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@gotta run wrote:
It occurred to me I didn’t answer my own question.
140 for us! Holy cow.
You must get quite a few email notifications on those.
8 on the watch list. Three are ones we found memorable for one reason or another, and we want to see who is finding them (or not) and what they have to say. Three are puzzles to see if any notes were posted with new hints, except we have found two of those and liked them, so see the above for that now. The other two are tough ones (a puzzle and a multi) we haven’t been able to get back to. We see that lots of others are having problems with them, too.
In checking just now , I discovered an archived cache that I deleted–didn’t need it any more. Same goes if I’m watching an event that I may not remember to check on frequently–delete the watch when the event is over.
Having comparatively few finds, I have the luxury of cruising up and down our Found list or DNF list every so often to see if a particular cache strikes my fancy to do a check on. Getting harder to do now after hitting 500, though. Also cruise the trackables once in a while to see where the ones we’ve found are.
Nice day for it, too.
@-cheeto- wrote:
Being an engineer / programmer makes me wonder if we should devise a new metric. Something similar to the LCG except we should include a logarithmic scale to give more credit for higher star ratings. A S|S cache might be the equivalent of 20 driveups (or more).
Take a looksee at this example: http://dgpstats.com/info/aboutchallengepoints.html and the stats tracking page: http://dgpstats.com/
What’s interesting is the “Effort Avoidance Theory in Geocaching” that is applied in this example.
Sounds like it certainly adds a different twist to the “game” for those folks that participate in this.
Very similar (though much more complex) than our WGA LCG.
Applying an additional bragging rights/competition/reward system on top of the existing boring smiley count…
Interesting concept really.
Interesting, yes. But interesting to see it’s from 2004. Guess the concept never took off. If something like this ever does happen, I would hope it would be in another part of GC and not the mainstream. I would think it would turn off too many people, plus it’s WAAAAYYY too complicated.
And, yes, gotta run, it’s just a game and it’s not about the numbers and everyone plays it differently and no one is right and no one is wrong and let’s all just get outside and get caching.
Don’t do that to me, Cheezehead! I cried at all the “Lassie” episodes. 😥
True or not, it makes for a great read. Reminded me of my sister’s psycho fox terrier Thurston that they rescued three years ago. He was five at the time and had been surrendered because his “people” had gotten a divorce, and when the man married a woman with kids, the dog didn’t get along with them, so the dog had to go.
My sister and her husband drove from Chicago to Detroit to pick up the dog when they adopted him after a rigorous vetting by the Fox Terrier rescue people. He came with a bed and a box of his toys. He fit right in to their two-person household, and they’d both be lost without him.
When they go away and can’t take the dog with them, he stays at a doggie spa, but they won’t bring his special toys to keep him company while they’re gone. If they don’t bring the toys, he knows that they will be coming back for him.
We’re more cat people than dog people, but we’re suckers for stories like this one, real or not. Excuse me while I find more kleenex. 😥 😥 😥
Just read their log–two accomplishments in one! We’re coming up on two years of geocaching, and haven’t done near as much, but we like the part about pushing yourselves to go for something you want, something you may not think you can do. Works in life as well as in caching.
So, congrats on all of your past, present, and future accomplishments, Dean and Roxie!
Just found this map on MutherAndSun’s profile. Looks like they’re outlining the different counties with their sign hides. Maybe some creativity in that.
@sandlanders wrote:
@sandlanders wrote:
@marc_54140 wrote:
Do icons (:?) count as one?
Maybe use them as wild cards.
Use one if you need one.
Just enjoy them when you don’t.
@sandlanders wrote:
@marc_54140 wrote:
Do icons (:?) count as one?
Maybe use them as wild cards.
Use one if you need one.
@zuma wrote:
For those interested in doing lots of real crappy caches to meet a personal goal of a certain number of finds in one day, take a look at the caches owned by mutherandsun in central Illinois. It would not be real hard to grab 200 of them in a single day with a small amout of planning, as they are almost all road sign caches.
There are a bunch north of Bloomington/Normal, too, though not as thick as those on the map gotta run posted–yet. On our last pass through that area we were checking on some caches to try and saw a whole bunch in a line. Saw that they were road sign caches and went looking at others. Don’t mind a road sign or two, but that many?
We enjoyed the Lost Highway series in that area of Illinois by bjstover. Those were a bunch of dead ends, but with a variety of hides and all with a story of how I39 made them dead ends. Only twelve of those, plus the final.
@gotta run wrote:
Goes to show there’s something for everybody in this game
Some people like the numbers, some people like the challenges, some people like puzzles, some people like long hikes, some people like placing caches, some people like to cache alone, some people like winter caching . . . but we ALL like geocaching!
(But if I wanted sandburrs on my shoes, I would have just gone into the empty lot behind us. 😉 )
I remember fondly the first day we found over four caches . . .
@marc_54140 wrote:
@sandlanders wrote:
@marc_54140 wrote:
Finally, made it to page Fifty!
Congrats, Marc! It’s a good thread.
I like it! Nice blogging alternative.
Keeps the wordiness to a minimum.
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