couloir

Here's what we do. We create the cache pages and note the GC number. we then send them to a GPS unit and then using Windows Explorer, we drag and drop them into a computer directory.

What about saving each as a waypoint? That's a GPX file, and can have a name related to the cache. Then the printout can have the name (to cross-reference with), coords, D/T, description, and hint. Thanks for thinking of the poor people who would otherwise have to type that in. Be sure to let everyone know about the laptop loading plan. I don't always bring my GPSr cable.

I found my own answer. Post an Owner Maintenance log to clear the item from the list.

When I start a new cache listing, I go to Hide and Seek a cache, then I get Submit a New Listing and front and first is a list of caches that I own that need maintenance. I am okay with this, but most of the list have since been maintained and I can't get them off that list. Its very annoying. I tried deleting the Needs Maintenance log on the cache listing once the maintenance was done, but this still doesn't clear the list. Is there any way, to fix this?

I agree with a user rating system where the users provide a numeric rating and the cache receives a ranking based on finders averaged ratings. We would reward good, clever hides in good locations and rate poor caches lower. This would then provide everyone with a sense of the worth of the cache. This is already done across the internet with "products" of all sorts. I find that some of the remarks connected to finds are polite and appreciative, but don't really help us to know much more than what the original post provides.

My first foray into this discussion and a relative newbie into geocaching, but as an older athlete with many sports and activities behind me, I can offer this idea. I have long thought that we keep trying different sports or activities until we find the one(s) that meet our own personal needs. We try golf, tennis, orienteering, ballroom dancing, and all the other activities as hopeful participants and then we find out, through experience, whether the experience matches who we are and want to be. As complex beings, we have social, personal, and physical needs that a sport laregelu fulfills, or not, but we don't really know until we give it a try for a while. My friends all want me to golf, but it just isn't me. I am happy out on the trails by myself, so hiking, exploring, orienteering, and geocaching suit my needs and my personality, but it has taken me a long time tio find that out. All of us are constantly exploring new activities to determine our own personal best fit. In sort, geocaching has to fit who we are, or we won't stay with it.