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Thanks to BlackCat and geolivestrong with their help in the details. This one will hopefully appear in a day or two! 😉

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Woe is me! I am trying to locate Google Earth on my computer, which seems to have literally vanished. I’ve reinstalled four time, and it’s still nowhere to be found. Spooky.

So…..if anyone here can look at the actual geographic corners…..particularly by Dubuque and Kenosha….to share the actual coordinates for those spots, I’d be mighty grateful.

Better yet, come on over and find my *$*()*% google earth!

Hoping maybe to get this in place and submitted today. Sorry Paul. I’m going with the Door County one. Since Wisconsin’s “corners” up north are so wonky, I’m going to stick with the geographic extremes. You can still get mainland stuff in Door County for that one, since I’ll use the 20 mile rule. I highly suggest Europe Bay. We encountered a pair of wolves in a snowstorm coming out of there. One of those magical caching moments for sure.

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Oh, I like Mr. G’s suggestion!

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Thanks, that helps.

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Gary,

Is there an internet source that lays out the different segments? I’d be willing to do this for some that might be closer to my area….although right where I live, that whole geological event missed us! I know there are segments around Devils Lake, and I’d be happy to do some of those.

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Although life prevented us from joining the Wet Maze outing as planned, we’ll be there someday. Also up for this month is another cache which we *have* done, Eagle Source. It has all the same elements as Wet Maze that gotta run mentioned. To this day, it remains one of our Top Ten favorites. With as many finds as we have, and the kinds of crazy caches we seek, it takes a lot to make it to our Top Ten. As cachers who love getting “out there” more than anything else, we were thrilled to see a couple nominations of this nature.

The COTM is never going to be perfect. It does, however, bring attention to many worthy caches, whether they “win” or not, because they get on the bookmark list. It’s a treat to see some nominations from beyond the big population centers.

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East of Rock would be the purist’s cache. Any Wisconsin cache within 20 miles of it will count.

If that’s where it ends up, which it probably will.

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There were two at that welcome center. I managed to whiff on the 1/1. Glad it’s been archived, LOL.

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Uh oh! Turf wars!

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There isn’t something across the border from Dubuque? There used to be.

The way the MN one works is that they have the extremes listed for the “purists” and lat/long reference points for each corner. Players can find any cache within 20 miles of those reference points within the state. Since the new guidelines for challenge caches require “choice,” this would probably be the way to go.

We were planning to go caching tomorrow, but it’s raining, raining, raining. If that continues, maybe I’ll go put this one out. It’ll be a 5 terrain, but not a “tough” 5.

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But Marc, This cache is the exact geographic center, and the one where I’d cross my lines.

GCPNJC

How do you draw maps like that? I was just going to take out an old highway map and a yardstick, but that’s way cooler.

I still need to get Weird Wisconsin placed and posted. We can look at this one next. Where to put it?

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I just saw that they logged this and was on my way to congratulate them.
Quite the accomplishment! Congratulations to all four of you!

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Sorry I didn’t see this before. It’s correct…..some Robins don’t bother traveling much. Open water and trees with berries remaining are how they survive. They can also find bugs under the bark. apparently. The Christmas Bird Counts here in LaCrosse show an interesting pattern. One year, Robins in the hundreds, the next a much smaller number, alternating back and forth over at least a decade.

This was an “off” year. The large Catholic Cemetery alongside Granddad Bluff is a pretty reliable spot to find them in winter. I counted over 300 the year I had that on my count area. We spotted a small flock near one of labrat’s Wild Side caches a couple weeks ago, too.

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I especially like the night shot of the lakefront and even if you think it’s a bit soft, the other daytime lakefront shot (1/16).

I first learned photography as a teen working with a 4 X 5 press camera, and I’ll tell you, it really helped my photographic eye. With just one shot, a person has to make sure they get what they want. In fact, once our kids were born, I finally had to move beyond that thinking, realizing that with kids, sports and wildlife, shooting tons and hitting “delete” is what makes the difference.

Have you ever looked at Jim Brandenberg’s book, Chased by the Light? He gave himself the assignment between the fall equinox and winter solstice to take ONLY one photo each day. Reminds me, I think some of those are still on display at the museum in Winona and I want to go see them.

I look forward to seeing your photos through the seasons, thanks for sharing! Great self-assignment!

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Yeah, I’ve noticed that same phenomenon, Pete. What IS that all about? LOL

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