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Somehow remember there being a place where you could check a box when you found a cache in a new county. Even if that feature is gone, I’d still like to recover that list (the site still seems to be saving the stats somewhere.)
OK, went to Module/State County Stats and found the list of members with a table that had number of states, counties, countries, de Lorme pages,(there I am!) etc. When I click on the number that corresponds to my name, my profile page comes up, but no information on counties. For the record, not a premium member for financial reasons.
Any of the Kettle Moraine Units (North unit near Campbellsport, South unit near Eagle, Lapham Peak near Delafield, and Pike Lake near Hartford) have outstanding trails and are easily within an hour’s drive.
Other great spots that come to mind are Seven Bridges (Grant Park, southern Milwaukee County), Wehr Nature Center (Whitnall Park), and the Lion’s Den (just south of Port Washington in Ozaukee County).
If you want a structured way to do the Ice Age trail, check out the Walk the Wauk program.
Another good resource is the Milwaukee Campers, Backpackers and Hikers group on meetup.com, particularly if you enjoy hiking in a group or are looking to meet people with similar interests.
Hope to see you on the trail this fall!
Try the Hank Aaron State Trail — there are about 10 or so starting at GC1FH28 and ending at GC1JCWJ. GCQ7Z2 (west of the ball park) is also accessible, though GCA317 north of the I is NOT. Many of these are Earthcaches, so make sure your pencils and scorecards (and camera) are ready. GC1EBA is a short drive away and a good cache to finish up, especially M-Sa, 10-30 to 3:30 (factory is not wheelchair accessible but all else is). 😉 GC3798 is another classic apres cache geocache.
The other trails (Glacial Drumlin, Bugline, Milwaukee-Racine, Muskego) are old interurban lines. Very smooth and level, but caches are set back in the brush, often on cuts and fills, so not necessarily reachable.
A good place to start as any would be downtown Merton, north of the dam.
Another strategy would be to camp at Menomonee Park, and use your bike (not sure if campsites are open yet — they are first come – first serve in season). The park has some nice hides.
@Team Deejay wrote:
… If you are just hiking down a 6 foot wide trail, you will only get the ticks that crawl up your boots….
You haven’t hiked much at Bong, have you? 😆 I swear those buggers can jump! 😯
@glorkar wrote:
I’m sure each cache highlights a different aspect of the area………..Look, a rock! Look, sand! Look, another rock! Look, more sand!
More like, there’s a power line tower, and another…in fact if you check out the google sat map, that’s exactly how they arranged this “power” trail!
Ditto about the hotel location — it’s OK, but you are on the western fringe of the Marquette area.
For good cheap eats nearby (around the corner from Marquette campus):
Sobelman’s, 1900 W. St. Paul Ave — great burgers
Real Chili, 1625 W. Wells — good chili
Miss Katie’s Diner, 1900 W Clybourn St — classic dinerFurther afoot:
Noodle House, 3433 West National Avenue (take the 27th St Bridge south to National Ave., go right for 1/2 mile) — Vietnamese joint
Saz’s State House, 5539 West State Street (if visiting Miller Brewery, keep heading west for 1-1/2 miles) — great ribs
Balistreri’s, 812 N 68th St (go 2 miles west on Wisconsin Ave, hang a right at 68th St) — excellent pizza place (worth the wait).
Money is no object:
Bartolotta’s Lake Park Bistro. Make reservations. Dress nice. Take a cab (Don’t trouble yourself with directions).
Coffee: Any place that says “Alterra” has unbelievably good coffee and has decent breakfast and lunch fare (free wi fi).
Finally, if you find yourself at the casino (Potowattami Bingo and Casino) I hear that they in fact have a few of the best restaurants in the city, especially Dreamdance (another make-reservations, dress-nice kind of place).
Another possibility is that this person had been part of a team and has started up a new account to hand their own finds. If I was a betting man (I’m not) I would say it’s a sock.
@kbraband wrote:
Don’t forget about the Wisconsin geocache permit fee of $25 ($45 for multicaches, $125 for puzzles and micros), payable to the WGA. A gratuity to your reviewer is also appreciated if you appreciate his or her service.
Don’t forget the Fox Valley Puzzle fee multiplier — $250 for new puzzles in Puzzletopia.
Big old carp just kinda hanging out for awhile (assume it’s a carp, definitely some sort of rough fish).
The “Something Different” and “Something Different…Too” caches were near some pretty weird places.
Ticks AND snow? Must be April in Wisconsin.
I hear you — recently the wife and I have switched to cots. Sleeping on the ground is too difficult now that we are north of 40.
Long ago we started packing a screened shelter to keep the biting flies, skeeters and yellow jackets at bay. Now if we could do something about the ticks…
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