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Due to a lack of time to maintain caches and a declining interest in the game, we would like to adopt out any of the following caches that people would be interested in owning. If they are part of a series the idea would be to adopt the entire series. We will probably archive anything that doesn’t get adopted.
Thanks.
WOSM – Asia-Pacificby gotta run | GC3YPWJ | Wisconsin
WOSM – Arab
by gotta run | GC3YCJY | Wisconsin
WOSM – Eurasia
by gotta run | GC3YB6M | Wisconsin
WOSM – Interamerica
by gotta run | GC3YB66 | Wisconsin
WOSM – Europe
by gotta run | GC3Y9MQ | Wisconsin
WOSM – Africa
by gotta run | GC3XVWN | Wisconsin
LOTC – One Cache to Rule Them All
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M800 | Wisconsin
LOTC – Endoras
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZY | Wisconsin
LOTC – Tharbad
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZX | Wisconsin
LOTC – Helm’s Deep
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZW | Wisconsin
LOTC – Ethir Anduin
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZV | Wisconsin
LOTC – Emyn Muil
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZT | Wisconsin
LOTC – Nenya, the Cache of Water
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZR | Wisconsin
LOTC – Isengaard
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZQ | Wisconsin
LOTC – Baranduin
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZP | Wisconsin
LOTC – Lorien
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZN | Wisconsin
LOTC – Minas Tirith
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZM | Wisconsin
LOTC – Gilrain
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZK | Wisconsin
LOTC – Vilya, the Cache of Air
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZJ | Wisconsin
LOTC – Rhovanion
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZH | Wisconsin
LOTC – Gondor
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZG | Wisconsin
LOTC – Dol Guldur
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZF | Wisconsin
LOTC – Narya, the Cache of Fire
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZE | Wisconsin
LOTC – Rohan
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZD | Wisconsin
LOTC – Moria
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZB | Wisconsin
Lord of the Caches (LOTC) – The Shire
by The Dark Lord Gottarun | GC3M7ZA | Wisconsin
Happy Anniversary | A View of Camelot
by Your Loyal Subjects | GC3GYX4 | Wisconsin
Nettle Fields
by gotta paddle | GC2BKBP | Wisconsin
The Middle of Nowhere
by gotta paddle | GC1W0TK | Wisconsin
Silver Bells
by gotta run | GC277WH | Wisconsin
Wander the Wetlands
by gotta run | GC24BRA | Wisconsin
Face The Music: Garage Bands
by gotta run | GC23EQY | Wisconsin
Face the Music: The Last Movement (Bonus)
by gotta run | GC23930 | Wisconsin
Face the Music: Frizz, I Have a Theory
by gotta run | GC2392Y | Wisconsin
Face the Music: Livin’ in Oblivion
by gotta run | GC21R4T | Wisconsin
Haunted Wisconsin: Hotel Hell
by gotta run | GC1ZVZW | Wisconsin
The Lights of the Cat Island Chain
by gotta paddle | GC1YTW8 | Wisconsin
Osprey Island: Ducks Redux
by gotta paddle | GC1W0TQ | Wisconsin
Sir Tristan’s Island
by gotta paddle | GC1W0TG | Wisconsin
The Tricachelon 200
by gotta tri | GC1TDN7 | Wisconsin
WSQ A-maze-ing History
by gotta run | GC1RBC7 | Wisconsin
The Legend of the Swamp Monster
by gotta run | GC1J4DB | Wisconsin
Face the Music: Mondegreen Moments
by gotta run | GC1JTKR | Wisconsin
Face the Music: Ain’t Got No Rhythm
by gotta run | GC1KN0X | Wisconsin
Face the Music: A Classic(al) Conundrum
by gotta run | GC1KN0D | Wisconsin
Brookfield Bushwhack
by gotta run | GC1FPX2 | Wisconsin
Bombs Away!
by gotta fly | GC1F0N9 | Wisconsin
The Case of the Galloping Gobbler
by Jigsaw Jones | GC1C5H7 | Wisconsin
Face the Music: I Wanna Rock!
by gotta run | GC17E4G | Wisconsin
Pirate Pete’s Plunder
by gotta run | GC172T8 | Wisconsin
Salmon Run 4 – The Final
by gotta run | GC16GD6 | Wisconsin
Salmon Run 3 – Pondside Find
by gotta run | GC16GD1 | Wisconsin
Salmon Run 2 – Whispering Pines
by gotta run | GC16GCY | Wisconsin
Salmon Run 1 – O’er the Water
by gotta run | GC16GCT | Wisconsin
Haller Louder!
by gotta run | GC159BR | Wisconsin
Face the Music: I Love the 80s–Do U2?
by gotta run | GC159AY | Wisconsin
Four Seasons Family-n-Fido Friendly Cache
by gotta run | GC13Q34 | Wisconsin
Navarino Trail Run
by gotta run | GC29XC5 | Wisconsin
Conservation Cache
by gotta run | GCZP45 | Wisconsin
Zachow! Gesundheit!
by gotta run | GCZDTP | Wisconsin
Be a Deere
by gotta run | GCYCCP | Wisconsin
On the Left Side of the Road...Hmm… I am no help here, but I am sure there are some cachers up there who are willing to lend a hand. The Hotel Hell cache looks especially notable; I think that should be the #1 cache to preserve. If you don’t get a WGA’er to help, maybe try e-mailing benny7210 or Doctor Doolittle to help out on that one…
It would be a shame for the Hotel Hell cache to go, although someone else could place a new one. But that place was great! I’ve done a few on this list but I’m afraid they’re all too far away for me to adopt. I hope that someone can!
