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I’ll echo Shane’s comments in regards to both the lonely cache game and the cache rescue function greatly benefitting geocaching overall in Wisconsin. Few other states have efforts like both of these that helps keep caches in play and in good shape, or remove them from the field when needed. Some locations even automatically archive a cache that simply hasn’t been visited for 6 months. Heck, that’s a lonely cache here, and many are very satisfying finds.
The same goes for a rescue, most of which are caches the rescuer has never seen, and they are often as challenging and exciting as some of the lonely caches. The addition of cache rescues to the Lonely Cache Game was a great idea that helped rescues get some increased attention and effort.
Well said, Jim and Ed. And well done, Andy and Linda! I am not surprised, well maybe a litlle bit by that last lap. 😯 And will I race you to 5K? Nah. 😉 Congrats on the new high water mark, climbing with every lonely cache find. Hope the next ones are all as much fun and many more memorable!
Enjoy the new territory for your caching! 😉 Safe travels!
This list is a bit different. Less caches than usual in the Fox Cities area, with lots of caches in the Milwaukee and Eau Claire areas. Have fun!
Darn, I was just sniping in Eau Claire on the 31st! 😉
Thanks again for the fun and game, Dave!
Warm congrats on the 14K Ralph. A great milesone choice I will keep in mind. And, as you know, I am pleased to have found “Eight Days Before The Music Died” GC185F4 in your neighborhood the day after you logged this milestone in Iowa. Congrats again, and thanks as well for your own hide.
That 5 sure does make the milestone look bigger! Congrats to both of you! And Pete must still be working on the other 3497 posts. 😯
Yes, there is something uniquely special about the lonely cache game. The bug can bite hard, and it couldn’t have happened to a better team. Hats off to Andy and Linda for all the new plateaus they showed us! 8)
Agreed. New ideas are always welcome. Heck, Jim and I suggested adding recycling rescued cache containers to the Lonely Cache Game. That got about as much interest as as yesterday morning’s malt-o-meal. I did however, because one of the containers we were looking at when we came up with the idea was really too well-crafted to recycle, include it in a soon-to-be-published multi. Just because I liked it too much not to use it.
Kind of like Sandlander’s story about amateurs. I loved that too! 😉
Congrats on the big 2K already Andy! 8)
I had a couple days of lost owner and new cache notifications lost in the shuffle. I guess we have to get used to that; it’s happened before. The new hide ones are tougher to take if you want a shot at an FTF for your monthly fix. 😉 Found out about the new one in Little Chute via the grapevine just after I drove by the area. 😯 Amazingly though, that one had three co-FTF finders, so there are some great coping skills in spite of .com’s bobbles. 8)
Warm congrats on the seasonal milestone choice for #2400 Brian! Wow, that’s some ground you’ve covered since I first met you way back at #500. 😉 Seems like there’s been some great holiday picks for milestones this year. Happy Holidays to the entire TBC family!
Congrats on the #1400 Sherry! Yet another cache I hadn’t yet even seen, let alone found. They are getting closer to home! And to think I had all of Winnebago County cleared out just a couple years ago. Looks like a another fun cache by bro BakRdz. Congrats again, thanks for your fun hides as well, and Happy Holidays! 8)
Congrats on the big 5K! Just have to find time to get over to that series myself after having it on the “hit list” for so long. Maybe some footprints will still be in the snow after the upcoming inches predicted. 😉 Well done!
Congrats on the big 17K!
Your milestone find brought back some old memories, as I grew up nearby and spent much of my youth exploring that area in the 50s and 60s. It was a muskrat trapping haven and carp spearing hotspot in those times. Deer, fox and a great variety of waterfowl were abundant in the marsh expanse all the way from the Wisconsin bluffs to the Mississippi, and we played ice hockey on the open areas between the cattail patches. I also remember floods that topped the road back in those days. Later, when trails were built east of the cache area, we spent times as young adults walking the trail with our folks from “Indian Hill” – now the Red Cloud Park neighborhood towards Myrick Park, and had a fun sighting of a group of red fox kits near a den along one of the power line dikes. It’s been a while since I’ve seen much of that area, but I know the essence of the marshland remains intact, though the road there is different. I’ve never seen the four lanes that pass through the area in the present day.
Just thought I’d add some memories of my own to your milestone find.
Congrats again! 8)
Congrats on the 1.1K milestone! Looks like a fun cache indeed. As took a peek at the cache I noticed I wasn’t far away recently on a long looping lonely cache run. Wish I would have had a little more time to look at what else was in the area.
It’s great to get a glimpse of some of these more memorable caches due to the milestone choices others make. The long list grows weekly….. 😉 Congrats again!
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