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I mame people as a side hobby, and I like busses and cheetos.
One of those cheap blaze orange vests.
I must agree with some of Lostbys comments. If you do not hand out tickets, or whatever with the new caches there is no reason to hide 50 new caches in my opinion. If I get 1 or 2 tickets at check in what is there to encourage me to go after all the brand new caches spread out over 25 square miles when I can just narrow my search and still bag 50-100? As an out-of-towner, there are plenty of caches within 3 square miles for me to get within a 10 hour period. Hiding the 50 new caches will really only be targeted by many of the locals who have found a great deal of the area caches already. There will be significantly less finds on the 50 new caches this way.
Another suggestion, at MWGB there was a “poker run” done in which the cacher was given coords to 7 different businesses in the area. At each business the cacher was able to pick a random barcoded number which represented a card. (There was NO possibility of cheating this way). Best hand and worst hand won prizes. This would accomplish many things, it would be an alternate activity, it would not take a great deal of time, it would get us visiting local businesses and socializing. The prizes could be GPS units or something larger associated with geocaching. Because it is controlled you could make the seven “finds” each eligible for a ticket to the drawing. At MWGB I made the stops coincide with my cache run for the day AND spent $ at 2 of the 7 places we stopped at. The businesses could each kick in for the big prize for winning the poker run, etc.
We have a Magellan Triton 2000 and downloaded from GC.com cache page. We did not have the numbers but it was not a problem for us to crosscheck on the go.
There was one starting just after MidWest Geo Bash. It is generally time limited and usually expire two weeks after the event date.
[Team Deejay wrote:
The other day, my cache sheet told me somebody’s van was in a small cache container. Needless to say, the bug was “missing”.]That is OK, my dog has been in a bison tube in a fake turd cache for months.
Personally, for me and my daughter, it is all about finding all the new caches posted for the event. We do this as a personal challenge to us and not because we are in a race, although that is what it tends to be with the time. We know that the odds are against us winning a big prize and we enjoy the satisfaction of getting them all done in the “time allowed.”
Having said this here are our personal observations and feelings:
1. We drive 1 and 1/2 hours to get there. This is too close to spend the night in my opinion. We will probably never participate in Friday or Sunday activities. So if there are raffle tickets to be had during those days we would likely not come for any of the weekend.2. We were really looking forward to all the water caches but just did not have the time to get them all in the time allowed. We started right at 6:30 and finished at 4:20. We did not stop for lunch, we did not stop for our free ice cream (the shop was not open when we were there) and only stopped once for the free water at Walgreens but mostly because it was where a bathroom was when we needed it. Afterwards we went straight home because we were too tired to stop for dinner. We really were much more prepared than last year, bringing along bikes and preplanning routes and still got all 50 last year. This goes to show how much more challenging it was this year. If it is to get more challenging we might not be as eager either. This event is about the numbers for us, this is how we like to play this game.
3. There is plenty of time for socialization so we do not need to do it all day. I have been to events all across the state and I find the regional cacher groups to be a little “clicky” and resistant to letting in “outsiders”. I tried having conversations with several individuals I have met but mostly spent the time waiting with those in my area that I already knew.
4. I gave all my coupons to people who lived in the area.
5. It would have been nice to know in advance that most of the trails that caches were placed did not allow for bicycles, even though we saw plenty of cachers ignore those signs. In my area the IAT encourages bicycle use.
Overall we had a great time and hope that if any future changes are made that it will not affect the ability for the teams who strive to locate all 50 caches in the time allowed. In terms of a race, making it more difficult will only encourage those groups that try for all fifty to “race” (against time)and increase the danger. As I have seen that you have no intention on creating a race, which is a good thing, you will be increasing the danger if you make it more challenging to get all 50.
The Schmidt House Crew and I are planning on #1700 at the Ba$h.
I did 53 at last years event which was a personal best until GeoWoodstock where I did 83. I remember being very tired after turning in my card with all 51 caches found. I turned my card in 10 minutes before the deadline and started right at the beginning. I did learn a few things last year though and realized I passed many caches on the way to get my stamps. With the lessons I learned, I plan on having a few more “tools” available to me and hope to have plenty of time to get a few of the kayak caches this year. I think 65 would be a great one day number at this event.
The Bay of Fundy is famous for scallops and agates. when the tide is out the place comes alive with clammers and agate hunters. There are whale watching tours all over the place as it is the only place that certian types of whales come in the summer time. The tidal bores on the rivers are very impressive too.
I would also suggest the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and Maine. Besides Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, the jump off points, are excellent also. I recall walking over 1/2 mile on the mud flats to an island during low tide. Really think about it as it would be a closer drive than Seattle too.
Way to go guys! I should get there in about 2 years!
Made me giggle though….I’d ignore it, I need the laughs.
Had their log been actually what really occurred and the one overly aggressive cacher actually did say nicely that they wished for their group to have a special moment then my log of the incident certainly would not have been as it was. I certainly can respect wishes, even said in the aggressive manner that it was, however I guess I should have actually left the woods. 30 yards is 90 feet, my gps must have been way off at about 75 yards or 225 feet. At least they decided to actually communicate via their real cacher name rather than hide and attack from afar. Please be wary of this group they need many special moments together.
They did not sign the log because I am not sure they found it. I found the container in an area they did not spend much time near. I sent an abuse e-mail to Groundspeak. Thanks
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