[LightningBugs Mum]

Ya know… I have 8 jeeps on my trackable list and not one of those was ever actually found by me in a cache. Here’s how I got them:

2 were given to me by cache owners when I found their cache (thanks again MB and bnb!)

3 were given to me at events

2 were part of jeep exchanges with other cachers

1 was sent to me by Groundspeak

While I am glad I was able to get my mitts on these jeeps, it would really be nice to someday actually open a cache box and find one there too.

[LightningBugs Mum]

[LightningBugs Mum]

7 by caching name
6 by caching name + first name
5 by caching name + first name + last name

[LightningBugs Mum]

Are you people naming your GPS units? 😯

Maybe it’s a guy thing? ❓

[Edit: Woot! 500th post!

[LightningBugs Mum]

@Team Honeybunnies wrote:

Ahhh… the dead horse 🙂 . Needs a few flies, because she’s been dead a loooong time. Couldn’t we leave this on the national boards where angst and hand-wringing are a sanctioned pasttime?

This bugbear rears it’s pestilential head every year and every year we all espouse our opinions and go back to our corners convincing no one but ourselves. That won’t prevent me from opining a bit once more. I will say in advance that these opinions are mine only, and if anyone respects my opinion they shouldn’t. There’s no such thing as an expert geocacher

I don’t log event finds, but that doesn’t make me some kind of white knight. It makes me someone who has chosen to play the game MY way. Period. When the cache owner specifically states that your are allowed to log multiple stages on a multi cache, I do. That does not make me a minion from the fiery pits of hell. It makes me someone who has chosen to play the game MY way. Period. Geocaching.com is not a governing body, it is a listing service.

I couldn’t have said it better myself, Hon.

And here’s another one for good measure:

(Sorry, I just can’t resist a good animated gif.)

[LightningBugs Mum]

@kbraband wrote:

Before the WGA holds another fundraiser, I think there should be some indication from the board what the money will be used for. At the summer picnic, the treasurer’s report indicated we have several thousand dollars in the till. As a non-profit organization, we shouldn’t keep raising money if we don’t have a purpose in mind to spend it on. Just my 2 cents. BTW, I think the board is doing a great job. They all seem to be very dedicated to the sport and the organization.

Whatever happened to that bench donation idea?

On topic: as a one time fee, then I don’t think $50 would be out of line. Especially if the coin could get engraved.

[LightningBugs Mum]

Eek! My anonymity is blown! 😯

😉

Well, I know I’m not the only one who feels like you have a certain knack for original cache placement. Hope you come up with some more ideas in the future!

[LightningBugs Mum]

I always wear blaze orange any time I go out caching in the fall. Better safe than sorry.

Here’s a story for you. Last November, we were doing a cache for Coin Quest where you had to take a hike in the woods to meet one of the requirements. I decided to do “The Trail’s Gone Cold” in Kettle Moraine (some of you may be newly familiar with that one 😉 ). I had on my blaze orange jacket and the kids had on blaze orange vests. We ran into a couple hunters, one of whom said we were the most visible hikers he had seen that day. Meaning he had seen people out in the woods without blaze orange on – during deer season! 🙄 I couldn’t believe it.

I know some people avoid caching in hunting areas during the fall altogether. It just depends on your comfort level with it. Personally, I think we are more likely to be creamed by a reckless driver on the way to the cache than shot by a hunter in the woods.

[LightningBugs Mum]

Oh yeah – one more thing:

I too have gotten to the point where I am treating the temps like I do the letterboxes I find: the stamp is pretty much its own reward and I’m not bothering to log it for a smiley as well. So I liked the idea of submitting those stamps for chances at a prize. It reminded me of the Chippewa Valley thing back in June. You got a book, went out to find the caches (we only got 6 😳 ), punched the book at each one, and turned it in. Each punch equalled one entry in the drawing and those who found the most caches had the best chance to win somthing. Lots of people had fun with that!

[LightningBugs Mum]

My random thoughts:

We met more new people on the trails at the picnic than we did socializing around base camp. And I only did about 10 of temps.

The thing I love about temps at events is that they can be very original. jthorson’s flower cache at the camp-out comes immediately to mind. The fact that they are temporary allows them to be something that would not stand up to permanent status – and that’s what makes them fun. It is those temps that make me say “Oh, cool!” that I really enjoy. I also must have my night caching fix at the camp-out (those caches ALL make me say “Oh, cool)!!!

If temps are going to be done, they must be done in high enough numbers that the whole “great bunches of people converging on one point and passing the stamp around” issue is mostly avoided. I hate that!

Would I attend an event without temps? Of course! I already have. And I really like the idea of having a pancake breakfast someplace that is already cache-dense.

[LightningBugs Mum]

My favorite part:

“After determining the package was a geocaching prize, the police also signed the notebook, left a toy badge as a souvenir and put it back in place, he said.”

[LightningBugs Mum]

Cool – 22 pages!

I find it highly motivating to have a goal when caching. I’ll be in SW WI in October – if I plan things correctly, I should be able to knock 6 pages off then!

It will still probably take me quite a while to complete, but it will be fun trying. Dave, you come up with the best stuff!

[LightningBugs Mum]

I just spent much of my Sunday letterboxing at the Bristol Renn Faire! 8)

I have done a few others. My main beef with them is there is no feedback mechanism. If it has been missing a while, there is no way to know that from the listing on Letterboxing.com – no way to post DNFs. I’ve been on more than one wild goose chase because of that.

I found one letterbox by accident while searching for a cache in Milwaukee called “Wisconsin State Symbols Cache”. The letterbox, called “Sockless Hobo” was close by. It was missing the stamp, but the logbook was there. Looked like most of the recent visitors had been geocachers!

[LightningBugs Mum]

One of my faves:

Who is that person at the front of the line????

😛 😉

[LightningBugs Mum]

You can use my eTrex Legend of course.

[Author]

Posts