sept1c_tank

Murphey's Law: If if can break, it will.

He needed a fix, man! You know how it is! Seriously, I broke a container one time, trying to get it open; it was an accident. I immediately emailed the owner and explained, and she was very gracious about it. Considering that I had previously logged three DNFs on that cache, it would have been easy for her to assume that my intents were malicious. Did your guy indicate that he broke the cache on purpose?

I would avoid any container that could be broken if dropped or struck with a hard object.

Who said Jeremy doesn't have a sense of humor?

I don't care what they say about you, auntie; I wake up every morning yearning to read your valuable and entertaining thoughts.

Or longer, unless at some time you feel differently.

It will appear as a note with the other logs on the cache page.

Stunning artwork!

A quiggle looks like a frog with large feet and tiny front legs...They are fun-loving creatures that are usually seen wearing enormous grins. If you step on one (accidently, of course) while geocaching, they become a squiggle.

I noticed you already have a hint on your cache page. Since this is a popular spot, and it is at the highest point around, I'm guessing there might be a sign there with the official elevation on it. If this is a fact, and your hint is accurate, that should be good enough. If there is no sign, your hint is mostly useless since most GPSrs won't give you that accurate of an elevation.

You can be right on top of this and not see it.

Don't forget to take the test.

Careful, those nosey morons of which you speak might be somebody's mother!

I see no point in adding another category. If you don't like nanos, don't hunt for micros. If you like micros (let's face it, there's not much room for trading anyway, and according to most everyone who doesn't like micros, they're usually a waste of time), you should be thrilled with nanos because of the greater oppertunity for hiding them. Personally, I like micros and it's a pleasant surprise when one turns out to be a nano.

Never really thought about it.

I am reminded of my first caching encounter with da law. Contrary to your demeanor, I tend to be very comfortable when confronted by the cops. My first time was colorful; it happened about 2:00 AM in another country to the north. The park was closed and I was sitting, alone on the stone wall with my GPSr in one hand and a BFL in the other, wearing a headlamp. Across the street was a vehicle with it’s keys locked inside in the ignition. The nice officer suddenly appeared in his vehicle and immediately aimed his BFL at me. He dismounted and walked toward me, shining a small flashlight in my face and asked for my ID and what was I doing. So, I handed him my Indiana ID and said I was geocaching. Of course, he had no knowledge of geocaching. While I was trying to explain caching in a nutshell, he pointed out that I was from a different country. He asked where this cache I was looking for is, exactly. Well, because my host had discovered his keys were locked in his truck during our vocal transfer of the coordinates, I only had a few digits plugged into my unit. So I explained to the cop that I didn’t know exactly where the cache was because I didn’t have the complete coordinates. So he excused himself and got on his radio. A minute later I had the opportunity to explain that the vehicle parked across the road was my friend’s and that his keys were locked inside. So the friendly officer walked over to the truck and ran the plates and asked me where my friend lived. I had only arrived in the country a few hours earlier and I was disoriented and I really didn’t know where my friend lived. Meanwhile, the second officer arrived. Then I had to explain geocaching again, and the story of the locked truck and the fact that there was originally a third vehicle with us and the driver of that vehicle was driving the owner of the first (locked) vehicle home to retrieve his keys and that it was a long way from here and they wouldn’t be back for almost an hour so that’s why they left me here to guard the vehicle because he thought it might be a bad neighborhood. Well, officers Friendly thought the whole thing was pretty funny and wanted to know more about geocaching. Finally, they explained that the park was not really safe after dark, and that when my friends returned we should all go someplace else and come back when the park is open. Then they both drove off (knowing more about geocaching than a newbie), leaving me sitting on that wall with my GPS in one hand and my BFL in the other, wearing a headlamp.

Geocacher University has a nice printable brochure. And you could print out a cache page (include the logs) for a cache that is similiar to yours.

You have that problem too?

If you stare at them, they will usually go away. If there are too many for this to be effective, then they probably won't notice you anyway.

I would suggest that your inclination may be the best idea. In your OP, you asked, If seeking the cache would result in criminal charges (like if you had to enter a restricted military area), I might feel some obligation to report it to a reviewer or file an SBA. But according to the information you have presented here, and the response from the PO: I do not know to which caches you are referring, so I haven't read the descriptions or any logs. Have others logged the caches in question? What are their comments? Did they break any laws? Can the caches be retrieved legally and safely, or is it just your perception that they can't?

Not Guilty. Actually I feel pretty much the opposite; I feel a sense of great exuberance.

I'm lucky; I don't get it in the winter or the summer. Here is a picture of my buddy standing next to a typical Indiana PI vine in the winter:

Twenty minutes does not a (lots of) bushwhack make.

Had the possum signed the log?