figtreesky

I stand corrected. The Lucky 5 Ranch was evidently acquired by the park. My apologies to notaranger. Well... I now have a cache ready to go to be placed somewhere else with a lot of cool stuff in it. Now I just got figure out where to put it. I think I might try an application to Ranch Cuyamaca State Park.

I'm worried about a scenario that there are people/person out there that will now use the ban of caches in the park as some sort pretext to take any cache even if it's outside the park.

Even if I know the correct boundaries and my cache is compliant, what's preventing notaranger from taking it anyway regardless of it being compliant or not?

Ok, I have a really strange situation here. I recieved a note from someone named notaranger about my Isolation Point Cache saying that it is within Anza-Borrego state park limits. The thing is, though, no map indicates that it's within the park. I've checked yahoo, google earth, google map, Topo, and even the parks official map and none of them indicate it's inside the park boundaries. So I contacted notaranger, and I got a thoughtful response stating that the park has recently aquired new parcels of land and it was implied that my cache was on that land. Be that is it may, I don't know if their information is correct, if it's incorrect, or if this whole thing is just a big prank. I haven't heard back from notaranger after their initial response. I am also worried that my cache would get vandalized and stolen by who ever notaranger even if the cache is not actually in the park. For safe major, I dissabled the cache and retrieved it today until I can get this weird episode straightened out. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed? It seems like I have to contact the park itself and confirm the boundaries.

I buy the best swag at my local army surplus store

I found an interesting location I want to check out and think might be good for a cache. But I haven't been too imaginative with how my caches are placed, but I hope to change that by placing a cache underwater. What containers would you suggest on using? Also, I tried the search option, but it wasn't working. sorry

The location I've chosen is very secluded. I think few people are even aware of this place's existence. I need to find a carpenter that would be able to modify the duck though. I can't do that on my own.

Incidently, do you think that decoy duck idea would work?

I think I have some good spots for hides that would take people to interesting points of interest, but I'm lacking ideas for the difficulty of the cache itself. For instance, all my caches so far have been ammo cans; not very original. I'm trying to think of some way to make that element of the hide more interesting while still accommodating a large(ish) cache. One place I plan to hide a cache is near a pond. I thought about buying one of those wooden decoy ducks, hallowing it out, and putting the cache inside it and anchor it to the bottom of the pond. Or something along those lines. stuff like that. But since I live in a condo, I'm limited by my resources to manufacture caches.

What sort of sick people do that? I can't even comprehend how wrong that is.

"While the logs can be humorous, they are costly to the site developers" Really?

Post Script, I posted this here, because I figured if anyone in the SD area is going on any overseas trips, I can give them this travel bug

I've never grabbed a travel bug before but now I have one. I made sure to log it in that I have it in my possession now. Come to find out the travel bug's purpose is to go around the world! holy moly! I thought I could just put it in another cache nearby, but now I feel like I should mail it to someone in Australia or Japan. I feel a little overwhelmed by my responsibilities. What should I do?

wouldn't it be a false analogy?

wouldn't it be a false analogy?

One thing that also really helps is to post the park geocaching rules (or a link) on cache pages for each cache in that park. It helps to raise awareness so that when cachers find those caches and hide new ones in the same park are aware of that park's rules. I'm working on that. I put a disclaimer saying there are strict guidelines for the caches and authorization must be granted prior. Hopefully someone who finds my cache in CRSP will read the cache page and know they can't plop down a new cache on a whim. I just realized that about 2/3 of my watch list is composed of caches in ABDSP

Cuyamaca Rancho SP I think has a model policy of how caches should be regulated in sensative areas, and talking with the park and its volunteers has been very rewarding. People there seem to want to help.

My goal is to place a cache in upper Rockhouse Basin at the base of Toro Peak. That area has always interested me. But I think only Team Gecko and Passingwind would visit it. And it would be on BLM land

I'm pretty new to the sport. I started caching consistently this month, and I've been trying to get most of the caches in my area. But, for some caches, I wonder "what is the point of that?" or "Why is there a cache here?" Is location an indicator of success or failure? Does a successful cache take you to a spot you may not have been before that is also interesting? And conversely, does a cache that does not take someone to an interesting spot not considered a success? This was my initial indication of what I thought a successful cache would be. I placed my first cache near my house in La Mesa. I'm actually kind of embarrassed by my first cache. I placed it close to my house in La Mesa, thinking it would be easy to maintain that way, but it's not very creative or interesting. Other than being a little larger than others, there's nothing that distinguishes it from other caches in the area. I thought my second cache I placed (with permission) in Cuyamaca Ranch State Park would be more "successful" I am proud of my second cache. It's like my baby. It has great swag, awesome location, interesting route to get to, takes some research to get to. But... no one has found it yet. I'm kind of dismayed. If success were indicated by the numbers of people visiting, then this cache would be a resounding failure, but my La Mesa cache would ironically be considered more successful by far. Is a good cache meant to be challenging or easy? Are "good" and "successful" subjective upon the cacher? I had plans to place more caches in areas that I considered interesting and which are usually farther away from the city, but does that make them better or worse caches?

Gecko-Dad, what do you say about putting up a cache up in upper Rockhouse Basin near the Old Santa Rosa Indian Village at the base of Toro Peak? Obviously far enough from the village to not disturb the site, but in the general area. It's nice ol' BLM land

So, would I be able to load maps with waypoints too? Like could I have maps with caches showing on them?

excuse me while I hit my head against the wall.

wow. that was money well spent. What do I need then?

That would be the national geographic topo

So I bought Topo and looking at it, it seems like an amazing program. I'm having trouble sending it to my GPSR. My Garmin is physically connected to the computer but when I go to Change GPS Settings in Topo, I then click on connection settings and test GPS connection and I get "Could not establish USB connection to device." I have it set on the USB port, and I have properly set the correct reciever type in the reciever type screen. I am getting a promt from my computer when I establish a connection with the GPSR and the computer. The Hardware wizard states "Cannot Install this hardware The hardware was not installed because the wizard can not find the necessary software" Yikes. What should I do now? I'm guessing I lost a CD that came with the GPSR.