Pasha88

Sent my info to Laval K-9: Nov 19 2023 Name received from Laval K-9: Nov 26 2023 Sent my gift: Dec 3 2023 My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift:

I’m in for one mission! Sent my info to Laval K-9: 11/19 Name received from Laval K-9: Sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift:

Personally, I see this as a huge step backwards for Geocaching. There were a number of features that were extremely useful to me, as a very active cacher (13,000+ finds and 400+ hides) that I will be very upset if they are removed forever. 1. The trackable visit all/dropped all button. This is a feature I used on about 75% of the caches I visited. This feature is extremely handy when you have a list of 40 or 50 TBs you are moving around. To click each one individually is Labour intensive and time consuming, meaning plain and simple - I won't be doing it. 2. It is impossible to know which TB you are clicking on unless you look up each TB in a separate browser as you are logging. When I drop 1 of say 40 bugs, I know which tracking code I dropped, not which TB reference number I dropped. This is almost enough to make me not want to deal with trackables anymore. Very annoying. 3. The add coordinates to log feature. You may say it doesn't get used enough, I say bullox. Too many times cache owners place their cache and then become unresponsive to emails and notes... The only way to tell other Cachers that the coordinates are out is in the body of a log text? Not very effective. This is a feature that NEEDS to stay. Clearly, I am not the only one that feels this way, although our voices will likely go unheard or ignored... 4. There is no where to add a title or description to your photo when it is uploaded. When 40 people all start posting the same image for an Earthcache on the gallery, how do you know which one belongs to which team or cacher without titles. Alright, not everyone uses titles or descriptions on their pics, but it makes it a lot easier for us EC owners to look quickly and see what is posted. 5. The layout looks like an app. If I wanted to use an app, I would use c:geo (because don't even get me started on the official geocaching app and it's flaws)... Not the actual website. I have a 19" screen on my computer. This userface looks pathetic and puny on my screen. At least the old page took up the entire screen. The colour profile on this page is also very strange... What happened to brown and green? Camo colours! None of this blue and grey. 6. Why, after I submit my log, does the cache page load??? Of you are looking for a way to streamline mobile data use (which must be the only reason for the bare bones looking page and removing some of the most important features) why on earth would you automatically load each cache page? I have already found it and logged it, send me back to my field notes page or something useful! Don't waste data by loading the page for a cache I have already found and, to be entirely honest, probably won't look at again for a while. 6. Needs maintenance - likely missing, or other? What, no button for "cache is a sopping wet disgusting mess, infested with bugs and needs some major TLC?" How about "cache is in disrepair" as one of the options? IMHO "likely missing" shouldn't even BE an option... At least not the first option available. 7. On that same note...There have been SO many times I have received NM or even NA logs on D4 and D5 caches that I have hidden, because someone with 14 finds went out and spent 15 minutes looking and couldn't find it. I can see that number increasing ten gold with the new button. Unless GS is going to add a disclaimer label to the use of the button - when you hover over it - "please only use this feature if you have given the area a thorough search and have exhausted all possible hiding locations, or you have located the geocache and it is damaged" or it will make those of us who place high D caches go absolutely bonkers. At least when it was a separate log it took a little bit of effort to log a NM or NA. Now it is almost too easy to do. I guess my point is... I greatly dislike it. Not because I don't like change... Change can be great! But because IMHO there are some major features missing and design flaws. I don't think I have EVER posted on the forums regarding a design update to have my say... This update just upset me that much. I really hope some additional changes are rolled out before long, or the entire thing is scrapped and I can go back to all the features I use regularly.

Ok, first of all, going to have to agree with Northern Penguin. If the ONLY reason you are going out to do a cache is to qualify for a challenge, and not because it's an awesome cache, physical challenge, mental challenge, etc... then it shouldn't even matter if the log is bogus or not. My advice: go out to the cache. Take your camera. Chances are, if it's a lonely cache, there's a reason it's lonely. Maybe it's in the middle of nowhere, but the view is spectacular. Maybe it's in the middle of the jungle and people have been eaten by man-eating mosquitoes trying to find it. (You never know, it could happen)... in any case, you'll probably want to have at least one photograph of your adventure to/with/from the cache. Then, while you're there, you could always just, ya know, snap a picture of the last log in the book, IN CASE it doesn't match up with the last log online. That way, you have a photo and can show the CO of the cache with the bogus log so the bogus log can be deleted, if needed... unless there are extenuating circumstances. In the cache description, the CO clearly states "For the purposes of this challenge, and for the benefit of other cachers, log your find as soon as possible on the cache you're using to qualify toward this challenge." We've all done it. Heck, I have about 75 caches from the last three days that I am slowly working on logging, in between work, laundry, eating, sleeping, etc. But, chances are that if someone finds a lonely cache, it will likely be logged within 48 hours of them finding it. Not everyone is connected wirelessly, and chances are people will want to share their experiences, especially if it was worthwhile.

