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Back in the Geocaching Groove

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Great to see you again! Join the discussion.It’s been awhile, unfortunately, but today we got back into our geocaching groove with four grabs on a local trail. The caches were new, so there was a lot of that excitement of finding a new cache. Besides, we knew that if they were just placed, they were [...]

March 21—World Forestry Day

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As a geocacher, chances are you spend a lot of time in the woods. You know old logs intimately and the creatures that call them home. You can recognize prickly ash, poison ivy, poison sumac, and stinging nettle from a mile away. It makes sense then that you would celebrate forests. Welcome to World [...]

Get Ready for Spring! Learn About Butterflies Day Today

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As the snow melts away, creating a muddy quagmire everywhere, I feel a bit hopeful when I see those patches of green starting to emerge.
Don’t get me wrong. There’s still plenty of snow. The ice on the lake is still plenty thick, and the cars are still driving on it. Just when I thought we’d [...]

Congratulations, Geocaching.com!

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Rumor has it that Geocaching.com has published their 1,000,000 active geocache. What a fantastic milestone!
Congratulations, Geocaching.com!
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Know Your Wetlands

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During the winter is when we’ll try for those elusive wetland caches. You know the ones. They’re located in wet, mosquito-laden areas that you would never walk during the spring, much less summer. Winter is about the only time you can get to these places.
Wetlands are places that are inundated with water either continually [...]

Proper Footwear for Geocaching

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We’re getting ready to hit the trails again for some geocaching. I have to admit that we’ve taken a bit of a hiatus with all the snow. Seriously, we have three feet of snow throughout our backyard. I’m sure the trails don’t fare any better. It’s time to think about what we need to navigate [...]