 February 4 by barcher81 (721 found)
Had a great time geocaching on the Big Island. TFTC.
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February 4 by Ronindoc (534 found)
Out for Big Island winter run with Cincity. Needs a new log baggie, TFTC!
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February 4 by cincity (152 found)
Tftc! Found with ronindoc!
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February 3 by seeingitdifferent (827 found)
Was out this beautiful afternoon with FSU Noles, Tonkajen and Minnstars as we made our way to the island. The Ice road was wonderful and since they all had already found this cache I hopped out and jogged over to make the find. Thank you group for letting me grab this one. SL, TFTC
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January 31 by tesser (1726 found)
Fourth of the Big Island caches found today with she_wolf and woodknight54. It was a scary drive in my little Corolla, across the ruts from the bigger trucks and over the wide expanse of ice. Not used to driving on lakes! It was about 2 miles to the first cache from the Excelsior boat launch. We didn't go as straight as we could, but I tried to follow tire tracks the whole way. The rest of the day was PNGs for the most part! I could drive to within 200 feet of each of the others we tried. . I pulled up too soon on this one, and could have had a better walk from around the corner from where we parked. Our walk was a roller coaster to GZ. Once there, we thought we had the spot, then not, then moved on to five other spots before coming back and yes, that 1st spot was the spot, it was just better hidden than I thought! Winter will do that to ya! Good thing I had a multi-tool with me to help get to it. TFTC!
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January 16 by lagrac (7822 found)
Over this way yesterday on a little impromptu caching run with none other that the Caching Mistress of St. Croix County, DOC.Hey DOC., who is this KB that you speak of...is he a cacher from these parts?  We too found the obligatory plastic bag in the tree...odd, eh? Then we expanded the search a little, and BINGO!! Nice area you've got here. tftc
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January 16 by DOC. (3428 found)
Over this way today on an Extreme Caching Adventure with the Master of "Phooni-ness" and all things outside the edge of my comfort zone!OK, accessing the Big Island via the ice road... more than a mile from terra firma... in the faithful geomobile ... guided by the M.O.N.K.E.Y. 7400 navigational system now duct taped to the hood... was a little more than funny. Okay! I will be the first to admit my confusion over the plastic bag with the log in the tree. What? A KB hide on the Island? How could this be?  We found the beacon then found the cache. Metal is sooooo sweet! TFTWF Island C, Doc.
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 January 10 by Moe the Sleaze (6561 found)
No, the cache is not a plastic bag hanging in a tree. The cache is, and always has been, an ammo box.
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 January 10 by Erin80 (556 found)
I am not claiming this one. reading the log noticed that this is a cache- cache and not a plastic bag hanging from a tree attached to a blue bungie cord at GZ. on a small piece of very wet paper inside the bag, it had the name of the cache and the last person to sign it in Nov. Attempted to sign it incase it was. perhaps muggled and left to dry?
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November 8, 2009 by Sharknose Bunnies (1066 found)
Yuusui made a nice find on this one, although we both had ground zero about 40 feet to the north-northwest. Still, a pretty straightforward find when you consider the beacons and use your geo-sense. We wondered if the building to the south was once part of the park, but it looked to almost have been a fish-cleaning house. Hard to imagine this was once an amusement park. Thanks for the cache! This was our eighth and final find on the island, as we went eight for eight today out here. Between the canoeing, the hiking, the views, and the geocaching, I'd have to say that this was one of my favorite geocaching trips ever! (657)
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November 8, 2009 by Yuusui (193 found)
We found this one about 40ft from GZ. Grabbed the TB and left Geocacching Rocks! TB..TFTC!
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 November 7, 2009 by Moe the Sleaze (6561 found)
I don't know what the last "finder" thinks he found but the cache is safe and sound in its original hiding spot. Added some swag and a travel bug.
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 November 1, 2009 by Moe the Sleaze (6561 found)
It may be Spring before I can get back out there. Hopefully not.
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 November 1, 2009 by anzio (6 found)
I think this one needs repair, just a part of it remains. I put a note in a ziplock to mark the cache. Best to do a repair if you can get out there.
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September 27, 2009 by mneyedoc (16 found)
A little tricky, a nice hike, and fought off some serious mosquitoes, but it was worth it.
