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Whoo-hoo! A move to Madison is the RIGHT way for Wrongway Junebug! There’s no place like home.

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Thanks for the update on June, Dave. Sure is good to hear that she keeps improving.
Also glad to know that you weren’t having her doing any Evil Monkey caches. 😉

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Two state parks are not far from Superior if you want to do your camping there. Amnicon Falls (east) is on a first-come basis, and Pattison SP (south) still has sites available to reserve for those dates.

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Tried that format for the first time just now… and it works! 😀 Thanks, Labrat! 8)

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@Woodlandnomad wrote:

Here is one more for you in Madison

GC5A6DK

The Little Free Library is the location of an interesting puzzle. The LFL itself is one of the nicer that I have seen.

Just found that one this morning. It is very nice through and through.

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@geolivestrong wrote:

Thanks everyone! A visit to the Rock is in order very soon. Perhaps Sunday? We shall see how it all shakes out.

And the deed is done. Mission accomplished! Congrats on making it to Rock Island on August 9 for your final WGA SP cache find at GC578B8.

But what will you do for fun now, Rick? 😉

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When did we hit 97,000 posts of useless drivel? 😯 I missed it!

But Hack is right. That forum is a great place to chime in on anything and everything, and you can lurk for a while if you want to. As for events, I’m similar to you in new situations, but with cachers, you all have something in common, and talking to each other comes easier than in a general social setting. Sure, you will get people who stick with their own friends or who may not take the time to welcome the new faces in the crowd, but basically, all you have to do is say who you are (no one will think you’re weird if you do that) and that you’re kind of new to caching, and you want to hear about their experiences and any tips they might have. You might not ever have to say another word! :LOL: Come with a few interesting caching stories of your own, and you’re all set.

No one is any better or any worse than anyone else, no matter how many or how few finds people have or how long they’ve been caching. If you play the game honestly and with consideration and respect, you’ll be fine. Just keep on having fun.

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Birthday puzzles for BBG (he likes the more difficult ones):

by these links only…

110 pieces
http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0eb27d8b7393

300 pieces
http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3d91e1c14288

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A late birthday puzzle for beccaday… by link only:

http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=277d12bbfa84

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BTW… Upcoming personal puzzles for beccaday, BBG, and jar42.

Noonan, I don’t know when your birthday is to make you a special puzzle, but let me know the date and you will get it at some point wherever you are at that time. You just have to keep checking in back here.

Have I missed anyone? Speak up here.

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Two new puzzles BY LINK ONLY for zoesbrother’s birthday. The first one is a standard, fairly easy nice one, and the second one is because ZB really had to show all of us up with the fastest time on the original “Twisted Limbs”… 😈 😈 😈 😈 😈 😈 😈

http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=06e2d7d88161

http://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=21876369df1d

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Keeping the rain out is a combination of a good tent and a good set-up. We have always had dome tents with rain flys. That construction keeps the rain on the fly and off the roof itself. Underneath the tent we have a tarp that is totally tucked in under the floor of the tent… no parts sticking out to channel the rain under the tent. We have put sealer on all the seams, but the nylon itself on the lower parts of the tent tends to wick the water in when touched in a rain, so we keep everything that is inside away from the edges or surrounded by extra plastic sheets.

Set up your tent in a spot that it is not in the path of any rivers that may form in a heavy rain (whether any is expected or not), and don’t have it set up in any kind of a depression in the ground. Things inside may still get damp from ground moisture, so try to keep as much as possible off the bare tent floor. We have ground plastic inside the tent, and our sleeping bags are on water-resisitant mats. Clothes and towels stay in water-proof duffles.

When we are on the road and use the small dome tent, most of the stuff stays in the car. We enclose the feet of our sleeping bags in plastic garbage bags because those ends often come in contact with the tent walls in the smaller tent. They would often get damp before we started doing this.

We have had good luck with the Eureka dome tents, and our current one for longer stays (like at the “summer home”) is a 10×10 that is no longer made, but it has served us well since 1988.

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Rock Island SP cache shows up for me on the map.

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Some people who pursue a hobby too intensely may burn out. Those who went out caching with great gusto at the start may have found all of the caches close to them, may have met all the challenges that interested them, and may no longer enjoy looking for plastic in the woods (or on sign posts).

I still crochet, knit, garden, and do photography after many, many years. My husband still loves to fish, bow hunt, and ride his bicycle. So far, after almost seven years, we still enjoy geocaching… but we have taken it at our own pace and do it in a way that gives us the most pleasure.

Maybe geocaching as it is now will be a fad that will at some point have run its course as many people move on to the next thing, leaving the hobby as it was originally for those of us who are in it for the long term.

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