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😀 Kool!

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@LDove wrote:

… My autorouter almost drove me crazy with it’s beeping and recalculating!!!

I hear you! New routes [US10] drive our unit nuts too. We just turn Barbie’s volume down and go about our business. Then Trudy & I reason it out without the constant interruptions from that tiny mindless [insert derogatory term here]. ~tb

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I too support Ruth’s (bnb) position. I feel that the membership has already invested heavily in this project and bringing in a professional at this point will make that investment for naught. While a professional might be able to produce a logo that will really rock, it’s adoption will only bring disappointment to those who offered their ideas, talents and support to bring us a design from within our own ranks. If we were to seek professional help, it should have been from the beginning. ~tb

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Ahh.. global warming. Some say it is fact, some say it is not. I guess I am left to reason it out for myself. The more I listen to the argument, the more I realize the NAKED TRUTH is that neither side can prove they are correct.

There, Ralph; I brought in the sex.

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We have made the trip through Chi-Town annually, and have found I94 or I294 both to be nightmares, but then I hate freeways. My preferred route is to take I94 and exit the Edens at Cicero Av and take Cicero straight down to US30. It will add about an hour to the journey, but it helps to preserve my sanity. BTW… we make no stops on this segment other than at the traffic lights. 🙄

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We found this one in the NW quarter of the state – GCPJTX – the cache page gives great detail of the land’s original use.

The caches at Harrington Beach are among scattered ruins of a now lost city.

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These are all good comments; we can agree with all of the opinions expressed. Speaking purely of preferences, we have lost interest in looking for micros. They are too often placed where there seems to be little purpose other than to get a cache published. They are frequently placed in trashy areas [WalMart parking lots] or where a larger container might just as easily been hidden. We recently found a nano where a film cannister could have been placed. Cachers need to give some thought to what is an appropriate location as well as what is an appropriate cache for the location. If the cache is intended to test the finder’s skill, it should be so stated on the cache page. There are very few micro caches listed among our favorites.

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It is hard to believe that a geocacher would respond this way, and hard to imagine what might provoke such a response from anyone. I am lead to believe that there is a need for professional help for somebody in this mix, and I don’t mean anyone who has posted in this thread as yet. 😕

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@Jeremy wrote:

You should have grabbed the Badger State Challenge – 72 Counties (GC15WT3) cache on your way back down from the northwoods. 😉

OK..
We can’t resist. We will be there Saturday.. Noonish
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We try to include an occasional cemetery cache in each of our adventures. Generally they offer level terrain (with some exceptions – eg GCKKNA ) and little bushwacking with several exceptions. The sculpture can be quite interesting and names give a clue to the origins of the earlier settlers in an area.

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We have seen this in the past, and I am sure that it will come up again. The second cache should never have been placed without the owners CONSENT. Please note I did not use the word “notification.” The logs signed in the Altoids(R) tin should both be deleted since the finders did not find the cache as defined on gc.com. This may be a bitter lesson for the good Samaritan and the second finder actually becomes a victim here.

The rules of the game are quite clear, and in fact, the turf within 528 feet of ground zero is off limits for the placement of a second cache. The second cache container is actually litter and should be removed. I would send a link to this thread to the cacher that placed the replacement with your regrets and blame me for playing hard core. ~tb

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Marc’s point was to find a consensus of when to archive a puzzle cache. My belief is that a geocache owner should consider archiving a cache when he feels his interest in maintaining the cache begins to wane. Some of us are going to be caught by placing legacy caches… “covert cache,” “metamorphosis,” “Soldier in the Field,” etc., these should never be retired. If a cache owner should lose interest in such a cache, it should be adopted by another cacher who is willing to maintain it. These need to be shared with future geocachers. There are few of these great geocaches, the majority of the caches we find have been fun, but will get tired and should be archived at some point. Unfortunately, some cache owners have walked away from their responsibility and left their orphans in the woods.

If you place a cache [puzzle caches like any other], maintain it. If you lose interest in it, remove it and archive it.

JMHO ~tb

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Our cachemobile is approaching 110,000 miles of experience. It is just getting broken in.

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Very impressive 😀 We have difficulty stringing together any more that four or five days; there are just too many other things going on. Now, If I would just retire, I might have greater opportunity to pursue such a lofty goal. ~tb

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Cheezehead,

I find it difficult to follow your argument. Since you began geocaching in 2004, the WGA held a Campout in Lake Wisota State Park and at Peninsula State Park, both are north of Highway 29 and you did not volunteer or participate in either one. Lake Wisota is barely 100 miles from Hayward. Yet, you say that we need to bring WGA sponsored events north of Hy 29 so that you can participate. Both of these events were well attended by geocachers from SE Wisconsin, 300 miles away. Since 2004 we have also held 2 events at Hartman Creek, about as far from Eau Clair as it is from Milwaukee.

One object of holding WGA sponsored events at one location or another is to inconvience as few of our members as we can.

BTW Your WGA membership is free because operating costs are paid from the donations of those who do attend these events. We want to keep attendance as high as we can for the financial health of the WGA.

If a WGA picnic or campout is held in Superior or Beloit, Trudy & I will be there. We will support the decision of the WGA for any location that is selected. And we would expect a similar effort from all that wish to see this organization prosper.

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