The City of Waukesha Parks, Recreation and Forestry Dept and AuntieNae invite you and your family to join us for this long running tradition! Our first Waukesha Winter Janboree Event was held on Jan 22, 2005 making this our 15th Annual event.
A Family Friendly Meet and Greet Opportunity
Saturday, January 26, 2019
This event meets in TWO Locations, please make a note of where and when:
9:00-11:00 AM LOCATION: N 43° 00.984 W 088° 13.487 Shuetze Recreation Center 1120 Baxter Street Waukesha, WI
12:00-2:00 PM LOCATION: N 43° 00.639 W 088° 13.961 Mia’s Pizza 800 Clinton Street Waukesha WI
I must express a HUGE Thank you to the following local geocachers who wanted to see this event continue and are working behind the scenes hiding a series of new caches in Waukesha in time for this event. The caches are scheduled to publish on Friday evening after which a bookmark list will be created.
* Chevyole * The Goldie Diggers * Hack1of2 * Lacknothing * Ranger Boy * Silyngufy * Heavin * Famof5W *
If not for their efforts, this long standing winter geocaching event might not have taken place this year!
9:00 AM until 11:00 AM MORNING MEET AND GREET EVENT / Breakfast
The coordinates given above are for the Waukesha Schuetze Recreation Center located along the Fox River. This is the hub of the city's JanBoree events this morning. (please see www.janboree.org) During the time of our gathering the Pancake Breakfast will be in full swing.
As you enter the building, turn to the left, we will be set up in the gym! The Pancake breakfast (7:30-10:30 AM) will be set up in the room located to your right. (Meal purchase is not required.)
Come “Experience Carnival” while meeting other Geocachers, share your geocaching stories, trade travel bugs and share your special geocoins here! If you do not like winter geocaching, you are most welcome to come and say hello! The Schuetze Recreation Center is wheelchair accessible, weather permitting.
10:00-11:00 AM GEOCACHING 101 PRESENTATION
Waukesha Schuetze Recreation Center Gym
Geocaching, a global game of treasure hunting using longitude and latitude coordinates, is a fun filled adventure for all ages. With a GPS receiver, and internet access, you are ready to explore and search for a "geocache". This presentation will focus on the BASICS needed to get started in participating in this eco-friendly sport including suggested equipment, the website, how to search for a cache and types of caches.
If we have any experienced geocachers interested in walking with a newbie along the Fox River outside this location to find a few geocaches, it is appreciated! (I need to leave the Schuetze building following the presentation to get to our lunch location.)
12:00 noon - 2:00 PM AFTEROON MEET AND GREET EVENT / LUNCH
N 43° 00.639 W 088° 13.961 meet up with us at Mia’s Italian Restaurant
Meal purchase is not required to attend, although the garlic bread is awesome!
(Insider Tip: Parking might be challenging in the downtown area.)
The restaurant is closed to the general public during our event although if a muggle stumbles in, we do welcome them.
The courtesy of a will attend mentioning lunch with your group number is appreciated so I can give the restaurant a rough count the Thursday prior so they are staffed appropriately.
BRING YOUR CAMERA
Our event sponsors like to see photos of geocachers participating in this event .. please post ONLY event related photos to this page please!!
WEATHER CANCEL? Are we geocachers or what? Will we cancel for snow? This event will be held snow or no snow, extreme cold or sun. The first year this event was held we experienced a major snowstorm the morning of. It just adds to the fun!
This event is being planned and hosted by members of the Wisconsin Geocaching Association (not an official WGA event) The Waukesha Winter JanBoree Geocaching is being planned by: AuntieNae in conjunction with the City of Waukesha Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department.
AuntieNae
Special thank you for the approval to host this event again in 2019 .. it is a long standing one!
