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It all depends on where we are going and who is going with, If Val is going along, it will have to be wheelchair friendly, a nice power trail or some city park caching. But on my list of caches to do this year is Eagle Source. Might try to get it for 7500 (only 56 away)
And I thought that my 40 points was good. Decided that I would try to give LCG a shot this year.
Good Question Tom,
We have looked into having one of the Large WGA events in the great north in the past, but the logistics for the current board were just out of reach. (A large event requires at least 3-4 trips to the park to check out pavilions, campsites, put out new caches, etc.) With the current board, most of us are at least a couple of hours from Highway 8.
We have been using Highway 29 as the “North/South” divider and 51/39 as the “East/West” divider.
this is how we have divided the state into quadrants for the rotation of events.
We did have the picnic at Brunett Island last year (23 miles south of 8 ) and did draw a few cachers from the north.
The spring campout will be at Interstate SP (Highway 8 runs thru the park)
So looking at the resent past we are attempting to draw cachers from the North to join us, but still have to keep the events available to our current memebership in the south
We are trying to attract the entire states cachers to our events, but unless we buy a bus and pick them up, we cannot force them to attend.
I also think that a full time store would be out of the question, just from the manpower standpoint. Without having someone dedicated to storing and being able to ship products, for now it just won’t work. Opening the store for Christmas presents soulnds good though but just in case there are any special orders that need to be done, I would think the last 2 weeks of Nov for ordering, then the first week in dec for shipments.
Have not had my 15 minutes of fame yet, no TV spots for me or any articles in the paper
Thanks BC, I read the rules, and was figuring that is what the rule meant, but wanted clarification.
Hack 1 of 2,
I know that we can not send the newsletter to everyone, something to do with the SPAM act. there are large fines. I remember Black Cat talking about it. Maybe he can chime in with more info about it.
in the past, we have attempted to put out a newsletter quarterly, but by the time we have had the info put together, it is no longer timely news or the info has been already been on our front page for a month or two. Lately we have just been using the Home or Front page of the site for upcoming news and the newsletter has fallen thru the cracks.
the 600 series are known as the Montana not the oregon. and you are correct, there has been no updates to the Wherigo players for the Garmin GPS for awhile. If you want to do them, might as well invest in a smart phone.
Congrats on the 2700, but you got to watch what they put in that blue frosting if it makes you burst out in song.
We are from Mountain, WI a small town in NE Wisconsin.
Over the years we have cached in every county in WI and have completed the original delorme challenge.
Some of our favorite caches over the years have been the Military Cache series in Kaukauna GC26ERC, Cemented in History CG8E5D, LaSalle Falls GC62B0, and the Long Tail Point Lighthouse Caches. GCXHNH.
We try to get out every weekend and find a few caches, we make frequent trips to Milwaukee to visit friends, and usually a monthly trip to Madison as Val’s Doctors are there.
We plan on attending all the events every year, to me that is the most important part of being a BOD member is to be out where the membership can meet and talk with you. So for sure the Campout, picnic, WBCB, the spring CITO and any other events that we can make we will be there.
Over the last two years, we have made all the WGA events including the spring CITO’s.
Usually the other organizations that I am a part of do not take any of my weekends. also my work schedule is very flexible and in the summers usually have Fridays off for long weekends all summer.
I volunteer as a ambulance driver 3 nights a week and The fire dept is 24/7 when I am in the area, but as long as the other officers know when I am leaving, it is not a problem to leave at a moments notice.
Not having any children also makes our lives more flexible also.
In 2011 we attended 10 different events, from Cornell to Racine, and in 2012 we attended 20 different events from Hayward to Dodgeville.
I have attended 2 so far, the last 2 spring WGA Highway Cleanups. Being from the Northwoods, That is the closest one to me, I will for sure make the Spring WGA Highway clean up again, but the fall one usually conflicts with Fire Dept Training and has been out for the last 2 years.
Thanks for feeding the squirrel again Brian
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