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Minnesota, North Dakota geocaching groups unlocking the outdoors, one cache at a time

On Saturday, the Minnesota Geocaching Association hosted its annual spring picnic in Owatonna, while the North Dakota Geocachers Association held a trash clean-up at Turtle River State Park.
Building bird houses or bat boxes is common at these gatherings, where participants emphasize leaving no trace by picking up garbage while exploring for hidden caches.
Geocachers Michelle Rosenau and Ben Rosenau, known as 'Purple Turtles 3,' are among the 544 members of the Minnesota Geocaching Association and enjoy recognizing fellow enthusiasts by their online cache names.
Thorvilson, a geocacher from Gilby, has logged 18 years of experience and about 5,500 finds, frequently meeting friends at major events like the annual GeoWoodstock gathering.
Visitors from countries including Australia, Germany, and Norway travel to search for unique caches, with Thorvilson noting, "we've got most of them represented" regarding U.S. states.

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Minnesota, North Dakota geocaching groups unlocking the outdoors, one cache at a time

There’s a certain kind of person who sees a pile of rocks or a crooked signpost and thinks: “Someone hid something there.” Enter Michelle Rosenau, of Hallock, Minnesota, a geocacher and member of the Minnesota Geocaching Association. Over the years, geocaching has helped this purple turtle come out of her shell. When she first started, Rosenau — who with her husband, Ben, goes by the cache handle of Purple Turtles 3 — didn’t know what to think o…

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