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@gotta run wrote:
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Wow. I know it’s different strokes for different folks, but I can’t help look at this and wonder what’s the point? And so much for needing a GPSr for the hunt on these.
Speaking for our team I can say I hope this type of outcropping never comes to this area…though I could see it happening.
Yeah, what is the point of that other than numbers padding?
If it comes to that for caching around these parts, I’ll move on to something else that’s actually worth my time and money.THANKS!!! I just used it to create our event cache page. Ha! Now hubby isn’t the only one to create HTML pages.
*shakes head*
@frmr wrote:
It has been 15+ years since I have been there. Is “Kiss the Moose” still in the dining hall?
As of last year, it still was!! Hm…that gives me ideas……
My son left me in utter awe of him yesterday. As I drove around to drop him off at school, I was the one who was nervous!! Here were nearly 700 kids congregating in their little group of friends while for the bell to ring and I was dumping my son into the fray without him really knowing anyone. (He is in a new school district this year).
Well, he got out of the car, grabbed his backpack and with a big smile on his face said good-bye to me and headed off into the fray like he’s been with these kids all his life! If he was nervous or scared, he never even gave a hint of it. For me, I was so amazed and in awe to see my 11 year old son jump right in like that.
Even if he is annoying, bratty, and lacks manners most times, the way he handled himself with this situation, makes me think that maybe, I’m doing something right raising him!
@gotta run wrote:
Do cache rescue missions to get free containers! Thus far we’ve recycled three rescued ammo cans, one 50-cal plastic ammo can, matchstick containers, and various odds and ends containers.
Other than that, the power-caching lunch of choice is 2 McChicken sandwiches, hold the mayo, and a large diet coke. $3.15. What a deal.
Oh, and leave the kids with grandma…somehow they always seem to make the trip more expensive..LOL Isn’t that the truth!!! Without them (Jacob usually brings a friend along) I don’t need to stop every two hours for “more snacks”. Even though I packed a bag full before we left!
AW…….So cute Cheeto!!! (And Peach!!)
I haven’t found any strays, just bones. Gah, if I found a kitty like Peach did, no way I would leave it. I would be hard pressed to leave any stray kitty though. Thankfully, I haven’t encountered one yet.
My hubby and I share an account. THere have been rare occassions where he has been somewhere else on business and went caching and I have been caching at home. He makes a comment in his log that he found it while on a business trip. No one has ever said anything. Simply put: if you or another account member find a cache and sign the log…it’s good. And anything beyond that, shouldn’t be anyone else’s business or concern.
I sent an email to the Bay Lakes Council to assist, but have not heard anything other than they are still in the plannig stages. Sounds like they don’t want help until it comes time to actually plant the caches. But if I hear anything, I’ll drop a post.
I just called Justin and gave him a heads up. He’ll look at the thread tonight and go from there.
@labrat_wr wrote:
@AstroD-Team wrote:
Recruit youth to Scouting and show them how fun it can be! Through “Get in the Game!” geocaching recruitment events, Scouts and non-scouts compete in a fast-paced, high-tech scavenger hunt game.
In geocaching, players use GPS devices to search for buried treasure – or “caches”. Scouts invite friends along to join their teams. In each cache, there’s information about the value of Scouting along with the clue that points them to the next site. Contents of the caches are customized locally to show off favorite landmarks or share pieces of an area’s Scouting history.
I signed up for this program to assist, but I’m thinking the Boy Scouts don’t need assistance as much as they need education!
It does sound like they missed the boat on the geocaching regulations regarding the methods for hiding.
It also looks from the text, that they are looking at this as a big Multi-cache. I, too, do not think that these caches would be approved by GC.com but again, if they are looking to place them on BSA property, they would not be accessible to the general geocaching public anyway.
The caches could, however, as they state, be customized to showcase scouting and the scouting history of the sites.
They would need to be schooled on the general game outside their recruitment caching events.
