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Cool! Did you wear your best geocaching clothes? You always want to look good when meeting muggles.
Nice job promoting this crazy sport!!!
Way to much copy/pasting. When you have some time, you should check out the fantastic pictures she posted also.
And she had to delete some of what she wanted to write because she ran out of space.
It is so bad that it can drive out animals because their food supply is choked out. Most animals, if any, cannot eat it.
@CacheNoTrace wrote:
Lit off a big KaBOOM! Congrats!
If your going to start with the fireworks, then please have someone that is professionally trained like me! :yes:
Nice Job!!
Longest log entry that I have ever seen. A couple that came to do the Barn Quilt series.
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THIS is what geocaching is all about We highly recommend this series to everyone ! This is MUST DO cachingThe Sugar River State Trail is awesome and so is this series of caches Been wanting to come here for about a month and today we finally made it. The drive was glorious ! We saw 6 barn quilts on the way. I LOVE THEM
We rented a tandem at the New Glarus Depot/Museum at a cost of $25 for the day. Trail passes were $4 each. Grabbed a few of the wonderful free magazines one of which (Green County Visitor Guide 2011. Red Hot Air Balloon on cover), has a really nice pull-out map of all the Barn Quilts and pics of each. Checking out all 100 would make a really fun road trip !
It was a TOTAL BLAST riding the tandem along the trail After the 3rd cache we had getting on and off AND the pedaling thing down to a science. If one of us wanted to stop pedaling we’d say “coast.” Then one of us would say “pedal,” to start up again. It’s really annoying on a tandem when one person stops and starts pedaling without warning After that it was smooth sailing all the way
We parked in the small gravel lot at the trailheads for “Swiss Star,” and “Star Shadow,” on 59, right next to the service station. This is THE PERFECT spot to park with caches on both sides and a service station with everything you might need for the journey. They even have hot food and fresh made fried chicken. There are picnic tables out back too. We grabbed water and trailbars there and headed out on the first leg of our journey.
First group of caches from “Swiss Star,” to “Clarence Covered Bridge,” is about 4.5 each way. Took us just under 3 hours to finish.
Found all of the caches EXCEPT “Cornucopia,” which my knuckleheaded self somehow neglected to put on our bookmark/PQ ! Ugghh I was SO TICKED at myself when we got home and looked at the map to make sure we got em’ all. Was I surprised I forgot one when I was making the bookmark Nope It’s typical
Since we plan on going back in the next few weeks to get the Barn Quilt caches on the Badger State Trail, we’ll just grab Cornucopia then so no biggie.
The scenery along the way is to die for gorgeous The autumn colors are incredible. I really can’t put into words how pretty this trail is
Cruised back to our truck. Purchased a few more bottles of water and went across the street to start the second leg of our journey with “Shadow Star.” These 24 caches were approximately 2.8 miles each way and only took us about 2 hours. So total mileage is just over 14 miles.
This side of the trail is totally different from the “Swiss Star,” side and equally as gorgeous. Lots of huge open prairie in the distance. The sun was setting and it was absolutely beautiful !!
Made it to “Farmer’s Daughter,” without a hitch and headed on back to our vehicle. We exited the trail about 30 minutes before darkness started to fall.
Drove back to the depot to drop off the tandem. Even though they close at 4pm they let you keep the bike as long as you need to. They give you a lock to lock it up with when you return it. Things worked out perfectly.
Today was ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE BEST DAYS we’ve EVER had caching and we’ll ALWAYS REMEMBER IT It was perfection from start to finish ! Perfect Indian Summer weather. Outstanding trail. Spectacular scenery. Nice hides. Nice containers AND the company of my awesome caching teammate How often do PERFECT days like this come along
THANK YOU SO MUCH WStemple for this AMAZING contribution to the game and for luring us to a place we’ll NEVER forget and ALWAYS REMEMBER as one of THE BEST caching journeys we ever had.
Carl & Kimberly…TeamSeekAndWeShallFind (we had to leave Happy, the 3rd member of our team home today. She would’ve loved it here. Time to get a bike with a dog seat !).
@Northwoods Tom wrote:
@WStemple wrote:
I had several DNF’s and then it was disabled. I confirmed it was ok and then after 4 more DNF’s disabled again. The cache is right where it should be, but hunting on a tank is not easy.
That’s an understatement!
It may just be the caches I look at but does it appear that there is a higher incidence of “archive” it when people can’t find it easily?
I take it to understand that you are referring to logs requesting it to be archived? I have never let a cache get to that point. With well over 130 active caches, and 10 more to be release on 5/12, I am hoping that people will help with keeping my BQ series in good shape. I do think that some people out there are quick to request a cache be archived.
I am not worried about the containers, as they are mostly preforms. I did have to replace one because of a tree rat chewing the top off. What I am looking for is that people place them back exactly where they found it. I just relocated 3 this past week that were moved. If people will do that and add a new sheet, should it be needed, that will keep them around for a very long time.
I have several caches that I do not check on when new cachers log DNF’s, as they are harder than most for even seasoned cachers. A classic example of that is my Tanks for Visiting. I had several DNF’s and then is was disabled. I confirmed it was ok and then after 4 more DNF’s disabled again. The cache is right where it should be, but hunting on a tank is not easy.
Than I have many others that I know are PNG’s and there should not be any DNF’s. I think being concerned about DNF’s is a mixture of the number of caches found and the “D” rating of the cache.
I generally also log DNF’s, if I have given the search a honest effort. On some days out, when I am going for numbers, I have a short time limit and may not log a DNF. I do not think it is fair to the CO if I have not spent enough time searching and just only spent 5 minutes or so.
I have to get up early to get in the lead… albeit only for a short time. 🙂
The bad thing about the LCG, if there is one, is that we do not have that many LC’s down around me, compared to other parts of the state. I do have a few more on the radar.
I always get permission from someone for ALL of my caches. For cemetery’s, you can always contact the local town, village or city and they can help you. Wisconsin statues specify that if a cemetery maint group should “default” or break up, the local govermental body takes over the care of the property.
@LMcGisme wrote:
Thanks for the link, but I'd already found the service center addresses. The page I remember listed the wildlife areas and the name of the manager – no search capabilities or anything, just a long list. I'm not sure if every wildlife area was there, but every one I had looked for before was listed. I'd looked up the Brooklyn area shortly before the website change to make sure the same person was still the manager. Oh well, hopefully it will be back soon, and in the meantime I'll use another way to get the manager name.
I also remember that sort of page. As for service center and such, I have always just sent mine to Steve Johnston at the New Glarus Woods office. He and I have a very good working relationship over the years. I have been able to just scan and email the form to him!! He could even be the Land Manager for the property in question.
I have not spoke to him lately, but understand that he is retiring.
@Todd300 wrote:
I'm interested. Are there parking coordinates for this series? I wanna drive down with my bike to do this.
You can park at almost any of the cross roads. There are trail head parking spots in at the top of the series where the 2 trail meet and also in Albany at the DNR parking lot and also the Mobil gas station. The Mobil is a good place to park as they have everything that you need for the day. Do half the trail, come back and rest, stock up and then do the over half.
A state trail pass is required for both trails. I would strongly suggest it as the do cruise the trails and check. Part of the perks of working with Noreen is that I get mine free. 🙂
Way to go!!
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