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August 22, 2009 by jessek12 (8 found)
This one was fun. Favorite of the day
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August 16, 2009 by Orange&Blue (879 found)
#5 of 8 with NYSandy23, BB aka "L", ksteve and other friends on a nice day of boating and caching. I was imagining the roller coaster as we were walking down the hill. TFTC
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August 10, 2009 by leopold22 (3659 found)
Out caching and taking a boat ride with b.boudreau and jknox. Got all the caches on the Big Island. Great day to be out!Quick find on this one. TNLNSL TFTC
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August 6, 2009 by tonkaMN (519 found)
Found this one with GeoPierce. It was a great night to go caching on the island. TNLNSL. TFTC.
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July 31, 2009 by minnesotabrad (1757 found)
Weather was coming in and we had to get going from the island but I wanted to get this one before we left. Very cool history of the island. It is too bad that the amusement park is no longer here. SL TFTC!
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July 26, 2009 by first_timer (383 found)
Was out boating today went on island to find some caches TFTC
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July 25, 2009 by Hal-oween (1164 found)
We were enjoying the hike around Big Island, picking up caches. We stopped at the Veteran's Camp and had a little lunch. Thanks for bringing us here! We took the Roadrunner coin.
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July 22, 2009 by Red_Devil35 (1828 found)
Traded travelers while visiting this cache again with Jam3s.
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July 22, 2009 by Jam3s (1679 found)
Had a blast on the island today with Red Devil 35 and decided to do more research on the island. Tried the link, but that has changed so I did some digging and found that this island has a lot of history and is now an awesome park. I was shocked by all the boats that flock to the island for their amusement even without the roller coaster. Nice easy find. TNLNSL TFTC Jam3s
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July 19, 2009 by T&M Travel Group (14 found)
With a friend's family on the boat all day and took a few minutes to go find this one and drop off a travel bug I've had for too long (sorry). Very cool cache!
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July 6, 2009 by maznroll (588 found)
Great trail hike, I will have to come come back. TFTC SL
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June 13, 2009 by Uncle_Fun (6612 found)
Canoed out to the island with AlphaCat from Deep Haven. Little over a mile each way. Pretty easy paddle, not too many powerboats out yet. Made the quick find and off we went.
Thanks for placing this one.
Uncle_Fun
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June 12, 2009 by Bunganator (1988 found)
No ice for me :-) I let roxygen find this one as it was one of the last on the island. TFTC!
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April 25, 2009 by AlphaCat (1534 found)
Paddled out to Big Island today to do a couple more caches. It was cool having the whole island to myself to explore. Ran across several white tail deer on my search. Found the cache about 70 feet from where my GPS was leading me. Thanks for a great excuse to get out and enjoy the lake. -AlphaCat
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February 28, 2009 by Bobcam (14853 found)
Fun afternoon on the island. Ended a great day of caching at this one. Great beacon and better yet, great container!! Left behind a TB. TFTC. SL.
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February 28, 2009 by sparkyfry (1913 found)
Find #51 on a day when Bobcam and I found 52. With this one, we were able to check off all the Big Island caches. And a Moe the Sleaze cache, to boot! Bobcam left a travel bug. Thanks for the hide, Moe! Keep on rockin' in the free world!
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February 28, 2009 by Minnesota (6534 found)
The Lake Mntka Tour:Geo-wife and I spent a sunny winter day enjoying the newly fallen snow, lots of caches and plenty of exercise. Geo-wife’s pedometer reads 11.25 miles walked today, uffda. Thanks everyone for all the hides that made the day possible!
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February 23, 2009 by burkesf27 (1605 found)
Only in Minnesota is it easier to get to these island cache locations in the winter. While the temp may be -1 this morning it didn't require buying, launching or renting a boat or canoe to get to this location. In the summer you also contend with the 10,000,000,000,000 mosquitoes that redoubtably inhabit this location. Cleaned out the island of caches.
Left MDA magnets all around
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February 21, 2009 by XZQ&Dad (1271 found)
Four inches of new snow and 20 degrees with lots of wind at our faces. Perhaps not the best day to walk the half mile to the island. The first complaint came at about 200 feet. This was the last of the five grabs on the island before the long walk back to shore. Left Beach Shoe TB waiting for better weather. TFTC (X find)
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February 21, 2009 by broken tooth (2451 found)
Another Big island score
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February 16, 2009 by pcc322 (1107 found)
Caching with Ice Rocket. TFTC TNLNSL.
