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We had ours done at the caching place and were very happy with the service. They have an option with a generic back, which reduced the price a bit. If we ever want to buy more, we won’t have to pay the set-up fee again. I think that’s pretty standard across companies. I know many also use oakcoins.
Congratulations….one third of your finds puzzles, that’s impressive.
Boy, sounds like a great time was had by all. Wish life wouldn’t have thrown us this curve ball so we could have joined everyone. Thanks to Jim for organizing this, even if we had to miss it while Dick was slipping and sliding off our roof this morning. 🙄
Those moments are most of our life, LOL. We did the same thing…..you just never know if there might be a different octagonal sign out there.
The confusion this thread has generated shows it’s one of those gray areas. The good news is that as long as the stages are virtual ones, it won’t interfere with other cache placements. Enjoy the hunt and don’t sweat the details.
As for the obvious waypoint….we did this one too, and it was created by a bunch of kids in a summer school class. I’m glad to see kids involved in setting up geocaches, even if it was an obvious waypoint.
IT’S NOT FAIR!!!!!! We have a winter-related homeowner’s nightmare that must be addressed, so we can’t come out and play.
What a bummer. We really needed this weekend away. Oh well, you all have fun!
Or the cigar ash conveniently fell on the signature of the REAL FTF and burned it off.
The truth comes out! 😈
Not really. But it’s fun to say it! 🙄
What Ralph and Rob said. We both like to tell our stories in our logs and I take a lot of photos. I already have two blogs, one for storytelling and one for birding, both being ignored. My written journals are for specific trips (like when I went to Hawaii) or just regular journaling.
There’s a cache we did, Felsenmeer Ridge, I think, where bobcat mentions in his log having used a stick which he left at the trailhead, stating “His name is Wilson.”
So…does this mean my walking stick should be named after a president? Is there some bit of folklore behind stick naming I’ve missed?
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow. We figure we’ll gather up a few caches on our way there.
Congratulations to you guys. And you said you hibernate in the winter!
I know, isn’t it great? Did you see this cool new series of BakRdz? We might be able to nail a few of those this weekend, even.
I am always fascinated by remnants of boomtowns as they stand today.
George and Martha Washington also have fittingly impressive entombment, although the original burial site, still at Mount Vernon, was not grand and the fancy stuff was created much later.
Our Stories in Stone cache here in West Salem showcases three interesting locals, including a very impressive mystery monument. Think Ethel M’s candy! 😉 I really enjoy the cemetery caches that take the time to highlight some local history and get me to learn it in the process of locating the hide, so what HeliDood suggests would be pretty cool.
Yeah Rob, we knew that, too, but had hoped at least this move would close the gap a bit. Hopefully it did. It sounds from some posts that there were people who enjoyed whatever caches they found simply for the joy of discovery. Ultimately, at least in the beginning, that’s what this is supposed to be about. Really, having worked the tables at the past two events has opened my eyes to how much bigger the WGA is than the vocal minority of us in this forum. Many attend the events that rarely if ever post, and often, rarely even log their finds, permanent or not.
I think it might be most productive at this point for this discussion to remain focused within the context of the candidates corner, and that’s all the more I’ll say about that!
I may be mistaken here, but my understanding is that NancyJo, aka Gr8 Eyes, spent most of her time assisting with the West Bend event and was able to get all of three tickets for finding those caches.
Guess who won the big prize? I know all of us have different reasons for making the choices we make, but we do have that power of choice. As a member of the current board, the prize tickets were another attempt to try and have something for everyone, and it sounds from this discussion as if that’s just an impossible goal. 🙁
If others are interested in this, that’s cool. We decided over a year ago that we’d own our DNFs if that’s what happens. There have been a couple times caching in a group where we caved, but in our experience, when we’ve called, we found the cache in question before the PAF even finished telling us where to look.
We have lots of phone numbers already for the social part, and it’s pretty common for us to get these calls from our friends. To be honest, it can be an intrusion when we’re out hiking somewhere peaceful and that phone rings and that zen is broken. We still answer it, but the only reason we carry that phone in the first place is for emergencies. Our elderly parents in the hospital, or our son’s baby on the way into the world are emergencies; looking for a cache isn’t. LOL
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