MnGCA

[KRedEP]

[tonkaMN]

[pattenclan]

I know my goals are those of spatten26's:

1) Have fun and get lost.

Some of our BEST cache finds have been while getting lost to other caches. Of course, before the OTAK event this past Fall, we really hadn't gotten lost all that much...since then...well....

2) Grab finds in 12 new states

Ambitious, yes...but with an upcoming trip to Texas in Feb. and another one to Missouri in May...we can easily apply goal #1 to this goal and achieve this. Of course, there are always those "unknown" things, and we might end at 10 or 11...but ya know...the whole "have fun" part is more important than the number part.

3) Reach 365 finds during the year

The MOST frustrating part about last year, was that we ended close to 10 down for find #400...and add about another 15 finds to THAT, and we would have had 365 finds for the year (and earning the great 1 find per day). Some averages are meant to be broken...for us, sadly, we got mocked. That WILL be corrected this year.

4) Place a few more caches

As if YOU hadn't had that thought roaming around. We have already found a home for one in a neighboring town...had to archive one in another town...and hope to have one in another state (maintained by family)...but that one may never happen. We are in the midst of thinking out a new series for the Albert Lea area...be forewarned (evil laugh).

5) Hold a few more events, and attend a few more

After the three (yes three) events we held last year went off really well, we realized we had a blast! Not only hosting, but meeting other cachers. We realized our area is "Event Deficient" somewhere along the line, and have tried our best to hold more of them. We have two planned to be held within the next month...but one of them is more of a meet and greet type event. And if there is anything better than hosting on our own turf, it is hosting on someone else's turf...we shall see if we can't manage that one again...South of here (WAY South). Attending events are even better..but that is just my lowly opinion...and I am rambling.

6) My personal goal...LOG MY FINDS!!

I have this horrible habit of making some awesome finds, jotting down which ones have been found (even tho the GPS keeps track for me), and then spatten takes all the time on the computer logging...thus I forget. Then we head BACK out...jot MORE finds down...and forget once more. My profile on GC has me at 311 finds...I am actually around 385. My challenges are up to date....LOL!!! [/b]

[KRedEP]

[navychief98]

I would like to hit 750 by the end of summer (say, October at latest)

[tonkaMN]

[Red_Devil35]

[tonkaMN]

[AerosmithPA]

[BigChiefS4]

[tonkaMN]

[BigChiefS4]

I don't visit here very often...I guess I had better visit more so I can see what y'all are saying about me!

[minnstars]

I’m late to post to this board, but I have always tried setting some caching goals at the start of each year to help stay motivated. About time I get them documented:
1> Qualify for and log Sparky’s Meta challenge by finding more than 100 challenge caches.- Done!
(This is not to be confused with “Geocaching Challenges” where my long term goal is to make sure I find “0”)
2> Find my 1,000th puzzle cache and then issue a challenge for all the other cachers in MN who soon will be doing the same. Then log KB’s 10 Centuries your way Challenge. – Done!
3> Plan at least one long weekend road trip to do some serious power caching with friends. -Trip to SD = Done!
4> Log at least 1,000 caches this year and along the way make my 10,000 find, but be in no particular hurry to get there. Done!
5>After getting to 1K for 2012 go log Good Boys 4,000 Club and KB’s challenge of 100 centuries. Just need to go get them.
6> Focus on more quality over quantity hides including more puzzles, multi’s and higher difficulty traditionals. Also try to create more caches that have a historical theme or are located at historical locations. - Need to finish my History Matters Series!
7> Complete my D/T grid and then log the Blackout Challenge and Geocaching Black Belt Challenge. –Three grid spots left. One easy one two harder ones.
8> Focus more on quality over quantity of finds, which would include caches with high favorite points, multi’s and the oldest caches in the state. I am hoping to qualify a log the: Finds by Placed Month Challenge, Multicache Madness: Alphabet Challenge and maybe the Minnesota Challenge: Dozen Oldest Active and Minnesota Challenge: Lucky Thirteen (Road trip to Lake Superior required for the last two). – Need to get going!

[pfalstad]

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