Woody33 -
I have been in your shoes...8 months ago a search from my zip code was even worst than yours. The 20 closest caches were 17 to 75 miles away. It is a little better now. With the help of btouch & ckreef, 20 caches = only ~53 miles. And using Dublin, GA as our local center starting point 20 caches = 40 miles. Several newbies are logging finds, as well as "powercachers" being lured into the area as the cache density increases.