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February 16, 2009 by Ice Rocket (2233 found)
3rd on the island with PCC322. TFTC
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February 8, 2009 by minnstars (2793 found)
Wow what a great day to take a hike on this island.  I thought maybe I would get to see the ruins of the old coaster, but the only thing I saw was what appeared to be an old fish cleaning shack (See Pic). TFTC Moe!
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February 7, 2009 by genreviam (666 found)
Really enjoyed the hike to these caches and the geopups had a blast on the island. Thanks for the hide!
Left Diabetes TB
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February 7, 2009 by Good-Boy (5720 found)
TNLNSL
On a quick Road Trip with daveped and Good-Girl.
We braved the ice and picked up some great (Five Star) caches on Big Island.
Nice hide.
TFTC Moe the Sleaze
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February 7, 2009 by ispyfamily (2049 found)
Perfect day for some Big Island caching! First of two; leaving two for tomorrow! Grabbed Rock Star travel bug. Thanks for an excuse to visit Big Island in the winter! TFTC
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February 7, 2009 by Tacoma Homer (2550 found)
This island has a great history. Thanks for sharing it. We took a Pig TB and left a Guitar TB. TFTC.
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February 7, 2009 by oakwilt (3001 found)
What a treat when nongeocaching hubby offered to drive Manatee Mamma and me out to Big Island today. With some advice from Fish2007 we were on our way. Thanks for bring us out to this island and the information on the amusement park that use to be here. We use to live in Mound and never got out here before. Took A.B.E.L. pathtag. TFTC SL
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February 7, 2009 by grandpaloren (3488 found)
I had no idea there used to be an amusement park on this island. Thanks for the very interesting history and the nice cache. I left Rock Start TB Dog Tag here.
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February 7, 2009 by Manatee Mamma (992 found)
I was a bit leary of driving on the lake and was glad that Oakwilt's hubby was behind the wheel. Sunny but breezy today but great to be out nontheless with Oakwilt and Gene. Thanks to them for inviting me and TFTH. Needed Gene to retrieve this one.
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February 7, 2009 by daveped (1083 found)
Best time of year for BI. Warn enough to be out and enjoy it, but early enough that the ice if really good. TFTC
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February 6, 2009 by Quilting is fun too (2223 found)
Amazingly enough everyone was free on the same afternoon to make the big expedition to the Big Island, so we headed onto the ice with maryufaust driving while Iron Man Dan and tonkajen helped her navigate our way safely through the ice houses and other traffic on the lake. FSU*Noles was busy with his camera while I was trying not to think about how much water was below us. But the ice held and we made it to the island without any trouble where we had a great time on the trails in the woods on a beautiful February afternoon. A wonderful adventure made more special by being out caching with great company! A nice hide in a great geobeacon, thanks for bringing us out to this piece of history. TNLNSL, TFTC!
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February 6, 2009 by FSU*Noles (7848 found)
Quick pitstop on a beautiful winter afternoon, making the icy crossing to Big Island with maryufaust, Iron Man Dan, Quilting is fun too, and "The Queen of Lake Minnetonka" Tonkajen herself today - it was fun revisiting this cache, I couldn't resist tossing in a travel bug just for fun. The cache is in tip-top shape - TFTC!In: The Three little Pigs (The Bad)
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February 5, 2009 by cashingout (605 found)
Out for lunch with Fish2007.
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February 5, 2009 by fish2007 (5529 found)
Cashingout and I found this during our somewhat extended lunch break. TNLNSL. TFTC!
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February 4, 2009 by Grey Wolf and Wild Rice (6600 found)
Heh.....it wasn't a puzzle, so I had to show pfalstad where the cache was.
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February 4, 2009 by pfalstad (4145 found)
Found with Grey Wolf. Nice hide. Good thing he was along, or this would have been a tough find. Had to chisel it out of the ice a bit. TFTC
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January 31, 2009 by termdisc (887 found)
First day above freezing in many weeks; enjoyed the walk across the ice to yet another place I would not have visited but for geocaching. TFTC!
