Gas Prices

[The Pirate Monkies]

The kids don’t really NEED to eat, do they???

[Barry Butrymowicz]

We will be staying closer to home or attending events where we can make a weekend in the area. good thing we have the camper, and dont mind stayin in a Walmart parking lot.

[cheezehead]

Blame it on the speculators. Once it hits $5 a gallon, it will drop and everyone will be more than happy to pay $3-$4 a gallon.

[labrat_wr]

@BigJim60 wrote:

Somebody publish a new cache in Central Wisconsin and I’ll see if I can control the urge to chase after it or not 😆

seriously, it’s been dry around here since GLS stopped placing caches out.
I am thinking about starting a new account and starting with the local caches again… many of them I have not been to in a long long time.

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.

[Astro_D]

Nope, don’t intend to slow down the caching cause gas is going higher (where is the outrage like we saw last time it hit nearly $4/gal anyways?). Just like I don’t intent to stop eating cause food prices are going higher.

[-cheeto-]

I’ve long since stopped geocaching just for the sake of geocaching. I now geocache when I attend and help out at events and when the family is traveling or camping. Because of that, gas prices will not impact my hobby at all.

[Todd300]

Unlike some of you, I do not have the luxury of living in a cache dense area.

According to my GSAK database, nearest unfound caches for me would be 50+ miles (Green Bay) if I want to do urban caching and about 25-30 miles if I want to go to the woods.

I have my own benchmark to consider when filling gas in my car. When gas was $3.19, a typical fill up in my Buick Century was about $35-38 dollars. Now it is $45-48 dollars. If I do not go anywhere, a full tank lasts me two weeks as my work commute is only 3 miles one way and I drive elsewhere only if I have to.

I make sure now that my tires are properly inflated and that my bowling balls are out of my trunk when I’m not bowling as the weight can lessen the gas mileage.

I’m thinking I’m still going going on my trip next month but may shift my focus to power trails where I can park my car once and then walk or bike to get the caches.

Originally I was leaning towards going to West Bend for a 3 day numbers run but starting and stopping my car for almost every cache I get will take a toll on the gas itself so that trip is out.

Instead, I’m looking into areas that has bike trails and hiking trails with Mackinac Island on the top of my list. I wanted to go to the Mackinac event this month but I’m working that weekend. So I’ll be doing that trip in Mid-May instead.

Looking forward to seeing more comments on this subject.

[TeamCabana]

With gas prices going up I’m starting to look for locations with lots of caches concentrated in a small area.

[CodeJunkie]

I’m not a West Bend regular but have picked up a number here doing the start / stop scenario. I know from that scenario that a bicycle could have been used just as easily as the car. It’s more urban than trail, but you could still do the same theory by parking once and then biking your way around a certain area of town.

[Scrappy Scout]

I have been looking for a new bike recently and with the gas prices on the rise bike prices are too. so if anyone in need of a bike and or wanting to upgrade better do it soon because the prices are going to go waaaaaaaaaay. I talked to one bike shop owner and he already said a bike today for 300 will be 700 in about 2 months because of the price of gas more people are going to be riding than driving same thing with scooters.

[Northwoods Tom]

I purchased my Chevy S-10 new in 1997. I bought the small size truck because I wanted better gas mileage than the full size truck could offer and because I needed to haul building materials and my gear.

So why can’t they make a small size truck that gets even better gas mileage now with all the other vehicles coming out that can get good mileage. Instead, the full size trucks get bigger and more powerful. I don’t need to haul culverts like you see on the commercial. (Yet I have hauled 10 railroad ties at a time with my small truck.)

Where I geocache, a Prius or the likes would get stuck. Maybe I can find someone to chop the back, jack it up, and improve my mileage…

Or cache more in the city.

[Scrappy Scout]

@Northwoods Tom wrote:

I purchased my Chevy S-10 new in 1997. I bought the small size truck because I wanted better gas mileage than the full size truck could offer and because I needed to haul building materials and my gear.

So why can’t they make a small size truck that gets even better gas mileage now with all the other vehicles coming out that can get good mileage. Instead, the full size trucks get bigger and more powerful. I don’t need to haul culverts like you see on the commercial. (Yet I have hauled 10 railroad ties at a time with my small truck.)

Where I geocache, a Prius or the likes would get stuck. Maybe I can find someone to chop the back, jack it up, and improve my mileage…

Or cache more in the city.

I would go with cutting the back and jacking it up lol why waste the time of caching in the city lol

[The Crippler]

With the increase in gas, and being married to one of those evil public servants, we certainly are cutting back on many of our activities that would have consumed some of our discretionary income. These factors were the primary reason we are not attending the campout.

[gkrone]

@Todd300 wrote:

If I do not go anywhere, a full tank lasts me two weeks as my work commute is only 3 miles one way and I drive elsewhere only if I have to.

Just think, with only a 3 mile commute you can think about biking to work for that one month when the weather is nice. That could save you about $10 by that time. 😀

[Todd300]

Urban caching with a bike is not an option for me. I use my Nuvi to get me to places when using my car. Car charger is always plugged into it. A Nuvi typically lasts about 3 to 4 hours on a full charge when not plugged.

So unless there is a charger that generates power from the bike itself similar to some bike lights, I doubt i’ll use the bike for urban caching. I’ll use it on trails though as i dont have to deal with city streets.

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