08/11/2026
🗺️❤️ WOW, WOW, WOW… WHAT A WEEKEND! ❤️🗺️
The 18th Annual West Bend $1,000 Cache Ba$h is officially in the books, and we are still trying to wrap our heads around what an incredible weekend it was!
This year's “All Things Wisconsin” Cache Ba$h brought geocachers from near and far to West Bend for a weekend packed with adventure, laughter, competition and plenty of Wisconsin fun! From finding 50 brand-new caches to taking on the first-ever Poker Run, exploring Adventure Labs, participating in the downtown CITO cleanup, playing GeoBingo, meeting Signal the Frog, checking out our amazing geocaching vendors, enjoying the pancake breakfast with the Wisconsin Geocaching Association, competing for awesome prizes and cash, and - most importantly - spending time with an incredible community of fellow geocachers… there was A LOT going on! 🥳
And we absolutely loved seeing so many familiar faces, meeting new geocachers and watching people from all over come together to enjoy West Bend. That is what Cache Ba$h is all about. ❤️
A HUGE thank you to our incredible Cache Ba$h Committee and cache hiders who put countless hours, creativity and resources into creating this year's caches and activities. What you do behind the scenes is truly amazing, and we couldn't put on this event without you!
To our volunteers - THANK YOU! From check-in and registration to the Poker Run, vendors, activities, setup, cleanup and everything in between, you jumped in wherever you were needed and kept everything moving. We appreciate every single one of you!
♠️♥️♣️♦️ And a special thank you to the 10 local businesses who opened their doors and became Poker Run stops! You helped make our very first Cache Ba$h Poker Run possible, welcomed geocachers throughout the weekend and added a whole new way for participants to explore West Bend. We are so grateful for your partnership and enthusiasm!
Beat Goes on Records & More
Billy Sims BBQ
Habitat for Humanity ReStore - West Bend
Pizza Ranch
The Racinghaus
Sped's Collectibles & West Bend Laser Engraving
Stingers Golf and Recreation
St Vincent de Paul of Washington County, WI
Taco John's
Wapi Bricks
Thank you to the City of West Bend and West Bend Parks, Recreation & Forestry for welcoming us back to Regner Park and for all of the support that goes into making this event possible.
And to all of our vendors, partners and everyone who donated prizes, supplies, time and resources - thank you for helping make Cache Ba$h such a special event year after year.
And finally… THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME! 🥹❤️
Whether you traveled five miles or five hundred, found 50 caches or just a few, joined us for one activity or spent the entire weekend with us - you are what makes Cache Ba$h what it is.
We hope you had as much fun as we did!
And while we're talking about an amazing weekend in West Bend, we also want to give a quick shoutout to everyone who stuck around for Regner Roundup on Friday night. It was pretty awesome seeing so many geocachers out there dancing, eating, riding the mechanical bull and enjoying the night with the community! 🤠
📸 We've got plenty of photos from the weekend to share. Thank you to Jerry at ALT Imagery for the great photos!
👉 https://altimagery.shootproof.com/cache
Thank you for making the 18th Annual West Bend $1,000 Cache Ba$h one to remember.
Until next time… HAPPY CACHING! 🗺️❤
