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Well, somebody has to admit that was funny. 😀

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Thanks. When I wrote it that morning I was aiming it mostly at Wisconsin geocachers- but I could rewrite it a little. If I find some time to do so I will.

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Just back from four days of camping with a big group of 16 year-old girls at Hartman Creek State park. It was interesting to get a group of that many teenagers into the “woods”. It’s not my kind of camping but for some of the girls this was a hard-core trip (they’d never slept in tents). They wandered off and did a couple of the closest caches to the campground, but we had them pretty busy with canoes/ kayaks, cooking and cleaning up after cooking, swimming at Whispering Pines, etc.

But, it was sad how so many of them had no outdoor experiences at all. Some of them would edge up to the campfire and throw wood in from four-five feet away because they were so afraid of the fire. They had no idea how to exit/ enter a canoe nor how to paddle and steer. Some had never seen a dutch oven. Some had never cooked with a pie iron. There were questions, questions, and more questions.

Time in the outdoors is valuable time for kids. Geocaching is one way to get them out there. We can’t expect these kids to respect and value the out of doors if they have no experience there.

Glad you folks enjoyed my post.

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A night paddle cache is a great choice for the milestone. Congrats from the whole crew here.

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Perhaps this could help spark your failing memory?

Mathman’s Evil Plan

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I’m late here too but congratulations anyway!

When I was a bit younger my brother and I took my Dad’s new full-size Blazer off-roading. We weren’t supposed to even be driving it.

Later that day, with the Blazer a mile back into the county forest- the running boards the only thing keeping it from sinking deeper into the muck and cattails- as my brother and I hiked down the county highway in the drenching, coming down an inch every 15 minutes or so rain, looking for a house where we could make a call I realized that some parts of driving off-road were not as fun as others. Then, later, when we arrived back at the site the Blazer was (now, after the afternoon of rain a “pond” with the Blazer a good 20 yards “out there”) I promised myself if I ever got Dad’s Blazer back home I would never get myself into a mess like that again. We did get it out with the help of some teenage friends who were stupid enough to take their truck in there too. But it was after breaking a snap-strap, two chains, the Blazer’s jack, and driving over enough small trees to build a fort.

Now, I like to walk. But I still have a snap-strap in the truck “just in case.”

Shhhhhh, Dad still doesn’t know…

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Hmmm,

I’m a little late here, but still…

Congratulations Rick! After looking at this I realized that you’ve left us in the numbers dust. Oh well, always fun to read about another “high adventure” trip.

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Congratulations. Enjoyed the photos. Looked like a great day to be out there. It looked a little different when Mrs. OPS and myself did that cache (I think you got the better deal).

😉

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Congrats from the Paddle crew!

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I wish I had gone around and done some before and after photos because it’s hard to grasp just how big a difference the folks who volunteered their time for this CITO made. Even those of us there only saw our own area a and a little of Riverside park that was cleaned. There was an amazing difference made. If this event happens next year we’ll have to haul all the trash back to the park just so we can get a photo of how much was pulled out of the parks and sent to the dump. On top of making the parks so much nicer for the folks of Wausau good press coverage of geocaching helped out the impression of geocaching in the community. All and all it was a pretty good way to spend a day. Nice work GMO.

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Oh,

And to add confusion don’t forget about: Scooby Doo.

Flat water flowage area, no rapids, interesting area to paddle, other boat traffic possible/ likely, this one has been checked by owner already this year so everything should be good to go. I would estimate 2- 2 1/2 hours for this one.

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GWRKK= Easy flat water paddling, no rapids, could have to fight some wind on this wider section of river. I would roughly estimate 3 hours of regular paddling- less if you’re racing other folks. 😉 This section has some homes on the shores and you will likely see other boats- including motor boats- depending upon the day and time. Not that it would be an issue, but it is less wild than…

Blick’s Series= More current, narrower section of river, some minor rapids- (but enough to make that whitewater sound), will require paddling against the current for a pretty reasonable distance. More time out of the boat and much farther from the boat. Estimate 2 1/2 to 3 hours here too. No homes, likely to not see other boats at all.

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I did and I kicked her butt.

I saw that. Must have been some kind of computer glitch or somethin’…

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