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@gotta run wrote:
You should at least do the letterbox at your work… 8)
Hm, will have to have to invesitgate that one….. Lynn never mentioned anything about it being there or where it is….so this friendly, courteous, staffer couldn’t help anyone looking for it. 😳 😥 .
We uploaded a bunch of our caches onto opencaching.com Only because if the site does get more active, we don’t want “other” caches on top or near ours. There doesn’t seem to be much consideration (ie they don’t check) to see if there are all-ready placed caches in the vicinity that are not listed on the opencaching site. They do make the comment that if there is another acche in the area, just place it a bit away to not confuse the two or something to that sort. 🙄 I’ve seen enough caches/letterboxes on top or near each other already – We just want to avoid ‘caches’ from one site “on top” of caches from another site.
I agree with CodeJunkie, it is restrictive. We uploaded a couple of multis, but there is no place I could find, to put in the additional waypoints that is only visible to me and the reviewers. So there is no checks into stages of multis interfering with other caches. I can’t imagine what horrors it must be to upload a puzzle!
We tried Terracaching many years ago. You needed to be sponsored by someone and then be “active” or you got booted out. Well it wasn’t going to work; at the time there were only 3 or 4 in the state and not near us. We got out of that fast. I have no idea how it works today.
Looked into letterboxing, but just not into creating stamps to enjoy it like it’s meant to be. If I want to sign a log, I’ll stick to GC.com.
Have not tried opencaching.us or any other caching service. I just don’t need to create more accounts.
I guess if it gets to be too big an issue with caches on top of caches, we just go back to benchmarking. There seems to be far less confusion doing that. 😆
I’m not looking forward to tick season, especially since I’m still struggling with the Lyme I got last summer.
Duck is going to camp near Waupaca for a week come June. I’m going to drown almost everything of his in Permethrin. And sending him with 100% deet. Gallons of it……Well, for those of us who can’t do a lot of hiking or biking, or climbing or jumping or any other strenous aactivity (at least without being seriously laid up the next several days), P&Gs are a god-send. At least they get us out of the house for awhile instead of sitting in front of the TV.
Heck at least with some of those P&Gs in West Bend, I doubt there will be a lot of ticks to contend with either. 🙂
I’ve had both Merrill and Vasque hiking boots. They both were gore-tex and what I liked about both of them – no need to “break” them in. They were comfortable right out of the box. (Good fitting shoes shouldn’t require ‘breaking’ in IMO). They also dried fast and didn’t stink even after wearing them all day. (Can’t say the same with other brands).
The best bet is to know what you want in a pair of hikers (water proof or water resisitant), how high do you want the boot to be (i.e. ankle support), what type of sole do you want (rugged off trail or more urban), where do you intend to use the boot the most (more urban or off trail), how heavy do you want them, what kind of material (all leather or suede or mesh or a mix)…answering these questions might get you on a good start to finding a pair of hikers you’ll be happy with.
I agree with Guidetoo – go try shoes on at night when your feet are a bit more swollen. You’ll get a better fit. Be sure to wear (or bring) the socks you’re most apt to wear with your hikers for best fit as well.
Good luck!
Hey I recognize those patches! My son just picked up one of each (and Biscayne Natl Park which is nearby) when we visited those parks two weeks ago! Very beautiful (but mosquitoe-y even in the dry season) areas and well worth the visits!
Fun and neat TB indeed.
We were power caching along the road in the Ocala National Forest in central Florida a week plus ago. We got stopped by a cop who suspected we were caching, but wanted to be sure we weren’t in trouble. We both went our own ways.
Later we ran into two different cops at a parking area as we went in search of two caches. They eyed us up, but did nothing. Later on down the road, we ran into them again at a parking area and looks were passed but nothing more came of it. We kept on caching down the road.
We stopped at a parking area further down the road and one cop pulls his vehicle right up next to us and gets out and starts walking over. Next thing we know another cop in his vehicle comes speeding up right behind our parked car, stops and the officers get out with their hands on their side arms and approach our vehicle.
They asked what we were doing as they’ve been watching us drive and stop, drive and stop…..we explained geocaching to them and showed them the cache we had just found. They were highly suspicious of us. Apparently some people like to hide things in the forest for others and it wasn’t caching he was referring too. Come to find out these officers were with the Forest Service and not regular law enforcement as the first cop we ran into.
After chatting a bit about geocaching, football, and other things, they let us on our way and told us to have fun. That was the first time our vehicle was nearly surrounded by cops with hands on their sidearms. Our son Jacob thought it was cool. 😀
Right now, I’m enjoying the roadside micros. I’ve been dealing with Lyme Disease since summer and do not have the ability to enjoy those long (or even semi-long) hikes in the woods like I used too. And I don’t know when I’ll be up to those long hikes. But I still want to get out and “play” the game.
Would I enjoy long hikes in the woods for a micro when there is room for a bigger container? Not really. But chances are it’s a nice walk, a neat location, and I’ll be spending time with friends and/or family so in the end the contanier size won’t really matter.
Thankfully, cachers come in a variety which leads to a variety of caches for all to seek and hide. Who knows, what caches you may be cursing today, may be what you are only able to look for tomorrow. A lesson I know all too well.
@Trekkin and Birdin wrote:
Beaver Creek Reserve to the east of Eau Claire has some nice trails and caches, too. It was even featured on Cornell’s E-bird site as a birding hotspot!
I second this area! We stay at the youth camp across the road for an astronomy event every year! The Trivial Pursuit series is in this area. Just down the road is Big Falls County Park (admission required) and is home to a GREAT series of caches (Like 20+) that are named after spacecraft. Also comes with a few ‘bonus’ caches if oyu collect all the codes form the other caches. Not sure if hunting is allowed in this area though.
Either way – Have fun!!
Just upgraded today. (Had to wait for the paycheck!). I absolutely LOVE it! Even if I didn’t have a discounted price, I would gladly have paid the $30.
Love the ability to update the status of caches automatically. With a puzzle database of nearly 3000 puzzles, it was a a chore to go through and manually see what was active or not. v8 updated all of them within a few minutes. Sweet!
Now to find time to play around and learn the other cool features. 😀
Got the cache page up. Hubby is still having issues getting the registration form online. In the meantime, if you need one, email me and I’ll email it to you.
GNG V Event cache: GC370PP
Just took a look at the puzzle. I love it. It helps that I could answers almost all of the questions off the top of my head.
I hope you work this one out. Obviously a lot of work went into creating it and if the final ties in to the puzzle, it’s might be worth the hassle to get it replaced.
@sevencards wrote:
does this event have a GC code yet? If so please post.
Not yet. Still working on the cache page. Hopefully by the end of this week.
One of my favorite quotes: “what becomes tolerated today, becomes accepted tomorrow”.
How long should cache owners tolerate TFTC or no logs on their caches? If no one bothers to stand up and say this isn’t acceptable, then we as COs need to accept (and stop b*tching) about the lack of logs on every cache regardless of difficulty, uniqueness or specialness of the cache.
While I’m saddened to see some great caches gone, I applaud OPS as they took a stand in not tolerating these crappy logs from lazy cachers.Darn it. I clicked 2004. It should be 2003. I feel old.
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