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Congrats! I was sitting behind Liberty Bluff all day, waiting for you at Wayside Cavernous Cache! Maybe the next milestone… 😉
This reminds me of when ube66 brought one of his first cache finds home with him, as he felt it was unsafe! 😯 A learning experience for a newbie.
A few of us remember him apologizing whole-heartedly for his “mistake”, but we did come to know him much better after that! It is always a pleasure to see him at Events now, inspite of his early “baptism by fire”!
The caching community is looking forward to meeting Helidood, as well. 😀
Must agree with -cheeto-‘s comment.
Place a traditional and …BANG! FTF in 1 hour or less!
Our last placement was a puzzle, and 3 cachers from outside the area had it solved, but it was too far to drive for just 1 cache. Temps were near zero, raw wind, but that’s caching in Wisconsin! It was solved and found.
And I will admit that, if a new cacher places a new cache, and it is ALSO a puzzle, I would hesitate to run very far for it! We have had issues in the past where some very young cachers were submitting caches (about 50 of them) and the Reviewer could only approve 2 for publication. One was a 5 star on terrain and was in a tree. When we found it, the container was thigh high, in the tree crotch! Yup, it was muggled after about 3 weeks. And we remember who the hiders were…for the bad experience that came out of it. There were 2 more that were never found and Archived. When the young cacher that placed them (using GoogleEarth, not a GPS) got some questions by e-mail on the family computer, his mom put the brakes on the whole thing! (Since one of them was hidden about 150 feet from our front door,I’m still look for that thing 7 monthes later!)
My point? Rushing to a first placement by a new cacher can be a memorable experience; just for the wrong reason!
Now that your cache has been found, and the puzzle solved, and there were no bad comments, you have passed the first hurdle toward gaining the trust of your caching peers on cache placement. How fast someone finds your cache, in the future, probably won’t be as exciting as having someone FIND the cache…period!
You have even learned about these threads! Hard to read someone when you can’t look them in the eyes!
I look forward to meeting you face-to-face, sometime soon! 🙂
C’mon, Marc…your 6 weeks shy of finding this one 5 years ago! Farce? Possibly. But most of the drama for this cache comes in the summer monthes.
I’m surprised you actually measured the depth of the stream, in the middle of February! You must have been carrying one of those Hemi Hikers with the yardstick adaptor!
But I could use someone to stay behind and divide up the 2 bags of miniature marshmallows! 😉
Looks like multiphobia has mutated to puzzlephobia! 😯
I stopped at the rectory by the church, so the pastor is aware of the vehicles that will be parked in the lot.
As I told a concerned Fox Valley cacher, try not to over-prepare for this outing. Ropes, chains, inner tubes, waders, pitons, etc. are probably NOT necessary. Warm boots and some energy should suffice! A digging tool for the other nearby cache might be needed, but I noticed a log by T&B near Wild Rose, on a Top Spots cache, that they have a special extraction tool for digging to China! THAT I’ve got to see!
And, yes, Hemi Hikers are very nice! 😉
Easiest driving directions…
from north, south or east- Hwy.41 to Cty. N WEST, then left (south) on Town Hall Road to church.
from the west, Hwy. 23 to Cty. C, then left (north) through Eldorado, then angle right on Town Hall Road to church.
I know you have GPS units, but some cachers carry maps in their heads!
Heading out for a second bag of miniature marshmallows now… 😉
A pole or 2 would be good. Since we will need to walk single file, I was hoping that cachers would take turns leading the way. Since I’ve been out there twice, I would rather just get you to the beginning and let the adventure continue from there.
If we get on deer trails, we should be OK, as we can look in the hoof prints to see the ground conditions beneath the snow. Deer don’t like deep water, as a rule, unless they are being chased, and want to throw off the scent. These deer trails are travel/feed trails, and serve a function for the local herd.
I don’t think the D*s have changed. This cache owner has been contacted numerous times for Cache Adoption and has not responded.The “Old Building” cache is nearby, so on the way out, it may be possible to dig that one out, too.
That’s a great picture! You can see the island in a sea of cattails!
We will start from the small “teardrop” , heading straight east on the water channel, veering NE toward the tack, then follow the treeline east. We will continue east on that itty-bitty line that goes just south of the island. There are 10 foot tall hunting signs that lead the way through. This should leave about 200 feet of finding a deer trail to the island.
Best laid plans… 😯
Parking coordinates for St. Peter Annex…
N43.49.938 W88.36.882
There was a funeral there this morning. If there is a church function on Saturday, alternate parking will be in Eldorado near the “Scribners Mill 2” cache. We can car pool the half mile, so there are less vehicles in the church lot.
Meet at 1:00 PM. Any late comers can follow the postholes!
Snow shoe in until we’re close to GZ, and if the tails are a problem, remove them and hoof it to GZ. Pick up the shoes on the way back.
GGC had a Toyota something. You can read their log, Splash.
This shouldn’t be compared to the SSSS caches. The DNR does control the water level and it should be low to non-existant at this time of year.
Got word from Gamers Gone Caching NOT to drive down School Road, as they barely made it out.
But the cattail report was positive… no water, just ice and snow.
I’ll post parking coordinates in the next day or 2, but the church is right on Town Hall Road, at School Road, about .66 miles straight west of GZ.Snow shoes will be good most of the way, but not necessary, if you don’t have any. The deer trails are narrow, and the cattails are thick for the last .2 miles.
Sounds like comfortable winter temps for the weekend, too.
’cause that’s where the cache is! 😉
I buzzed past School Road this morning, too. The “Road Closed in Winter” sign is interesting, since there are always wheel tracks in the snow.
But parking at the church, and walking in the wheel tracks, should be fairly easy! Straight shot to the parking area.
Walking on the frozen weaterway is the best route, as it takes you to within .15 miles of GZ. Last year, I skirted 2 open holes, but they were just breathing holes for otters or muskrats. It would take about 3 days of 40 degree weather to make it iffy. The variable is how high was the water level when it froze? The DNR usually lowers the level for deer hunting, and doesn’t raise it again until the thaw.So, honestly, I’m not expecting any wet feet (but bring some dry footwear, in case I’m all wet!). I also think that kids would enjoy this level walk. I did read gotta run’s log from late summer, but I would never try this one in warm monthes…not because of the water, but the MUCK that is under the water!
Hey, 44 smilies in 7 years; it must be a bit of a challenge! And it is closer than the shore of Lake Superior, although I would love to go there in March. After the Packers lost, and there were no Events for next weekend, I thought, “Why not”?
If we can’t get to the cache, it will be interesting how many DNFs get posted. But I seriously anticipate SUCCESS.
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