I wish this project well, but I do have reservations on how it will be received. Main point- education must occur.Well the article mentions they want to showcase favorite landmarks…does that imply scouting landmarks only or public landmarks (like parks, tourist attractions etc).
@gotta run wrote:
Holy carp!
That’s all we need is a bunch of boys looking for buried treasure in a “fast-paced” setting!
Looks like this was dreamed up by someone with no knowledge of the game.
Thus far, no other contact from the BSA other than the generic response we got a while back!
No contact here either. The more I think about this the more questions/concerns I have.
I’m just wondering what conflict this could cause (proximity to other caches, cache placement in areas where caches are off limits etc) if these caches are placed w/o going through gc.com. As I understand the premise of these caches – purely scout recruitment – I don’t think GC.com will allow them to be published as it’s nothing more than solicitation of an organization. If GC.com does allow them, yikes. I can see every group/organization etc wanting the same.
Yeah, maybe I’m getting ahead of myself, but I’m one who’d rather look ahead for possible problems to ward off, instead of dealing with the repercussions when crap hits the fan from not thinking things through.
Can’t wait to get the details on this program.
I forgot to mention you can order an official “Get in the Game” Geocaching Emblem Patch for only $1.99. The design honors and I quote “the Geocaching Recruitment Program”!
The patch is rectangular with the words “Geocaching (the ‘O’ has the Universal emblem) Get in the Game” on the bottom and the top has a picture of the world with what I’m thinking is supposed to be satellite sensor lines with the satellite at the top.
I got the Boy Scout Catalog and this is the two paragraph blurb about the Scout geocaching.
And I quote word for word as it is printed….Recruit youth to Scouting and show them how fun it can be! Through “Get in the Game!” geocaching recruitment events, Scouts and non-scouts compete in a fast-paced, high-tech scavenger hunt game.
In geocaching, players use GPS devices to search for buried treasure – or “caches”. Scouts invite friends along to join their teams. In each cache, there’s information about the value of Scouting along with the clue that points them to the next site. Contents of the caches are customized locally to show off favorite landmarks or share pieces of an area’s Scouting history.
All I can say is Yikes!!! This just seems to a disaster in the making. Geocaching is not nor should not be about buried caches, commercialism or competition.I signed up for this program to assist, but I’m thinking the Boy Scouts don’t need assistance as much as they need education!
@gotta run wrote:
@seekers8711 wrote:
IMHO, nothing hurts Geocaching more than someone having MANY, MANY caches out there, and seldom maintaining them, even after many DNF’s. Personally, we dislike spending time, gas dollars and preparation searching for a cache that may have been missing for months. We think caches should be “fixed” and back on line ASAP.
I agree–but I’d also add that most of the maintenance problems, at least in this area, come from people who hide a few and then fall off the radar, or school “projects” that get abandoned.
I can think of one notable exception in the area, but otherwise owners with large numbers of caches around here do a good job of staying on top of them, and I hope we fall into that category as well.
Now, how many is “enough?” As many as you can maintain well and reflects to some degree what you have taken from the game. Caching relies on the welfare–of both time and money–of owners to keep the game going. I know, I know–all the good spots are taken, I can’t think of any ideas, I’m busy, etc etc etc. Bottom line, if you have the time and the ability to go out every weekend and find caches, you have the time and ability to place some caches and give something back to the community.
I agree, I think many cachers around here do a good job of maintaining and keeping their caches up and running in a timely manner. I also understand cache hiders have a life outside of caching (or at least should) and sometimes cannot get to their caches right away. Yet, they still get their caches up and running quickly.
Where I see the big problems with those caches that are not maintaned or poorly done, stem from those cachers eager to put a cache out, but have not established any “staying power” in the game. I am very leary of any cacher that has only been in this game for a short time or has very few finds and starts putting out caches. I also do not like cache hiders who expect the caching community to maintain their caches.
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