August 10, 2024 · West Bend, Wisconsin
For a family day north of the cheddar curtain, we found caches named for LEGO, Paw Patrol, and a hot dog. I’m not sure I could have planned a better set of names if I’d hidden the caches myself.
bapierson, Cache, and I had made the trip to West Bend the year before. This time LEGOexplorer came too. We headed to the West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h 2024 (GCADMQT), where Regner Park was the check-in point. A little sunshine and a light breeze made it a good day to head out on the trails after we’d had a chance to see some familiar faces.
A passport without a border crossing
The organizers built the sixteenth Ba$h around a trip around the world, complete with a passport theme. Sixty-six new caches went out for the event. There was plenty to look for, even if we were only there for the day.
One of our finds was 2414 LEGO (Denmark) (GCAK217). There are a lot of things a cache owner could pick to represent Denmark, and they picked the one most likely to catch the attention of our family. We also logged 2427 Paw Patrol (GCAKNVA). LEGOexplorer’s log named the four of us. Cache’s contribution to the record was shorter and ended with a woof.
At 2448 Coney Island Dog (GCAPGJE), I was happy to find a Wisconsin cache that could get me thinking about hot dogs. We made some quick finds and had time to wander, including a stop at The Log Jam (GC1CHM3). My notes from the day mention Cache’s enthusiasm about leading the way. If he had a passport to stamp, I imagine it would have been muddy.
One day was enough to get us back on the trail
I logged 36 finds plus the event. There was enough to keep us busy, and it still felt like a family day out. Looking back at the pictures, I wish I’d taken more of us on the trail. It’s hard to remember to turn around with the camera when everyone’s already moving toward the next cache.
We’d come up for a day of geocaching. We got to spend most of it outside together. I’d cross the cheddar curtain for that again.
Field Notes
- Event: West Bend $1000 Cache Ba$h 2024 (GCADMQT), August 10.
- Companions: bapierson, LEGOexplorer, and Cache_the_GeoDog.
- Wisconsin outing total: 36 cache finds and one Mega-Event attendance.
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