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    Geo-post Offices

    in General geocaching topics

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    This is a really neat idea if I understand it right.

     

    A cacher picks up a postcard from a GPO cache and moves it to another appropriately sized cache. So on and so forth until it reaches its goal. Does the postcard's goal have to be another GPO cache?

    Logs about NEEDING CITO

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Maybe the cachers didn't bring a trash bag. It's also one way to tell the hider his/her hiding area is getting trashy in the hopes he/she will have some pride and do the CITO.
    I agree. I don't think most cachers walk around with large trash bags and gloves.

     

    We actually do carry large trash bags and even a burlap type one for gathering trash like bottles and such in case they break. On one of our recent logs we did mention a cache area needing a CITO but it was in the context of an event.

     

    When we mentioned it in our log we also volunteered to help so maybe some cachers are just letting the cache owner know that they would be willing to help?

    Best Cache Container

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    We found a multi once that had a five or six foot pole with a hook on it hidden in a fencepost for the first stage. The second stage was a camouflaged birdhouse high in a tree. You used the pole to hook into an eyelet on the bottom of the birdhouse and pull it down. A tape measure was attached to the base of the birdhouse which allowed it to go back into place. It was awesome!

    Editing Cache Description?

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    Yes - you should be able to edit it.

     

    Be sure to click the 2 "I agree...." boxes toward the bottom before you re-submit.

     

    But I seem to be not seeing the "submit" button? Where is that please?

     

    I do see the "I agree...." boxes, just not the means to save the edits.

     

    The submit button is at the very bottom of the page under the 2 agree buttons. Hope that helps. :laughing:

    HOW MUCH HAVE YOU INVESTED....

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    :( Glad to see I'm not alone in this. I easily have $20.00 or more in all my ammo cans. I have over seven just waiting to go now not including the various small containers I have already camouflaged. Just looking for that choice location. I've made plans to go get more soon.

    I guess that's an upside to living in an area with little activity. Its not like I have to worry about that 0.10mi rule.

    Log a find, or fail to find?

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    Being a relative newb, I need some guidance from the group on the protocol for logging a find vs. logging a did not find.

     

    If we locate the hide location, but are informed that the cache was destroyed by :) neighbors - is that a find, or did not find? Thanks, in advance, for the help.

    It's only a find if you sign the logbook. That one would get a cache "Needs Maintenance" log from me.

     

    Ditto.

    how to carry gps

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    Clip it to my belt.

     

    Clip it to my backpack straps.

     

    Hook to walking staff.

     

     

    or....

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Get creative with Duck Tape?!!?

     

    :anitongue: From now on the GPSr is taped to my wife's back.

    Just stick it in your pocket. I carry mine there and I never have any problems with reception.

    what is a muggle?

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    brand new to goecaching...first outing tomorrow...what is a muggle? and is there a glossary of some type specific to geocaching terminology?

     

    Until today, you were a muggle. Welcome to the magical world of geocaching.

     

    OK...so what am i now? looking foward to taking the kids out tomorrow. bought my GPS mainly for fishing but who knows...maybe i've stumbled upon something here

     

    Now your a geocacher. Welcome. I started geocaching as a way for my sons and I to spend time together away from TV, video games, etc. Now the entire family goes and we have an incredible time.

    Good luck on your first hunt and you can follow this link to understand some of the terminology:

     

    Geocaching Terms

    repelling ticks

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    This thread got me thinking...

    http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=171630

     

    Do you have to spray DEET on every square inch to repel ticks? In other words, if I only sprayed myself with DEET but missed an arm or half an arm, could they still attach themselves to that untreated space. I know with mosquitoes you can just spray DEET on most of your body and it will repel them.

     

    Also, is OFF with 30% DEET good to repel them?

     

    A co-worker has Lyme, and I have seen what she as good though, and I do not wish that on anyone.

     

    Thanks,

    Dave

     

    Repel and Off are both good products. Deet isn't a health issue, unless you're putting near/on your face a lot. It's the inhaling of Deet (so I've heard) that is the dangerous part. Went out this weekend and sprayed only open skin, not clothing. No ticks, but LOTS (like whole feet covered) of chiggers. I recommend that you spray all of you, even your clothing. They like your feet and waist band areas. I live on 17 acres and this is the 1st real problem I've had. Ticks are standard, but the chiggers are the worst thing I've ever experienced.

     

    Cindy

     

    Chiggers are a nightmare. We always spray deet over all our exposed skin and on our clothes. We didn't spray our clothes earlier this year and the little buggers found there way in all the time.

    I read an article on Backpacker magazine and they tested a lot of repellents the best ones containing 30% deet. Anything over that was basically overkill.

    How can I kill deer ticks on clothing?

    in How do I...?

    Posted

    We do it the old fashioned way. Pick them off. I have discovered much to the delight of my children and the disdain of my wife that if you put a live tick on a hard surface, and then put a lighter flame on it, they'll pop! :D

     

    It makes the after caching tick check more fun! :huh: Deep Woods Off works great to keep them away.

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