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
What makes a geocacher geocache? 9/1/2004 Becky Waldmann (aka “greyhounder”) You travel along a nature trail that leads you to a beautiful stream. You climb a steep hill into the woods. You step into a park full of children at play. You find yourself staring at garbage can in the middle of a city. Each … Continue reading What makes a geocacher geocache?
Northern Exposure – An Interview With Bobcatw98 3/1/2004 Ken Braband Bobcatw98 is an active geocacher and WGA member from the northern part of our fair state. For this month’s Article of the Month, we asked Bob to tell us about his geocaching adventures and his approach to the sport. 1. Please describe a little about … Continue reading Northern Exposure – An Interview With Bobcatw98
High-tech Hide And Seek 10/1/2003 Matt Hagengruber As Jeff and Bonnie Little approached the abandonded railroad tunnel, the spookiness set in, almost on cue. The temperature dropped, the skies went gray and the thunder echoed in the steep rock walls leading to the tunnel. And finally, greeting the Littles as they approached the tunnel, a … Continue reading High-tech Hide And Seek
2,000 Geocache Finds and Counting – An interview with The Lil Otter 8/1/2003 Ken Braband The Lil Otter is one of the world’s leading geocachers in terms of the total number found. She is also one of our own – a board member of the WGA and an active WGA event participant for the past … Continue reading 2,000 Geocache Finds and Counting – An interview with The Lil Otter
Geeks in the Woods – An afternoon with veteran geocacher John Carvin 7/1/2003 David Medaris Copyright Isthmus Publishing Co. Inc. 2003. There is a cry in the wilderness. “Found it!” The voice belongs to “mudbug,” and the exclamation point connotes her excitement and accomplishment. She has found her first geocache. Under the watchful eye of … Continue reading Geeks in the Woods – An afternoon with veteran geocacher John Carvin
The Invasion of Garlic Mustard 6/1/2002 Wisconsin DNR / WGA Much of this material is from the Wisconsin DNR. There are many names for this invading weed: Alliaria petiolata, garlic mustard, hedge garlic, sauce-alone, jack-by-the-hedge, poor man’s mustard, jack-in-the-bush, garlic root, garlicwort, mustard root. It looks rather pretty in the woods, but if it gets … Continue reading The Invasion of Garlic Mustard
Pike Powder Hike – Oldest Active Wisconsin Cache 4/1/2003 RPaske Back in February 2001, there was only one geocache around Milwaukee and a total of three in the entire state. After Ken Braband found his first cache, in the Chicago area, he wanted to place his own. He had skied and hiked the trails at … Continue reading Pike Powder Hike – Oldest Active Wisconsin Cache
Non omnes vagi perditi sunt 3/1/2002 Markwell I found a great quote for Geocaching and Geodashing in one of my favorite books: The Lord of the Rings, Book I: The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien. In it, the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins has written a poem describing the wandering heir to the … Continue reading Non omnes vagi perditi sunt
1,000 Caches: An interview with BruceS 11/1/2002 Ken Braband Geocacher BruceS is a prolific geocacher from the St. Louis area who recently spent several days geocaching in Wisconsin. For this month’s WGA article, we asked him a few questions about himself and his approach to geocaching. Ken Braband: Please describe a little about yourself: Age, … Continue reading 1,000 Caches: An interview with BruceS