PastorDIC

I just had the same thing happen. In the future I think I will just wait a couple of days and then e-mail the person who signed the log saying they dropped it in the cache. When I found the TB in the cache, I took it. Fortunately I looked at the log and remembered who dropped it in the cache. I noted in my cache find I took the bug amd was waiting for it to be dropped on the page so oters wouldn't still be looking for it. Weeks went by and I finally decided to e-mail the person. It turns out they thought someone had already logged it in. They dropped it in the cache page when getting my e-mail. Moral: Noting who didn't drop the bug is good, but you need to both wait for the person to have a chance to log it, and don't wait forever for them to do so. Send them a friendly e-mail after a couple of days. That way the TB gets it's miles AND moves along quickly. P.S. Since I wrote logs of what was going on with the bug throughout this, the TB owner e-mailed me a nice note thanking me for helping get the TB dropped correctly and moved along.

I have a Garmin, but not that model. For entering coordinates by hand, check and see if your GPS has a button that says "Mark". If so, push it, then you can change the coordinates, name, etc from your current location to those of where you wnat to go. I hope this works with your model. I have a Garmin GPSmap 60C.

Has the Ozzy rescue team been alerted? Looking for Caches and TBs ALMOST anywhere.

This song is for everyone, but especially for those of us who have a blocked webcam at work and for the Australians who get to work when the webcam is dark. It is to the tune of "We love you Conrad" from the musical "Bye Bye Birdy". We love you Ozzy, oh yes we do, we love you Little Dude, and this is true. When we can't see you, we're blue/ OH Webcam we love you. We love you Webcam, oh yes we do, we love you Webcam, and this is true. When people don't post pictures, we're blue/ OH Webshots we love you. We love you Ozzy, oh yes we do, we love you Ozzy, and this is true. When you go over, we'll come get you/ OH Ozzy we love you.

So when DID Ozzy show up in the nest????

I wonder what goes through those birds minds that they keep Ozzy in the nest. I can see The Great Plunge now. Someone will find a way to automate things so everyone on this list will get an e-mail when Ozzy takes TGP.

Unfortunately work blocks access to this particular webcam. Who knows why. At work I have to rely on the stills from you kind folks in the forums.

Too bad none of you have combined your track log with Google Earth. Centering it on the cache and then rotating it 90 degrees to get the mountain as toy see it is pretty interesting. See this screenshot. It would be even more interesting with this rotation and your track log. Google Earth Mt St Helens in rotation

This would include a good portion of the route. http://www.geocaching.com/my/userrouteedit...33-2fd5d15a2f91

I just got a message this morning from a reviewer on a cache that I recently submitted and was approved today. It is the perfect answer to your question. Notice that the reviewer said the cache would be published monentarily and to please check the terrain, NOT fix the terrain before I will approve the cache. "Hello, Your new cache submission will be published momentarily, but I would ask you to please double-check to make sure the terrain is rated properly. If you used the cache rating system link ( http://www.clayjar.com/gcrs/ ) when you submitted the cache, you will note that a 1 star terrain cache should be wheelchair accessible. If that's the case, great! If it's not, then the terrain should be at least 1.5 stars. For more information, please see this article: http://www.todayscacher.com/2004/sep/outdoors.asp#disable "

My common scenario: Person being introduced to caching: "The needle's going wacko" Me: "That's because you are standing still. Remember I said you have to at least be moving a little or the GPS needle just spins." Person being introduced to caching: "Oh, I forgot".

Definitely. I like collecting microcoins, and I have also started doing a series of caches with a FTF micro-geocoin in the microcache.

I can see it now. All in the name of science I can see someone kayaking out near there and dropping off a new blue McBear TB to see if it ends up in the nest, to compare the two items, and see if an Osprey will pick up something with a TB tag attached.

