Lady Loki

We signed up and are definitely looking forward to going... that'll be 3 that'll eat burgers, and one that'll probably just gorge on Cheerios. We might drag another person along, but I think between the three of us we can put away at least 6, maybe more! (And the baby might be ready for burgers by then, so that'd be another one!)

Yep..especially when you come to MOOOOONSHINEEEEE!!!! Looking forward to seeing you there. :-) Bret Hee, thanks! It's my husband's birthday, and he said he wanted to do something fun. I think this will qualify!

Heh, thanks... I've proposed to my husband and our housemate that our county split off from Indiana and combine with Chicago to form a new state! Thanks for the welcome!

We found another one yesterday, and I came to the conclusion that for the first one we tried, we were on the right track, just didn't look hard enough. We're looking into getting a GPS, it's just a matter of having money that's not otherwise spoken for. XD But I'm definitely addicted; I dreamed about finding last night!

Hey there. I'm from Indiana, sort of... 8 blocks from the state line. Just wanted to say hi, since I know we'll be caching in Illinois quite a bit.

Thanks for the warm welcome! We're going out to do hands-on research on GPSs today, and I've marked a bunch of larger caches on Google maps. It definitely is an addiction!

We actually don't have a GPS yet. I was using Google maps on my laptop to get us to the area. Right now I'm going for all the hints I can find; this is challenging enough without making it harder yet! When we get better at it, I'll try it without the hints. Thanks for the tips! I'll definitely keep them in mind. I also marked a bunch of easier/larger caches on my Google map, so we definitely aren't giving up.

Hi there! New cacher here, along with my family. We found our first cache today, and it was really exciting! We didn't have much luck with the other four we looked for, but that's not gonna stop us! However, someone suggested we should see if an experienced cacher would let us go along one time, because I don't quite have the trick of finding things yet. We're in Lake County, waaay up north. Anyway. Just wanted to say hi, see if anyone had any tips for the newbie. (Apologies if this is garbled; it's kind of late here and I should be sleeping.)

I've found that clicking on any of the links under the clues will do that for me, particularly the ones labeled "...all nearby caches, that I haven't found" and "online maps".

My husband and I went out finding for the first time today. We tried five different caches, all rated 1.5 or 2, but only found one. I know we were in the right area, but I'm not sure what the clues are that we're close, or even if there are clues in the location. Does anyone have any tips, suggestions on what to look for, bricks upside the head to make things work? What we did find was tons of fun, but I think a 20% success rate is kind of low.

I did my first one today with my husband and younger son, and we had planned (if anyone asked) to say the baby lost his shoe and we were looking for it/getting it on him.