Our friend and fellow WGA board member, Jeff Grosvold (comkelp), lost his battle with cancer on Friday, August 23. His welcoming smile and contributions to the geocaching community will certainly be missed. Jeff started geocaching in 2010, placing over 100 caches and events, and reaching a 22,000 find milestone earlier this year. Comkelp was a … Continue reading Remembering Jeff Grosvold (comkelp)
The Wisconsin Geocaching Association store is now open at https://wi-geocaching.square.site/ for order pick-up at the 2024 WGA Fall Campout (GCAQ3QT) on September 20-22. The store features a fall campout design only available through the store link, along with return of the WGA State Park Series in honor of the 10 year anniversary. The store will … Continue reading Fall WGA Store Now Open
On your mark, get set… Though the 2023-24 race still has a few weeks remaining until the finish line at the WGA Fall Campout, plans are underway for the 2024-25 race. This year’s plans are to randomly drop off racers over an approximately one week time span during a road trip across several states. The … Continue reading Is Your 2024-25 TB Racer Ready?
Willing to lend a hand to the WGA during Cache Ba$h weekend, August 9-11 at Regner Park in West Bend? Sign up at www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DADAD2BA3FDC34-50402014-west to help out with the pathtag games at the WGA booth for an hour or two on Friday or Saturday, or help serve up some pancakes on Sunday. It’s a great … Continue reading Volunteer with WGA during Cache Ba$h Weekend
Calling all shirt design artists! The 2024 Campout will be held Fri-Sat, September 20-21 at Pattison State Park near Superior (GCAQ3QT). Theme for the event is “Chasing Caches & Waterfalls”. Designs ideally will incorporate 1-4 ink colors and be suitable for a T-shirt or sweatshirt. Design needs to incorporate the following: Wisconsin Geocaching Association (or … Continue reading ANNOUNCING THE 2024 WGA CAMPOUT APPAREL SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST!
The Wisconsin Geocaching Association store is now open at https://wi-geocaching.square.site/ with options to pick up your order at either the West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h WGA Booth in August or 2024 WGA Fall Campout (GCAQ3QT) in September. The store will close at noon on Wednesday, July 17. NEW ITEMS ADDED – additional color options for … Continue reading WGA Store Open for Pre-Orders
The WGA has been contacted by a Girl Scout leader in the southwest Milwaukee suburbs looking for a volunteer to explain geocaching to a group of 3rd and 4th graders and recommendations on caches to direct them to. If anyone is available to help out this group, send an email to [email protected] and we’ll connect … Continue reading Volunteer Needed
WGA is looking for your input on lonely cache game and cache rescue game. Complete survey at https://us5.list-manage.com/survey?u=a0bfee91a511e1b020c343e27&id=bf89fce7b6 As part of a possible website remodel, the games are being evaluated to improve participation and make it easier to maintain by the board. Responses appreciated by Monday, July 8. Thank you!
