Sanruft
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Bill introduced us to paperless caching a couple of years ago. I can't imagine caching without it anymore! (Although I do remember all of the binders of caches I used to carry around with me!!)
Congrats on your "find"!
I'd like to give a HUGE THANKS to Photom for helping me get to the paperless level of caching. I recently spent a week in Texas and it was terrific to be able to find a cache in the area and not have a gazillion papers to shuffle. Thanks, thanks, thanks!!
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CVC Tag!!! wherefore art thou?
OH NO!! Not another trip!! BOGA's not keeping track once again. And just about when his probation should end. Maybe there will be another trial at the MAC May event; if so, this time he should get a lifetime of probation.
Poor Bill...Always taking abuse from so many in this forum...If I were you, I would just pack-up and create a REALLY evil code cache to make them pay for picking on you so much!
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Once upon a time there was a farmer, who planted a seed.........................
Forrrrrrrrrrr every seen I sow,
I know a tree will grow.
And there will be, an apple tree,
for every one in the world to see,
the Lord is good to me!
Johnny Appleseed. Am I right???
I used to love that song (and story) as a child..May have to look for it for the youngest geocacher in our group.
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Ted and Rosa have been hiking and caching on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Arizona. The first picture is a virtual cache called Travertine Pools. The second picture is another nearby waterfall called Navajo Falls. That's Rosa in the yellow top.
Absolutly gorgeous!
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so the rain got everyone too cold to talk or what? it rained one day and seems like the entire community stopped talking! HAHA
I was just thinking the same thing this morning.
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Dates???? How about Feb 10th as one option. It's between the Superbowl on the 3rd and the NBA all stars (or something) on the 17th (ish)
April? maybe a possibility if we can't find a meeting room on the 10th that will hold a bunch of people.
Question: Would you pay $30 for a sit down banquet style meal? (tax and gratuity included)
Yes, Jamie, your vote counts.
I would pay $30.00...So there is my vote.
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By the way.......Ive tried twice to send an e-mail to green achers, and they are undeliverable? Just thought I would let you know.
I think he is too far out on his ranch (harvesting) for the ethernet cable to reach...
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I was scanning the forums this morning and saw this thread...I found it interesting as I too are considering a move to Arizona. We are looking at the Sierra Vista / Tombstone area. I have now been back several times and think we will be moving this year, but still am not too sure yet.
I know Bisbee is nearby and someone from an above post mentioned they lived there...Are there any downsides to the areas I am mentioning?
So far it sure seems to beat Modesto, CA where I live now!!
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Tim don't you have one inside a volcano or something like that in europe? The one that Mike took of you on your way back up.
Yeah, that is the one from the UbeHebe crater in death valley. (Mike took that shot)...I also have the one he took of me at the top of Europe, but I was not holding a Geocaching banner.
I would love to do the hike that they just did! (Now, if I could only find a spare few days!)
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A lot would depend on the dates considered...When are you planning this?
Sounds like fun though!
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Well, unless CVC Tag was morphed into a California Golden Mantled squirrel, there was no sign of him at Cloud's Rest.....
Well I guess I got the flipside of that photo
Kablooey is on the left, and I'm the one with the shorts on his head
. And no sign of Tag there either Both of those are beautiful shots! Congratulations on your accomplishment!
Now, if I could only find that photo of me in the opposite direction...Caching at the bottom of Ube'Hebe Crater in Death Valley!
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didn't one of the venona cases have a "stolen" travel bug or something like that? That was why I was relating the 2. but this guy is just slime...
You don't think our pirate is a puzzler and that tin can has the clue - do you? No one would go that low to make us work on this during harvest!
Anyone look at the back side of the note and did anyone hit it with a black light yet?! 
Nope...The can has officially been thrown away. The contents of the can were disgusting and I am quite certain that is is not a "clue" to anything aside from this person is a lowlife.
On a more positve note, I am looking forward to the upcoming Oktoberfest in Atwater!
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We been lookin' forward to this day since last year...arrgghh
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I am still unclear as to why Groundspeak moved ANY type of cache away from the Geocaching website. Geocaching is just a hobby/game. There are no prizes to win and everyone plays the "game" the way it fits their likes, schedules, lifestyles, etc...So if someone does not like virtuals, then they don't do them. The same holds true for terrain, public places, remote places, and so on. Personally, I never really cared for locationless caches but I liked having the option to do them should I want to. (or NOT do them!) I know many people that hate micro caches, but they appreciate the option of being able to do them as well.
To me, unless I have missed the concept, Waymarking is nothing but an online yellow pages with different types of categories, and you use a GPS to find the store / restaurant / whatever...So I don't see the "game or hobby" aspect of it which is what draws me to the Geocaching website. Geocaching is an outlet at times for myself and my family.
I still go to the Waymarking site to check on the changes....I know it is still in Beta which is why I still visit it. I am waiting to see the changes and to see how it evolves. Perhaps I will understand it someday and I am maintaining an open mind for the Waymarking site. Who knows, I just may like it better than Geocaching someday! (Then again, maybe not!!)
So I am happy that the Earthcaches are coming back to Geocaching. And yes, I'm afraid that I am one of those individuals that would like to see all of them come back. (Especially web cam caches as I particularly like them!) And yes, I would even be happy to see the locationless ones come back as well!
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I sent both Krypton and Nomex all of the information I had, although I am not sure what they can do about it.
If indeed, this person is the same geo-coward from New Mexico, I can only wonder how many in this local area will be hit.
Oh well...Not much we can do about it. Unfortunately, you find jerks in just about every hobby or sport.
