Reading your cache logs

[shine_like_a_star]

I read all my logs, and I love doing so.

When I first started caching, I lived in Milwaukee, and then I went back home to Park Falls in northern Price county for the summer. There were no caches nearby. None. And there were so many neat parks that cachers were missing out on. My boyfriend and I quickly put out ten caches at some of our favorite places, like the Round Lake Logging Dam, Smith Rapids covered bridge, Stockfarm Bridge campground, and some local parks.

I love reading that cachers have enjoyed my hides, especially when they say that they wouldn’t have otherwise visited these areas. That’s the essence of caching for me.

Since we placed the caches after having been caching for only a few months, the early logs were also quite valuable in giving us tips about placements, clues and ratings.

-katy-

[djwini]

i tend to write a better log when i haven’t gone on a massive hunt for the day, and gotten the finds jumbled up in my head.
i recently received a reply to a log where i posted a NF, telling me that the cache was there and pretty much where it was. i will go back and recheck this one, thanks to the nice note from the owner.
i read all the logs on my own caches and tbs, and send notes back when called for.
djwini

[draconis dave]

Thanks LostBy7 for the compliment of using my log as an example.

I read all the logs that show up in my e-mail for my caches, but, I have to admit that I get behind on the mail sometimes.

I really like to be creative with my cache logs, but not to excess. If a cache has an interesting theme, or a great spot, I’ll be more elaborate with my cache entry, following the theme or making a wry comment.

I think that Jthorsen has to be the most consistent wry comment-er out there.

Heck, I even was on a poetry stint that inspired the next finders to follow in the same vein. Sometimes I chuckle to myself when I think of an interesting log, or about a log that I wrote.

Draconis Dave

[EnergySaver]

#1 I read every log entry I get … the whole reason I had caches is to read about the experience and/or enjoyment of others.

#2 I try to leave a log of appreciation to others when I find their caches, or helpful suggestions if there seems to be a problem with the location or cache container.

#3 When we decide what caches to seek, many times we use the logs of other to decide which ones to seek … so the logs of others sort of act like advertisements.

[Team B Squared]

I read every cache log that I get. Lately, I have noticed a lot more cut and paste TNLN, TFTC logs and they are boring to read. Lynn and I on our last big caching trip decided to make a conscious effort to take better notes and try to leave more personalized logs for each cache we visit. This does not mean we leave a great log for every cache, as stated before some caches just will not produce great logs. There is only so much that can be said about a film cannister under a light pole for example.

I kind of decided to leave more detailed logs in hopes to set a better example to some of the new cachers that are out there. If they read the logs that are better, hopefully this will convince them to take more time writing them up. I also have recently emailed some of the people that have come through our area in the U.P. that left some very good logs to tell them how much we appreciated them. I guess I just wanted to let them know that I appreciated the time put in on the log.

[marc_54140]

I do not see anything wrong with cut and paste logs. Think about it for a moment. If you go out and cache 30, 40, 50 in a day (over over several days), the odds are you are :

1. Going to hit some boring, ho-hum caches.

2. Forget which some of them are.

3. Hit one or two that are so great they drive the others from memory.

4. Run out of things to say.

I see alot of these type logs (cut and paste) and I do not mind. However, I will admit I would like something interesting to read. And they do show up.

But, this is not an English essay contest. The object is finding the cache.
So, one person will have something interesting to say, and most will not.

[TyeDyeSkyGuy]

I can’t imagine not reading the posts. I look forward to them every day.

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