As a geocacher, I can relate to a passion for the outdoors. Outdoor enthusiasts are connected by an invisible thread of concern for the environment and a fascination for its riches. For Sak Narwal, that passion is fishing. Like other nature lovers, his love of fishing developed early, fishing even as a small boy. That [...]

Now it’s time for the pictures from our Labor Day geocaching adventure at Interstate State Park in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the first interstate park in the nation. The parks offer wonderful opportunities to view geology and its effects. From the Minnesota DNR website, at least 10 different lava flows from ancient earthquakes are exposed. Two [...]

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As many of us geocachers find out quickly, geocaching takes us to new and wonderful places. It adds to the adventure. This past weekend we went to a park that we last visited during our pre-caching days. Interstate State Park is just that–a joint park between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It’s Wisconsin’s oldest [...]

If you’re like me, and I know I am, you like your coffee made a certain way. For me, I won’t drink coffee at home that doesn’t come out of a french press. I’m picky that way. My challenge is this: try it and see if you can go back to Maxwell house out of [...]

Minnesota has enjoyed a relatively cool summer. Here it was August, and temperatures were hovering around 75 degrees. How can you not like that? Gorgeous! We went geocaching over the weekend, eight miles of it. The weather was so outstanding. We returned to a park we had visited several times before, all in the winter. [...]