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No Stealth Required Geocaches

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I passed on a couple of geocaches recently. Had it been mentioned in the description, I would not have attempted so-called “stealth required” caches. It’s nothing personal. I can appreciate how cool one would feel having a geocache placed under the collective noses of the general muggle public. I can enjoy the feeling of a [...]

Geocaching By Boat

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Ah, boating and geocaching–it doesn’t get much better than this. We decided to include a 5-terrain cache on our third day in a row of boating. The location was Big Island on Lake Minnetonka. Big Island always has had something of a history. Back in the late 1800s in the days of grand Victorian tourism, [...]

Geocaching With Dogs

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Our cache, “Puppy Cove“, renewed a favorite topic of mine, geocaching with dogs. How natural it is to be out in the field with a dog. You have an enthusiastic partner, a partner with whom you can easily commiserate with that DNF. A dog provides inspiration to keep searching even if you are getting tired, [...]

The Things You See While Geocaching

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Say what you will about geocaching, but one thing it is not is dull. Actually, geocaching is filled with possibilities. Last weekend was no exception. We went boating as the weather begged that we be out on the water. Swimming was the order of the day. We boated to a bay we had often whiled [...]