The logbooks were just replaced in two of our caches that we put out in 2005. Thanks to a local cacher, maganum, for the maintenance assist. Anyhow, it was interesting to look through the pages. Not only do we see minimal logs posted online these days, but also on the paper logs in the caches, too.

Back in the early days of both of these, most finders used at least 1/2 page in the small spriral notebook, if not more. What got traded, the weather, who was along, etc. were all common comments. In about 2010 the writings started becoming less and less. The last couple of pages are primarily just caching name and date.

I suppose the proliferation of micros and nanos have influenced this reduction in the written word. Our online logs are typically pretty complete, but I’ve realized that we do the same thing today at the cache – usually just name and date. So I think I’m gonna try to do better where space permits. No novels, but there’s always something interesting to write about.

Many cachers who logged finds in the mid-2000’s have faded away. But I was surprised by how many are still around and active. That’s good, veterans are needed to teach the newcomers a thing or two!

cYa,   Grandpa Jim