Enspyer

I've got the shivers geocaching in a group as large as 8 or so. Creepy places are creepy places! When there is a ghost story involved, it's good. If it's got more to do with the living, it's not so good...

As the 3rd highest poster on the school bus, I can say most of what we do is talk about school and have avatar days and stuff like that. We do actually talk about going geocaching too. Any premium member teens are welcome and encouraged to join in!

I fit your definition of "younger geocacher"...I'm 14 (soon to be 15 ). I'm pretty sure I like caches just like everyone else. My favorites are the nice hikes or great views. I like digital photography, so I like when there are good picture opportunities. I also like local history and learning about the past, so historical location caches are high on my list. The biggest difference is that I cannot drive. That makes some virtuals/urban micros difficult because I often forget the concepts of 'parking the car' or 'traffic laws'. I have regularly traded items in a cache except for travel bugs in over a year. I really don't even care for travel bugs all that much. I don't want extra stuff when keeping my room clean is hard enough. It's about actually finding the cache. My friends don't have much to do with geocaching. I just like having another hobby, so that not everything I do is focused on school. Edit: one last answer: I don't mind just ammo cans but as long as it's a quality hide with some thought put in it doesn't matter to me. It probably isn't much different that most adults.

Since people in this part of the forums are from all over the world, you probably won't get an answer.

I didn't even notice the warn meters were gone...! I joined the forums about the same time the moderators were instated, I think. I've appreciated them and the forums here in general. Good luck.

I'm one for trying to do everything possible, so I appreciated that I was able to find each event-placed cache at the 2004 NYGO summer picnic. None of the caches was too much of a hike so you could stop back for the potluck food. Also, the cacher "scavenger hunt", where you found cachers that fit certain criteria was fun because it made you have to talk to people.

It seems as though a big attraction is the trading, which is cool. Make sure that the cache you go to is a traditional cache with a size "regular" or "large" though. It would be unfortunate if you found a film cannister and you had all kinds of stuff to trade. If you know what the container will be buy stuff that will fit too!

I came directly to the forums here, so at first I was wondering- what new website? what are they talking about?...what a surprise! Very cool.

In areas that are mostly populated by micros, a TB hotel can be a nice idea. If a person traveling through has a bug, they might not find a place to drop it off unless it's advertised. In areas that are full of ammo boxes TB "hotels" will most likely crop up on their own.

What a cool idea for a cache! I hope we don't have to hide any of those around here...

Empire state here! (NY incase anyone didn't know).

I'm afraid the hand is not on the chin per se. It's definitely on the handbag. Way to look for the geo-symbol!

I'm FTR, first to reply! Just kidding! I think it's fine. Then, when these people are on vacation, you can go be excited to be FTF finally. You're never going to stop them anyways!

Another comment- I have found some urban multis that only had micros. I found that suitable though because they were in historic districts/places with good views. If you are thinking along those lines I would encourage you. One, though, that was limited to things like shoved in a bush or lamppost type micros was a bit boring.

A few years ago Central New York started having a ton of "letterbox-hybrids". Since then people have been hiding more, but none of them are actually letterboxes. That is an outbreak of caches that are wrong...there are 12 of them hidden within 11 miles of me!

I very rarely trade, and probably wouldn't notice the absence of trade items at all. My 'earlier geocaching self' who really enjoyed trading would have liked to see trading in the final stage. Limiting the trading to the final stage might be a way to keep the cache's content higher quality (less dilution).

I've opened some caches with either scented candles or potpourri and then started sneezing. I didn't really appreciate that much and can sympathize.

I was kind of confused when I used up my first logbook ("now what?!?!"). I just brought a new one and left the old one in the cache for 'archival' purposes. When the weather is decent and I have the time, I like to read old logs in caches. I didn't see any reason I needed to keep the logbook for myself. I had one logbook that got ruined by a leaky container, and that is just buried on the messy shelf with the rest of my geocaching stuff.

You said you're interested in hiding a cache in the area. You could go ahead and hide it and not adopt the old one. This is often appreciated by locals who are looking for cache turn-around nearby. Unless the cache is especially old or in the perfect location, at least consider making a new cache. Adopting a cache can be fun though. Good luck!

Cool GPSr, that's the one I started with! Nice to see others using it. I basically 'heard' about it and knew I had to check it out for myself. I came online, did a search, and saw some nearby caches. I knew I had to get involved! So I got my iFinder, and off I went. After two tries I found my first cache...and I haven't stopped since.

Definitely officially a geocacher. Remembering to eat is never a problem here, but family obligations... ... hope the obsession continues!

You're on your own honor to get your own permit for existing caches. But know if the state finds them without a sticker they will be removed. Don't fool yourselves, every park office has an internet connection and knows exactly what's in their parks. Of the 7 park offices I've been in lately every one had geocaching.com bookmarked and knew what caches were in their parks. That's not to say they will actively seek out geocaches, I'm sure they have much better things to do. So if you don't want to get a permit for your pre-existing caches that's between you and the State of New York but new placements will need a signed permit to pass review. How is the average geocacher supposed to know about this permit system. I'd bet most people would being willing to use it but aren't yet aware. I haven't heard of it until now. I'll be interested to watch the caches in Green Lake State Park in CNY.

That's a cool card! I love getting a new pack of sports-cards (although I don't to it very often). I would kick myself if I put the cards in the cache then read a log about a card like that. The best I've found was a really nice compass that is now my geocaching compass.

This doesn't have much to do with geocaching...

School........and then playing piano, saxophone, running track, reading good books, ham radio, juggling, watching the news and sienfeld.