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What I have to say doesn’t really express an opinion on the subject one way or another, so much as it is to offer a personal explanation that may be more common than one might think.
I have been caching for a while now, but still consider myself new to many aspects of the sport. I don’t trade swag, I don’t carry swag. I don’t purchase coins, I don’t trade coins, I don’t leave coins. I don’t place travel bugs, move them, or take them and keep them. Why to any of this? Because the whole concept of them was never really explained to me. It isn’t in anything I have ever read. It was never in a workshop. As you can see from most topics on the forum, there is much diversity of opinion on many aspects of geocaching, so that is probably why it doesn’t have a well-known policy, written or commonly understood.
All I had been able to glean was “if you take something, leave something of equal value”, so to someone who really doesn’t get it, it would seem taking a travel bug and leaving one was a good thing. I have read many logs where people do this. Also, people seem to trade swag and often post what they took and left. The ones who aren’t trading fairly must not be posting the items taking and/or left. I don’t specifically recall a log about coins, but I thought they were considered of value. I would think if someone left a geocoin, that would be a good thing.
So, to avoid all the craziness of what was intended and what is fair, I simply try to cache respectfully, avoid muggles who might sabotage a cache, sign the log, hide as found, and TNLN. Some think I am missing out on a great part of the game, but really, life is about balance, and I’m obsessed enough with just the finding 😉
@marc_54140 wrote:
When: 10 April 2010
What: Milwaukee pizza meet and greet.
Where: Well, Milwaukee!
Probably do caches in the immediate area of the event.
Room for two more ……….
Busy day. Isn’t that when your Selzzup | Puzzles event is? Or is this a hint to solve the puzzle on the cache page?
What a nice picture! Congratulations! 🙂
Ah, retirement….. Isn’t that where you are actually busier than when you were working? 😉
Let’s hope so if it means more Sloughfoot caches and seeing you at more events. Have fun!
What a fun outing! Familiar cachers and new folks to meet, a unique mulit-cache, and a double chocolate fix…what a great way to spend a February afternoon in Wisconsin. Thanks again, MuddyBottoms!
Things are looking good for me to attend. I will plan on it, and unless something of urgent priority comes up, I’ll be there.
Welcome! Join in the conversation anytime. Lots of helpful people here. Maybe some area cachers can help with the club. And good luck with your other priorities too. Tough to balance life and caching sometimes.
Welcome to the WGA! I have enjoyed finding a few of the cat caches and look forward to more. Nice to see another Valley cacher in the forums. Continue to have fun!
@cekcacher wrote:
I’m having trouble getting to the “State” page under “Seek a Cache” – also having trouble using a “Zipcode” search. I keep getting a message that “Internet Explorer can’t open this Internet Site”. I’m not a techno-geek, so I don’t have clue if this is part of the problems/improvements with the Geocaching.com site – or if it is an incompatibility with my version of Internet Explorer. I do however see the problem with my computer at work and at home. It is limiting my ability to search for caches by anything less than the exact name of the cache.
Send Help!
I doubt if this will help, but it is worth a try, as it works for me–I too get the IE can’t open message on the zip code search, and I just retype the zip code and try again. It has always worked the second time. Sorry I can’t offer any real techno-advice.
I work for YMCA of the Fox Cities and we cross-promote with Manitowoc, Green Bay, and Oshkosh. If it is an official Y event, I can give you names of contact people who could promote it in the Fox Valley. I would personally word-of-mouth promote it to my geocaching co-workers, and I would certainly try to show up for the event if my schedule allowed it. PM or e-mail me if you have further details I can help with.
Hello! Join in as you are so inspired. We all have a common madness in varying degrees. It is nice to share this madness with others!
@furfool wrote:
Anybody having to sign back in after spending a few minutes looking at a cache page? I looked over two caches pages and had to sign in three times. Yes, I am a premium member.
Not exactly the same situation for me, but similar. I often click a new tab to open several cache pages. Or sometimes open a new window. Usually I have to sign in again on the new window, but not on a new tab. However, I have been logged out on random occasions on a new tab. If I go back to another where I am logged in and try to log my visit, I will have to relog in.
Great day for a group hike! It was nice to be able to get this cache in almost optimal conditions. I enjoyed seeing familiar faces and meeting cachers I had not met before. Thanks JimandLinda for organizing this and opening up the invite to all. 😀
Ditto the several posts that said online logs. On occasion it has been a simple statement and thanks, but usually I reference scenery, muggles, difficulty in finding it, weather, cache container, whatever the situation presents. I may not remember a cache by name, but I can by what I wrote. It may or may not be of interest to others.
Funny this topic came up when it did. Last week or so I had a similar e-mail conversation with gotta_run about the cache we just placed. I was well, confused probably best describes it. It seemed like whenever I would read a FTF log, it was always someone racing out upon receiving notification, and just beating the second and third finders. I had been out in the area that first day, and saw no one. I even had my own FTF, which is not a regular occurrence for me. Gotta_run explained some of the same factors Marc listed. It made sense. Thanks for educating those of us, well, all of us, who are still learning 🙂
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