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@labrat_wr wrote:

question: do you just put TFTC if it is really a crappy cache? or do you post TFTCC?

That was kind of hilarious! 😆

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@jenhen1 wrote:

And I agree that if City Hall saw an overlay of where caches are placed in their city, most would be shocked and not very happy.

I’m not necessarily convinced of this for at least 3 reasons:
1) West Bend – Need I say more?
2) My local police chief is a cacher and I’ve talked with him. He’s also one of the “high positions” on the Wisconsin Police Chiefs Association (or similar as I don’t recall the exact name). He’s well aware and has been helping to educate others. I’ve also talked with my alderman who’s also a cacher and doesn’t see any concerns with the density issues.
3) Permits / Notification – The DNR requires notification and can reject a placement based on various reasons (being proactive here is a great help). Milwaukee County (??) has also started requiring permits which are another way to track what’s out there.

After talking to my friend in SC and what was mentioned about that state in the WSQ topic I don’t see how encouraging more government oversight would be helpful. Notifying departments to CYA & for safety is one thing. Encouraging laws regulating caching is another.

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It is SC. My friend got into geocaching about 6 weeks ago primarily because she saw all of my WSQ photos and liked the idea. Then she found out they weren’t legal.

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Geocaching has been a great opportunity to pick up fallen flags and clean up garbage in cemeteries. My five year old niece has also become interested in the stone artwork and she makes up stories about the lives of people who are buried in them. She’s learning about history and she loves going from veteran marker to veteran marker. In fact, she’s significantly more interested in cemeteries than geocaching at this point. It has even helped her deal with the concept of losing a pet at home.

I think when I started last year there was a very long topic on this subject and the best thing I read was that cemeteries are meant to be visited. Europe and other countries have cemeteries as “tourist” destinations for the historical aspect. We encounter so many with stones dating back to the 1800s and it is unlikely people are left to remember or visit those individuals. If a WSQ can give me some info. on the churches, people, causes of death, or community info related to that particular area it is greatly appreciated. Even with PNGs we take the time to walk through and pick up trash.

Last year a fellow college student spent days looking up information on a family who lost a large number of children within two years, looking for the cause of death and history in Whitewater.

I’ve read logs where people have had the opportunity to stop and talk with the resident pastor of a church location they were visiting and had nothing but positive experiences.

Anyone that treats them as a playground is no better than emo teens that wander around them at night. It comes down to individual intent and responsibility. I’m thankful for the WSQ experiences geocaching has given me.

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@Team Black-Cat wrote:

Our community education committee put together a nice flyer and handout specifically for LEOs. The handout is here and the flyer is here.

Thanks for getting the word out!

Oh! Thanks!

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They’ll only be available Sunday morning?

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Thankfully we didn’t encounter surcharges in Puerto Rico since its part of the national Sprint plan and we had a strong signal in San Juan (and we also had both our phones and GPS) but as far as the language barrier goes…most of the caches we ran into had Spanish and English translations in the descriptions. We did have to stop and ask a local to translate one for us. I would find a small travel dictionary if you aren’t already planning to carry one and/or Google and translate certain geocaching related words beforehand.

All of the logs placed on my European TB have been in English.

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@Mister Greenthumb wrote:

If you are a fast runner it should not be a problem, but am slow so I usually resort to tripping someone trying to get to the cache before me.

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😆 😆 😆

Thanks for the replies! I wish we were able to stay until Sunday for the breakfast!

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Tecnu in the car and alcohol wipes in our backpack. We wipe down the camera, our hands, and GPS after almost every cache since we’re so prone to rashing up from one thing or another (from poison ivy to pines).

Did anyone mention water?! With all of our outdoor sports and activities we see a lot of people become dehydrated even with short jaunts if they didn’t drink enough during the day. After a long hike this summer my husband said if he could he’d hide water coolers in stumps as caches.

Thanks for the topic. Its given me several tips. I especially like the garden trowel for winter.

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@Team Black-Cat wrote:

@CodeJunkie wrote:

@Team Black-Cat wrote:

Now, this whole idea takes them out of the realm of geocaching. An item could be anywhere, and will probably move around. They won’t necessarily be tied to a geocache or a cacher. Their current location will always be unknown, so finding one would be purely random chance.
Of course, if this takes off then Bunny Fu Fu will need to get a new tattoo…

This is already the case with the window clings and bumper stickers used on cars. The one on my car has never been logged (I’m somewhat surprised with the amount of camp grounds we visit.). The only one I have ever logged was one I saw at last year’s Cache Ba$h. (Sorry if this point was brought up already.)

An aside to something else you mentioned…I try to include a story in most of the TBs we find and pictures if requested (or if we’ve taken some interesting ones that day). I have a TB a friend placed in Europe that has been floating around for a year (without anything attached to it. She forgot!). I haven’t gotten a single picture, story of why the people are in the country or area, what is in the area, etc. I know many are logged from phones but it is still disappointing.

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We come across a lot of caches with old, soggy “__ was here” business cards. It seems like common sense to me to clean these out but the geospouse feels uncomfortable removing things from a cache. I was considering starting to clean up the caches we come across. Thoughts please? What would be appropriate to clear out and what would not be?

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@Muggle B wrote:

I check out Harbor Freight from time to time.

the other day I got some compasses for 75 cents each!!

Thats a fantastic idea! I know when we got started and were getting used to our equipment it was helpful to have a compass in the hands of whoever wasn’t holding the GPS.

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@labrat_wr wrote:

Wis Kid or Bec

Thanks!!!

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@David Cantrell wrote:

I don’t see a problem with contacting them via email.

Thanks for the reply! Now I just need to figure out who it is!

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I had a friend do the Warrior Dash last year and she loved it. I have another friend doing something similar in Chicago this fall.

Nice on the time/placing uws22!

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