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
Schedlers…Happy Hodag…todsam…interested?
So many good ones I’ve done but a lot I haven’t even looked at.
Just did Galloping Gobbler last weekend!
Too far for me from the Valley, Michael but if they get archived I will help out with those nice ammo cans and even do the rescues/geo clean up for you.
Following the signals from space.
Pulaski is a stretch for Todd to get to too. I knew they had to be a ways from my old hometown because I didn’t recognize any of the names as being close when we were living there before we moved out here. I know I would’ve have passed up the LOTR series if it would’ve been anywhere close to home.
Good luck getting them adopted!
The best sig is no sig.
I’m pondering the Face The Music series. Two I haven’t found yet but got the coords. One I think is missing.
That was a fun and challenging series. Got a shout out to Prestontucker for the LOTC.
Give me a couple days or so to work something out.I’d love to help you out, Michael, but I have just too many of my own to maintain. You’ve got some excellent caches out there and am sorry to hear that you’re giving it up. It was a lot of your caches that got me going in this game.
Oconto...the birthplace of western civilization:)
While the Face The Music series seems to be within my area, I haven’t solved them all and probably never will. As for the other caches, it seems I don’t get to those areas enough to actually maintain anything except for a couple of WOSM caches. I know you’d like to keep your series together if at all possible, so I’ll have to pass on adopting any caches. Thanks for thinking of me WA.
-The Happy Hodag!
The buck stops here. . .and gets entered into Where's George.
Where's George? Stimulating the economy one EMS'ed dollar at a time.
Sorry I can’t help you out Michael, especially after you were the one to help me with my first hide. Also sorry to see you go, but I understand life and its priorities change. Best of luck to you!
1st.Noel is looking to adopt caches in the Oconto or Marinette area if anyone is looking to shed some extra caches.
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
-Henry David Thoreau
I have over 300 that they can adopt in south-central Oregon!
The best sig is no sig.
From 2tinkers: A while ago I adopted one of Gizfinder’s caches, 3999 But Who’s Counting GCZX77. Its time for me to ask if someone else could please take it over. I’m getting to the point where I can’t get out to check on them anymore. I would be a shame to lose one of Giz’s orginals. If you can’t solve it, I’ll tell you how. Would someone please adopt this cache?
This thread seemed like as good a place as any to post an update on the generally poor state of affairs with all seldom|seen physical finals.
There was a time when I, like so many of us in the early years, could and would respond quickly to NM logs or suspected MIA caches when a few DNFs appeared. And for the most part we keep a good handle on it back then, when we had the time and energy.
Many of us old-timers got so much out more out of the game by creating a vast amount of caches. Most of mine at least, had little to do with physical location and more to do with the many other aspects of gameplay and problem-solving. I think it’s fair to say that many of us, gotta_run and myself included, got way out in front of our skis because the final field signature became less important than the thrill of the whole cache solve experience.
Of course, the simple remedy is always staring us in the face. Archive that stuff! But, for the many who’ve experienced the creation or the thrill of a tough solve and eventual find of an early puzzle cache, we understand just how much time and energy went into their creation and letting these go, particularly in one fell swoop, it gut-wrenching.
I have hit that wall several times in recent years, ready to pull the trigger and move on, but have never quite been able to hit the archive button and kill them all. Ii just feels like a tremendous waste, even though I know today’s cachers are not getting the same experience they once did.
That’s the long way of getting to the point of this thread, a couple points actually. For new cachers, I am well aware of the questionable state of many of my physical finds and increasingly broken links to achieved or missing web links. While I try to get to those, the priority of geocaching has fallen of the simmer plate and behind the stove. I appreciate your patience and willingness in many cases to help out with cache replacements!
I am going to do some spring cleaning soon. That will mean the archiving of many caches and I hope the adoption of many others. On the one hand, the geocaching experience should not be lessened because I can no longer invest the time needed. On he other hand, there’s just too much good meat on the bones of these caches that I can’t stomach throwing them all to the dogs.
So, thanks for listening and I will stop back here soon with a list of caches I hope the Fox Valley community can step in to save.
seldom|seen
Might you consider Archiving/Adopting your hides by Favorite Points? Keep your most loved caches active while doing what you can with the others. Of 300 hides in almost 16 years, we only have about 30 active…the best of the best. We have enjoyed your hides, at least, the ones we could solve! Geocaching has certainly evolved over the years; sometimes good, sometimes not. We hope it all works out for you.
Funny that this thread that I started 8 years ago still lives on and some of the caches I was hoping to adopt out have had no takers. Now I am looking to archive them but rather than leave geo-trash I have submitted rescue missions after which they will be archived.
Geocaching used to be something we did, and then one day we just didn’t.
Life moves on.
On the Left Side of the Road...
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