truly a TON of effort went into creating this endeavor and the quality shows. In other words, if you get a chance to get to Minnesota and geocache their State Parks, I doubt you’ll leave disappointed. It would certainly be nice if WI could do something like this although geocaching has been allowed here for quite some time. The fact that MN is just now allowing geocaching in their State Parks certainly makes this endeavor somewhat more special.
A big thumbs up from this end!!! If anyone reads this who had any part in setting this up, a big THANK YOU! and GREAT JOB!
05/05/2008 at 3:50 pm in reply to: Discussion of not logging temps, starting with this event #1888648Zuma’s comments about the temp loggers in the proximity of Waukesha and Washington counties is something I would imagine alot of the long time members either knew or highly suspected and is exactly why Groundspeak probably won’t and probably shouldn’t do anything more than they have already done.
This practice is more of a local/regional thing than I think alot of people care to realize. People don’t widely consider it common practice to log temps in other parts of the country. Groundspeak knows this which is why they have no interest in pursuing it further. Why would they create rules that would only affect a tiny percentage of geocachers worldwide?You can argue that other people do it in other parts of the country, but not to the extent that you see it here in Wisconsin.
This is OUR issue, not anyone else’s. WE need to handle it, and the BOD has done an excellent job of polling the membership, noticing that it’s membership widely shares the majority view of the country/world, and has acted and refuses to condone the practice of logging temps at WGA events. I believe this will go a long way towards repairing a tarnished reputation, brought on by a few, that was quite undeserved.
Started with an ’03 vintage Magellan Sporttrak and loved it until last year when I got a Garmin 60csx for my birthday. (Thank you, honey!) Beat the living **** out of the Magellan and never had a problem with it. I dropped the Garmin in January and had to send it in for repairs although they simply sent me a new one since it was still under warranty.
Anyway, I was blown away with how much more accurate the 60csx seems to be than the Magellan. Now I don’t know how I managed without it!
Hello,
Just wondering if there was a way to make the WGA logo and directions on how to paste it a little more prominent on the website??? I now know it’s under wiki.
It’s probably just fine where it’s at but I was someone who hasn’t been using the logo on their cache pages because I simply didn’t know how to do it or where to find it. Of course I could’ve asked, but I’m a guy and asking for directions just isn’t in my genes! I’m wondering if there’s others out there like me who simply don’t know how!
jenhen
I understand that this topic (and others) has popped up periodically over the years, and for some is getting quite old. But I would like to respectfully point out the fair number of new posters and a good number of the 800+ members who read this and the other thread who may not have ever heard of this controversy.
A HEALTHY dialogue on the same topic every now and then keeps the new members informed of the other options and ideas out there. We’re getting new members all the time. Let’s not discourage a healthy debate……..as long as it doesn’t get personal.
When we first started geocaching it was over a year before we even learned that people considered it ok to multi-log events. It was right here in the forums that we learned that people did this. It wouldn’t have even ocurred to us that it was even an option if we hadn’t read the WGA forums, so I actually hope it keeps getting brought up! It’s very entertaining reading too!
Regardless of what stance the WGA takes I just hope they take one. Either the WGA supports the multi-logging of their events or they don’t. No more wishywashiness. (is that a word?)
Embarrasingly, the only reason I havn’t is because I didn’t know how until now. I just read another posting where I found out the method is listed under wiki (embarrasingly, I don’t know what wiki means either, which is why I guess I’ve never clicked on it!)
I feel it’s a very useful and important advertising tool, perhaps the single best way to direct new cachers to the WGA site. Is there a way to perhaps make the logo and directions on how to paste it onto your cache page (for us techno delinquents) a little more prominent on the WGA webpage? Just a thought.
Zuma, an extremely well written and compelling argument. I’m sold!
It’s high time the WGA takes a strong stance on this issue. By condoning and basically encouraging this practice it smears the organization in the eyes of (I believe) the majority of geocachers not only in the state of Wisconsin but around the country as well. I’m pretty sure the majority of geocachers don’t agree with the practice and I feel the stance of the WGA should perhaps reflect that.
For events not put on by the WGA, log away. Let the individuals deal with the criticism. Most don’t care what anyone else says anyway, so let them play their game the way they want.
I carry a ton of trading stuff on me when I’m geocaching mainly for restocking depleted caches. I’m a big proponent of well stocked caches, just because it’s kind of fun to finger through the items, just in case there’s something worth trading for. To keep it interesting I’ve started collecting the poker chips that some poeple leave, so there’s always something to look for when we hit a cache. Someday maybe I’ll have a full set!
One of the more disturbing things I’ve seen while geocaching was at a cache in Irvine Park in Chippewa Falls that was placed as part of last year’s CV Event. I found it about 2 months after the start of the event and it was completely empty except for a bunch of signature cards and the log. I read through the log and the first 2 logs commented on what a great cache it was filled with alot of great stuff! two months later it was completely empty. What disturbed me was that nearly all of the logs and most of the participants in the event were fairly hardcore geocachers from all over the state. I’m not saying the cache couldn’t have been muggled but the sad state of the cache just made me wonder about how much people cared about the cache when it was found.
Anyway, on a positive not, a cacher named Badpaul has a cache near the Rice Lake area where if you take the time to search for the bonus cache that goes along with it, you are treated to a bonus cache filled with some of his homemade stained glass figurines and Christmas ornaments that you are encouraged to trade for. It’s the awesome surprises like that make me feel like there is some value to the trading aspect of geocaching. I know in my caches some of the caches that you really have to work for, I’ll try and stock some items that are worth more so that the finder has perhaps a little more of a reward for taking the effort to find it. Going into a cache with low expectations of what you may find just makes it all the better when there is actually something worth trading for!!!
Trade up or trade even, too.
Jen and I both work at the same mail house in Eau Claire. I am the direct mail manager, she is the office manager. So, you know all that junk mail you get in the mailbox? That’s right, you can blame us!
We work 5 days a week and have two girls, 8 and 10. So, basically we are weekend warriors except for the occasional weekday local cache run after work. We do alot of our geocaching while on vacation and like how geocaching gives us a great excuse to get outside, get some exercise and enjoy nature!
Ooooooo, temporaries. Not going there! I like ’em all, will hunt ’em all. But……I will say after I spend a long time searching for a micro in a very stealthy location, I end up leaving angry and irritated more often than satisfied. But, you just never know before you start the hunt how it’s going to turn out, so I try to give every cache a chance.
Interesting topic and great debate! Obviously puzzles are meant to be solved. If you didn’t have a hand in solving it I think it does kind of cheat the puzzle creator. I would guess that die hard puzzle creators couldn’t care less if their cache gets hit 100-200 times but instead care more about the dedicated few who take the time to solve the puzzle. Of course, everyone can cache the way they want too, but I think it’s a basic respect towards the cache owner issue, a respect that perhaps the owner deserves if it’s a well thought out puzzle that’s obvious he/she put alot of time into. I think I agree with Seldom|Seen on this one. Thank you all for bringing this topic to light!
The UP is an amazing geocaching destination. So many scenic places, waterfalls, overlooks, lighthouses…it’s an outdoors paradise. Plus, it seems most scenic spots seem to be accompanied by a geocache! I would recommend the UP to anyone looking for a high concentration of quality geocaches.
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