[Todd300]

@MooseGoober wrote:

Are there specific caches that are for night caching? If so, how do you tell if they are or not?

You can filter them by searching for caches with the night caching attributes as well as the flashlight attribute.

[Todd300]

Another tip – hold the flashlight at eye level as the reflectors will reflect directly back to your eyes, making it easier to see them. I have a long powerful flashlight capable of projecting an intense beam for over 200 yards and even though it is heavy, I hold it up with my shoulder to support it. I paid over $30 for it, but it is well worth the money for night caching. Those $3 flash lights just won’t do the job.

Also, carry spare batteries with you when night caching. If the flashlight runs low on power and starts to get faint, time to change the batteries. Much easier to change it on the spot rather than walk back to the car to do it.

Finally, wear some sort of a head lamp. I have a clip light that I clip to my cap visor. It is great for finding the actual cache at ground zero then signing the log with both hands free.

Happy caching.

[Todd300]

Wish I could go to Hawaii. It is just too expensive of a trip for me.

Just wanted to have fun and be safe, Walkingadventure

[Todd300]

@grandpa_r wrote:

Here is one story!

http://blog.geocaching.com/2010/11/24-hour-epic-adventure-nets-more-than-a-1100-geocaches/

Geez. Even with cut and paste, that has to take forever to log online.

[Todd300]

Hell, like the OP, I get tired after 30. Most I’ve done was 41 and that was all over Appleton in a disorganized manner – lol. Imagine how much I would have gotten if I planned my run better.

I’m never one for numbers. I will also never log a cache I didn’t find, even if I was with a team, of whose member found said cache.

[Todd300]

What’s the difference between Jay Cutler and a dollar bill?

You can get four quarters out of a dollar bill 🙂

[Todd300]

I did. I lost the link to that. Might take me time to find it. If I do, I’ll repost it.

[Todd300]

http://wi-geocaching.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=14101

[Todd300]

Check Craigslist. I’m seeing a few ammo boxes popping up on there. They could be legit. But it would not hurt to look if it looks familiar.

Here’s one for example.

http://greenbay.craigslist.org/for/3133327349.html

[Todd300]

Well, I’m leaving my caches for all members right now. I’m not putting them at premium because a lot of the finders are new cachers who choose my caches to make their first finds, particularly at Hene’s Park here in Menominee. None of my caches have ammo boxes and they never will be. My largest container is a gallon plastic jar. I’ve only lost one and that was my fault for not securing it and it got blown away in a wind storm.

The rest of my caches are soup base cans and film cans and one peanut butter jar. Oh yeah, and a mini bison tube.

Maybe those of you who have ammo boxes need to pull them and replace them with something else. Seems like most of the thefts are ammo box caches.

[Todd300]

A quick note.

Escanaba is in the Eastern Time Zone. All times listed on the page are in Eastern Time. Most of Michigan is in that time zone so that’s why the MIGO didn’t bother to list what time zone the event is in.

Hopefully this clears up any confusions.

[Todd300]

[Todd300]

I know not everyone has a laptop…but I don’t worry about the 500 cache limitation for my Garmin Venture as I always have my laptop with me when I’m on the road. If I go to a new area, I simply download a new PQ, load it into the GPS and off I go.

So the amount of waypoints a GPS can hold is not a selling point for me.

You want one that performs – such as accuracy, signal acquisition, ease of use, etc.

Everyone has their own preferences what they are looking for in a Gps.

[Todd300]

Well, as a CO myself, TFTC logs don’t really bother me. For every one of those I get, I get several more actual logs.

There’s a cacher near my neck of the woods who has 3 letters and 2 numbers in his name. He’s an FTF hound too. So all he writes in his logs is “FTF TFTC”.

He did that to a few caches on the Yellow Brick Road series. The Wizard of OC tried to e-mail him about logging etiquette. But he doesn’t seem to get the message.

Really, nothing we can do about those logs. After all, if they found the cache and physically signed the log, that’s what matters.

My advice is this – don’t worry about the TFTC’s. For every one of those, there will be several others detailed logs. Let those TFTC cachers do their thing and we do ours.

This topic seems to be as we have discussed this several times so I guess I should not be surprised it is still being discussed.

I’m sure there are a hundred threads on this board alone talking about this topic.

So time to stop with the .

[Todd300]

I have to agree with Muggle B though.

I look at challenges as simply ALR’s.

There is no reason for challenge caches and should be banned. My humble opinion. Take it or leave it.

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