There will be an intro to Geocaching at the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Public Library on October 8, 2011. The three hour introduction to the game will be put on by locals Kyle Schmitz and Vanessa Theel.  Geocaching could keep the local kids busy as there are more than three hundred geocaches within 10 miles of the main library location at 32 Sheboygan St. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin

Source: fdlreport.com

While it has gained steam and is becoming more of a household name, geocaching still has some hurdles to overcome. One of those hurdles is the fact that those not playing don’t always know a game is being played. It is understandable that with a game that often requires stealth so the cache is not discovered by those not playing, that those that don’t use a sufficient amount of stealth are going to be pretty dang suspicious.

This happened to myself recently when attempting to locate a cache at a new park. The park sat literally in the backyards of some houses in a new development. While searching we were being watched by a lady in her back yard. She came over to ask what we were looking for as she had seen a couple of other groups there earlier. Guessing this would happen more, we fessed up and she understood.When leaving though she asked us to notify the police that it was there as there had been some burglaries recently and the neighbors have wondered what people were searching for in the park. We let the cache owner know and it was moved.

Last week this led to the police being called in  Baxter, Minnesota. Read the rest of this entry

Hey there! Welcome to the blog for Midwest geocaching! A look at the high-tech treasure hunting game from the midwest, including Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Nebraska. We will have a look at geocaching in the news as well as talk about some of the best caches in the midwest.