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Thank you all for your responses and I am glad that I did not rehash and old subject!
I’m there on Wednesday! Whoo Hoo!
I live in an area bordered to the South by Flatlandia, I cache frequently in the surrounding counties. Most of the park districts have this rule and it really is not a problem as most of the containers are covered by bark or other vegetation anyway. The regulation is in place for two reasons, the most obvious is the muggle factor but the second is that the wardens actually go out and check the containers themselves and are looking for items that do not belong, like drugs or other contraband.
GC1C6F4 To hike or to Kayak; That is the question!
This one is not an Island Cache. Access is only available by National Forest Land, if bushwacking, or by boat from the Oconto River after having put in at a public access up river. Even if the river were frozen over you would need to trespass on private property in order to cross it from the shortest route possible.
During the summer of 1985 I was a Back Country Ranger at Mount Rainier National Park. On one of my hikes down from a lookout tower I turned around and saw a cougar following me about 40 feet back. What an incredible and beautiful animal. After what seemed like 20 minutes, and probably more like 20 seconds, it dashed off into the forest cover. I carefully fininshed my hike down the rest of the trail paying particular attention to each step and looking back frequently.
I just fininshed the entire series yesterday and agree with Teem Deejay in that most are winter friendly except for the one style of hide. If I remember correctly that the one style does produce at least two hits. Only one of the boats may prove difficult in heavy snow but using geosenses should produce it.
If you decide to do this I will do my part. I can get Western Walworth County.
I also recommend the Amazing GeoRace caches but I am biased. Another good cache is “Don’t Pick It, Rub it” if it is enabled. I also echo the Captain and Mate caches Team Deejay mentioned.
Thanks everybody, he decided on the Venture HC and actually found it cheaper than the Etrex H he was looking at.
I am with Sammy Claws in that if I feel a cache is more than 30 feet off I usually post in my log that the cache was X feet away from MY ground zero. This way, by mentioning that it was my GZ that I have potentially notified the cache owner of a problem with his placement or my GPS unit. 😆 Since I usually do not go through the logs of caches I am searching for I have no idea if others have posted the same difficulties.
Other times it is just understanding the cache placer’s style. Certain area cachers I expect to be at least 30 away from my GZ.
How many times have you cached with a group of cachers at an event and looked up to see different groups looking 50+ feet apart? When someone finally says they found it are you surprised where everybody is?
Just got notifications about a Battleship series posted in Flatlandia. A 25 part multi, Claims to be spread out over 2500 square miles. I start my quest tomorrow in Waukesha on the way to a wedding…
I did have some troubles locking in today. I was open field caching most of the time too. I just thought it was that giant mylar balloon floating around.
I have my lifevest and am ready to go.
I’d go but won’t be up until Friday night, Sorry
There are cachers with more thn three years experience that put out new containers when they can not find the original.
Also, whats with the people who move your caches to spots where THEY think GZ is? I have a guardrail cache that keeps getting the “needs new log” posting. I have gone three times and I can not find it. I think about disabling it thinking it is missing only to have a cacher find it a few days later. I have another cache that I walk past every day. I noticed it moved three feet. I PM’d the last finder and asked why they moved it and they replied they moved it to the “real spot it is supposed to be in.”
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