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January 14, 2009 by LucidOndine (1117 found)
Found with Lasreaine during a WeekNIGHT Caching excursion... -16 or so with a good wind, so we decided it'd be smart to walk the mile and a half across the lake. A quick find though. TFTC!
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January 14, 2009 by Lasreaine (200 found)
I guess I'm the entourage... I was having fun stargazing when I ended up in a snowdrift almost to my waist at the shoreline. Took us a while to find the cache, you guys hid it very well. Getting to ride in the back of the truck rocked, thank you! It was fun to sit and watch the snow fly up from the tires, and go in circles. We should go again!
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January 14, 2009 by MN_Cavepeople (1752 found)
I drove the WNC shuttle out to the island tonight. A.B.E.L. obviously managed to replace the snow covering the cache flake-by-flake so it was a while before we decided to look in the right spot. "It can't be there, the snow hasn't been touched!" As we were signing the log the crazy Lucid and his ilk (or entourage) came walking up with icicles hanging from their noses after walking in from Excelsior. They accepted my offer to let them ride in the bed of the truck back to their car so we waited a couple hundred feet away in the warm truck while they found what we had just rehid. What a perfect way to spend the coldest night in 5 years!
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January 14, 2009 by divercth (522 found)
Located with the motorized WNC crew this evening after an unsuccessful (and jeans-freezing) attempt at retrieving the now-archived Big Island Park cache.Swapped a bug for a coin.
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January 14, 2009 by A.B.E.L. (82 found)
A buddy and I snowshoe'd out from the North, great little hike (about 1.2 miles from the shore), the temp was -3F on the way out there and the wind was at our backs. Looked for this one for a bit, I thought my GPSr was off but I was wrong it was just hidden really well! Tried to re-hide well for the WNC group that was coming later in the evening ;) TFTC!Signed log
Took nothing
Left A.B.E.L. signature pathtag
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January 14, 2009 by Red_Devil35 (1828 found)
Out with the WeekNight crew for a bit of cold caching. This was a good hide, the last finder covered his tracks pretty well. We looked all over before MN_Cavepeople made the find.
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January 14, 2009 by devinberg (153 found)
Out with the WNC. Very cold tonight but I survived.
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January 10, 2009 by Dances With Beehives (1811 found)
Poked around for a bit and finally came up with it. I too replaced the snow after rehiding. Left a few pencils, and swapped trackables. Thanks!
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January 9, 2009 by Grey Wolf and Wild Rice (6600 found)
Very nice drive out here today. Interesting buildings nearby. I bet they cannot be seen in the summer. I do have to say that it did take me a while to locate the big old ammo can with all the snow. T - TB. Launched one of my GeoCoins here. Replaced all the snow I moved away so the next person can have as enjoyable of an experience as I did playing in the snow. SL. Thanks for the cache.
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 October 18, 2008 by pearce780 (22 found)
Searched and searched, but couldn't find it. Maybe it has been moved, or we need better vision. But either way we had to hike a lot of the island to get to this, because we rented a house on another end of the island. The trees and very beautiful, and it was a lot of fun
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September 7, 2008 by picke explorers (1532 found)
Found awhile ago. Logging now, as to not mess up my milestone cache finds. Found on January 23rd 2008. Great hide. Sorry it took so long. My paper from when I found it says it was a cold day, and I remeber that, it was freezing out! TFTC[This entry was edited by Surfer Joe on Sunday, September 07, 2008 at 8:38:54 AM.] [This entry was edited by picke explorers on Sunday, September 07, 2008 at 7:36:44 PM.]
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August 30, 2008 by mystagogic (660 found)
This was our third and last find while visiting Big Island on a glorious summer afternoon. We wish we could have seen this part of the island when the roller coaster was still here. Unfortunately, we were about a century too late
We grabbed Greg and Sue's Signal Geocoin. TFTC
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August 18, 2008 by GeoPierce (1512 found)
#1123 - Third of the night while out island hopping with ruderat and our motley crew. Found the cache and a pair of shorts that someone must not have needed any more.
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August 18, 2008 by EPMinnesota (1101 found)
Thanks to Ruderat for graciously escorting our crew over to the Island. What a beautiful night for boating on Tonka! This was our 3rd find of the night and I took the opportunity to drop some bugs that I've held onto for too long!
