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That should work. See you then.
Hmm, sorry I missed your email. Not sure what happened there. Anyway, could you come up this Saturday morning? I have to leave by 10:30 a.m. or so.
Nice job on the article! It is a very positive representation of geocaching, especially the part about park manager involvement and approval.
The only downside was the headline calling it a “treasure hunt” but that was the newspaper’s choice of words, not the fault of the geocachers who helped out with the article.Our webmasters are aware of the problem. We’re waiting for a fix. Thanks for noticing though!
Here’s some of what I remember, in bullet point form. Brian, perhaps you can add to this.
- April 2000. I bought my Garmin eMap GPSR, which is what I still use today.
- Feb 2001: I learned about geocaching from a note posted by Jeremy Irish in an online forum called GPS Adventures.
- Feb. 27, 2001: I found my first cache, Beverly, in the Chicago area.
- March 2, 2001: Placed my first cache “Pike Powder Hike” in Pike Lake State Park near Slinger.
- March 3, 2001: I found my first cache in Wisconsin, “Pookie’s Stash”, placed by Kevin & Grace in the Horicon Marsh area.
- April 9, 2001: Found my first cache in the Milwaukee area, “Geocache” by Gregory James.
- April 2001. Started reading posts and exchanging email with other early Wisconsin geocachers including “Bill and Nikki”, “GrouseTales”, “jvechinski”, “Team Investigators”, “JTJ”, and “Yawningdog”.
- Summer 2001. I posted a note in the Midwest topic of the geocaching.com forum raising the idea of a late summer geocaching picnic in SE Wisconsin and asking if anyone else wanted to help me plan it. jvechinski, GrouseTales, and Yawningdog responded. We exchanged a few messages in the forum and settled on Pike Lake State Park as the location of a late August geocache event. About 50 attended and searched for 8 temporary caches we hid in the park. For awhile we thought a TV crew from the Today Show was going to attend. They contacted me about the picnic and had made plans to attend, but they didn’t show up. A reporter and photographer from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel did attend and wrote a nice story about the event. http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/aug01/geo27082601a.asp
It included a now-famous quote from Yawningdog about aliens and Pong, which we delighted in teasing him about for quite some time. - My recollection is that I was the first Wisconsin geocacher to reach 10 finds. Team Investigators then hit their stride and zoomed all the way up to 20, 30, and 40 before anyone else in Wisconsin. Then came Cache Cows. They were #1 in the state for quite some time, first to reach 100 if I recall correctly. Later I got going and was first to reach 200. Then along came the ubercachers, beginning with Socko and followed by The Lil Otter. Otter was first to reach 1,000 and 2,000 among Wisconsin geocachers.
- Early 2002. The original planners of the first picnic got together to plan a state organization. We also invited Cache Cows and Thraxman to take part, since they were also active in the gc “community”. The Wisconsin Geocaching Association was created in early 2002. First officers were:
Ken Braband, president; Brian Jansen, vice president; Jeremy Vechinski, secretary; and Joe Schnicke (Thraxman), treasurer. Other board members were Alan and Arn (Cache Cows), and Sam (Yawningdog). - I posted a note a few weeks ago detailing the dates and locations of all the major WGA events we have hosted, but I can’t find it right now. Anyone know where that is?
Looks like there’s an error in my total. S/b 10.
Yup, my tip is still on my web site. http://www.rocketink.com/howto.htm
As long as it doesn’t drink too much beer, bring it along!
Coordinates for the hidden cache at the Geo Picnic have now been updated.
Also, for those who were thinking about signing up but didn’t get around to it, we have extended the deadline until midnight tonight (Saturday). Sign up here: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=a5edb714-faa6-424c-b0ae-5daf9d5486fc
Event will be held rain or shine.
I’ll echo Hotdogs’ comment that Harney Peak in South Dakota is a very nice hike. Great trails and nice views from the top.
I had to LOL when I clicked on the link to the nearest cache to Iowa’s high point. It’s just outside the tiny town where I lived as a kid in Iowa, a place of sandpits and fishing holes that I walked to many times. The whole area is flat as a prairie pancake.
Bastille Days has always been one of our favorite festivals because it’s close to downtown and not at the lakefront where all the other summer festivals are. Also because there’s no admission charge! Great food and music. http://bastille.easttown.com/default.htm
Regarding the location of Covert Cache, I suppose if you’ve never been there before it’s an OK place to experience. The food is overpriced and the place is not known as a locals hangout. My 2 cents.[This message has been edited by kbraband (edited 06-29-2004).]
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Originally posted by Ootek:
Sadly, we’re tending to agree with kbraband lately
Don’t be sad. This is such a rarity for me so I’m delighted!
You’re right, Jeff. Since my kids are both in their late teens, I sometimes forget about issuing warnings for PG rated material. Thanks.
It’s been discussed a few times. This list is not meant to discourage your idea, but rather to give you a reference base for pursuing it. http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=69906&hl= http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=64161&hl= http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=64022&hl= http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=60255&hl= http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=55439&hl= http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=30870&hl= http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=38046&hl= http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=53051&hl= http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=57767&hl=
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Originally posted by greyhounder:
Actually, I have an idea that I got from the Today’s Cacher — what makes a good cache. Obviously, something from my perspective. But maybe I can think of something a little more interesting.Bec
I think your topic would be fine as long as you get quotes/opinions from a few other cachers around the state to give it a wider perspective and interest level for our readers. Thanks!
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