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Waukesha Winter JANBOREE Geocaching style! Event Cache

This cache has been archived.

AuntieNae: Events must be archived within 30 days of conclusion .. if you have not logged, you still can do so however ..

All travel bugs that were left at the event have been moved to other caches and appropriately logged. We did not keep track of who took what bugs.

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Hidden : Saturday, January 21, 2006
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   large (large)

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Geocache Description:

The City of Waukesha Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department in-conjunction with the Waukesha Downtown Business Association welcomes you and your family to this 21st Annual Winter JanBoree event.

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

Saturday, January 21, 2006

GEOCACHING! - There will be two different “tracks” of caches hidden specifically for this event. In the downtown area, there are plans for 16ish temporary caches. You will be able to 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 . Around Waukesha, plans in the works for a series of temporary only 10-12ish caches based upon the history of the City.

MORNING CHECK IN: between 8:00-10:30 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! (please see the JanBoree website, link above for details) Trolley service between the Schuetze building and the downtown area will be available!


GEOCACHERS MEET & GREET PIZZA BASH 12:00 noon – 2:00 PM at N 43 00.695 W 88 13.885 which is T-Rex Pizza. 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 can join us here!

What is the Waukesha Winter JanBoree? Celebrating it's 21st year, the Waukesha JanBoree is a three day winter celebration January 20 to the 22, 2006 showcasing free fun family indoor and outdoor activities around the city. There will be over 30 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
AuntieNae/ Renee Vanselow and The Tapps/ Brian Tapp inconjunction 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. We do need to give T-Rex a potential lunch count on Thursday. 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 in times
  • 3) if you will be joining us for the Pizza Meet & Greet.

This event page will be updated on an as needed basis as plans come together, any changes will be noted here: Sat, Jan 14 - registration will not close, updated link to JanBoree information and updated information on caches planned. Further details should be posted as plans are firmed up this weekend. Please bring your camera, we will have a locationless cache that will require you to post a photo with your log! Thank you

Mark your calendar for these other Waukesha area events being planned, event pages will be listed as the dates get closer:

  • 1) Geocaching Basics Workshop Waukesha - Saturday, April 22 morning
  • 2) C.I.T.O Waukesha - Saturday, April 22 afternoon
  • 3) Geocaching Basics Workshop New Berlin - Thursday, May 4 evening.

* SNOW * SNOW * SNOW * SNOW *

Thursday, January 26, 2006 - we are removing the links to the temporary cache pages - this event page will remain up for 1 month, after which it will be archived. Please feel free to log each cache as an individual "attended" log - email AuntieNae if you have questions.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

FPUHRGMR Erperngvba Pragre vf ybpngrq ng 1120 Onkgre Fgerrg, Jnhxrfun. G-Erk Cvmmn vf ybpngrq ng 294 J Znva Fg, Jnhxrfun.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)