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08/17/2011 at 2:48 am in reply to: Rcflyer2242 flew into West Bend Cach Bash for 4000 smiles #1951903
WTG on a big 4K!! 😀
It’s strange, but, I didn’t expect to get 5 FTFs on the way to WB, between 10 and noon on Friday. I thought other cachers would be out there much earlier.
An earlier release of caches might cut down the geotrails, too, with a longer recovery time for the flora.
If the number of attendees keeps growing, a site shift might be in order, just to keep the hides closer. Or some Archiving will be the solution.Keep the ideas flowing! I’d hate to see the WBCB Committee sitting there with nothing to say or do! 😉
The Players issue might need it’s own thread, or a post to the CO of the Event.
WTG! 😀
Did you lick all the syrup off your fingers? 😉
WTG!
Maybe a yellowjacket? 😯
WTG! 8)
Congrats on joining the 2K Klub! 😀
Your valet parking Klub pass should be arriving soon! 😉
WTG! 8)
You may feel silly, but CJ is all aglow! 😉
Short cache pages, huh?
GC1CY6G 😉
08/02/2011 at 4:24 am in reply to: RJ McKenzie reaches #5000 with Oconto County – High Point #1951028Yeah…TR… those were the days! 🙄
Congrats on a whopping 5K! 😀
If I found my first 50 caches at 50 guard rails, I wouldn’t have found 51! 😉
So I would have hidden zero! 😕
One of our earliest posts in 2008 was a question about Archiving a cache after 2-3 years, to open the spot up for new caches. I was slightly chastised for such a thought! Caches are permanent game pieces!
Now we have some new players in the Valley that want to hide some caches close enough to maintain (which is a ‘Hide’ guideline, by the way). They could drive 10-15 miles out of town to DNR land, but urban caching is their thing.
Maybe a few of those puzzle hides that get 1 finder/year have run their course. Our 3K Tribute cache (which we found on Super Bowl Sunday) has 1 smilie. We are honored for the cache placement, but if this was in the FRV area, I would request an Archive to open the area up.
It must be even more frustrating for new cache hiders now than it was for us 3 years ago.I still think that a good guideline for hiding a cache is, “Find 100 caches, then place your first hide”. If this guideline was followed, it would eliminate inexperienced cachers from getting frustrated with their placements. It would also give the Reviewers a neutral point for denying a cache placement. “Find 100, then hide a cache”.
A women should choose a husband like she would choose a tattoo.
Pick one that you can stand to have on your body for the rest of your life!
(maybe more truthful than funny!)
07/28/2011 at 4:34 pm in reply to: 2011 WGA Fall Picnic – Brunet Island State Park – Committee #1949135HCH… I personally know that the best cache hides in the state are north of Hwy. 64., hands down. I know there are guardrails up there, too, and they don’t contain cache containers!
The right Event will draw the right numbers of attendees, whether it’s a picnic, wienie roast, or winter bowling. Time, work restraints, and gas prices are deterents for alot of cachers now. I used to work in northern Wisconsin 6 times /year. My work territory has changed, and I miss the work/ cache excursions up there. I’d jump at the chance to head that way again, but not just for caching, or just for an Event.
Maybe you can relate to this. Of the 17 non-CITO Events that you have attended, most were north of Hwy. 64. The average attendance was about 35-40 cachers (average of 16 attended logs). That’s a good turnout for the population base.
And the population base is why I only worked up north 6 times /year. There are thousands of acres to place caches on, and a low number of cachers to seek them. If I could move up there to geocache, I would!Enough rambling. My question to you is:
Why haven’t you attended more Events south of Hwy. 64? It’s not meant to be a threatening question; just informational. If the reasons you can’t attend central or southern Events can be addressed by the “powers that be”, it will be easier to plan a WGA Event in NW Wisconsin. Other cachers may have the same reasons as you!
If I still had that work territory, I would plan my work trips to coincide with an Event up there. I NEVER worked in Superior without scheduling the short drive south to Big Manitou Falls (or crossing the bridge to Duluth for cheaper gas!). Or worked Ashland without stopping at the NGLVC. I truly wish more cachers could experience NW Wisconsin. And I’m sure you will be having a WGA Event in your neighborhood sometime soon.
The caches have a stamp inside that must be used on the Cash Bash score card, as proof that you were there. If you want an FTF, but no credit for the Mega, I guess that’s a personal preference. Or you can find them without a score card and log the Mega. But you need to REGISTER at the Mega sign-in to get a score card for stamping at each cache.
Loading at home saves the time of loading at the Mega. You can register and head out right away.
We got 3 FTFs at the first and 1 at the 2nd. I guess that’s kinda special! 🙂
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