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Cache In, Trash Out 2004 Honolulu: Photos http://www.lightfantastic.org/gps/gallery/2004cito

quote:There's something funny here and I can't figure out which is what from the pictures. The description says that the mark is on the top of the wall, but your picture looks like it is at the bottom of the wall on the surrounding pavement.Understandable. The north edge of the Pacific War Memorial is elevated (or more than likely, made level) on what I presume to be at least two platforms. There's the concrete "stonewall" mentioned in the NGS data, which stands maybe two feet off the ground and is the outermost perimeter, on top of which stands (at an additional height of another foot or two) the smooth, painted white "main wall" or inner wall of the memorial itself. Thus, in this photo, what you are seeing is the inner wall casting a shadow on the outer "stonewall" (rather than on the ground, which I see now it might look like). I still think I had the right spot, but to be sure I did inspect the entire surface of both walls (outer "stonewall" and painted concrete inner wall). Mahalo (thanks) for the input! -- GPS Hawaii | Hawai`i Geocachers & GPS Enthusiasts

Rather than start a new thread, I figured I'd just add a question here. I hunted for benchmark TU0260 here in Honolulu, near to a number of other marks. This one, however, despite having the most specific description (in the form of a large and permanent landmark), is apparently gone. I think I see in the concrete where the survey disk used to be, but not the disk itself. Here are my photos and not-found report. Since the landmark (the Pacific War Memorial) is still there, and (I think) the location of the station mark is still there... this doesn't qualify as destroyed, does it? GPS Hawaii | Hawai`i Geocachers & GPS Enthusiasts

Hawaii might be home to fewer than a percent of the registered geocaches worldwide, but when adjusted for density, we're nearly in the top ten! After seeing the level of geocaching activity in Hawaii, and getting good advice from other state geocaching groups (such as Michigan and Georgia), a bunch of us are forming a new geocachers group way out here in the middle of the Pacific. GPS Hawaii http://www.lightfantastic.org/gps We've got a forum, mailing list, and photo gallery set up, and more fun stuff to come to be sure... including, hopefully, a first-ever cache event! GPS Hawaii | Hawai`i Geocachers & GPS Enthusiasts

Aloha mai! Found this site through a link posted to a geocaching thread at HawaiiStories. Member Beth is an avid geocacher, and introduced many of us to the phenomenon for the first time. Now I'm surfing GPS reviews and related sites and thinking myself of trying this out. I could use a good excuse to get out of the house now and then!