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I am also one happy to just explore. Heck, the trading cards in the Minnesota caches do it for me. Since the closest we ever got to completing their challenge was seven parks away from done, I can’t say for sure what rewards they had. I also don’t think, knowing some of the people who did finish it, that they did so for any reward other than to say…”I did it.”
So while I agree with Zuma that the WGA has money they can spend, spending it on some tangible reward isn’t the way to spend it. I think the electronic art is a great idea. Those who want to display their accomplishment could do so.
I also want to thank WA for all the work he’s done to make this happen, which is the real reward for our organization.
I could try to create some sort of standard design. Not my strong suit, but I’ve managed to make each of my bird club newsletters a little better each time. Then trail bosses could arrange to add their info and post it when they visit their area.
I should add that I once suffered severe frostbite walking two blocks in such weather. Not only do I respect this kind of weather, that incident has led to a greater likelihood I’ll get frostbite more easily. I was dressed appropriately, but apparently the tiny areas of my exposed face under the scarves was not enough. My skin literally was frozen icy white in that short time.
I suppose if someone’s properly dressed for those conditions, one could go caching. We chose not to be one of those folks. Knitting, reading, practicing our musical instruments and doing some cleaning kept us busy.
There is also an ice cave hike on January 11 in association with the Winterfest. We stayed away from that weekend because of the amount of traffic the event would generate, but if folks are interested, that would be another chance to be guided to the cave. I think he takes people to that same cave all the time.
http://kvr.state.wi.us/category.asp?linkcatid=3550&linkid=949&locid=115
Scroll down near the bottom of this page. We’re planning to go as well. Just won’t get an event smiley, but the presenter does a really nice job.
Oh crap. We’ll give it some thought. If we go too much longer than that, it won’t be so cool. The weekend before this we already have tickets for the banjo stuff. People could just as easily join the KVR hike and gather what’s needed, though. That’s on February 8. There is a small charge, but we enjoyed the extra education that came with it.
For those three of us who enjoy true letterbox type hunts, may I add sandlanders and woodlandnomad’s LBHs? Both of them “get” the concept and are sure you have a real letterboxing experience, with the stories providing your orienteering directions to find the cache and a handcarved stamp that connects to the cache’s theme. They choose their sites to help you enjoy the hunt and some scenery, too. Pawn of Chaos also has a couple we’ve done in the greater Milwaukee area that provided that kind of fun experience, especially “Le Morte de Cacher.” I don’t know how many gotta run still has active, but his also followed suit, taking us beyond a cache with some random stamp from the dollar store, which seems to happen more and more nowadays. I know some out there like to scoff at “handcarved stamps,” but for those of us who come from the letterboxing world, that extra effort is very much appreciated.
Of course, we can’t host an event to go find a cache, but there’s always a way. We did it a couple years back. It’s all in how you say it! 😉
We had hoped to set one up last year…then I broke my arm. We’re hoping to join the KVR cave hike this year to scout it out, and host an outing a week or two later.
We’ve been lucky enough to do at least a few of the hides by all cachers mentioned and have to agree….when traveling into those areas, those are among those we seek.
Congratulations on a big milestone, Rod!
Where did they go? I looked at the links and got the error, so I checked your profile. Bummer. The McKinley one sounded especially fun.
Guess I can’t delete a post…meant to start a new topic.
I think we’ve finally caught up our favorite points to our finds before favorites. Another factor with the older ones is that there are many people who were once active cachers, and now they aren’t. Others who have ebbed away and given up premium membership. I’ve seen more than one log on a good cache that said “I’d give this a favorite point if I were still PMO.”
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