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Those are some great suggestions!
The Lorine Niedecker, and the Bootlegger’s Stash both look real promising. Thank you!Team DeeJay is right — you don’t know what we like!
Well, in general, we like regular or multi caches (not micros or virts) that have an actual box to find (small or regular). The place is usually more important than anything. We like to go somewhere that is worth visiting even without a cache. That’s what made #100 GC3798 (a very interesting bar/restaurant), and #200 GC4D82 (a castle in Central Park) very enjoyable. We can’t forget those places.
Here are some that are memorable to me:
GC6743 Scuppernong Springs
GC2919 Beaulah Land
GC5235 Water’s Edge (even thought it’s a Virtual)
GCHT3H Don’t Pick It, Rub It (same reason as Water’s Edge
GCMFGD Keebler Vacation Home
GCVZF2 White River Trail
GCY2V6 Meow Mix
GCY2TQ Springfield Bike TrailSo now you have an idea of what caches we’ve enjoyed. Those particulars aside, if it could include the following three things, it would be perfect. Any two of them would be great:
1) Memorable Location
2) Opportunities for picture taking (love photography)
3) Biking (we’re very new to it, but are enjoying it)The floor is once more open. Keep the good ideas coming!!!
(edit to add GC#’s to the #100 & #200 caches mentioned above.
Hey — thought of one more thing. Even though we live just 20 miles from Illinois, we don’t have a cache in that state yet! Any good ones in the flatlands?We don’t usually set too many goals, but we do have two constant ones:
1) To enjoy caching (duh)
2) To do at least one cache per calendar month.We’ll be hitting the 300 mark sometime this summer, as well as hitting our 5th anniversary of our first find. That right there should tell you that we’re not all about the numbers!
Besides those two constant goals, I’d like if we could make the #300 cache memorable, and maybe hit #350 by year’s end.
It took me a bit to figure out how to add bookmarks to it, but I made a bookmark list of caches on the White River Trail I mentioned above.
http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?guid=9ba8afa3-4c60-4861-b1c5-10e31f7dac54
Good suggestions, both!
lagrac, I’m afraid that one’s a bit far away even though it does look like a nice one.
lostby7, is there a particular one you found fun? Oconomowoc isn’t too far at all.The http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/parks/specific/whiteriver/index.htm (White River Trail) runs from Elkhorn to Burlington WI. there are (that I know of) three caches ON the trail as well as one more very near each end of it.
It’s a very nice crushed limestone converted railbed type of trail so it’s nice riding and dry.
I don’t think focusing would be too much of an issue. Older autofocus cameras used ultrasonic sound. Those would try to focus on anything that would bounce back the sound.
Newer digitals autofocus using the image itself that falls on the sensor. As long as what you’re shooting through is relatively clean, you have no problem.
Think of it as shooting through a window. As long as the window is clean, your camera focuses on what’s outside — not the glass of the window.
Same with this bag. As long as there are’s no dirt or water droplets in front of the lens, it should focus on what you’re aiming at.
The idea of having another camera that is just for this use is not a bad one. It’s just that I don’t need another electronic, battery-devouring device around.Using a cheaper camera was another option I had considered. But I already have a couple digital cameras. The waterproof bag would actually be for the cheaper of my two digital cameras.
I have a nice digital SLR that I just got. That one would stay high-n-dry. My other one is a nice little 5 megapixel, very compact camera. It takes very nice pictures and I thought that one would be perfect for something like this. All of its controls are push-button so it could be operated nicely inside the bag. The only ipossible issue I do see is that the lens of the camera has to pop out when it’s turned on. Not sure if these bags are pliable enough for that to happen. I’m guessing they are since this pop-out lens configuration is not that uncommon these days.Mrs. OuttaHand and I have commented on that a number of times. We live at the southern tip of the Kettle Moraine. Caching has taken us to a LOT of extraordinary places in the Kettle Moraine that we never knew existed before. We’ve seen beautiful views, historical structures, and have learned about the early days of Wisconsin because of this hobby.
I had posted et the end of the first page of this thread asking if it’s still possible to purchase? And get our name on it?
Boy! You don’t read the boards for a couple days and you miss out on big stuff!!
Is it too late to get in on this? I like that last design a lot and would be interested in a few of thoses!@Cheesehead Dave wrote:
I agree that it’s a tired old song, but still, there actually a couple of good points in there…
[Devil’s Advocate Mode=”on”]
Why do people log multiple “Attended” logs for the same event?
Why log multiple “attended” logs for an event? Simple. Because we can’t log multiple “Found It” logs.
I maintain one very simple opinion:
If there is a cache hidden and you need to use coordinates in a GPS to find it, then you have found that cache.I do think they make one valid point in that discussion at GC.com. It’s the idea of pocket caches and some of the really lame “caches” sitting on the table at the event. You walk up to it, sign a notebook, and you’ve got a smiley. This goes back to my original definition. You didn’t need to find it using a GPS.
I honestly believe that if any of the nay-sayers involved in that discussion at GC.com would come to our events and find some of the temp caches, they would probably have a different opinion of them. Most of the temp caches at the events I’ve been to are completely worthy of being regular caches. The only things that prevent that are the .1 mile rule and the fact that they’re temporary.
The only reason people are able to get 50 finds at one event is the fact that they are so close together. It’s not, necessarily, that they are so easy — they are just easy to get to.
I sent the link to my bird-hunter friend and he thought it looked great for HIM.
He’s deaf in one ear. With only one ear he has no ability to judge the direction from which sound is coming. So when his dog’s beeper collar starts beeping and he can’t see the dog, this would be handy. That was one area I hadn’t thought of when I posted earlier.
Sure looks like a cool idea!
But how many bird hunters are letting their dogs hunt so far away that they need a GPS to follow them?? Most bird hunters I’ve hunted with like to keep the dog within a couple hundred feet or so. Some of them use beeper collars, some just attach a bell to the dog’s collar.
I suppose if you were starting fresh and didn’t have a beeper collar, this would make a neat high-tech alternative, but is it needed ?
Don’t get me wrong here — I’m not going to criticize anyone for wanting one whether they need it or not! I’m the last guy to point fingers on needing high-tech devices (I have 3 FRS radios, 7 PC’s, 2 GPSr’s, 2 PDA’s, 2 digital cameras, etc. etc.) So if someone can afford it, great — go for it!
One thing would be very interesting on it would be to check the track log after a day’s hunt. I’d like to see exactly how far a dog travels in a day of bird hunting. I’ll guarantee it’s 3 or 4 (or more) times the distance the hunter walks.I’ve got a copy of SA 2007 coming now.
Another cacher ended up with 2 copies (he bought a copy, then it came bundled with a piece of equipment). So I’m buying that copy from him.A big thanks to all who sent me PM’s on this. I appreciate the responses and the info on Delorme’s product. Now that I have it coming, though, we can go ahead and let this thread die off into the oblivion of Internet Conversations. (I believe that’s very near the Island of Misfit Toys if I’m not mistaken) 🙂
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