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The guideline is that you should have permission for any cache you hide. Regardless of whether the reviewer checks with you or not, as a hider, you have an obligation to know who is the owner/manager of the location where you hide your cache and an obligation to let said people know about your cache.
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The advice that my niece (the nurse) tells me is, “If you find a tick when you get home, put it on a small piece of scotch tape, and put the tape (and tick) on your wall calender. If you get symptoms later, you have the tick for identification, as well as the date you found it.”
But I agree with the “imbedded only” tick contact. If you kill a skeeter before it bites you, you don’t itch much!
By the way, disposing of a live tick outside your home doesn’t necessarily solve the problem. A match in an ash tray or on a plate insures that the tick doesn’t return. If your averse to killing it, drive a few miles from home and drop it off.
‘And you may have a tick or 2 in your vehicle that fell off on the drive home. I’ve found them in the car days after caching!Just sayin’… 🙂
Just remember to keep Jim’s home coordinates in your GPS, so that you will have them handy when you need to drop off your live ticks….
Alright, John, stop gravedigging these old threads!
That means that “before” you were checking the “day” on the submission form, while this time you didn’t check it. If you check the box, it is automatically queued. Of course, if you screw it up, it gets run screwed up.
There is a reason why it is called a Notification Form and not a permit. In the more popular parks, the rangers might actually look at the form in a timely fashion. When we placed a bunch of caches in Bong for the campout, they called Renee the next day to tell her that the payphone shell she used was being removed. On the other hand, my cache in Honey Creek got returned to me 40 months after I submitted it. The point of the form is for them to have a point of contact should there be any kind of a problem with the cache. That’s it!
You know, I wasn’t going to comment on this until I saw the last post. I always give latitude for those with the “I forgot my pencil” excuse (although going without a pen is like going without a GPS), but I would draw the line when people “brag” that they didn’t actually touch the container. That doesn’t mean that you can’t have one member of your team sign the log for you, but if you need help (or a ladder or a rope), take it with you. BTW, I’ve hiked 2 miles to a cache to discover I left my pen in the car. I hiked back to the car, got a pen, hiked back and signed the log. This game isn’t that tough!
06/13/2011 at 2:21 am in reply to: Any interest in canoe/kayak trip down the Namekagon River? #1948588Note that there are a significant number of canoe liveries on the upper Namekagon, so you would not need to take your own boat if it isn’t appropriate. We canoed in an 18 foot Old Town Discovery during summer levels (not exactly a nimble craft) and had no trouble.
I was at the grounds for the Gathering Waters event yesterday and noticed that the Scout event was NOT on their brochure. I will have to call them on Monday and see what is going on.
Ken, I’m coming, but I can’t get there until noon.
Mine just says “beep”.
Welcome to the game! I’m sure you will find this hobby will bring you to many interesting spots in your neck of the woods (along with a few fire hydrants!)
Just agreeing with everyone’s comments. Please remember that geocaching is intended to be an outdoor sport.
In this case, I would recommend you utilize the Feedback feature on gc.com to add votes to the topic suggesting adding favorites to the GPX format. The more votes it gets, the more likely it will get moved to the top of the list.
Wow, this is a long thread. With regard to the mailbox hides, these have always been against the guidelines, as well as being a violation of federal law. There was an issue down in Chicago where someone was visited at home by the FBI after finding one of these across the street from the Social Security building. Cameras captured his entire search as well as his license plate. If you run into this, please let a reviewer know so that we can act. Just so you know, any cache which involves illegal activities, including trespassing, is against the guidelines, and always has been.
From a hider’s perspective, I agree that longer log is essentially a thank you, but I don’t consider a short log to be a slap in the face. As Birdin said, there are a lot of folks out there who struggle to put 10 words together into a sentence. They aren’t necessarily being rude, but instead are just displaying their communication skills (or lack thereof).
From a finder’s perspective, I almost never do a TFTC log, even for the most lame caches out there. The few TFTC logs of mine you will find are the result of someone deleting my original log pointing out issues with the cache (just like Zuma’s case)
Note that as reviewers, we are not allowed to refuse publication of caches based on perceived “quality”. If someone places a bunch of caches along the roadside in guardrails, signs, etc., we generally will publish as long as they are on public property or placed with permission. Would I rather be publishing something in a State Park or historical site? You bet. But my preferences don’t count. Do I think these roadside caches are the death of the game? Not really. I was getting kind of frustrated, but since the advent of the Favorites feature, I now can limit my adventures to those recommended by my fellow cachers.
Well, guidetoo, I don’t think your wilderness experience will be needed, but we will be happy to have you as a volunteer. Lakeshore State Park is essentially a big pile of rocks that was put into the Milwaukee harbor to make a green space. I think the dimensions are something like a quarter mile by a half mile, with only a handful of small trees. Hopefully we won’t be losing anyone. Thank you very much for volunteering. Do you know how many people will be in your group to help?
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