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“how do some of you handle days with lots of caches to log?”
I keep a small spiral notebook and I make some kind of unique note about each cache and at least I can log them in the order that we found them. I hate to have to log a cache that I don’t remember anything about.
Garmin field notes feature works too.
On the Left Side of the Road...@codejunkie wrote:
Dare I say it – Ok here it goes.
A number of cachers never read the description and have no clue why the cache is there. They just want to get the smiley.Here’s a log from a cache (not mine) that I just got
Location: Wisconsin, United States
xxxxxxx found Adventurous OshGosh ~ Goin’ Naked Again (Traditional Cache) at 8/11/2011Log Date: 8/11/2011
coordinates off but still a smiley.TFTHand the description reads
IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT THE CACHE…
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the coordinates will get you the parking location only.
From there, you are on your own. The hints are the cache is within the park boundaries within a 100 feet of the coordinates and you should NOT enter the fenced in area.@gotta run wrote:
Garmin field notes feature works too.
I love this feature of my iPod app. Gone are the days of manually keeping track of which ones I did and in what order.
@codejunkie wrote:
@codejunkie wrote:
Dare I say it – Ok here it goes.
A number of cachers never read the description and have no clue why the cache is there. They just want to get the smiley.Here’s a log from a cache (not mine) that I just got
Location: Wisconsin, United States
xxxxxxx found Adventurous OshGosh ~ Goin’ Naked Again (Traditional Cache) at 8/11/2011Log Date: 8/11/2011
coordinates off but still a smiley.TFTHand the description reads
IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT THE CACHE…
…
the coordinates will get you the parking location only.
From there, you are on your own. The hints are the cache is within the park boundaries within a 100 feet of the coordinates and you should NOT enter the fenced in area.Well, he could have been referring to the final?
…hmmm?
@sloughfoot wrote:
“how do some of you handle days with lots of caches to log?”
Digital Photography. I will be trying field notes out for the first time this weekend. I will let you know how it goes.
I print out the GSAK file of the caches and leave space to write comments. On a numbers run, the first sentence of all the logs may be the same (I like to know who I was with and whatnot), but I do try very hard to add something unique to each log. Although some caches just aren’t worth a whole of lot of words; I still appreciate the time it took the cache hider to go out and place something for me to find.
@sloughfoot wrote:
“how do some of you handle days with lots of caches to log?”
I keep a small spiral notebook and I make some kind of unique note about each cache and at least I can log them in the order that we found them. I hate to have to log a cache that I don’t remember anything about.
I make my notes on my iphone, plus it keeps them in order for me. Then it usually takes me a week to catch up on my backlog. 😳
@sloughfoot wrote:
“how do some of you handle days with lots of caches to log?”
I keep a small spiral notebook and I make some kind of unique note about each cache and at least I can log them in the order that we found them. I hate to have to log a cache that I don’t remember anything about.
I have a really good memory so uh, what was the question?
Personally I just jot down a quick note in my Garmin and then later that night when I am logging I take the time to think of at least a few sentences – most of the times I will post some pics to.
I use the field notes feature on the DeLorme PN-60. I can enter a brief note, then expand on it when I log the cache.
All opinions, comments, and useless drivel I post are mine alone and do not reflect the opinions of the WGA BOD.
Another “great log” for an area cache. It’s a T4 “Tree Climber”.
Good hide but we are getting to old to climb that far. I managed to get it down with a stick but we can’t get it back into place without a ladder. It did not have a log in it so we put a paper in it to be used as a log.I will contact the CO and have him replace it. SL TFTC
In the cachers defense they logged the following later that day.
The CO must be busy so we took a ladder and replaced the cache container in the same spot as we found it. It is now ready to be found again.
My turn to wripe and cut and paste some logs….. got to write 34 logs and still pack for the Ba$h! LMAO. Sorry whoever gets them.
Most of the logs I get may fall into the “crappy logs” category. But I do still get some good ones from time to time. Today I got one that wasn’t terribly long but it just made my day.
Just thought I’d put something positive in this thread. 🙂
Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
If you have a blackberry (first of all, sorry you have a blackberry) then CacheBerry (now called CacheSense) is a very handy application for keeping track of your finds. It’s sort of like a mini GSAK for your phone. I use it. You can type in notes on each cache then e-mail them all to yourself with links to the caches you found.
If you have an Andriod phone then C:geo is THE BEST mobile app EVER for geocaching! As long as you have an unlimited data plan.
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