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I could not comprehend what I was reading, BBG. Our good friend from these posts, Vegas Gamblers (John Hess), died last night after hitting his head in a fall. He had lost his wife Sharon almost two years ago, and he had since met someone who gave him great joy. They were moving on with their lives together when this terrible thing happened.
Tears. Lot of tears here.
Kinnic-Kinnic… same thing written (and said) twice. Accent on the second syllables. Or just call it “Kinni”.
I think a bot or two should run for BOD. They seem to be online more than most WGA members… 🙄 😕
(This is not a comment on the number of bots but on the small amount of human presence in the WGA online roll call.)
It looks like Noonan will be getting some weather soon.
The wormhole is not accepting my FTP posts. Is it the 2015 version of a posting delay? 😎 😉
Or 70˚ inside. 😉
Bright sun and blue sky here in Sandland. Very pretty and not at all annoying.
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Scaffdogs got that FTF. Gave it a favorite, too. The 22-month-old daughter got to play dress-up. Don’t think Mom wanted to push her luck by doing the multi on this same trip. 😉
Now, Birdin’, as for your hides specifically, and some of this may apply to other cachers, we just don’t get over your way a lot. Our intentions are there, and some puzzles are solved, but we have to plan to do some of those hikes, and we don’t usually do a whole lot else over that way. That doesn’t address why local hiders don’t seek your caches, though. We have found that the longer the hike, the fewer the finds. That can be looked at in two-ways: (1) People don’t want to take long hikes, so they don’t try your caches; (2) People may be OK with looking for your caches, but if they do, they won’t get a lot of finds for the day, even where you have placed clusters of hides.
(Note to self: When making plans for day trips after the snow melts and the weather warms up… but before the ticks and skeets come out in full force… go for some more Trekkin’ and Birdin’ caches in the coulee region.)
We prefer not to be in plain view when we hunt for caches, and that would leave out most signpost hides. However, we make exceptions for high visibility caches when: they are puzzle finals; they are our home territory or very near to where we are staying; we are seeking caches to fill grid days, build to a milestone, or something along those lines; the caches are placed there to draw our attention to something nearby. Signpost caches themselves are fine in remote locations. Zuma’s cache that Birdin’ referred to above is one of those that we did.
We do not mind looking for nanos, film containers, plastic jars, ammo cans, or anything else as long the coordinates are good, we can take our time looking for the containers, and the locations do not pose any dangers. To us, caching is using our receiver to go to given or determined coordinates to find something there. It is frustrating when hides are deemed so clever or so evil that we do not enjoy the searches. When it becomes more about the hiders’ egos than the seekers’ enjoyment of this activity, it is no longer fun for us. Evil puzzle caches are fine; we can choose to ignore them from the start if we want. Gadget caches are fine if we know that is what we will be up against and can make our decisions accordingly. Well-camoed caches are fine if we have enjoyed our visit to GZ and the coordinates are good.
We do not do physically demanding caches. Long walks (many miles in some cases) on good trails are fine; lengthy bushwhacking on uneven terrain is not. We do not care for water crossings unless there is a bridge or the water is visibly shallow. Swamps? Nope. No rock scrambling or much in the way of uphills. We do not enjoy caches that require us to bring a whole hardware store along with us; if our trekking poles or something nearby will help us reach something, then we may enjoy that cache. Ladders? Nope. CLimbing sticks? Nope.
We place caches that are like one we want to find. However, we are in the middle of nowhere when it comes to a lot of cachers’ radar, so while local and area cachers can always be counted on to visit Sandland on occasion, many of our hides to go unfound for lengthy stretches. When we think about archiving some of our caches, we think back to the ones we found when we were starting, and we are very grateful that those were (and many still are) in existence for us to discover. We keep hoping that somewhere out there are some new cachers… who use GPS receivers instead of cell phones, who care more about the experiences rather than the numbers, who can rely on their own knowledge, wits, and skills rather than PAFs or group hunts… who will be very grateful us and others like us who have left some dinosaur hides in place and well-maintained for them to discover and enjoy. And maybe some veterans will also find their way to Sandland…
Just got back from an 8 day caching trip. Did I miss anything here?
There was a whole new reboot. New server or something like that. See if you notice things being faster and not down as much. Other than that… same old drivel… or lack thereof.
Yes, it swallowed a couple of posts I tried to make! 😯
Where does “pirate” fit on your daughter’s career path, BBG?
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