Great to see you again! Join the discussion.Don’t get me wrong: I love dogs. I’ve owned them often and on all of my life. I have almost an irresistible impulse to pet a dog I encounter in the street. When geocaching, an encounter with a strange, owner-less dog can be a scary experience.
We often geocache [...]

Poison ivy is one of the many banes of geocachers. If you’re like me, and I know I am, your reactions can be miserable. I have strong adverse reactions to it. So, searching around for geocaches in a rich crop of poison ivy is asking for trouble. Been there, done that.
I’ve always had a bit [...]

Not that we have a huge number of opportunities here, but living on the lake with a boat in the water gives us the chance to grab those 5 terrain geocaches.
We headed out early Sunday to grab just one of those. The locations is an island that has something of a reputation of being party [...]

As geocachers, we are granted, closer to the outdoors than the average person. How many people do you know that would take to the brambles, poison ivy, stinging nettle like a geocacher on the scent? It’s just the way we are.
As such, many geocachers have a green side to us. That’s what a find like [...]

We’ve been geocaching quite a bit these days, trying to find those wonderful little parks we haven’t visited before or returning to ones that to which geocaching brought us. We made for the Minnesota River valley.
The day was incredibly windy, something to note when you’re taking to the trail. Personally, I like geocaching on windy [...]

After our adventures in Door County, Wisconsin, I recognized the need for new hiking boots. My pair have served me well over the miles, but it was time for another pair. Enter Berghaus Explorer Ridge GTX Walking Boot.
My first consideration for purchasing hiking boots is whether or not they are Gore-Tex. In fact, if they [...]