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Trekkin’ has “retired” from the FTF game, so that is no longer a “thing” around here, but even before that, he could sometimes let some things sit in anticipation of a bigger outing. We’ve kind of been in caching hibernation for various reasons, though the souvenir thing has had us out lately.
My question becomes….so you see a cache that interests you, but rather than running off to get it, you bide your time to make it an even better experience. Here are three examples, all new virtuals. There is one in Stillwater MN at the historic courthouse. I was going to get it when I was in the cities while my parents were both hospitalized, but as I read the courthouse website, I realized Trekkin’ would really be interested in doing the tour there and spending some time. So…it sits until we can do that.
Another virtual appeared at “The Rock in the House,” which we drive by often. Right now, the house isn’t open to visits, so we’re holding off until it is. Now I see a new one at Newport State Park celebrating its Dark Sky status. Well, I’ve wanted to camp up there anyway, so we’ll wait until such a time that we can do that and appreciate the reason for the virtual there.
Are there examples from your own caching life like this?
I am not the best example of this because I have seldom had a FTF. With so many other activities and priorities, caching falls down the list. When I do get to cache, what I find is more about the practicalities of where I am going, who I am going with, how much time I have, and perhaps considering the caches themselves as puzzles to solve, tools needed, or D/T factors. So the answer is yes, I can do it, because it is basically my caching style!
Ha ha, that’s kind of the case with us these days as well. Between aging parents, a dog who isn’t too much longer for our world and the stuff with grandkids, we’re lucky to travel a couple hours anywhere, and even luckier to be able for both of us to go overnight anywhere. Except for this past week, pretty much any finds on our profile this year were made when Trekkin’ met zuma and crew somewhere to be sociable.
Ditto. My area is pretty well cached out…so to speak. I’m not going to go running off an hour or two in any direction to search for a FTF. Although I was pretty lucky on our February stay on Padre Island, TX…two of them popped up a short distance from our condo. Even at that, I didn’t immediately rush out to get them…apparently nobody else in the area felt the urge either…they were still there a day later.
I’m glad the Planetary Pursuit is getting me out of the house too and back into caching mode a little. Winter definitely puts a damper on that. Of coarse, it also means I need to get out and do cache maintenance…dang!Oconto...the birthplace of western civilization:)
I could have been the FTF for the cache placed right by the latest Milwaukee event, as it was just up the road, and no one had found it when it popped up on my map. Thing is,then that would have meant that the cache wouldn’t be there to find when I really needed a nearby cache, so I let someone else find it first. The GZ is only 3 miles away, so my goal is to perhaps find it in the summer by walking to the GZ. It’s much more important to me in either of those cases than it would have been as an FTF.
Being a cacher who’s creeping up on 600 finds – I’m at 585 as of today – I can get the FTF gratification of being the first to sign on a brand new log by replacing log sheets that need them for the ones y’all found years ago. 🙂
I tend to save WSQ hides and their ilk to times I’m with my wife because she likes them and detests anything that involves any sort of hike across uneven ground, which I enjoy.
I have been finding myself saving the hard ones to times I cache by myself (most times) and easier terrain ones when I’m with her and she says we have time to stop for a cache.
When we were preparing to move to Oregon three years ago, I was obsessed with a D4.5 T3.5 that was lonelier than anything on our list, but “not too far” from where we would be living. By the time we had moved, got settled in, and I had time to make the drive there – some local cachers had found it right before I was there. Well, it allowed me to write them a note about all of the above and we became fast friends. It also inspired someone else from the “general area” to look for the cache, because if a Volt could get there…They became friends too.
The best sig is no sig.
Kim and I tend to get one FTF per month and then stop chasing FTFs for the remainder of the month. One and done. Usually. We’ve had a monthly streak going for a long time. Any others that pop us we save until we plan a route in that area. Similarly, if we learn of a cache already found by others that interests us, rather than going to it immediately, we’ll most likely plan a route for later. Our routes usually but not always mean finding a bunch of caches; it may just be a long hike along the Ice Age Trail or some other place, finding just that one cache. When planning a route, we often will cache with others, and if so we consider what goals each person in the party is working on: specific challenge caches, completing segments of the IAT, D/T grid fillers, classic oldies, etc. Working on goals, or working together with others certainly enhances the adventure for us.
I generally do most of my caching on the weekends, so like the Hack’s, I plan a route. Yesterday, I decided to find some puzzle caches that I had worked on over the last two years or so, but had not found. It was fun finally getting some of them off “my list.”
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