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A Huge Congrats to you guy’s on a great accomplishment!! Wish we could have been there to be part of the milestone.
And, thanks for all you’ve given back to geocaching – we all benefit from your contributions (in many ways). On to 20K! 😮
A HUGE congrats from all of us DB – myself, Mrs. Spike, Joe Cactus, and Tumbleweed. A great milestone indeed! You’ve been very focused the past few weeks and have put up some big numbers. Well done.
If that Golden Ammo Can is a puzzle cache, I’d better start working on that one now if I plan to figure it out in the next year. 😮
Way to Go!
04/20/2009 at 1:05 am in reply to: Public Service announcement….it’s okay if you DON’T find i #1906094Some very good observations here, and good reasons to log a DNF. I almost always do, and checking my logs it’s been over a hundred – some that I was happy to go back and find later and have a head-slapping moment. 🙄 (I dnf’d 5 or 6 just yesterday, but still had a fun day.) I agree – it helps as a cache owner to know if people are not finding it so you can check in on it promptly.
Rockstashing?! That a new adventure to me – I’ll have to give it a look! There are usually plenty of available rocks out in these areas. 🙂
I was talking with Da Bloodhound a few weeks, back, and he got wind of the possibility that we may need to remove caches from WPA lands here in Western WI. Chukkar does alot of volunteer work for this organization and knows many of the folks (DB does too). He talked with the local land manager about geocaches placed on WPA property, and it seems that since this land is officially managed by the US Fish and Wildlife department, they have authority over activities on the WPA property. (In addition to hunting, they encourage hiking, wildlife observation, etc.) While using any of their properties, nothing may be left behind that was not originally there, which is one of the primary reasons geocaching is not allowed. (It seems this mostly pertains to folks building permanent tree stands or duck blinds.)
Chukkar’s discussion with the local manager went pretty well, and he is very sympathetic and agrees that while we are probably doing more good for the promotion of their proprties than harm, he does not have the authority to override the national rule. It’s really unfortunate, since these areas are just beautiful, have abundant wildlife, and are mostly unused parcels of land. So, we’ll be removing caches on these lands in the coming days and weeks, but perhaps down the road we’ll get a variance to allow caches here – stay tuned. (Perhaps a similar notification form like the WGA has for DNR-managed lands could be implemented.)
I’ll still go out and hike these WPA areas, but hopefully we’ll have a chance to share them with others at some point again.
Jeepers – the 7th DeLorme??!! Whew! 😀
Congrats on an amazing accomplishment. Perhaps I’ll get half of WI some day. 😉 (btw: I have a co-worker from Arkadelphia – always comments on the quality of the barbeque down there.)
Hey – great job guy’s!! You picked a beautiful part of the country to explore. Perhaps I can talk Joe Cactus into going down sometime.
Congrats – perhaps we’ll see ya at the CITO event in May! 😀
Wow – CONGRATS GUYS!! 😀 It seems like you jumped from 2000 to 4000 in a matter of weeks. Bet it’s been fun.
Well done! Was great meeting you at the Hoopla last fall! 🙂
Well, this might be too late now, but just fyi. I looked at doing these in January and contacted the cache owner beforehand. He suggested waiting till spring since many of the caches may have been under snow (and it sounds like there may have been some logging in the area too).
Let me know if ya go – it looks like a great area to hike and explore!! I hope to get out there before the mosquito’s come out. 😉
Whoooo-hooooo! Congrats DOC.!!! I can almost picture the happy dance from where I sit – I’m sure it was a sight to behold. 😆
Well Done! Congratulations from all the Spike’s.
Wow – an amazing accomplishment indeed – congratulations! I’m sure it’s been a fun journey all the way.
Whew – another amazing accomplishment – congratulations from all the Spike’s!
It’s unfortunate to see this – we’re hoping it’s an anomaly and the people doing this will stop. A good suggestion above regarding making the caches premium member listings. I’d rather leave most of them open to all, but I don’t want to keep replacing the containers! We’ll see how things go in a few weeks.
I’ve heard about the use of outdoor/hunting/motion sensor cameras in other such cases. One instance, however, the muggle also took the camera – yikes! 😯
Wow – Congrats! We only have 5 DeLorme’s to go to catch up. 😮 This, along with find 7K and a new family addition have made for quite some exciting times in the Honeybunny house. Well done indeed.
Congratulations!! Whew – an amazing feat. And, Thanks for all the great caches you’ve placed – they’ve been fun to find (in some really great spots). Wasn’t it only a few months ago that you found number 3K at Bjornson?! Incredible…..
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