Having read this thread from start to finish (what better way to spend three hours lying in a hospital bed) I must say... seriously, three reviewers and a Groundspeak Lackey, and we're STILL arguing about this? Are you serious? I just keep remembering, in the back of my mind, a specific Juicepig event listing. I believe the only things posted in the cache description were the co-ordinates of the meeting location, the date, and the time. Did people attend the event? Yes. Did people have fun? I was not at the event, so cannot speak for specific individuals; but people generally do enjoy themselves at these types of shindigs... and the logs seemed very positive, so I am going to go with yes (if you will allow me to make such a bold assumption). Did Juicepig list the name of the venue even once? No. Our VRs are just that, volunteers. They work hard. And that's just at their day jobs. There's no need to bother then with this nonsense, esepcially when most of the people posting here keep saying "I don't care in the grand scheme of things..." If you don't care, drop it. Move on. Get outside. Find a cache. And some poison ivy, or some ticks, or some mosquitoes, or some giant hogweed, or...

A few of these relate to specific caches, but they may make sense to some... "Sometimes an owl is just an owl. And sometimes it's a cache. But usually, it's just an owl." (we were doing a cache in Warren, PA (for GWIX) and the cache was along a guardrail next to a fake owl. One member of our caching team picked up the owl 4 or 5 times to make sure the owl wasn't the cache. ) Sometimes it is about the numbers - the number of mosquito bites, the number of dollars spent on calamine/anti-ivy/after bite, the number of ER visits, the number of memories (about a new Ontario reviewer, Cache Shadow, whose identity is still unknown...) "And only the Shadow knows for sure..." Geocaching: thanks to micros, even your grandma can do it!

The BPACH trail is entirely equine-friendly, and is a series of about 150 caches from Jerseyville, Ontario to Port Dover, Ontario. The Dundas Conservation area has a number of caches, including a few that are equine friendly; it's $8 for the day pass for your trailer, and includes however many horses and people you can bring in those vehicles. I cache with my 6 year old Appy x Hanovarian hunter mare, Somersault, to keep her sane in between shows. She LOVES it.

The Brant Power Area Cache Hosts are a new caching organization based in Brant County and Brantford, Ontario. Website: www.bpach.blogspot.com (until we get a real one set up) Email: bpachcrew@gmail.com Contacts: Pasha88 or DLob89, or Walking Woody Everyone's welcome to join! We host bi-monthly meetings and cache runs in SW Ontario.

Ones I like: Taking the cap off of an acorn, putting a lot inside of the acorn, fitting a small piece of threaded pipe inside of the botton of the acorn, fastening a bolt to the top of the acorn, and then putting the acorn back together (using pipe and bolt). A tricky (and evil) micro... As part of a multi, co-ords were for a rock wall... at the top there was a film canister with the word "lower", at the bottom, one with the word "higher" and one in the middle was a rock with the co-ords written on the bottom of it. Like finding a needle in a haystack. My sister found an old stump and hollowed out the bottom of it just enough to fit a cache (small lock n lock) into. Bottle caps with flat-topped pill containers glued to the bottom of them. Toy bugs (close to life sized) with plastic nano containers (Actually, I got them from a lab I was working in, they're the containers used for freezing muscle tissue samples in liquid nitrogen, so very waterproof and strong) screwed into the bottom of them - I have a whole series of these. A rock, with a hole drilled in the bottom of it, stuffed with a bison tube.

I've only ever had one encounter with a police officer - I was placing a cache in a tree roadside and when I came up the embankment, he simply suggested that next time I had to use the facilities, I travel about a km down the road to the Tim Hortons (coffee shop) on the edge of town. didn't ask what I was doing, just asked me to avoid peeing in the woods. At the end of our breef conversation, he offered me some hand sanitizer (which I took out of shame) before driving off with a wave and a smile.

1. A pile of dead/decaying animals (most likely squirrels/coons) - at least 10 bodies 2. An LCBO bag with a FULL bottle of Rum - it was sealed (no, I didn't take it) 3. While night caching, we came across 4 live deer within 10m of where we were standing. They stopped and stared at us, so we did the same. Best part of it - we were in a small park and they were standing right on someone's front lawn. We stood watching each other for at least 10 minutes.

