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That’s cool stuff, Brian.
Oh, all of those are really great ones. Believe it or not, somehow we have yet to do the Artesian, Well one.
Dave, A friend just pointed us to project-gc and I haven’t done more than save the bookmark. He’s into D/T statistics and we like those too, but aren’t so narrowly focused. Thanks for showing another way we can put that site to use in a way that really suits our tastes.
We haven’t done the mural walk…yet…but agree with the other two. Notice none are non-traditionals, either, other than the mural one. I think the poor traditional gets maligned, because they do tend to contribute to the simple numbers. Our one traditional on our list of owned caches is pretty much a p/g, too, but I think people are surprised at what and where they have to go to locate the actual cache (which was placed kind of as a joke initially).
This is a multi south of Sauk city. Not the easiest one out there, as you have to teach yourself a bit of orienteering, but a really gorgeous area. Fifty percent premium member favorites.
http://coord.info/GCZ98J
Blackhawk OThree virtuals, three earth caches, two unknowns, one multi, one traditional.
That said…some of our most favorites have been the “lowly” traditional. Hikes for miles in beautiful areas to find a box at the end are still the pinnacle of a great cache for us.
Ha ha, figured it out…he’s in our Audubon Club! And maybe went to the middle school.
He he, we’re going to a theater performance on Sunday. We have this business of trying to hit a certain number of caches on certain calendar days. My “secret” (not any more!) goal is to only get those this month, keeping our year’s finds under a another certain number.
Even if we do go a little over, we’ll be at our lowest number of finds since 2008.
I’m almost certain that Ringdahl guy went to the middle school. Must not have run cross country or Trekkin’ would probably remember him if he had.
Interesting article. I’m pretty sure I know this guy….I think he might have been a student at the middle school where Trekkin’ and I taught. Boy, do I feel old.
We’ve visited the majority of the state parks, but not in one year. I think we still need to visit Copper Culture, Gov. Thompson, Lake Kegonsa, New Glarus Woods and Council Grounds. We may have found one cache at the edge of Council Grounds, but didn’t really explore the main park. The WGA series will help us toward that end, though we clearly need no excuse to explore the state’s diversity.
Oh, Kinnikinnic and Willow River need visits from us, too. I’ve been campaigning for those two for some time now.
Interesting thought. Though we’re generous folks in general, we kind of have some “standards” as to what gets a favorite. Amazing locations, great hikes, interesting history or really creative and unique hides are what gets our attention. So, apparently we’ve found a bit over 500 that meet our standards.
For us, we think of them as a way to help highlight really cool caches so that others can sort through in their travels. When favorite points first came out, we thought they were kind of silly, but we’ve found that looking for caches with high numbers of favorite points is usually an indication of something we’d like to visit.We’re hoping the stars and weather line up next month so we can go to the EC event in Milwaukee. If that can happen, that lets us head back to Lakeshore SP. Hoping the Snowy Owls are still there when we go.
Congrats to August….one of the few truly worthy (IMO) challenges in the world of geocaching. You really do get to see a lot of the state, especially when you travel off the main roads and put a few miles on your boots to complete the challenge. Well done!
Trekkin’ owns a giant fish lure TB that goes to events….when and if we remember, which we usually don’t. My binoculars used to have a trackable attached, but it came loose and I pulled it for safekeeping. We just aren’t all that into the whole trackable thing. We like to move those we find, but it’s getting harder all the time to find caches where we feel comfortable (and that are large enough) to leave them. Revisiting the local hotels isn’t really our game, either, though we have done that if we’re passing by and have some that just need to move.
Yes Patricia….Granny Squares! 🙄
I like the “Kimmy” ornament, and we have a couple of those granny square socks that you can just see at the edge of the photo.
We just cut our tree yesterday, and we have downsized over the past few years, from one nearly 10 feet tall to one barely 6 feet tall. As a result, we put many less of the ornaments on the tree. We don’t have as many of those kid made ones as I’d expect, given we had two and they did Sunday School as well as school, but those are favorites. We also have a couple sets of those tatted snowflakes uws22 mentions, bought from a 90 year old lady in Westby years ago. When we were first married, I made many small pillow ornaments, most were scrap quilt designs and some were counted cross stitch. Those are what we still place on the tree, though every year, I have a few of the hanging threads that deteriorate and need replacing.
Fun thread, Jim!
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