Stump
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I have not seen a preponderance of dead sprinkler heads out there.
But even loose sprinkler heads will cause a problem when they're turned on. You'd have to ask a landscaper how often this happens, or if it's even an issue at all at some cache sites.
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On many occasions, I recall seeing Jeremy comment that while he was willing to keep cacher stats on the site as a matter of record- and memory-keeping, he would never condone the use of stats as a form of competition. It has become clear by my laundry list of items above that, based on what our game has now become to so many people, he was right all along.
I think your list only gives evidence that he was wrong. By ignoring the stats aspect of the hobby he's created an environment where there are no real rules regarding stats and both sides get upset.
If they had embraced stats long ago either by embracing them on the site or encouraging outside providers the access to create stats this would not be the issue it is today.
Just one man's opinion.
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Anyone want to debate the merits of pocket caches?
Thanks for the mention of pocket caches Recdiver. I'd been wondering what was happening with the latest logs on the Groundspeak headquarters cache. A search for the term pocket caches found the answer for me.
Ugh! On second thought, maybe I wish I didn't know. I was happily blissful of the latest controversy.
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One of my favorite waterfalls is at June Lake on the south side of Mt. St. Helens.
And the nearby Lava Canyon has some pretty nice falls too.
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Yes, I did think of this and even have an idea of a couple of places where it could happen. The only problem with a picnic is that it needs to be during the daylight hours and eats up a couple of good caching hours.
In July it stays light until 10 PM. And not sure why it would need to take longer than a dinner.
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At this point everything depends on finding a place to feed the masses after the fun is over!
Have you considered an outdoor picnic? That was my plan for Grays Harbor. The numbers of cachers attending these things is getting too big to fit in one room at a restaurant and we can't get a good enough head count beforehand for catering to work well. At most of the machines people end up sitting in different parts of the restaurant.
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It sounds like you're looking for the Very Bunny cache.
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Just remember - numbers are pointless. There are no winners, no prizes, and no trophies. At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is whether you've had fun or not.
Only to some. To some long hikes uphill are pointless. To others hard to find micros are pointless.
Just because you don't care about numbers doesn't make them pointless to everyone. To many keeping track of numbers at the end of the day brings them fun.
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As others have said rude behavior on forums is hardly anything new. There's even the Flame Warriors website devoted to listing the different types of forum posters with rude behavior.
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EXCELLENT WORK! Great editing, solid video. As has been suggested, when you get out of your car, you could then give an offset from that location. Stand in front of the camera like you did at the beginning and say "From this spot, travel 34 feet on heading ____. Enjoy your videoventure."
But how does that require you to use your GPSr more?
I've seen a number of caches that give you coordinates to a parking lot and then have you follow directions to a cache (example. Not sure why this is any different.
But as headybrew said if they won't approve it put it on another site that will. It looks like a great idea and would be a shame to not be out there somewhere.
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I just added mine to the email pile. I think my first CM went well enough to do again. Wasn't sure what to expect, but it was really a great time. Even if I didnt get the button, I got written up for contributing to the deliquency of minors...go me!
I'm at 504 e-mails from geocaching.com since Friday. Beats my previous record of 200-some in a weekend a year or so ago. Turns out a lot of the machiners did some of my non-machine/non-Longview caches too! So I figure I'll be getting at least another 500 in the next week.
There has been talk about the next machine. Right Wing Wacko had announced last January he was wanting to a machine in early summer (Everett I think). I hope he's still wanting to do that, he didn't mention it to me on Saturday. The next TravisL scheduled machine is Grays Harbor in the fall. I had said before I'd host it but after this one I have changed my mind. Setting up the route and spending the day fixing problems is fun but the politics involved with geocaching took away too much of the fun.
So I hope someone else steps up to take these over. I'm familiar with the Grays Harbor area and cachers and already had a route worked up so would love to help someone if they want it.
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Most of the hunts I've done (not too many) seem to require a fair amount of hunting on my part and sometimes a review of the hints and previous finds. Generally the cache is NOT located where my GPS points me to, but within ~30 feet. I personally enjoy this aspect of geocaching; it makes the find just a bit sweeter.
If you want non-perfect coords make it an offset (multi) cache and say it's within 30 feet of the posted coordinates.
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I like suprises so I would have to say it does not bother me much.
You like going to coordinates and then looking around for a cache only to find out the cache isn't actually at the coordinates listed?
We found 2 caches yesterday which were listed as traditional but the coordinates were simply for parking. Our group spent time looking for the cache until someone pulled out the cache page and read it closely to find out the "traditional" was a multi-.
Team Misguided is correct, just e-mail the local approver and hopefully they'll fix the mis-typed cache. I've had good luck getting most of the mis-typed caches I find fixed.
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I'm sure there were a few milestones hit this weekend.
I wanted to congratulate Team Noltex on #700.
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Well, the machine is over. Whew! Thanks so much everyone for coming. It was fun not actually "needing" to find the caches and being able to spend time caching with, I think, just about everyone at some point. (if I missed anyone then my loss
)Hope everyone had a good time.
For those wondering I've received 135 e-mails from cache logs so far today. Prying Pandora is still logging so I'll probably have a few more before the day is over.
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How will I recognize you folks seeing that I'm meeting you guys for the first time *Gulp*
I will be wearing a Kahki ball cap w/ Blue bream, And a Blue short sleeve shirt w/ White logo front and back.
Hope to see you folks there for all who is coming.
Ciao,
Wil
Look for the large group of people laughing and having fun!!!!!
The people that group is pointing at will be us.
