Thread Stealers With Too Much On Their Minds

[BeccaDay]

We managed to find some trash in the woods today and clean it up.  The grossest was the 3 big bags of kitty litter…used kitty litter…that was left out there.

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[Northwoods Tom]

“Bear Bait Trail”, no desire to write 300 decent logs without cutting and pasting.  Now maybe 300 decent pictures on a fall day would be nice.  A lot of loading of pictures, but it might be nice.  Wonder how many people who do power trails ever look at the pictures people post?  Didn’t notice any images on the few caches I checked online.

[JimandLinda]

FTP for Sunday!

[BeccaDay]

I used my cedarcide yesterday and no ticks on me today, although my daughter had two on her and I sprayed her as well.  But everyone else had a few on them.

Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien

[bartrod]

Northwoods Tom wrote:

“Bear Bait Trail”, no desire to write 300 decent logs without cutting and pasting. Now maybe 300 decent pictures on a fall day would be nice. A lot of loading of pictures, but it might be nice. Wonder how many people who do power trails ever look at the pictures people post? Didn’t notice any images on the few caches I checked online.

I wouldn’t normally do these either but it’s a social event for the four of us…there’s a lot of laughing and giggling going on. It’s too bad you can’t get off that island more often…you could join us:)

I ordered some of the cedarcide, Becca…hasn’t arrived yet. I’ll see how well my Coleman Skinsmart works today.

Oconto...the birthplace of western civilization:)

[sandlanders]

labrat_wr wrote:

who needs something to do Sunday Afternoon?

GC5PHTK

We’ll be there! Sunny and warm! (It’s not like we’re going to stay inside watching the Brewers game… 🙄 )

[sandlanders]

Northwoods Tom wrote:

Wonder how many people who do power trails ever look at the pictures people post?

We post photos almost all the time, but we don’t do power trails as power trails. There are three sets of pumpkin/Halloween hides on the scenic back roads around Mauston that we did a few at a time (we have family there, and we were over there at least twice a week while my dad was alive), and we posted lots of photos from all seasons. We wrote unique logs for each one, too. Then again, we seldom did over ten at a time, so it was tolerable for us. I don’t think the CO ever looked at our logs.

[Trekkin and Birdin]

We’ll be there, too. I heard something about cookies. And yesterday, there was very little trash to pick up. I think perhaps I was the most serious of the bunch about trying to find any, though it kept the kids’ interest at the beginning. Lots of new caches seem to be a distraction from the job, but even better, there just wasn’t a lot to be found. And that’s a good thing!

[Trekkin and Birdin]

We write real logs. A couple years ago, we were trying to fill up a couple of calendar months and did some smaller trails up in the Menomonie area. Real logs for each and a couple photos on some logs. One of the cache owners sent me an email thanking me for doing that, saying he had to satisfy himself with one generic log that was decent. I know they’re just park and grabs, but it still takes effort on the part of the CO to put them out, do the write ups and so forth and I figure I can take a little time to thank them for that. The logs usually aren’t that detailed, but sometimes we see something worth noting, like a nearby perched Bald Eagle (my one photo) and will make note of those things.

I’ve had to just “let it go” when it comes to how others choose to log anything and accept that we all have different motivations. But I know I really enjoy it when I get something of a unique log for any of our finds.

[Northwoods Tom]

When we did the “Yellow Brick Road Series” Bart, which some might consider a power-trail, I agree that it’s a riot with someone else.  I can visualize something like a Chinese fire drill.  Doing the YBR for us was more along the lines of Cindra breaking into songs from the movie and periodic skipping.

The Cedarcide intrigues me, what I have found online is pro and con.  The only problem is Cindy is allergic to cedar.

Hope you have a nice turnout at your CITO Sandlanders.  Who wouldn’t love to make it a weekend and grab the virtuals and earth caches there.

[Todd300]

I’m not a fan of power trails either, but if I need to set up a milestone, I’ll do them. In fact, I currently have 1241 finds, which means I need 59 more finds by May 16 if I want to make the WGA campout my 1300th find.

So I’ll have to do either:

1) a biking power trail like the one in Kewaunee or

2) a numbers run in a cache dense area like Appleton or West Bend. Last time I did an Appleton numbers run with only 2/2’s on my GPS, I found 41 caches in 8 hours with 10 DNF’s.

There are pros and cons to both. A power trail can rack up the numbers fast, but it is also boring with each cache the same – a nondescript film can in a tree. An urban numbers run is slower in getting the numbers, but at least each cache is different.

I’m still debating what I want to do if I want to get 59 finds before the 16h. Decisions, decisions.

[Northwoods Tom]

I like walking or mountain biking those trails.  Labzones trail in Door county I did segments of it using both methods.  I really enjoyed the periodic unique hide and the views.

[Northwoods Tom]

When I did the Mandan Road in the U.P. I took a picture at each stop.  Don’t know if the cache owner enjoyed it but I did.

[Todd300]

I absolutely won’t do motor vehicle power trails like the Bear Bait trails. Too much stopping and starting that can put a lot of wear on the vehicle. I prefer just taking my time biking or hiking the every .1 mile. With a vehicle, you get in, move 528 feet, get out, find cache, sign it, replace cache, get back in car, move car another 528 feet.

If I have to take my car to such a trail, I’ll probably park once every half mile and walk back then hit the next half mile. It will be slower, but at least I’m not stopping and starting my vehicle so much.

I know I’ll have to do this in urban caching too, but if I can plan the urban caching right, I can park in the middle of a nice populated area, walk around and grab 3-5 caches, then walk back to my car and move on to the next area of the city, I should be good. Even better if I transport my bike on my car, then I can just use my bike for urban caching.

[Todd300]

FTP? I think so

🙂

It has been a while 🙂

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