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Turn out his lights while you're at it.
Our approvers (Krypton and Nomex) are the contacts to report a rat! In searching for the fool, I find no one claiming to be this jerk. Pritty sad life to go around hiding and alianating yourself when joining the group would have been so much more fun.I will send a note to both Krypton and Nomex in the morining.
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Nothing ticks me off more than to read someone's being a jerk/kill joy. I agree... I'd like to meet the coward!
I hope someone has brought this to the attention of our approvers! Who would you suggest I send this information to?
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Here is the note left by the geo-coward...
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We went to retrieve a travel bug today that made its way from Arizona to Oakdale in about a year ad a half. (It's goal was to reach us). Anyway, DavidT&fisherwoman were kind enough to bring it close enough for us to retrieve yesterday, but once we arrived at the cache location (which we have done in the past so we knew where it was), we found a campbell soup can with the following note attached: "Captain Johnny Campbell World Famous Geo Pirate: Plunder #372, T.B. Kills 218"
So needless to say, this coward has stolen a cache, all its contents and the traavel bugs included.
The TB wasn't worth anything so it was no big loss for us, but what a schmuck! Last I knew, Pirates were not cowardly and would face their foes...This person is more of a weasel than a pirate. (Although I wish he had the courage to face me face-to-face!)
I will post a picture of his note shortly.
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Hello CVC'ers. CreekCrew3 finally checking in on the forum. Guess I've been a "lurker" and not sure I care for that name anymore. The crew has been caching for almost a year now and feel like I kind of know most of you folks from the caches we've been fortunate enough to locate. The "crew" consists of me and my 2 teenage sons, hence the 3. Mrs. CreekCrew just indulges us for now, but can get interested if the expedition includes the bikes or allows the pooch to come along.
Looking forward to the next CVC event,
Steve
Tag loves to travel and would perhaps like to go on a backpacking trip to a place where he can look down on Half Dome. Yosemite does have a Valley and it is indeed Central in California after all.
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Just recently there seem to have been a number of posts on my local forum about caches that need adoption. It occurred to me that not everyone uses the forums so a lot of caches must get archived because either, people don't know how to tell others that it's up for adoption, or the people who would adopt don't know the cache needs adopting.
I thought, maybe if there could be some way people could advertise that a cache is "Up for Adoption" so that local cachers could see it easily it would help. My thinking was maybe there could be an icon in the "Icons" part of the search results page so that it would then be really obvious. It would also indicate to people that hadn't done the cache and wanted to that it was time they did!
If this wasn't possible, maybe there could be a "post a note" option a bit like the published/disabled/archived that is sent out saying that the cache is up for adoption... Or maybe a check box on the "edit page" so that it's included in a weekly cirular that could be sent like the "new caches" email.
I know it's not a big problem, but what do people think?
Thanks,
Bambi.
We have been considering a move lately and have been giving some thought as to how we may want to "advertise" our caches being up for adoption and I was thinking of doing this;
First, temporarily disable all of my caches with a note stating that these caches may be up for adoption and to please reply if interested. With the new notification that goes out to any changes in your local area caches, I figured that most would get the message. (Reading it is another story).
Then reactivate it shortly thereafter with the same note.
It's not a perfect solution but thought maybe I would try it should I be in that situation.
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Hello CVC'ers. CreekCrew3 finally checking in on the forum. Guess I've been a "lurker" and not sure I care for that name anymore. The crew has been caching for almost a year now and feel like I kind of know most of you folks from the caches we've been fortunate enough to locate. The "crew" consists of me and my 2 teenage sons, hence the 3. Mrs. CreekCrew just indulges us for now, but can get interested if the expedition includes the bikes or allows the pooch to come along.
Looking forward to the next CVC event,
Steve
Hey Steve! Welcome to the CVC!
And congratulations on shedding the "lurker" skin!!
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Hmmm. No action, even over the weekend!
CVC Tag and Cooties! Cache #1 are just waiting for someone to find them.
GOGOGEOCACHERS!
Well, not quite true...We had some action at your new cache this weekend...I sent an email to you regarding our adventure. (Stopped very short due to a maintenance worker).
Although I did forget to mention in the email about the 5 black widows that we had an encounter with at the same time!
We killed 4 of the 5. (But I have never seen a black widow in the open like that before...I'm not tallking about something hidden away in a corner...RIGHT next to the sidewalk where everyone was walking!!!) Anyway, we hope to get down there again soon.
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Judging from how good Tag was when Tim held on to it last time... I think Kenny's going to out do him.
I hear that it is going to be a doozy! I am looking forward to attempting a find!
don't build it up too much.... I wouldn't say it is better than Tim's... in fact not really all that hard at all. I am proud of it BUT it shouldn't prove to be too difficult!
I jsut keep forgetting to take it with me.... I know where I am putting it... just have to get it into my car on my way to Football!!!!
You know, "better than Tim's" is all relative. I was proud of that one as well but I have done other caches that I felt were much better than my creation. R.I.P. Tag was one that comes to mind...Laura's rock was absolutly amazing and evil in more ways than one.
I appreciate the compliment but am looking forward to the "new and improved" Tag!
We killed 4 of the 5. (But I have never seen a black widow in the open like that before...I'm not tallking about something hidden away in a corner...RIGHT next to the sidewalk where everyone was walking!!!)
Arizona Geocachers
in West and Southwest
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I know this site exisits: Arizona Geocaching
I don't know how active they are...My brother is a cacher in Arizona and belongs to a group called Tombstone Diveded. Good luck!