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The PBS special will air this fall. as soon as Andrew sends me the info, I’ll post it for everyone.
Hey, THANKS for all the suggestions! We’re looking forward to seeing some new areas. We’ll definately add your recommendations to our “must do” cache list. Thanks again!
Boy, it has been a while since we have updated our states. Please add Minnesota and Illinois. Wil be taking a trip in August that should add another two to the list as well.
We started with a Garmin Etrex and upgraded to the Garmin Legend. It has all the functions we need and we don’t even use some of them!
It sells around $150.00. Its a small, lightweight unit that has given so little problems that we purchased a second one last year.Hello,
My name is AstroD, and I along with my spouse are also cachaholics.
It started out innocently enough as somebody in our astronomy club donated a yellow E-Trex for club use. We were in charge of holding onto club property at the time and wondered what other uses it had besides marking where you were.
In the beginning it was a fun way to spend a few hours together as a family. Then we went to a WGA event. As we struggled with a tricky hide, we saw another family coming our way. As both teams began searching for the cache together, we struck up a conversation and decided to continue caching together. We had never heard of their team before, The Ecorangers or something like that. They seemed pretty normal but first impressions can be deceiving.
As our addiction began to ramp up, one GPS unit was certainly not enough and so it came to pass that we were the proud new owners of a blue E-Trex Legend.
We soon had all the caches in our area and had to travel further and further away to feed the addiction.
We also hid our first cache and that too was not enough. Soon we were looking all over town for hiding spots. Of course, the typical ammo box was not good enough and we had to come up with unique containers as well. The end product is a little series we call the N.E.W. Solar System Series.
At least it is an inexpensive hobby. Yeah right, a second blue E-Trex, new tires for the cachemobile and lord knows how many dollars spent on trading items. Now we are planning a two week summer trip to cache and sight see. On top of that, new tires are apparently not enough anymore. We are contemplating buying a new more fuel efficient cachmobile.
Where do we go for help?
AstroD-Team
Enjoy the meteor shower (Perseids) – the are expected to peak around noon on Friday – so Thursday night (8/11) and Friday night (8/12) should be a good show – the moon will have set before the best viewing time too! The Perseids usually average 80 meteors an hour. With most being a magnitude 2.5(brightness of the stars in the big dipper). Many of them produce trains (colored tail in their wake lasting several seconds).
Best way to watch the show is to find a dark location, look east/northeast after midnight and look up about 60 degrees from the horizon. Get your self a reclining chair or blanket to avoid neck strain. Enjoy!
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Originally posted by Cache_boppin_BunnyFuFu:
Got home at 0300 and drove thru a MESS in GB.
What mess in GB??? All we had was a few rumbles of thunder and some winds (~40 MPH gusts, which isn’t severe strength) and some rain. Green Bay is protected by the all mighty bubble…everything breaks to the north and/or south and bypasses us or breaks up completely before ever reaching us.
Glad we decided to stay home this weekend instead of spending it in a tent at Hartman Creek SP.
Thanks Brain for the update. There was a full page ad in the newest issue of Backpacker magazine and I posted this topic in “general”, but ya all were gone to the campout.
My favorite caches are those that take me someplace neat – scenic or historical. Its all about location! I don’t want to be stopping in some parking lot or similiar areas to grab a cache.
I also favor caches that challenge me physically – a rough climb, a chance to fall in a creek, get a bit dirty etc, but nothing that requires special gear (ie boat etc) that I don’t have access too.
As far as desciptions, they are a big help IF they are descriptive!! I get annoyed when I decript a clue that says “you don’t need a hint” or something that is so vague it doesn’t help. I also commend those cache pages that tell me what I’m hunting for hunting for – 35mm, matchstick or unique, ammo box, tupperware etc. It helps out quite a bit.
I agree with Team Honeybunnies – parking coordinates are extremely valuable especially in an area that is questionable as to whether its public land or not for out of area cachers! I wouldn’t expect parking coordinates, if parking is not an issue.
As for containers, I usually prefer ammo box or tupperware. That’s only because, my son gets the opportunity to “pick a prize” for enduring a day of caching. It also affords more opportunity to drop TBs or other items.
Either way, I play to spend some quality time as a family and explore areas that I never knew existed. If it’s a well thought out cache in a neat area I’ll come find it!!
We’re not there either. Too many projects around the house that needed attention today. Well, at least their done now.
On the bright side, now we are heading out to find some hiding spots for the event we are hosting in July. Not a total loss of a nice day.
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Well, that news deserves a big HOOTIE HOOOO! Now you can really put all that education to use looking for ammo boxes in the woods. Isn’t life great?
Yes, with this series any of the containers that has a log book in it is considered a logable find.
One of the main reasons we decided to do it this way is that we have done several caches that have had multiple waypoints. One in particular took us over a week to complete devoting several hours each day to it. The cache had close to 20 separate waypoints but you could only log it as one find when you were done. Don’t get me wrong, overall it was a very fun time but part of us felt that this effort should have been worth a little more than just one find. Several months later, the owner of the cache broke it down into several separate caches.
That is the great thing about this little obsession. You can choose to log either way and you won’t hurt our feelings. Both are acceptable so it is just a matter of personal preference.
Don from AstroD-Team
As owners of these caches, we did this purposely. Some of them are extensive, hard to find multis and we wanted those attempting them to get credit (if they choose too) for what they completed, even if they did not get to the final.
Wheher or not its “kosher” (I hate that term used out of context), we really don’t care. Log them as you see fit. Just have fun caching and enjoying the trails!
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( I’ve found that the most interesting thing is to use the audit log to see who viewed our caches.[This message has been edited by Crazy4 (edited 05-12-2005).]
What is this audit log you speak of? Is it an option with a M.O. cache? I own 14 caches and do not recall being able to see these stats anywhere.
Another thing I would like to see as a cache owner is a list of the people that are “watching” your cache.
AstroD-Team
Some of the scariest items we’ve come across are: individually wrapped pain medication – aspirin, alka-seltzer, imodium AD etc. and a condom (at least it wasn’t used)! These are items, in my opinion, that should not be left either!!
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