Coincidentally, the thread at the link below was started exactly three years ago tomorrow. You can get plenty of ideas from it, but I’m sure a lot has happened to cachers since then, and there are a lot of newer cachers in these forums who weren’t around to contribute their thoughts.

Check the thread out here…

You know you are addicted to geocaching when…
while planning an out of town trip you look up what caches are available where you are going.
When you wake up in the morning you check to see if any new caches have been posted near you.

STEMmom

I know this is intended as a lighthearted thing, but I’ll just dredge up an old thread with a little different slant on all of this.

http://wi-geocaching.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=8028&highlight=addiction

There are some in the geocaching world who have personal reasons for wishing to avoid looking at what we do in terms of “addiction.” I’ll just say it… part of the reason we got active in geocaching was to momentarily escape problems with addiction issues with a family member, which was really ripping our family up. We were literally in the midst of doing serious interventions with someone, interventions that probably kept that individual alive. I can laugh at some of this stuff now, because we saw movement forward, but I also know that for those folks, it’s always a tenuous hold on things. Just something to think about….

Your “love” of the game leads to marital issues.

I’ll list two.

One that happens daily during the summer when I’m up North: You drive 24 miles round trip from the cottage to the nearest WiFi connection to check the Geocaching.com site for new caches. My sister and wife keep telling me I should put phone (out of cell range) and internet service in, but I keep telling them “Not at the cottage!.”

Just happened today after the power was out for 13 hours due to the snow storm: The first site you check online when the power returns is the Geocaching.com website.

Actual Log from an archived cache in Door County I had to find, GCM2H5, Ahnapee Trail Detour.

I’m in the area, it’s a cache I haven’t found, and we’ve had a hot, muggy, rainy summer. So why not make the experience more memorable… Trail part was a breeze. Time to turn in for the cache, water, water, more water… But it’s so close! Pick out a spot that’s somewhat dry, half way there it’s getting wetter… Heck, I’m taking off my shoes and socks. Getting closer, and my sweat has caused all my bug dope to wash away. Here come the mosquitos! Finally find the container thru my sweat filled eyes, sign the log. I hear what sounds like maybe you mowing the lawn… Seriously consider walking the trail to your house to introduce myself and save the trip back out. I turn back towards the trail in like a good cacher. Heading straight for the trail. No following the route I carefully picked in. I want to get away from these mosquitos! Big mistake! Swamp grass 5-6 feet tall giving me grass stains where no one should ever get them. Finally reach the trail! Decide to walk back on the trail in my bare feet to let the mud on them dry, to ease in cleaning my feet off before I get in my vehicle. Another mistake! Step on some type of nettle plant on the trail, YOW! I’m still digging the thorns out!

Well I “earned” the terrain rating today! But even better, another cache off the list. Don’t expect me to drop off any travel bugs here in the future! What an adventure!