Of course we enjoy watching our numbers increase, but more than
that, we enjoy the wonderful places and challenges this sport
called geocaching has taken us. We've explored caves reputed to
house large cats, scaled mounds that seem almost vertical, paddled
rivers to pursue an evil final and snowshoed across tamarack
swampland for several hours...all in search of that much ballyhooed
"smiley." These are the memorable smileys, the ones when asked,
"Where was it and how do we get to it?" we can retell our
adventures in excruciating detail, more than you probably care to
hear.
We've completed, or are nearing completion, some geocaching
challenge caches as well; the Wisconsin Delorme, Mile 51-HBZ Zuma,
and a few others that are still "works in progress" for us right
now. Well, it's time. Time for Trekkin' and Birdin' to give back to
the caching community some of what we've been given! (Insert evil
laugh here!)
To seek this cache, you will need to complete several of the
caches we've put on the top of our Most Memorable Adventure lists.
If you've already done some of these, that's okay. We'll put you on
the honor system, too; it seems that most cachers we've met don't
cheat on the Big Ones, we trust no one will cheat us, because in
the end, you'll only cheat yourself if you miss one of these.
The caches are a bit far-flung, befitting our tri-state location
along with having family "up north." They are all ones we've done
within the last year. Each and every one of them is worth the
effort you take to find them. Once you've completed all of these,
head to the Coulee Region to hunt for this mildly interesting
final, one which brings you close to where we live. Why?
Upon finding the final, we'll take your team, at least two of
you, out to eat! After all that work, you deserve a good meal, and
it will give us a chance to meet a few more geocachers.
The required caches, in no particular order, are:
GC10XXQ Eagle Source
GCGB76 ShiftMADcityXOC
GC16G30 The Root of All Evil-Finale
GC14KGG Foster Falls (do it our way, from 122)
GC5D2D Lair
GC1F6ZX A Hobbit's Trail: The Lair of Smaug
GCZ42X Montreal Mine #4
GC145QH KVR-Hi-Lo
GC13HT4 Mile #13-Zuma, The 8th Castaway
GC19697 Effigy Mounds Earthcache