brodiebunch

Misread your posting

Sarcasm is hard to convey online, that is why so many people get bent out of shape in forums

Dave Ulmer is from Portland I believe. Like the so many others in the urban areas of the NW, he is wringing his hands about "anthropogenic global warming". AGW is the preferred Kool-Aid of the progressive left in the Pacific NW. After awhile you turn it out.

Here you invisible and there is power in anonymity to a point. Try attending a geocaching event where it seems everyone knows each other and it feels very clique-ish. I have attended two very recently (yesterday for the 10th anniversary) and for St. Patricks Day. The crowds are very large and honestly its not very welcoming/friendly. Granted I am shy and the other human 1/4 of our group is too and doesnt even try. I think we have met maybe a dozen other geocachers while out on the trail. For the longest time I have always felt that geocaches magicallly appear for me to find because I never see or meet others. Back into the shadows for us.

Ditto

Like you all, I have wondered this too. I entered in a zip code where I know where the PO is located. The first cache listed reads 0.2 miles NE of where that PO is. Find the X in a zip code has to be a massive project for the programmer if its done accurately. Living in Seattle which is GZ for geocaching.com, perhaps they were more accurate with ours because our were done first (?)

Having you tried reposting your find with "TNLNSL, TFTH" or just "Thanks"

What is the pit of despair, looking for a nano-cache under a lamp-post skirt in the world's largest parking lot at the West Edmonton Mall? (22K spaces according to Forbes Magazine)

Today I found a cache in CT, now we have found geocaches in all 50 states and DC

1500th geocache at "Mr. Roger's Neighbor's Cache (GCZTDF) in Ogunquit, Maine

I am sorry to hear that you will stop geocaching. Since your profile shows that you own five geocaches, you should archive them. Geocaches that are not maintained turn into geo-trash. This will allow someone else to place a cache there sooner rather than later.

Why don't you just post what you do on the blog in the online cache logs? That would save time for you. I did not see anything inflammatory in your blog to set off a CO. Some of things you post in your blog is relevant to specific caches and could help other geocachers. Its more relevant than the standard "TFTC", "TNLNSL". Those have a time and place but additional information is good too. Not everyone that geocaches wants to or has time to read a blog.

We would try to reconcile the number of logbook finds vs. the online postings. They almost never jive. Some people also prefer to limit their online exposure for personal, economic or philosophical reasons. There is nothing to be upset over.

You may have to click the button several times before you get it. I can never get it done on the first try.

If you do one, you should do the other and the 10th anniversary has no fee that I am aware of. Will there be another new Icon for that one? Don't know. I am not sure I will attend either and I am a local.

The 10th anniversary event is the day after GeoWoodstock 8. If you do one, you should do the other and the 10th anniversary has no fee that I am aware of.

OK. I misread that section on ALRs. Thanks for the clarification

I had an idea for a cache but was unsure if fell into the ALR category which Geocaching.com does not allow. It's a puzzle cache. To the get right latitude and longitude you would have to watch specific movies (of my choosing of course) and in a particular scene you would see (as example) an 8 or 52 or 121 or whatever. Those numbers would then be used to for the cache location. The cache would have only one waypoint, you would just need to watch the movies to get the location. I would provide the number of minutes into the movie where the number could be located. Does that sound doable or acceptable to the powers that be?

Do you really mean that your logs have gotten more verbose or did you mean to say they are more terse? Most have become more verbose. Its only in the cases where the CO has not logged in for a long time do I just post "Thanks". There have been two of those of late

What is your next area for a cache machine? Any ideas

Micros are easier to hide in less attractive areas. Our logs have gotten more verbose. A couple finds were of caches where the CO has not logged in for a year or more. I figure whats the point, I cannot ad much more than what others log so I ended up just logging "thanks".

Golf balls.

Can you make it a multi-cache with one waypoint near the members only and the final waypoint elsewhere?

We probably have the most primitive strategy. I enter in a zip code and search for traditionals that are not micros. (We do find non traditionals and micros but only on occasion). I print up ones I like and head out. Sometimes I will go to the furthest one away and work our way back. Sometimes I plan a circular route. Go with whatever works for you.

The way you described the cache being hidden, could it look like part of a sprinkler system or some electrical access point? Did you hide it that way to make it appear to be something else? Those are very clever hiding places, IMO. Could the park or highway maintenance crews working the area sprayed the cache area for easier access? Looking at the stats of those cache's finders, most appear to be seasoned and have no doubt found other containers disguised to look like something else. Most seasoned geocachers know the value of traveling light, lugging around pesticide is not really logical, having small pruning scissors would be more practical. I think you may be pointing a finger at the wrong people. The park or highway maintenance crews are the more likely culprit. If thats the case, your cache's disguise successfully fooled them.