Now THAT's funny. My wife, oldest grandaughter, and I just did that route last weekend. For some exercise and the scenery do W.W.J.D.? GCJWTB and L-4 WWJD Part 2 GCKG0P. You get to drive on the edge of the tulip fields (which are in bloom!), past a little Catholic chapel to the trailhead and then climb the hill, doing both geocaches. There is a great view at the top. If you want it a little less strenuous, there is a road up the backside of the hill. No Local Branches in Morton isn't exciting, but it is sort of a nice change on an old theme. AZ to Mineral to AZ is easy pickins on the way by on hwy 7. Go left a little once you hit Mt Rainier Hwy and you see some unique sculptures THE IRON WORKS CACHE. A few miles outside Mt Rainier NP is wild berries for us all! cache. The cahe isn't much, but the restaraunt has wonderfull blueberry pie, and they have a deer lick by the chairs by the creek. We ate lunched and watched a deer out the window. (You could also watch deer from the patio). Back heading west intead, stop at Elbe WA. There is the Mount Rainier Railroad. We took the train ride and did the cache at the end. Right by the depot is an old steam engine that I don't think you could miss. Some say the coordinates are off, but I don't see how you could miss the engine slightly to the left of the depot. I missed it Addiction Cache #2: Big Nose cache) because it somehow missed getting im my GPS. Dogwood Park cache GC475A is a MUST DO. We didn't have time to do the second waypoint, but it didn't matter. You can tell by the geocaches I mentioned what our route was (other than we continued up to Puyallup and Tacoma). On the entire trip, the best view of Mount Rainier we got was at the first waypoint for Dogwood Park cache GC475A . If you head north from there you might want to check out NW Trek wildlife park. I hope that helps. If you do any of them, please let me know what you think.

It will get at least one more coin if it makes it out to SW WA. I have this Jeep on my watchlist.

The blue bear is now almost half way over the edge of the nest. One good bump, kick, or wingswlap MAY send it over the edge.

I've noticed the same problem. Sometimes there is a long delay before the checkmark appears on the map.

That would be Christo. http://christojeanneclaude.net/sharedMedia...Curtain/vc1.jpg

I had the same idea before my climb. Even thought about bringing my hot pink sarong to show up better. But then I thought about it being 5 miles away (I think) and decided the odds of anything showing were pretty slim. So, aside from that - I was obviously looking at a webcam shot before hiking was allowed, so no-one was on top. Do people actually show on that webcam now? Isn't that like the saying "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, will it make a sound?" Maybe someone has to try it to see if it can be done. Either that or find a real math wiz that can calculate based on color, distance, and air clarity how big one would have to be and what color someone would have to wear to be seen on the volcanocam. Russ

With there being cell phone coverage up there, some group should plan ahead and have their picture captured while they are on the rim from the Johnston Ridge Observatory Webcam.

Did you get anywhere in starting a Clark County WA geocaching group?

You miss the fact that after you get a 10th of the way through Tharagleb's math your brain locks up and you don't care about the distance any more.

I am an unintentional offender as well. When the grandkids came up for a visit I put 2 TBs "somewhere safe" so little hands didn't take them to southern Oregon. They are so safe I can't remember where I put them and haven't found them yet.

This isn't quite the same thing, but might be interesting to you and it takes you all over Oregon. For the non-prize version you have to log a cache find in each oregon county to be given the final location of the cache. Counting Counties in Oregon by logscaler & Red GCR9XY. A different style with the same idea is: Washington DeLorme Challenge by Moun10Bike [profile] GCQQ9B

In addition to what 4BOWS said, one of the requirements for a cache is that it has a log to sign. I was just talking to a fellow cacher, and they suggested that you donate it as a prize at an Event cache. If you want a physical cache, why not make a cache in a location that you would want to keep active for the benefit of other cachers? Just include the information on the cache page that the FTF needs to bring the picture in the cache to the coordinates that you put with the picture, or you could even make a FTF certificate stating the prize, then attach a note saying you have to go to certain coordinates to get the bike. If you made the cache, you might discover why we enjoy making caches. If it doesn't turn out to be something you want to continue, you could always archive it after several months or the muggles plunder it, which ever comes first. As for myself, I try to place caches where they will stay active. I have 15 caches, plus 1 not reviewed yet. I've had to replace one that was muggled several times, and need to replace one now due to weather damage, but so far I have been able to keep any of my caches from being archived.