Friday can't come soon enough!

Monday, September 21, 2009

Well, our plans have changed back to our original plan for this weekend.  We will be heading up to the U.P. for a four day all cache weekend.  This decision was made by the hotel, as they would not let us cancel our rooms.  We were not too happy about that, but we were not too upset either(wink).  So, if we are going to pay for the rooms regardless, we might as well head up there.  We are getting very exited for this, and cannot wait to get up there.  We will be hitting our 200th cache milestone while up there, so we are trying to find the perfect cache for that find.  If you have cached in the Iron Mountain area, let us know if you have a cache you would recommend.

Glad to see new cachers joining the game!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

While there are always places to go to find caches, it is nice to see some new cachers in the central Wisconsin area joining in and not only finding those caches that have been waiting for more visitors but placing some real quality caches! It has been some time that my closest to home caches to find were 20-25 miles away, now several have popped up less than 10 miles away. In this area that is just a hop, skip and a jump away. So, I would like to thank Muddy Bottoms, BakRdz, Codejunkie, CamoQueen and Geolivestrong for joining in the finding and hiding game. I know there are others starting out that have some questions about the game so, please don't be shy. Ask away! Check out www.wi-geocaching.com (Wisconsin Geocaching Association) for some good advice, thought provoking questions, or just some good ol' fashioned banter.

In a slump

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

     We are definitely in a caching slump...we have not logged a find since the 5th.  Its amazing how busy you can get with work and other things.  We are hoping to mix in some caching with working in the shop this weekend.

Our saving grace is knowing that we have a four day, all caching weekend coming up in a week. 

     Not only are we patiently waiting until we can find a few, we also have a few caches that we want to place when we have the time.  We just recently placed the "Ripon Parks Tour", which it seems people have been enjoying.  Hiding to us, is just as much fun as finding.  We have a few more caches planned out for here in Ripon, so stay tuned for those. 

 

Not every day is for caching

Saturday, September 12, 2009

As I sit here looking out the window and a great Saturday morning, I wish I was able to go caching.  Today I have to work in the woodshop to get a few time sensitive projects done.  After that we are heading the Marshfield area for a birthday party.  Tomorrow it is back in the woodshop as well.
     Caching to us, is a highly addictive hobby, and at times it is hard to get other things done when you know there are caches out there just waiting to be found.  When we first started, we would be looking every minute we could.  Now that all of the local caches have been found, more planning and time is needed to get the caches that are farther from home.  Since we are headed up north tonight, I am sure we will find a few easier ones along the way.
     We are learning how to budget our time to make sure we still have time for the other things in life.  We were planning to head up the the U.P. in a few weeks to do a cache only trip, but we realized it just will not work financially.  So, we are still going to to take the time off, but just make day trips from home.  We are hoping to have a couple of 50 cache days, mixed in with some very high quality caches. Right now we are at 160 finds, and we will find our 200th cache during that vacation.  So, I am searching for a perfect cache to make #200!  Stay tuned!

Hello From Ripon WI

Friday, September 11, 2009

Hello everybody.  We are MuddyBottoms, a geocaching team from Ripon WI.  We love to both find and hide geocaches.  We wanted to start a blog for geocachers that wanted a place to share stories and socialize with fellow cachers.  This site was designed to have many contributors, not just one. If you are interested in contributing any content, just shoot us up in the chat box.  Geocaching is all about finding great caches, and enjoying the whole process, so don't be afraid to share.   We will also be adding links to geocaching news all around the area.   Each month we will post a poll that is relevant to caching, and the results will be posted at the end of the month.  Please use the chatbox for live discussions, no more e-mailing back and forth.  If you need to talk to someone, just invite them over to our blog and hop on the chat.  If you have any ideas for the blog, please feel free to pass it on, and we will add it for you.  Thanks for checking out the blog, tell your friends and fellow cachers to stop in.  Don't forget to become a follower of this blog!

Thanks again,
Team MuddyBottoms.