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Bovine Bliss!! The cows have come home!!
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🙁 Checked the mail and no bubble wrap envelope. But we have patience and have decided to wait… until the cows come home. MOO!
That’s very helpful! THANKS!!
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I agree with what s/s has stated. I check the list about twice a month now, and if I will be near one, I check it out. A few of the oldest ones currently on the list are probably geotrash and getting extra points in the LCG would help a few “adventurers” clean up the site.
Perhaps a Cache Rescue that is pending more than 6 monthes could be a “wild card”, and be used in any of the next 2 monthes following the mission. The Rescuer would get to use it that month or defer to the next month for the points, up to 2 monthes ahead. So a Rescue done in October could be used in October, November, or December. (I don’t know about you, but that term “wild card” always gets my heart pumping!). So you could essentially “bank” Cache Rescues to be used at the end of a month.
Interesting twist? Or too confusing? ❓
It doesn’t matter whether you WIN or LOSE, it’s HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME. I’m still learning and enjoying. The Lonely Caches are the most scenic.
That is reward enough. 🙂
There are several on the Wild Goose Trail, which runs from Fond du Lac south to Clyman in Dodge County. It is 34 miles long and is a rails-to-trails for ATV and snowmobile use. It skirts the west side of the Horicon Marsh. There are about 12 caches that I can think of.
Your right, marc! A new 2 in the view! Looks like Oshkosh was the area of choice for Team Honeybunnies to find the “passing lane”. Sorry about the few snowy DNF’s, but it will be worse tomorrow.
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12/08/2008 at 1:39 am in reply to: Rsplash40 Off the drag strip, now drives slow, turns Left!!! #1898768Isn’t 1K nice? Congrats! 😀
Dear Santa,
All I want for Christmas is a rearview mirror, so I can see seldom/seen sneaking up behind me (please make sure the mirror has night vision capabilities).
Your favorite cacher,
Jim
P.S. I have been nice half the time. The rest of the time, I was having fun! 😉
But there is always tomorrow… right? 8)
Don’t feel bad! I was warned by several others! 😆
Congrats to s/s on a flurry of runs. We did end up following each other for a bit. I think we both knew the snow would be flying soon and there were a few I wouldn’t want to tackle in snowcover. And thanks to jjcool719 on teaming up one day.
The June flooding caused a few more replacements than usual, as those Lonely Caches hit the list this time around.
It was alot of fun and some very challenging caches are no longer lonely!
This is a unique variation on the sport and I hope others give it a try, competitive or not.
See you in Appleton on January 17th!
Congrats Once-in-a-while/ Ogled!
If I’m playing poker, and one of my opponents keeps an Ace up his sleeve every hand, under the guise of keeping the game “interesting”, I move to a different table or play a different game!
We are looking for ways to get more cachers to participate. By playing the game according to rules that are NOT established, or by interpretting rules to fit the situation, only discourages other cachers from playing.
Keeping the integrity of the game is what will encourage others to participate!
P.S. I’m glad this discussion is occurring now and not in a bowling alley!
I was hesitant to respond to this forum, since I have followed the LCG for several monthes without getting involved. After reading the thread on “Goals”, my goal for November was seeking Lonelies. It was something new and required more preplanning and time management.
The reward was seeing some very scenic areas of Wisconsin… one of the main goals of geocaching!
I was warned about a few of the “antics” of the Lonely Players and was prepared ahead of time what to watch for. The actions of a few stayed true to form.
After this 1 month of participating, I have 2 questions:
1) What is to prevent me from visiting a cache on the 19th of the month, logging it on geocaching.com website as visiting it on the 24th, and submitting my LCG report on the 31st? Who is PHYSICALLY verifying the hard copy of the cache log?
2) What is to prevent me from driving to a 5 star terrain cache, previewing the terrain, deciding NOT to go any farther, and getting 6 points by logging it as a DNF?
I realize that the LCG is a bit like golf… we call our own penalties and score our own cards. There is a limit to what the reviewer can verify, other than the report that has been submitted. I definitely appreciate the hard work and time it takes to verify the submissions, but nickel and diming a lonely cache, just to “win”, will discourage more participants, not promote them.
These are only my opinions from geochatter and 1 month of the LCG. As a result of playing the game, I have really enjoyed the new cache sites that the game has brought me to!
It looks like the southern border of “The Land of Standing Stones” got moved north! I would launch a raid on the southern border to take back this pristine WSQ area, but who do I render this assault on? 😡
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