Cachier

Nice job, Rich! Congratulations for your 200th find and the fine example you set for the Geocaching community. Go get'em, Rich! "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

I'd like extend my gratitude and congratulations to those who spearheaded this great public relations effort on behalf of the Pennsylvania Geocaching Community. Cachier "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

I guess this is not uncommon. Over this past weekend, I registered an existing cache at a nearby state park. The two rangers at the desk knew very little of the geocaching game or the registration process but were already aware of my cache location in the park. A woman who normally works the front desk was aware of the forms and gave them to me to complete. The forms were not all that official looking and contained Clause 6, the Indemnification Clause that is being dropped in the newly formulate policy and forms. When I brought this to her attention, she very obligingly lined out the offending clause, initialed and dated the deletion. However, it is still subject to approval by the park manager. Maybe the best place to start is with the Park Manager until policies and forms become official to the entire State Park system. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

We raise our water glass in a toast to your successes. Keep it flowing!!! "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

1. How did you find out/start geocaching? Heard about people hiding cases of beer in the woods and others finding it with a GPSr. So, I researched it on the internet and found geocaching.com. Since I alread had a GPSr, I found another practical use for it beside finding my way back to a predictable point. 2. Who/what got you started geocaching? I got myself started. Read the boards and got up to speed on all that techie stuff that you need to make excused why you can't find it. 3. How often do you do it? When ever the wife is willing Oh, geocaching...whenever I'm willing. 4. How long have you been doing it? Since August 2001 5. Spending amounts: a. Price of GPS...bought my Yellow when they first came out for about $120. As much GPS'r as I'll ever need for geocaching. b. Placing a cache..Oh, about 20 bucks. c. other equipment and prices (lights, ropes, etc) The usual hiking gear that I already had. You can go buck for the price of a good hiking shoe. It goes up from there depending on what makes ya comfortable. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

Way to go guys/gals. What a great way to see the world "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

quote:Originally posted by Cachier: quote:Originally posted by mtndave:OK Folks. Nothing fancy here. Looks like we are capitalizing the Shorefront lots mostly all in a row. TrustyLizard is gonna be the Point Man on the Flank and Cachier will be the Gate Keeper of the path to the Buck House. Yeah, we'll put our lawn chair out and watch you all come and go. Nice job, Dave! "When you find it, its always in the last place you look." "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

New and improved version follows >>>>>>> "When you find it, its always in the last place you look." [This message was edited by Cachier on March 11, 2003 at 12:41 PM.]

Well, I just staked my claim on Site 17. None too soon for RV campers. The next available RV site is in the 70's. We're looking forward to meeting ya'll on the weekend of May 10th. Drop me a line if I can help with any of the details. Cachier "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

I was in the neighborhood and had to stop by and say HI! Hey, have any coffee? "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

quote:Originally posted by freelens/mosie:My wife and I were searching for a cache in a local nature park. She had the GPS and was walking back and forth on the raised boardwalk as I was scouring the terrain for a likely hiding place. I looked back and she was on her knees bringing the GPS from head high to the deck of the boardwalk repeatedly. She finally said "It has to be under here because when I get close to the ground it reads 0 feet." I looked under the boardwalk and sure enough there it was. Now try to explain to someone who has had that experience , that the GPS is not a cache magnetometer. The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. I had this same experience with a cache in Indiatlantic just last year using my yellow Etrex. Im sure the good results have to do with being in wide-open flat area. With the GPS flat on the boardwalk above the cache, the coordinates matched the published coords exactly. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

Satellite Beach's First Cache Here's one that skunked me when I couldn't get dry passage across a 75 ft canal. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

Here is one that starts at Montage Ski Area near Scranton, PA. Rock with a view "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

Let it snow...let it snow....let it snow!!!!!! At 4:15p here, it looks like a collapsing 4-5 inches. Still not enough for a good snowshoe hike in the mountains. Just enough to make caching a real challenge. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

In my humble opinion, it would be poor form to log the cache again as a personal find. To accompany another cacher while they look for the cache is another story. If they are a registered cacher they will log the find. If they are not, a memo posting in the log is acceptable. If there really into it, get them to registered. I feel it is acceptable to go back to a cache and trade for an item that may be of interest to you as long as you leave an item that you consider to be equally unique. In any case, a memo posting will always be appreciated by the cache owner. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

I too have the Garmin Yellow Etrex. I got it when the ads first hit the hiking magazines prior to the days of organized Geocaching. It does everything necessary to locate a cache. I preplan my approach to a cache with Topo-USA, a far superior method than squinting at small, scantly-detailed screen. The only thing that would move me to another unit is the promise of a 'hotter'front-end on the receiver. Erratic and confusing readings do to poor signal recption is definitely not cool. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

quote:Originally posted by Jamie Z:Here's the deal: You must have it set to non-geocaching time (aka EST) so the time stamp on the top, when you view the message, is three hours ahead, 10:52pm. But the time stamp for the edit remains in geocaching time, 9:13pm. On my screen, with both times in geocaching time, there has been no time travel. I would explain the reason for all this, but with the intracacies of Einsteins speciel theory of relativity, it's too complex. Just keep in mind that time is relative to the position of the observer. Jamie Geez, you mean there is no chance of re-run with Bridget??? I'm crushed. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

I posted a message to the forum then went back some time later to edit a glaring typo. The edit time stamp shows I went back 1 hour 39 minutes into the past, prior to posting the original message. If I give you a time and date can you take me back to that fun time I had with Bridget last year? The Adventure begins here "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

The name has obviously become baggage. Find a new one but keep the fish-pose. We'll find ya! A friendly email to the admin will get your credits transfered. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

To Jeremy, Irish by name, Geo-webmaster by fame. We raise up a toast, to the Guy who's the most, for letting us play with his game. May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent! "When you find it, its always in the last place you look." [This message was edited by Cachier on November 21, 2002 at 09:13 PM.]

I make a trail mix from: Coconut flakes Dried Bananna Chips Salted Whole Almonds Dried Sugared Diced Mango Chunks Dried Sugared Diced Pinapple Chunks Raisens Hazlenuts Brazil nuts Its tasty, satisfying, provides lots of energy and keeps very well on the trail. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

Soon you'll have to change your name from BassoonPilot to GPSpilot. Saw in the logs where your venturing farther West. Get'm all!! Godspeed BP! "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

There is no substitute for pre-planning. Know the area, find the trails and identify the terrain that you will encounter. Although mapping GPS units are good, printed topos and available trail maps are much better. I've learned from experience that, 'you can't always get there from here'. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."

quote:Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies - Fuzzy: quote:Originally posted by Cachier:If GPSr's were 100% accurate, there would be no need to hide the cache. Just throw it out on the ground in the open and stumble over it when the GPS-O-meter reads zero. No sport here folks! So the hike to the cache, or the puzzle you had to solve to get the coords, or whatever.... those mean nothing? http://216.202.195.127/warm.gif Of course they mean something if the object of your outing is to hike and solve puzzles. If your going to make the cache obvious to find, you might as well make it a virtual. You know how 'warm and fuzzy' people on this board are about virtuals. I happen to enjoy all aspects of the geocaching experience including a little head scratching when I get there. Sorry for the late reply. Just revisited the thread this evening. "When you find it, its always in the last place you look."