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August 18, 2008 by kredep (2413 found)
An easy pickup when you have a chauffeur doing all the work! I was delighted to tag along on this one. Thanks Ruderat. Great fun with GP, TWS, Speedy, EPMN, Ruderat.
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August 18, 2008 by timewellspent (3202 found)
Thanks to RudeRat I was able to pick this cache up with EPMinnesota, KRedEP & GeoPierce. Speedy was also along for the ride on this one. I think EPMN was really tired because she decided to lay down on the trail during our walk to this cache. It was either that or GP pushed her, I am not sure which  Dropped a coin and picked up a TB TFTC!
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August 18, 2008 by ruderat (1777 found)
Dropped the pooch off on an island. Thought she could run around here for a while.
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July 25, 2008 by muns02 (48 found)
Fun find on a fantastic summer day. TNLTSL.
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July 14, 2008 by ruderat (1777 found)
Had a great time finding this one with TonkaJen, Smiling Duo and DJRHJ. Nice night for a boat ride. TFTC.
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July 14, 2008 by Smiling Duo (3741 found)
THANKS to The Ruderat Crew for taking TonkaJen, DJRHJ and myself out on their boat, it was a fabulous evening. I've never been to this part of the island in all my years on the lake - I can only imagine what it was like in its glory years from all the pictures I've seen of the amusement park. TN-LN Thanks!!!
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July 14, 2008 by tonkajen (1573 found)
We planned this trip for a long time, well at least last Wednesday. I told Mr. RudeRat that I needed to beg, borrow or steal a boat to get these island caches. Well guess who has a boat! I clued them in to the fact that the Weeknight cachers were going to be in EP and I was bummed because my back went out (caching injury) and I couldn't make it. They met DJRHJ and Smiling Duo and plans for a Friday night excursion were made...tentatively. Well foul weather put a kibosh on those plans and we rescheduled for tonight. The stars must have been aligning because we had the most spectacular night on the lake with dining after that! Thanks to all! Jen
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July 14, 2008 by DJRHJ (1467 found)
Dropped coin
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July 14, 2008 by DJRHJ (1467 found)
Where's the roller coaster? All we could find was the fish cleaning house and the poison ivy. Thanks anyway.
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July 13, 2008 by bpct (1032 found)
A nice day for boating stopped and did some caching.
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July 12, 2008 by McPhearless (75 found)
TFTC
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May 23, 2008 by Moe the Sleaze (6561 found)
(11:32) Stopped by to check on my cache and dropp off a coin. Picked up an "Albuquerque" travel bug.
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March 11, 2008 by molesen (2502 found)
3/3 today. Finally able to get this one off our list on a beautiful afternoon. Left a couple of TBs to entice other cachers. TFTC.
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March 9, 2008 by raleyjr (415 found)
Out snowmobiling and geocaching at the same time. Took geocoin and will move it along. TFTC!!
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February 24, 2008 by boe01 (65 found)
Great day to hike out to the island. found it quick, lots of activity on the ice.
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February 24, 2008 by Jonas and Julia (4020 found)
Day 55 - What a perfect day to find this cache. Perfect sunshine for a walk across the ice. There is something neat about wintercaching island caches. We traded some coins. Thanks!
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February 22, 2008 by maryufaust (3242 found)
Second Big Island cache that FSU*Noles and I grabbed. It was just a short hike around the bend when the lake is frozen. Made the find in short order and I dropped a couple of coins for the next cacher. I love these island caches, it's too bad I don't have a boat so I have to always grab them in the winter. Encountered the ulta light hang glider as we made our way across the frozen tundra to the car.......it's amazing what you see when you are out caching. TFTC!
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February 22, 2008 by FSU*Noles (7848 found)
Second of two Big Island caches, walking across the ice with Maryufaust on a spectacularly warm and gorgeous sunny afternoon today - these caches have been on my list forever, and today it all came together for a fun and memorable caching experience! We strolled over here from the other cache nearby, dodging a pickup truck along the way, then followed the snowmobile tracks right to the cache location.There's some great history here, and the snowy woods were very scenic and the buildings were cool as well! Mary did the hard work getting the cache out of it's hidey-hole, and after signing the log and putting the cache back, we victoriously took the long trek back to the car. Boy do they ever grow some big houses along the shore there! Just a few hundred feet from shore, we were buzzed by a person flying a colorful contraption just barely over our heads - a quick bit of Internet research reveals it was an "Ultra Light Parachute Hang Glider". It was very cool, and gave us a great idea for the next island cache - now THAT would be cachin' in style! All in all, it was a couple of fun caches paired with some truly great company, and I had a blast...TNLNSL, TFTC!
