June Cache of the Month Results 7/1/2006 Congratulations to Hotdogs off Trail!! Their cache, Lone Rock Cache, received the most votes and wins cache of the month for June!! Thanks to everyone who voted in the June cache of the month! There were lots of great nominations! Those receiving honorable mentions for the month include: … Continue reading June Cache of the Month Results
College Credit for Geocaching? 6/15/2006 I recieved a PM from one of our members in the Manitowoc area. He has asked me for help with a course he’s teaching at Lakeshore Technical College in Cleveland. Not a problem, I said, “How many students do you have?” “That’s the other reason I need your help…” If … Continue reading College Credit for Geocaching?
2006 Wisconsin Geocaching Association Geo-Picnic 6/15/2006 Your WGA Board of Directors Wow… After a long, extensive, arduous search for the best location in SE Wisconsin to hold our picnic, we’ve finally selected… Kettle Moraine State Forest — Southern Unit, Nordic Picnic Shelter We’ve reserved the shelter and gained permission to hold our event from the … Continue reading 2006 Wisconsin Geocaching Association Geo-Picnic
Racine Journal Times Article On Geocaching Class At Bong 6/14/2006 The Racine Journal Times has also published an article about the introduction to geocaching “class” held at Bong Recreation Area on June 3rd. Link To Article
Kenosha News Article On Geocaching Intro Class At Bong 6/9/2006 The Kenosha News has printed a geocaching article containing information obtained by a reporter who attended the introduction to geocaching “class” at Bong Recreation Area on June 3rd. Several WGA members are quoted, and there is a picture of our treasurer and the main organizer … Continue reading Kenosha News Article On Geocaching Intro Class At Bong
May Cache of the Month Results 6/1/2006 Thanks to everyone who voted for May cache of the month! It was a great turnout. Congratulations to Sunseekers — their cache, PeeWee’s (Pewit’s) Small Falls received the most votes and wins cache of the month for May!! Those receiving honorable mentions for the month include: The Adventure … Continue reading May Cache of the Month Results
What is Geo-caching all about? 5/30/2006 Every geo-cacher has his or her own ideas about …. caches, containers, size, travel bugs, logging, swag, location, etc. But who is right? No, this is not about walking around in circles looking for a container hidden somewhere. It’s about the people who cache, the variety of caches, the … Continue reading What is Geo-caching all about?
Website Switchover Complete 5/27/2006 The switchover to the new WGA website has essentially been completed… it went a little faster than I thought. Most of the time was just spent shuffling data around. It took 6 hours to download all the data from the old server and another 4 to upload it back to the … Continue reading Website Switchover Complete
Hiding Your First Geocache 8/1/2005 Ron F. (aka “EnergySaver”) Ron, his wife (Geri) and two daughters (Michelle & Jaimie) make up the team EnergySaver. To date, EnergySaver has hidden 27 regular geocaches in Ozaukee County, in addition to 23 event hides. It’s very tempting after you have a few finds under your belt to run … Continue reading Hiding Your First Geocache
Make February Cache Clean-up Month 2/1/2005 R. Paske We may have a few of them out there… our own geocaches on which we have been meaning to do a little maintenance. Or maybe a geocache that was reported gone, and we’ve disabled it for two or three months. Or maybe a cache that is snow … Continue reading Make February Cache Clean-up Month