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  1. Out here in Maple Valley, WA ( a suburb SE of Seattle) we have a number of areas full of trails and numerous caches. These are places where you can walk thru the woods for a few miles pick up several caches.

     

    What other areas like this are there in the NW? What are your favorite "cache clusters" in the NW?

     

    Here's a couple of my favorites:

     

    The cluster around A Cedar River Picnic

    The cluster around Danville Trails

    The cluster leading up to CraterPeak

     

    and I'm looking pretty hard at the cluster up on Sugarloaf.

  2. I used to "discover" every coin and TB I came across. Lots in my profile. Wow.

    Then I began to keep track of the TBs, and only the ones I moved meant anything.

    Got more into the game, and realized these "Discoveries" were lame, and I didn't care about them.

    Thought, It's about fun, and not numbers to me.

    Went through and deleted every "Discovery" log, and only kept logs of those I actucally moved.

    Of course, that's just me, To each his ( Or Her ) own.

     

    TBs I own, when I get a Discovery log in my inbox, if occasiRe-animator movieonal, I don't mind, at least lets me know the coin or TB is safe and sound. If I ended up getting 30 or 40 in one shot, that could be annoying.

     

    I like this. Maybe I'll adopt this tactic. So far I've only logged the bugs and coins I've moved. It never even occured to me to 'discover' bugs.

     

    To each their own. :D

  3. It got a little better late last night and I was able to plan a few caches for today. Plus I've got a couple left over from yesterday that I didn't make it out to.

     

    Good enough for me.

     

    I wish them luck in finding and correcting the problem.

     

     

    P.S. - You can always go out hiking without going geocaching. We used to do this in the old days. :blink:

  4. I used the cable/ferrule method. I got my materials and tools at Seattle Marine & Fisheries Supply. There's a tool called a 'hand swager' made to both cut the cable and crimp the ferrules. It uses compound leverage like a pair of bolt cutters. Nifty tool made for the commercial fishing industry.

    cable-ferrule.jpg

  5. I am quite proficient in the art of aluminum anodizing.

    This is the process by which a layer of crystaline aluminum oxide is "grown" on the surface of the metal by electrolysis. This would give your TB tag a corrosion resistant finish which can be dyed to almost any color imaginable!

     

    Anodizing is the way to go. It would be a nice option.

  6. Since we will be able to print on demand we can always print a new tag number if the first one goes missing.

     

    Printed tags are inherently less durable than stamped tags.

     

    Why not just buy a surplus dot peener from the Boeing Surplus Store or off ebay and be done with it?

  7. .......she is

    heart broken that herTB is in last place and may never see the finish line. After Feb. 28th, The TB's are to race to a finish line that will be determined on that date....

     

    Why not pause the race and allow the niece to send out a new travel bug?

  8. I usually have 2 or 3 pocket knives with me all the time. I keep an original 20-year-old Leatherman in my day pack. On hikes I'll often add an 8" Schrade hunting knife. In brushy areas I'll sometimes trade in the Schrade for a short machete in a sturdy leather sheath.

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