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Solution: You get to play with the new Garmin a few times. She then wraps it up and you are truly surprised at her thoughtfulness Christmas morning. You buy her diamonds. She gets to wear these a few times. You wrap them up and she opens them Christmas morning. She is surprised at your thoughtfulness. Win - Win! Bonus - her diamonds are embedded on HER new Garmin!

No, you leave your DNF for the previous, because you didn't find it then. Now go back & log your find & get your smiley. It's part of the history of the cache.

I have a couple cachers doing that to some of my TBs. I placed one for each of my elementary classes so they could have a fun geography extension lesson. As the cachers noted above are traveling this holiday season they are planning on dropping off my TBs, but are logging them occasionally into caches so my students can enjoy watching them travel about. Since it doesn't matter to me WHO moves them about (I appreciate anyone who takes the time!) this is a great alternative to the TBs just sitting in a cache somewhere.

I have a puzzle cache that has gotten good reviews. It is a puzzle cache because I wanted to hide it in plain site. The coords lead you right to the cache, and if you are observant you can solve this puzzle in no time at all.

Actually, the price of gas didn't alter my caching. I just bought a little car instead of the truck I had been wanting. Now that gas is cheaper than it has been in years I've had hubby take me in his truck to some of the caches I couldn't get to in my car!

A VERY realistic rock, sitting right beside several real rocks. I actually held it in my hand before realizing it was the cache container!

I think that is why cedar tree hides are so popular around here - year round camouflage! Personally I like caching in certain areas when it's cold because of the tick/snake factor - there are none!

Teenie Tiny Jr. - THAT is insane! Does it really hold a log???

I go to every cache with the idea that I am going to take something positive away with me, be it a beautiful sunset, an interesting location, a unique hide, one that makes me laugh. So naturally I do this when caching in cemeteries. One cemetery had a handmade metal sculpture of a weightlifter named Shannon. It was a wonderful tribute. One cemetery I had to walk about 1/2 mile to get to it - that one had a marker from the 1800's of an 18 year old who had fought off the Indians. In fact, I saved my 100th find for a cache placed about 20 feet from my 18 year old sister. I loved this cache & hope it stays around. I won't cache in a cemetery where a funeral is taking place, or a mourner is visiting a gravesite.

I use a pink pen

Yes!

I have an AT&T Tilt that I use all the time to access caches on site. Usually when I arrive at the site & can't find it - then I pull up the website to find out what the heck I should be looking for. I have found that you have a 50/50 shot of finding a sales clerk that is knowledgeable enough to actually help you. I know I went to a large computer chain to purchase a computer once & the sales guy told me I needed a scanner if I was ever going to play any games on the computer.

I think it's a hoot! And you might get 2 for the price of 1. 1) the sign deters muggles, who will just think you're "working" (well, sometimes caching IS work!) 2) cachers might recognize the sign & stop to visit, thus giving you the chance to make some possibly great caching buddies! I know I'd stop just to talk about your signs (but then I too am a big goofball!)

You have to be a premium member to see "premium member only" caches. That is $3 a month or $30 a year.

Does anyone visit this site anymore? I misplaced the activation code to my "easy cache" coin. Does anyone know who I can contact to find it? I like the coins I receive that have the sticker with the code on the plastic sleeve!

I'm working on creating a video to use with my students to show them how to use this system. Here is a great Powerpoint I found online that walks you through the process.

The one I did was not a "fast" one by far. By the time you pulled up to the cache, jotted down clues & entered coordinates, & then drove around town finding the answers that would open the combination padlock it took longer than most urban caches I've found. This one was perfect for a rainy day, & is great for someone wheelchair bound. I liked this cache so much I borrowed the idea for my first cache hide, although you do have to get out of the car for mine. Great way to hide a cache in plain site!

But I'm PROUD of my nano hide! GC1J1QQ - Yellow Nano

My first cache hide had me on pins & needles waiting to see if I had done everything right. I bet I hit refresh about 1000 times. I have one of those reviewers who had a life outside of caching (GASP!) so it took 2 days. Then suddenly - THERE IT WAS! Posted for the whole world to see!!! FIVE days later it was found! So even if it takes a few days to get published, it can sit there for days with no one gloating over their FTF! I've only hidden 9, so I'm no expert by any means, but now I enter my new hides online & either go create another cache to hide, drive around & find a great new hiding spot, or find me some more smileys!

That no matter how difficult that cache seems, no matter how many DNFs you log on that cache, the next 5 people will log "easy cache", "got this one right away".... That no matter how closely you try to monitor your time, that cache "right down the road that will only take a minute" will turn into 10 more caches, 50 more miles, & 3-4 hours longer than you planned (and that is IF you are lucky to get away that quickly!) That showing up to work with weeds stuck to your pantyhose & stickers in your hair is ok if you get a FTF! That once you hide/find your first cache you will dedicate a large portion of your trunk for ready-to-place caches for when you find that perfect spot, repair kits, jackets, old shoes/boots, variety of swag items, & whatever else you needed & didn't have last time. That leaving the house without your GPS is just as awful as forgetting your cell phone. That not checking your email in the morning might cause you to miss out on a FTF. That explaining to your non-caching friends makes you realize that telling people about this hobby makes you look like a dork. You have to drag them out in order for them to fully appreciate it. (although they still think I'm a dork even after getting addicted to caching... ) That work interferes with caching.

If the original CO didn't hide it properly then I always rehide it in a better spot. Ummm, just kidding....

I purchased an Argus Bean camera for each of my elementary classrooms. I had the same requirements - they had to be inexpensive & rugged. The Argus Bean camera has a caribine clip (it was created for mountain climbers), it can withstand my elementary kids, and takes surprisingly decent pictures. I like it so much I'm going to get one for myself for caching!

Your wife can always go caching while you stay home with the baby! Or find a sitter. Or wrap the little one up nice & warm & let him/her start early! The other 3 still need to go as well! Congrats!

There is an Oxford in Kansas, and there are several caches around there!

I try to write something interesting in my online logs, but when writing in the paper logs you deal with muggles, weather, insects, & a whole array of challenges. I cannot concentrate to write decently in a paper log PLUS I would hate to write a decent paper log & have the cache owner have to make a special maintainance trip out to replace the log I filled up with my ramblings. Paper logs are a challenge in and of themselves without the addition of book writers!