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Perhaps the NM log should have a drop down check menu consisting of a list of legit maintenance issues that the person must checkmark what maintenance issue there is before they can submit the log. If they do not check a box, the NM log will not be submitted. I know, this system would be abused. But maybe it would educate cachers as to what is and is not an appropiate for a NM log.
It sure is getting cool outside .
Ours is boring: Astro short for our favorite hobby Astronomy, D for the first letter of our last name and Team as we are a family of three.
Nowadays, the logs get signed as AstroD as our son has acquired his own caching name and Team doesn’t sem to quite fit anymore.I second that it was a GREAT event! We stopped in at the geocaching area and looked for a few of the ‘temps’. We even helped out a few scouts and their parents out “in the field”. Picked up a TB from Averith to help move along as well! I thought those doing the geocaching portion did a great job with the set up, the display of various containers and log books, and overall explanations of the game! Kudos to those who stepped up and got involved you did a great job!
Solved a bunch of puzzles today.
My Bengals won! I’m so happy!!
Too many Scout activities, caching suffers.
I don’t think you could do it. If you did, I don’t think it would be that enjoyable. The trails on Rock Island especially the eastern end, are rugged and uneven. You have to contend with ferry schedules – and they don’t wait around for people – which means, there may be quite a bit of rushing to ensure you’re not spending the night! If you are into letterboxing, I think there are one or two on Rock Island in addition to the caches. (I came across one back in June this year).
On our way to the first Rock Island Getaway years ago, we grabbed the 8AM ferry to Washington and the 1:00 ferry to Rock. We pushed to get the 4 or 5 caches on Washington, grab lunch and making it in time to get our gear and ourselves in line to the ferry to Rock. We had all the next day to grab the caches on Rock (2 or 3) and it took a good part of the day – as they were located on the far end of the Island and the walks were quite long (1-2 miles) and the hides pretty damend good! That could of been the tree cover and the crappy GPSr we had at the time though. Not the large group we were with 🙂
If you give it a go, post about it. I’d be interested to see how long it takes and how many caches can be found.
09/16/2009 at 4:59 pm in reply to: Should placing a geocache inside a roundabout be banned? #1914263@zuma wrote:
Sure, I wish people always made the “right” choice too. I just hate to see the right to make a wrong choice taken away, because when you do that, someone is chipping away at our fundamental freedom.
Cachin and Livin In The Free World,
z
Not only that, but making the wrong or bad choice is sometimes life’s greatest teacher/lesson!!
We’ll see how well roundabout hides go when someone gets hit by a car and explains they’re were “geocaching”. I can’t wait to see what type of damage control gets enacted then. LOL
I will not seek out caches in a roundabout, nor encourage anyone to do so. I hope those that need a hide or smiley count that terribly don’t get hit by me while hiding or looking for it. Oh wait, I avoid driving those damned roundabouts like the plague! Or would that be swine flu nowadays??
09/16/2009 at 12:15 pm in reply to: Should placing a geocache inside a roundabout be banned? #1914259I think with the lack of common sense and judgement by many people, sometimes certain restrictions need to be put in place. Just because something can be done, doesn’t mean it should be done. I know we all subscribe to the diclaimer that we assume all risks when hunting caches, but I don’t think that subscribes to putting drivers at risk when we hunt cahes in roundabouts. I know from experience, that I’ve been caught up in the search and not paid attention to my surroundings. Drivers have enough to contend with in the act of driving, now throw in geocachers who can stop short of nothing to get a smiley….
With “sue” happy people and cacher hiders pushing the envelop with hide locations, sometimes intervention is a necessity. With roundabouts, I think this one of those times. There are plenty of other places to hide a cache. To me it says something (and it isn’t positive) about geocaching and those participating in it when roundabouts become acceptable places for a cache.
We are down to 4 on the watchlist – the two Long Tail Caches, CSI>Espionage cache, and a Benchmark Event in Kansas.
@greyhounder wrote:
As I understand, the brochure on gc.com is meant to be printed with “professional, business-type” printers, and not our standard home printers. I guess the set up is different or something? The geocacher-u one is more printer friendly for the masses I guess.
Bec
I was just curious, so I decided to try and print a copy myself. Worked like a charm and folded just as it should. Then again, hubby bought a heavy duty printer for home use. The only problem – it’s not a color printer so the brochure looks blech.
I’ve been in NYC (and GZ); been to parts of Maryland (beautiful), couldn’t care about California, Illinois, or Minnesota; we’ll be driving thorugh Atlanta in Feb… So Utah it would be. But, I’m a sucker for the mountains so it would be a great place to go.
I’m looking forward to finishing up this series. I got two or three of them a few months ago. I kept the collected codes secretly tucked away so I can do the final when I get back to the area without having to revisit those caches!
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