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I am surprised that there isn’t more interest to unique geocaches. When this all began here in Wisconsin, there was a real interest in creating such caches, and in seeking out really interesting locations. Examples include many of the caches by Socko (Something Different and Something Different II) Caches by Cheesehead Dave (Jingle Bell Rock) and the puzzle caches centered around the West Bend area in 2002-2004 by a quirky young cacher who is no longer active and his name escapes me. There were a lot more ammo boxes used then. Today’s geocachers settle for getting their names on the board with a bison tube hanging in a pine tree or a magnetic key-holder on a guard rail. These are ok if that’s all you have, but it gets rather humdrum after a while.

On one of our trips down Rt 66 we found a stretch of the route where there were 35mm film canisters hanging on the roadside fencing every 500-1000 feet. The first ‘skirt-lifter’ we found was a reel surprise, the second, not so much. now…

Where is the background story? It seems to have all but disappeared. In the mid-2000’s Trudy and I placed a series of ammo boxes along a deserted section of rail bed and called them Ghost Train Station One, et. seq. and took the story of THE Ghost Train (Canadian) and fitted it to each of the caches. The caches were unadorned, nothing special, but cachers loved the series for the stories.

Does anybody get permission these days? Does anybody maintain their caches these days? Does anybody pick-up trash on the trails? Some do, many do not; many do not log a DNF. Times are changing and you are doing well, my friend to point out caches you see as exceptional. I make a point of visiting these great caches and thank you for posting this.

 

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Trudy & I are pleased with the interest in serving. Thank you to all those who have served, have offered to serve, or are presently serving on the WGA BOD. Your commitment is vital to the WGA. We hope that those who were not elected, will consider running in 2011. Congratulations to our new members of the board.

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@zuma wrote:

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To me, a “quality” cache is a cache that takes me somewhere worth being. Take me to a lake, a creek or a beautiful woods. Show me great architecture or teach me something about the interesting history of the area. Those are great caching experiences. Sitting by a computer and googling arcane and boring factoids and then going to find a nano in a less than spectacular location, is not what caching is about for me and it is quite a stretch to define those types of caches as “quality.”
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We agree, Ralph!
We have found our share of Micros in pine trees, in rock piles, on guard rails, and at the base of lampposts. I don’t believe that this is what the sport is all about. We are in the State of Arkansas right now and finding a cache is not high on our priorities. One would have to drive these Ozark mountain roads to see that numbers are not as important as the experience. We will log a few before we leave the state, to show we were here, but the experience will put the smileys on our faces, not the numbers.

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Todd300 wrote:

I use Firefox. I will not ever use IE again.
I had used IE and switched to Firefox. After about a year with Firefox, I switched back to IE. Each has it’s own strengths and weaknesses. I found IE is better for me.

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@nohandsgps wrote:

What about stuff that advertises?

promotional items like pencils or keychains with company names are OK, coupons with no expirations are ok.

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No Knives,
No adult reading
No Drugs
No alcohol

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@-cheeto- wrote:

Move?

Now that’s Cheezy. 😀

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Here is another thought.. Grow your geocaching community. 1.) Hold a caching seminar with the help of the local scouts, DNR or outdoor gear shop. 2.) Plant a seed cache [ammo box filled with 35mm film canisters containing logs.. ready to go ..you gotta plant one to count the mother cache]. 3.) Talk to the local HS technology or math teacher, get him/her interested, take him/her along. … get a HS geocaching club going. 4.) Host an event – meet & greet – talk-up the activity with other local cachers, get them interested in doing the things we have discussed.

There are still a few of us who can claim to have once cached-out Milwaukee county.

Above all, Never say Never. Trudy & the beast are within a couple of years of completing the 50 State challenge.

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Once you have cached-out your home territory, you need to change your goals. Try the 72 county challenge, the DeLorme challenge, the 50 State challenge or Bingo Black-out. Or come up with a challenge of your own. There is a lot more to it than just getting the ones near your home.

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Take ToyotaRyan with you, he knows one of the cachemeisters up there. 😀

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This sounds interesting…

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@marc_54140 wrote:

@Trudy & the beast wrote:

@marc_54140 wrote:

@Trudy & the beast wrote:

Use a PQ specify the center at zip 49635 [Frankfort, MI]; distance 70 miles; Wisconsin caches only. Load it into GSAK and manually lop off all caches with Lat less than 44 40.000. That will leave DC only.

How clever, for an old retired fart …….. 8)

I have my moments!

It’s quite a moment! Would never have dawned on me to do it that way.

I like to scroll along the GC maps, and bookmark caches.

Maybe I have saved you a minute or two.

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@marc_54140 wrote:

@Trudy & the beast wrote:

Use a PQ specify the center at zip 49635 [Frankfort, MI]; distance 70 miles; Wisconsin caches only. Load it into GSAK and manually lop off all caches with Lat less than 44 40.000. That will leave DC only.

How clever, for an old retired fart …….. 8)

I have my moments!

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