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3rd Annual Waukesha Winter Janboree Meet&Greet Event Cache

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Hidden : Saturday, January 20, 2007
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The City of Waukesha Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department in-conjunction with the Waukesha Downtown Business Association welcomes you and your family to this 22nd Annual Winter JanBoree event.

*Let It Snow * Let It Snow * Let It Snow *

Saturday, January 20, 2007

* Family Friendly * Meet and Greet Opportunity *

GEOCACHING! There are two different “tracks” of caches hidden specifically for this event. In the downtown area, there are 12 temporary caches that will be available between 10 AM - 3 PM. Snow or cold, you and your family will enjoy these hides! Park your car at any of the downtown streets or parking lots and walk to this series of caches and/ or use the free trolley service. (Free trolley runs from 10AM-3PM.) Around Waukesha, we have 8 historical virtual caches hidden specifically for this event. PLUS, an Earthcache (bring your yardstick and camera) and a series of NEW Regular traditional caches have been launched in Waukesha in time for this event. BRING YOUR CAMERA, we have a bonus locationless cache opportunity .. details at check in.

MORNING CHECK IN: between 8:00-10:00 AM at the coordinates given above. This is the Schuetze Recreation Center, the hub of activity for the JanBoree event that day. Start your morning with the official JanBoree Pancake breakfast! We will have separate tables designated for geocachers this year. (please see the JanBoree website, link above for details) Trolley service between the Schuetze building and the downtown area will be available starting mid-morning!

LUNCH CHECK IN AND OFFICIAL MEET AND GREET between 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Join us at 257 Broadway or N43 00.696 W88 13.859 which is the new El Ranchito Mexican Restaurant in downtown Waukesha. This is our official “meet and greet” opportunity! Come meet other Geocachers, share your geocaching stories, trade those travel bugs and share your special geocoins here! (This is also an opportunity for those unable to join us for the morning check in, to also be able to check in.) If you do not like winter geocaching, you are most welcome to join us here! El Ranchito can seat up to 180 people at a time so we will be able to handle a larger crowd this year!! We have been updated that the restaurant will offer a special buffet for lunch. Buffet Prices!! Adults $6.99, Children Ages 4-11 $3.00, Children 3 & under Free - does not include beverages, sodas are $1.50 for Adults, $1.00 for Children.

What is the Waukesha Winter JanBoree? Celebrating it's 22nd year, the Waukesha JanBoree is a three day winter celebration January 19-21, 2007 showcasing free fun family indoor and outdoor activities around the city. There will be many events for all ages from toddlers to seniors including ice sculpting, comedy show, folk telling to snow showing and tobboganing. As part of the overall JanBoree event, this is a geocaching event planned by geocachers for geocachers! As such, details on the geocaching portion of the event will be posted here. Please see the JanBoree website link above for details and maps about the overall event.

The Waukesha Winter JanBoree Geocaching is being planned by:

  • The Tapps/ Brian Tapp
  • AuntieNae/ Renee Vanselow
  • in conjunction with Sue Harter, Recreation Supervisor for the City of Waukesha Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department

  • Registration will NOT close! We do ask that if you are planning to come or might be that you post a will attend or a note so we have enough hand outs. We do need to give El Ranchito a potential lunch count on the Thursday before. If your plans change and you had not posted a note, still come! To register, please post your plans to attend:

  • 1) include number of adults and children,
  • 2) if you will be checking in during the morning check
  • 3) if you will be joining us for the El Ranchito Meet & Greet.

Will we cancel for snow? This event will be held snow or no snow. The first year this event was held we experienced a major snowstorm the morning of.

During our check in times, Coordinates will be available for downloading to your GPS receivers. We will be uploading all the event related hides. If you have not geocached in Waukesha, you will want to upload the other caches in the area for yourself before you come. Special thanks to Jeremy, Gr8 Eyes and Lego Lover for offering assistance with the downloads during the morning check in! Jeremy also has the WGA cable box on loan which means we should have the cables for most units.

Mark Your Calendar for other upcoming events we are plannng. They will be officially posted as events within 3 months of the date.

  • Geocaching Basics Class - Waukesha - Saturday, April 14 from 9:00 -11:30 AM
  • C.I.T.O. - Cache In Trash Out - Waukesha - Saturday, April 14 from 1:00-4:00 PM
  • Geocaching Basics Class - Greenfield - Thursday, April 26 from 5:30-8:00 PM
  • Geocaching Basics Classs - New Berlin - Thursday, May 10 from 6:30-9:00 PM

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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