I chose find caches, since it is magic for my son when he finds the “treasure” and the look on his face and his excitement are true and genuine and one of the best things you can see as a parent.

I haven’t hidden any yet so I might be able to live with just finding.

I also have trouble coming up with the poetic descriptions and intricate puzzles.

Find ’em most likely. That’s the fun part. And, yeah it kinda of the ‘what comes first’ kind of thing…the cache find or the cache hide? It is fun to do the creative thing for hiding a cache and all.

We are really not into “the numbers” thing, as we only have twenty hides to regularly maintain and look after. Just could not imagine what it would be like to have a flock of caches greater than 100 or even 200 for that matter.

Or, try over 2,000 or more? YIKES! A ‘Johnny Appleseed’ cacher type that throws them out all over the place and then does zero maintenance.

“Different strokes for different folks”
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@Sparse Grey Hackle wrote:

Find ’em most likely. That’s the fun part. And, yeah it kinda of the ‘what comes first’ kind of thing…the cache find or the cache hide? It is fun to do the creative thing for hiding a cache and all.

We are really not into “the numbers” thing, as we only have twenty hides to regularly maintain and look after. Just could not imagine what it would be like to have a flock of caches greater than 100 or even 200 for that matter.

Or, try over 2,000 or more? YIKES! A ‘Johnny Appleseed’ cacher type that throws them out all over the place and then does zero maintenance.

“Different strokes for different folks”
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“Quality not Quantity.”
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Well, I have to say it is challenging to have that many out, but if I had to choose, everyone knows what side of the fence I’d be on.

I get some enjoyment out of “getting to” caches, especially the lonely challenging ones, but I lost interest in the actual opening and logging of caches years ago. That’s why I have slowed down considerably on the finding of caches. Take the Pathways series I just did. There just wasn’t much to remember or anything particularly redeeming about the placements or cache contents of the 3 caches in the series, save jumping the creek a few times. The final puzzle however, which is lonely, I probably will remember since it has presented a decent challenge and I am actually anxious about finding it tonight! Not many caches do that for me anymore.

find them, just because of the places that it brings us to

the moments that a new cache i’ve worked on sits in the queue and thereafter are the most exciting for me…

I chose find caches, for many of the reasons already said. Haven’t hidden any, like the places I get to go, thrill of the adventure, couldn’t do a lot of maintenance on hides… but I am grateful there are those who chose hide. Otherwise, what would I get to find?