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Walking is banned -in other news thoroughbred offical state horse

I guess what is kinda neat about the regular travel bug as opposed to one that someone carries with them.. Is that a regular travel bug relies on more than one person. It's like that seven degrees of seperation. It shows a distinct connection between strangers. And in this case the connection is a group leisure activity... Something done for no purpose whatsoever other than to be a part of something. So I guess that is what is missing from virtual travel bugs -the display of a distinct connection between strangers.

I don't get the virtual one. I was looking at this one which has gone quite a distance... I was just wondering if anyone knows of one that has travelled further.

I was on the travel bug page to try to figure out which one has travelled the furthest distance. Does anyone know which one is the most travelled?

Today I left something that I felt was completely appropriate for the cache. The cache was yoda's and it was located next to a bog. So I brought a new container of powerful insect repellent -just in case someone at this cache forgot theirs.

In response to saying that rattlesnakes aren't threatened... keep in mind that they aren't but their habitats are. If you look at the development of Cave Creek (Arizona, north of Phoenix) then you would remember a time when that was all empty desert. As far as their population running amok -keep in mind that some of their natural enemies (like the bald eagle) are endangered. And besides which would you rather see in the wild... "an awesome creature" or a bunch of field mice and rabbits running everywhere?

I think that anyone who would complain about this should feel free to plant a flag of their choice in any US cache. It's not like it's porn after all... (those stars can look pretty spicy.)

These snakes usually don't mess with you unless you mess with them. When I was growing up in Scottsdale, Arizona -there was a lot of development going on in the area and these snakes would be driven out of their habitat and into people's garages. Another problem was that these snakes aren't very smart (go figure) and like to sun themselves on paved roads. There were (are) a lot of A-holes who would see these guys on the road and speed up -chuckling as they make roadcrust out of them. If I were you I would think that it was a magnificant find. Kind of like spotting any natural wildlife when geocaching. Treasure this moment because there probably won't be many more of them.

Okay, I feel really guilty. The last time I was hiking in Colorado - I left a southeast Asia Monkey Trap with a cache of children's toys... If this guy had just let go of the toys -his arm would've been freed.

quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary:What every you do, don't pull the classic newbie hide and place the cache in a patch of ivy. There are more creative ways to make a cache difficult to find than ivy. It's not fun to look through and often results in the ivy getting torn up. The prevalent kind of ivy out here is poison ivy. Even this newbie isn't that cruel.

Okay I have a question for cachers who camoflage their cache. Do you repaint it for every season? It seems like a green camo box would stand out against a snowy backdrop. The bark around a pvc is very devious. I like it.

Well I was thinking about using a hide-a-key fake stone containing nothing more than the coordinates of the next 'real' cache.

Okay lets face it... The things in a cache seem to be geared for a 6 year old. (This observation given after a whopping two caches found.) But the fact remains that what gives something value ISN'T monetary worth but rather significance. This whole idea of 'trading up' or 'trading down' really means that some item has more significance to someone than someone else. I propose a solution. I propose that we leave something more personal such as poetry or mix cd's or the like. (A blank CD costs all of 33 cents -it's what you put on it that adds significance.) Anyways that's my idea.

Hey everyone I am just about to hide a new cache somewhere in Massachusetts. I've noticed that the two I've found thusfar were basically tupperware containers wedged into cracks of rocks. I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but this location is very typical. I mean in both cases -once I found the coordinates -I can just look for these typical hiding spots. So before I go off on a tangent. Does anyone else have any good ideas as to the best place to hide a cache?

I was looking over this topic and I'm like "Darn, I was going to hide a cache on a plane".

I'm very new to this but this "plundering" seems like a very obvious vandal. Anytime people rely on others to basically 'be good' we can also expect to be disapointed. What we can do is figure out the exact area that he is "plundering" and set up a trap. I used to live in both Phoenix and Tucson and I know that it's probably possible to set up a cache near someone's home. Use your imagination after that. On the other side of things we shouldn't put things in caches that we don't want to get rid of. I am currently trying to get a gold ring back from my exgirlfriend... I'll set up a complicated cache and then you will see a real pirates treasure. (female cachers ring size 6 look out.)-This guy is small potatoes.

I'm trying to figure out what it means when a cache has a hitch-hiker...