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Just thought of one other question. Is the raft going to be available only while the coffee stop is there? With our schedule we'll be there before 10am.
The coffee stop will actually be there earlier than 10. I asked them (Culp686 crew) to be there at 9.
Do you plan on doing some of the route Friday or skipping the 2 Mt. Solo caches?
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Is there going to be a last minute update to the route? Or just talked about at the Friday dinner? Two caches on the route are currently disabled (Littlest Venice & Pioneer Lions Island).
Hopefully there won't be any last minute changes. Both disabled caches are now back in action. Littlest Venice was always there but they moved the hiding spot temporarily (you'll see what I mean) and I replaced Pioneer Lions today and the owner should enable it soon. If not, it's there and it's the official cache (I had permission to replace it from the owner).
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I was watching the news and it looks like the Louis and Clark bridge will be closed Friday at 2 due to a large crain being shipped up the river. I seem to be having problems finding a text of the news cast and it didn't say how long the bridge would be shut down. Hopefully someone can confirm that I heard this correctly.
It'll be closed for about an hour from 1-2. There will only be about 3 feet clearance between the crane and the bridge so they want to make sure the bridge is empty. It's tide dependent so unless the bridge collapses it won't be more than an hour or so. The crane has been waiting in Seattle for about a week for the river to be low enough.
The weather is supposed to be 64º with clouds and sunshine interspersed.
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Noob here. Who all is invited? or is it an open invitation?
Everyone is invited, WK02. Especially the locals!
You can just show up Friday night for dinner, Saturday night for dinner, or Saturday morning at 6 AM. Or if you'd like, just show up at the coffee stop (north end of the Lake) around 10 AM.
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Are there coordinates for the coffee stop?
Yes.
Okay, I left myself wide open for that one.
Let me rephrase the question.
Are you going to post coordinates for the coffee stop?
Yes, the coordinates for the coffee stop have been posted. But you won't need to worry about them. As I posted on the event page we put the coffee stop on the route where you'll be passing right by to do the What comes around goes around multi-cache. In fact, one of the waypoints is right at the coffee stop.A heads up for everyone. The maps in the Longview area for some reason really stink. The roads have been around for over 50 years yet the routing software still screws up a lot of spots. The important ones for the machine are:
1) Gerhart Gardens - There's an exit off the highway right to the park but it's not on the maps so I had to move the cache across the river so it would route to it
2) Lewis and Clark bridge - The bridge only exits to Hwy 30 but the software thinks you can turn right onto a side road. I added an extra stop for a map correction so that you'll be taken the correct way.
Also, a note on lunch. There are plenty of spots in Longview/Kelso (along Washington Way and Ocean Beach Hwy) to eat but once you cross the bridge to Oregon you're choices are limited until you get to St. Helens at the southern end of the route. There are a couple of nice delis in downtown Longview (near intersection of Commerce & Broadway) if you'd like to get away from fast food. There's also free WiFi at Sunset Bagels in Kelso (503 Allen St), they serve lunch and dinner. And if you want coffee there's free WiFi at Common Ground (1333 Broadway).
And lastly, if you see furry creatures swimming in Lake Sacajawea (and you probably will) they aren't beavers they're nutria. If you think they're cute (Mrs. Stump does) and want to catch one and take it home with you the city would be glad to let you.
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Are there coordinates for the coffee stop?
Yes.
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Patudles AND Team Noltex want a friday night dinner. How can I turn them down?
Dinner will be at 6:30 at Izzy's Pizza in Kelso (it's right off the freeway so it's convenient for everyone). I'll post the coordinates on the event page.
We'll be there too!
Mmmm.... Pizza!
You'd better be there Jester. I was thinking of you when I chose Izzy's.
(okay, mostly I was thinking about location)The last cache has been hidden and approved so hoping to get the final draft done tonight. If not tonight then it will be posted tomorrow.
Also working on a .loc file with all the waypoints and parking spots with the caches numbered. I will also post the .est file for those who want it.
Thanks to Culp686 graciously allowing cache machiners to get the final coordinates to his long (and very good) multi The BURNHAM cache all the caches in the area except one will be on the route. The one that won't be there (Goble Falls) requires you to walk through a stream. Fun and my favorite cache in the area, but probably not something you want to do on a machine.
Right now the weather for Saturday is looking like warm but cloudy. Hopefully it'll be clear enough to at least see Mt. St. Helens as you drive around. It sure is cool looking this time of year when it's bright white instead of dull gray. Probably asking too much for us to be able to see all the way to Mt. Rainier like we did last weekend but maybe.
The coffee spot (a big thanks to the Culp crew) will be about 10 AM and it looks like the weather will be nice enough to bring the boat to get the quick island cache.
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We were definately hoping for dinner on Friday night. Doesn't need to be anything organized, just name a spot.
We'll also be staying at the Ramada.
Ditto
Patudles AND Team Noltex want a friday night dinner. How can I turn them down?
Dinner will be at 6:30 at Izzy's Pizza in Kelso (it's right off the freeway so it's convenient for everyone). I'll post the coordinates on the event page.
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Yes, the coordinates for the coffee stop have been posted. But you won't need to worry about them. As I posted on the event page we put the coffee stop on the route where you'll be passing right by to do the What comes around goes around multi-cache. In fact, one of the waypoints is right at the coffee stop.
(okay, mostly I was thinking about location)
Ridin The Iron Horse 3
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Definite no on Mrs. Stump going but I'll be there. Will need a transport for me and my bike back to the start (or to the end). I'll have a bike rack that can supposedly carry 4 bikes but I've never gotten more than 3 on it.