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firstbass · Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:40 am Post subject:

There is an article about the Geocaching Safari on the front page of an insert called Minnesota Explorer in today's Star Tribune.

Pear Head · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:02 pm Post subject:

I'd like anyone who has actually seen the cache placement for the park you're helping on the Safari program contact me please:

http://mngca.org/user/183/contact

I'll be working with the DNR this year to 'dress up' the cache pages and, as such, will be drawing from the MnGCA users' experiences to help me do so.

I'm starting by working on the cache pages for those that have actually seen the cache placement. I'd like some details to put on the cache page - details like what you would put on your own cache page if it were yours. Things like appropriate parking, trail access, information about the park, photos, etc, etc, etc.

Hopefully before the program launches I'll set up a system to have those of you that find the caches provide me more of that information, especially for the parks that I don't have any data on (which I'm guessing will be most of them).

Please keep this in mind as you hunt for the caches if you would, especially early on in the program. We have the opportunity here to make the cache pages more than just the 'cookie cutter' pages that they were last year (which is basically what they are right now).

Thanks!
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Pear Head · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:45 pm Post subject:

andrewmcc · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Posts: 985

minnesotafox · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: new park cache list

Will anyone be doing a public bookmark list of the state caches in the morning? Very Happy

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minnesotafox · Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 11:03 am Post subject: bookmark list

I actually did a public list, I hope that it's right, I've only done this once before. Let me know if it needs anything. Only 70 caches were shown on my search, I know that Garden Island isn't available yet. What is the 72nd park?
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Pear Head · Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject:

You should be able to go to the DNR's profile and look at all of the caches hidden (if you didn't already)
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m&tcacheseekers · Geocacher Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 101

nice compilation you other cachers to use.
It looks like the other park you are missing besides Garden Island is
Moose lake.

minnesotafox · Posted: Sat May 02, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:

My search didn't show Moose Lake because Wildlife is misspelled in the cache listing. I have added it to my bookmark, thanks.
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Kurt Franke · Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 12:00 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the Bookmark. I've made use of it already.

BTW, I thought Charles H. Lindbergh State Park was missing from the list. Maybe I missed it?

KF
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Ramsey63 · Geocacher Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 49

I enjoyed visiting 3 State Parks yesterday - was able to be FTF on all three. I did have some interesting things happen at each park. First at Ft. Ridgey, I went back to talk to the Ranger about one of the stages. He came out with me and agreed with my concern and he moved the it to a new location (same coords). Then after I found the final, we both agreed that that was a not a good hide. So the final was moved. As a result do not use the hint for the final location as it will now misslead you. (same coords but actually about 20 fet SE GZ). My next park was Flandrau. All the coords were dead on. I did have a disagreement with one of the answers to a question in one of the stages. I checked it out with sources on the Internet and found out that 2 of the 3 answers could be correct. The Ranger said he would check it out. The last park was Minneopa. This was the most problem as the coords given for the final was 0.51 miles off. The west coord was correct but the north coord was in error. I went back to the Rangers office and he gave me the UTM coords which were dead on. He said he would fix the problem today (Sunday)

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NeoAddict · Geocacher Joined: 29 Feb 2008 Posts: 189

It seems to me like a lot of the coordinates were off this year. Did the park staff have geocacher help this year or were they fending for themselves?

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