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February 16, 2008 by speedysk1 (1641 found)
Took my nephew out for a little cachin'. I've wanted to get the two on big island for a while now. Now that the lake's frozen over, I could just drive to the island. Never been there before, and I didn't realize how much stuff like buidings, picnic tables, etc are on the island. TFTC. Great hide.
Me - T: TB L: Fire Engine
Nephew - T: Eeyore L: pampered chef chip clip.
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February 9, 2008 by Iron Man Dan (8630 found)
This was a fun cache to get on a cold, windy afternoon. I walked the distance from Deephaven in near white-out conditions. Moving the coin...TFTC!
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February 2, 2008 by MNmonarchs (852 found)
Third of 15 caches today on my way to 500 before I turn 50 tomorrow. This was number 489. Glad I didn't have to kayak out to this one. Always feels strange to drive out on a lake and look at the shoreline but it was a nice drive. Left a frog and a geocoin. Took the diabetes tag. TFTC!
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January 23, 2008 by two of hearts (6485 found)
Out with cooky doing some four wheeling to get the cache. tftc sl
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January 23, 2008 by Oneied Cooky (4484 found)
Quick Tag. Drove right to the cache. TFTC
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January 13, 2008 by gkart65 (923 found)
Traded TB's today. Nice day for a trip to the lake. it was easier to Jeep the lake on ice than drive a boat on water for the caches on the island.
TFTC
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January 2, 2008 by jREST (6295 found)
That was fun, getting there, and then walking around. With no boat, the winter is the time for me to travel over to the cache area. Today on a chilly morning (about 5-degrees) I made the trek over from Deephaven. Plenty of sunshine out today, and once on the island the hunt was on. Great area, and it took a bit of searching with all the snow around but the cache was as happy as could be, and now has a bug in it for the next finder. Dropped off the Tough Guy bug, seemed fitting for an old amusement park. TFTC
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December 29, 2007 by molesen (2502 found)
Tried to find both on the island today. We don't have a boat so winter is the only opportunity for us but I guess we will have to wait for a winter with less early snow.
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September 17, 2007 by butcherandswimmer (1644 found)
Fishing was slow so I cached some today. I found a turkey feather but the eagles where gone. This lake has 3 eagle nests and two ospreys also plus loons and ducks and geese , lots of deer tracks on the island also. Nice cache thanks butcherandswimmer
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July 26, 2007 by B.Boudreau (3454 found)
Caching with jknox. Trying to get as many Lake Minnetonka caches as we can. SL
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July 26, 2007 by jknox (2180 found)
Out geoboating with good geofriend B.Boudreau. TNLN. SL. TFTC.
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July 25, 2007 by rickrich (5140 found)
There is an eagle nest at 44.55.942 -93.33.538. With baby eagles in it!
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July 21, 2007 by Suppaflie (3 found)
Cache find number two. Never thought I'd be able to walk on the island, but now that it is a park will have to come back and bring friends. TFTC
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July 21, 2007 by NYSandy23 (1083 found)
Out with KSteve and BBaka"L" for a day of fun and sun. Went for a walk in the woods after a walk in the milfoil to get to the path. Echoes of the past resound in the quiet woods. Signed log. Took Geo Coin to get on its way. Will return another day to place another TB. TFTC
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July 21, 2007 by BB aka "L" (1074 found)
The other Big Island Cache was just a walk in the woods, literally, but a delightful one with friends. Found with KSteve and NYSandy23 and Suppaflie. What a group! Thanks for the cache and another reason to stop on the island. Signed log TFTC.
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July 21, 2007 by ksteve (710 found)
found while out on the lake with NYSandy23 and BB aka "L". took tb to get him moving. had nothing to leave because it would have gotten wet getting over to the island. thanks.
