Washington Island Barn Quilt-Goodlet Farm
This Is An Offset Orienteering Cache. The cache is not at the listed coordinates.
This cache will bring you to one of the “Door County Barn Quilts” which is part of the Door County Barn Quilt project begun in 2010 with the following goals:
•Promote the agricultural heritage of Door County
•Provide education about the art and history of quilting
•Highlight the architecture and historical significance of barns throughout Door County
•Encourage economic development by promoting rural tourism
•Build adult-youth partnerships through implementation of the project
Barn Quilts are large, colorful, painted wooden quilt blocks ranging in size from 6-8 feet square. The barn owners select the quilt block designs chosen.
4-H members and leaders paint the Door County barn quilts, FFA members and alumni, local quilt guild members and other youth and adult volunteers. Volunteers also donate their time, talent, equipment and carpentry skills during assembly and installation.
Finding the cache.
1. The coordinates given will bring you to the west edge of the road in line with the edge of the pasture fence running east to west, this will be your starting spot. From this spot you are able to get an outstanding view of the Barn Quilt and continue on to the cache.
2. Take a bearing of 10 degrees and travel a distance of 520 feet to find the cache.
I purchased a GPS unit in 2009, before this I used my Silva compass and a topographic map to find my way around the woods. With orienteering, I used the technique of Pacing (counting each time your right or left foot hits the ground, a distance of about 5 feet for me), selecting an Attack Point (obvious feature to travel toward), and to avoid constant bushwhacking, following Handrails (a linear feature that closely parallels your route), to go anywhere I wanted. I’ve taught orienteering in my Life Sports class and have now included geocaching and the use of a GPS unit since I began using one. For this cache, no bushwhacking is required. The cache will give you the opportunity to work on taking a bearing (on a Attack Point) and pacing (counting your steps).
This cache is just a short walk and a chance to use these basic orienteering skills. If you choose to use a compass and find it by using these techniques, it might rank as a difficulty level of one. This cache will give you the chance to work on these basic skills before attempting Surveyor’s Mark (GCJQ71).