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She took a hike, upon the Pike
To find a box without a lock
Looked under a log and scared a frog
Pikes and hikes, lockes and boxes, and one little frog, for a bunch of logs.

Way to go Amita I am.

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Congratulations on the double milestone.

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Nice article. Thanks for the positive press.
Glad that they picked someone who didin’t break the camera!

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Congratulations on 3.3K.

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oops, wrong forum. moved it to milestones.

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Hitman4, Hitwoman, and the Hitgirls nabbed find #4,000 on GC3DX78 (Multi State Traveler Challenge Cache).

They traveled far and wide, grabbing caches along the way to qualify for this challenge cache.

We started caching around the same time and we spent many days caching with the entire Hitsquad. Each member of the team is a formidable cacher in their own right. As a team, they are unstoppable.

We are honored that they chose one of our caches for their milestone.

To Perry, Stephanie, Pheobe and Abby, congratulations on the milestone and good luck going forward.

See you on the trail.

Rich and Sue (Run N Search)

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Gotta_run, you hit my “pet peeve” button on this subject.

We had one of our caches thrown into a drainage culvert by a finder. One of our geocaching friends found it and alerted me to the “new” placement.

On the opposite side, one finder placed our cache in a tree 6 feet up because he “found it on the ground” (Which is where it is supposed to be) .

If we find one on the ground, that’s where we put it back, unless it has a hook.

Just put it back like you found it, and hopefully, the previous finder has done the same.

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When the time comes, I hope it doesn’t get rejected because it is too close to another cache!

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Done

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Sometimes, at the end of a caching day, I may pass on a cache that I might have attempted earlier in the day, just because I am tired or not as alert.

There is a subtle difference between doing something dangerous, and putting yourself in danger. Do it because you know you have the physical and mental capabilities to minimize the risk, not because you are goaded, shamed or coaxed into it. You may have to put your ego in an ammo box and lock it up to keep yourself from doing something that you shouldn’t be doing.

THINK FIRST!!!

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Congratulations on your accomplishment. Sounds like it was a great road trip. Hope to read your log on GC3DX78 soon!

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Congratulations TBC. That’s a lot of smileys.

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As long as the friendships could stay, caching could go.

There once was a cacher of note
To give up caching, he did vote
He was set in his mind
And deleted his finds
But his friends still kept him afloat

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@sandlanders wrote:

I keep thinking about this, and what I have come up with is why we started in the first place: Caching gives us destinations.

We had always dragged out our topo maps and taken Sunday drives, and we would often pick a part of the state to make an overnight visit to, but when I saw geocaching, I thought that this would give us a “list” of places to go, and it has.

But it’s not about checking places off a list. It’s about where do we want to go on a nice day to get outside, or what part of Wisconsin do we want to visit to get away for a day or two. Caching helps us decide those destinations.

We wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments. We have always been explorers and caching gives us the “destinations” as you say. I think you hit the nail on the head, at least you did for us. I didn’t consider that in my earlier comments, but you are right.

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It’s not about the numbers, surely we could go more often to get more finds.
It’s not about competition, surely others have more finds that us and we don’t mind.
It’s not about meeting people, surely we could meet more people doing other things, than we do hiking a lonely trail.
It’s not about going to seen new places, surely we could find just as many new places, and in less time (and gasoline) if we didn’t stop to find caches.

It is a unique blend of all of the above. Add to that the thrill of finding a hard hide, and add to that nerdiness of using satellite technology to pinpoint your location, add to that joy of being outside, add to that the things that you inadvertently learn along the way, add to that the different ways that you can go geocaching.

It seems that it is the diversity of the sport that draws in so many particpants. And everyone can tailor their caching experience to fit their wants and needs.

Why do we geocache? It is not about one thing, it is a mix of a little bit of everything mentioned above.

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