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July 2, 2007 by Tonka_Boy (428 found)
Found with Wayfarer222 (North Woods Geocats)
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July 2, 2007 by wayfarer222 (428 found)
We came to this one on the back side and did a lot of bushwhacking--with plenty of mosquitoes and biting flies on the journey. Kind of eerie here with all of the abandoned buildings around. Spooked three deer.Nice find! SL Took an award pin. Left a travel bug and an art card from my studio. TFTC!
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July 1, 2007 by CLAMM (2025 found)
The CLAMM clan was caching in the boat again today. Enjoyed the short hike to the cache, but had no time to explore the island. I'll be back for that! Swapped 3 travelers for 3 others. Out:Camp on 2005, Ruefuss's Travel Bug,
Superfiz's MN Vikings Bug
In: Lawman's Star , Chompers the Frog, & TheGilby3 Puerto Rico Bound
Thanks for the fun cache!
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July 1, 2007 by FreiGuy (1395 found)
Out boating on Lake Minnetonka today on a beautiful day. Told my wife and 2 daughters that my mission in life for today was to get both of the caches on Big Island. We pulled the boat up about 100 feet from this cache and walked right to it. Decided to trade travel bugs. I rescued the 4 that have been there for over a month, and dropped off the three that I had in my inventory.
Very cool island, My oldest daughter and I did a lot of exploring on the island. The best part was when she opened a drawer in one of the abandoned houses and a mouse moved. I do believe she moved faster than the mouse ever could have. We loved looking at some of the old papers on the floors that were from the late 1940s. Food sure was cheap back then according to the supermarket ads.
Thanks for a fantastic cache!
FreiGuy and daughter Ashley
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April 30, 2007 by Kurt Franke (2496 found)
Found it, 3 of 8 today. STF and a big adventure for me.I was planning doing some caching in the Cities today. I had to be in town for a State Bicycle meeting this afternoon. The plan was to find 17 caches today, ending with the "Lair of the 3 Headed Woman" for number 700. I was working last night so I had everything I needed, ready to go, ASAP. I was up early with the first flight, waiting for my relief when I checked the website for any new cache listings. What is this, "Roller Coaster Big Island"? Interesting! I did some quick research on Lake Minnetonka the Big Island. If I go home and grab my canoe, paddle and PFD. I can do this. Got abit of a late start from home. Stopped along the way to grab a First To Find in Coon Rapids. Still, who would be going out after an island cache on a Monday morning? I didn't use a PWA to launch my canoe. Figured I didn't need much room, was mostly concerned about getting close. Drove to a point of land in Deephaven. Luckily, I found a small neighborhood park, the aptly named "Sandy Beach". I hit the water around 12:30 with a stiff wind at my back. My canoe sailed across the water. I had some concerns about paddling back but First To Find fever was in it's early stages. Landed on Big Island, very close to the "Big Island" cache so I found and logged it. Now on to bag the FTF I so richly deserved. Found the cache quickly, couldn't open it fast enough. It was filled with some nice geocoins and a couple of TBs. I opened the log book to sign that pristine first page, only to find "rickrich"? I looked at it again, "4/30/07 - 12:30 rickrich". Ha hah ha! Good job, fantastic! I dropped a couple TBs, grabbed a geocoin and discovered a couple others. I chased up 3 wild turkeys on my way back to my canoe. Once back I sat and watched the wind wipe the water for awhile. Luckily it was directly in my face. Finally I headed out, crawling back to Sandy Beach and safety. What a great adventure I had this morning. I scored a First To Find that I didn't deserve and missed one that I might have had. I remember thinking as I was heading toward Minnetonka, "I wonder if someone with an outboard will beat me to the cache? I think there are a few motor boats on Minnetonka." Thanks for the cache and for letting me record my longest log yet. TFTC, Kurt
[This entry was edited by Kurt Franke on Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 6:10:25 AM.]
[This entry was edited by Kurt Franke on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 8:58:19 PM.]
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April 30, 2007 by rickrich (5140 found)
FTF at 12:40PM. Great cache, nice boat ride! I put in the boat at 12:10PM, and scored the find. Somebody left a bikini top in one of the houses.
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April 29, 2007 by Moe the Sleaze (6561 found)
Bug/coin drop.
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 April 29, 2007 by Surfer Joe (1 found)
Published
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