SilverHorse

Spoiler for Western PA Cachers.... I call it the Matchstick. During construction... I managed to break a piece off while trying to perfect it, so it is now a stage in a multi.

OMG WHAT IN MERCY'S NAME ARE THOSE????????????????? I'd guess ant larvae? Bit of a fear of bugs, dancer?

I've been stopped a dozen times or so and asked what I was up to, and had my ID ran a few times. I just be polite and friendly and explain Geocaching to them. I've had two encounters that stick out in my mind, though. The first was in Wheeling, WV. There was 3 of us looking for a micro that was eluding us quote well. All of a sudden, the whole area lights up red and blue. Not one, not two, but THREE police cruisers pull up and surround us. They get out and form a semi-circle around our little group, and began the questioning. purple_kv gave them the geocaching spiel, and before we knew it, we had our own troop of police officers helping us search! The second was in Youngstown. We had parked our vehicle at the designated parking coordinates and hiked into the woods to locate the cache. It was only a few hundred feet away from parking, so when another vehicle pulled up behind ours, we saw it. rhelt100 went over to see if it was another cacher while Kerbear and I continued the search. Out of nowhere, the entire forest lit up! A cop had driven up alongside the forest and was spotlighting us! At that point we called off the search and went back towards the vehicle, only to find two more police cruisers blocking rhelt's vehicle in. They were out of their vehicles and speaking to rhelt. After 10 minutes of explaining geocaching to them, they wished us luck and off they went.

When we have a large group going together, we print out stickers with the cachers going, the logo and website for our local caching group, and a spot to add the date. We always peel off the back and stick it on the appropriate page in the logbook, though. I kind of like it like that. It lets people know about our group and gives the people who aren't stuck with sticking the sticker ( ) a bit of time to go through the swag. Not to mention with some of our handwriting, the sticker takes up less space then if we all signed the log!

What's going on in this thread?

I'm new as well. I'm discovering I am horrible at micros