Writing only an acronym can kill a log. Writing the story of how you slipped in the mud, tripped over your own feet and fell onto the cache (or whatever else you happened to do) and then writing "but, TFTC anyways!" is fine by me!

What is the most unusual item used to make a cache out of that you ever seen? Someone used a plastic jack-o-lantern and placed a tupperware container inside of the pumpkin head - very cool! What is the most unusual item you ever had to use for a tool to retrieve a cache? On Ebay, there are log rolling tools... best $1.75 I have ever spent. Not really all that unusual, but sure does come in handy on those dadgum nanos! Last what is your most unusual caching experience? I have two... caching by myself (mistake) just after a rainfall (another mistake) trying to cross a stream on a fallen log (mistake 3) while carrying my GPS in one hand and my swag bag in the other. Log broke. So did my ankle. Found the cache anyways. The other... caching on horseback, there was a micro hung in a tree my horse found before I did. Horses (well, my horse) thinks certain types of tree leaves taste good... and accidentally grabbed the cache! Fortunately she was smart enough to spit it out before swallowing... but, needless to say, I was terrified of having to report to the cache owner "needs maintenance... my horse ate your cache... I can retrieve it from the maure pile if you'd like it back!"

Some of the ones I use: TNLN (took nothing, left nothing) TFTH (thanks for the hunt/hide) VCC (very cool cache/container)

There are a couple of PMO caches in my area... a TB hotel and a regular I can think of off the top of my head. I am a premium member, my caching/relationship partner is not. Why? We're college students, and the fact of the matter is we simply can't afford $60 a year, especially when $30 will suffice (for just one of us to be PM, and we share the emails/notifications as we share the email). Come to think of it, we save up all the change we can just to get one PM membership, so why bother with two. It's created a few issues with the PMO caches in the area, especially since he wants to dp his TBs/Coins into them because, all in all, they are very neat caches. But, is there anything so special about them? Probably not. I understand the purpose of making TB hotels PMOC - reduces the risk of coins going missing from cachers who don't understand the purpose of them. But, just an average cache? Don't understand it. Personally, I find it prejudice against all us starving college kids who cache because it's something we can do for *almost* free when trying to avoid homework. Caching is supposed to be something everyone can do, not just those who can afford it. Just my thoughts though.

I did this!! I was one of the 50 students... had to take my GPS... logged three that week. Great fun! You know you're addicted when: -even your horse knows when you're going geocaching because you have a GPS mount for your saddle! -you name your GPS (mine are Lola and Martha) -everyone you know saves old tupperware/margaine/PB/pill containers for you. -you have so many unplaced caches your housekeeper refuses to clean your "caching room" -you have a "caching room"

Ha ha ha... as a third year university student having taken stats, psych and biology, this is the type of stuff you have to do ALL THE TIME for the first 3 years. Boring, but if it gets you an A, good job.

On Ontario, I went to the owner of the property and asked if it was ok. Even though it was a rest stop, it was still owned by a single guy (well, a company) and he said it was ok, so I placed one. Perhaps in Canada we do things differently, but many of the rest stops I know of around me are privately owned and managed.

Hey Familyseekers. welcome to the club. Magellan software doesn't work with Vista either. I tried for almost a year to get it to work with no luck. If you can find a way, please, do share.

Well, considering how rude this post sounds, I couls easily understand how you would not see rudeness in those logs. You probably don't see it in your own writing either? Thanks Write Shop Robert, I agree. Just because you feel something should be said, doesn't mean you need to insult the person in doing so. There are SO many ways your thoughts and feelings can be shared; why not share them in the politest way possible?

When I started caching, I had an elderly Arabian mare named Paqsha - she was the first horse I had purchased and cared for with my own money, so she was (and still is) very special to me. 88 - I was born in 1988... so that's pretty easy.

That's why I usually make sure I take time to play a little bit/let me 6 year old neices play or take the dog for a walk when I do those types of caches. Fortunately, I am only 21 and female, so I can still pass as someone who loves to swing on the swingset! I don't know about the particular cache you're talking about, but I know that if I decide to go, I will: a) take a kid/dog/friend. avoid busy days; school holidays, summer afternoons, etc c) bring a picnic basket/eat my lunch on a park bench d) make sure the area is as deserted as possible wehn I do go to make the find. Sometimes that means going back and forth to the cache site 3 or 4 times. One of my favourites... my boyfriend and I pretended to have a snowball fight. I ducked behind the tree for cover, made the find, formed a snowball, threw it, signed the log, repeated snowball, replaced cache, ran to the next tree. Worked like a charm. I know it's frustrating, but good luck!

1. Trackables, especially geocoins. I am a geocoin addict. 2. Keychains/souvenirs from far away lands 3. Useful things, like CITO garbage bags, band-aids, batteries, compasses or a rain poncho, etc.

Alright, perhaps this is just my current frustration, but hopefully someone can help me with this... I have a large number of "successful" (long standing with many finds) caches, but also some new ones (approx 80 total). For the most part, people caching in our area are VERY receptive and appreciative of cachesplaced near home - especially puzzles that have been given a lot of thought and time. However, there is one particular cacher who, no matter what, will write something negative about your geocache in his/her "find" log. For example: I have a cache located on public, crown land. It is easily accessible from the public, crown land. It is approximately a 500m walk down a path from parking on the side of the road. However, there is also parking on private property (a car garage)located just 100m from the cache. Log reads: Cache requires people to go on private land. Caches shouldn't be placed on PP. Not happy with cache placement. I took a long time trying to find out if this particular area of land was private or public. I contacted the municipality many times, and I was given the ok to place this particular cache. 34 other individuals to date have done the puzzle and found this cache, with no complaints (other than someone who stepped in a creek and had to go home with a wet shoe). Cache listing clearly states cache is on public land. Example 2: another puzzle cache. Sudoku. A few kind individuals identified an issue with the cache, which was solved immediately. 6 additional cachers had no problems with this cache once I corrected the mistake. Log from cacher:Tried to figure puzzle out twice. Couldn't figure it out. Puzzle is wrong. CO needs to fix it. Fortunately for the cacher, I had listed the approximately co-ords (within 100m) for the actual listing and they were able to find it just by wandering around looking for the clue. But, this cacher didn't say what the mistakes were or how they could be fixed. There are 5 or 6 other examples of logs that were quite rude (some DNF logs included, where they DNF'd, said it was an awful cache/location, yet when I went to do maintenance it was there, and one including a word that shouldn't be used on a family site) I deleted the DNF logs, but feel bad deleting the found logs as I know that will erase the find from the cacher's page. I know at least 2 other local cachers have called this particluar person out (one, very publicly, at an event) for rude logs(especially for DNFs) with no changes in his/her behaviour. I have even sent this cacher a message but got no response and continue to receive rude logs. This cacher has over 8000 finds so I also feel like I don't have much say with my 230finds... against this seasoned cacher. Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions as to what can be done to correct these logs? Perhaps I am taking this cacher's logs too seriously and should listen to the other people who have found and enjoyed the same cache? Thoughts? Thanks...

I am hosting an event on May 8th. I'm very fortunate in that I have some event sponsors that have donated geocoins and other geoswag, but here's what I got myself: -fleece blanket (50x60", was on sale at Wal-Mart for under $5.00) -hard-covered notebook with a pack of pencils/pens (notebook was in Easter stuff for 50% off, pack of pens ~2.00) -Plain t-shirt, white, size Men's L - + 8.00 for t-shirt printing paper - at the event, I am going to have everyone sign it in permanent marker. I will use the t-shirt transfer paper to write the event name, date, GC# and location and raffle it off (total price for shirt, paper and sharpies about 12.00) - using the paper I got for the shirt, I also printed re-usable canvas bags with the same info! 3 plain cream coloured canvas bags were $4.99 in a package from my local craft store -water bottles - I got 3 of them from the student union at my school for $3.00 each - they're nice alluminum ones too! - Jelly Belly Jelly Beans - 200g boxes were on sale for $2 each! I paired them with a full can of chocolate covered peanuts... even if they don't want to make the container a cache, they can still enjoy the peanuts! -Check the dollar store or outlet store - some of the things I have gotten there: automatic watering bulbs and gardening gloves, Ice cream sundae kits with scoop, dish, spoon, sprinkles and syrup, good quality rain jacket, kids prizes (badminton set, Mickey Mouse Checkers, bubble wand, craft kits), folding lawn chair in a storage bag, hard covered notebooks, ALL UNDER $5 each -Military surplus store - rolls of camo tape, camo hat, heavy duty compass, ammo can (small kind, about 3"x5"x4") -worldcaching.com has chocolate geocoins - a nice gift bag with 5 or 10 coins will range $2.50-$4.00 -Cache addict has trackable Cachekinz for $4.50 - cute AND affordable I went a *little* overboard with prizes for my event, but hopefully that will give you some ideas. Good luck with your event!