Road Rabbit

That's gong to confuse some people because there are plenty of caches across the country in parks that require admission fees. Wouldn't it just be more clear to point to the permission requirement for private property and leave it at that? Well, no. Because if the cache placer somehow got permission, then the reviewer would point them to the commercial section of the listing guidelines and not publish the cache. Many people seem to understand the difference between fees collected at parks by governments, to defray operation costs, and fees collected by for-profit companies, to make a profit >>> commercial entities. Let me muddy the waters then. You're from Florida, and have been around since before the Spring of 2005. Did you ever find any physical caches at Disney World? It just occured to me that 3 of the 4 physical caches I found there did not require admission to one of the parks. One was at a pond at the all-star resort, one in Downtown Disney, and one at the resort closest to Blizzard Beach (can't remember resort name). Those do not require admission!! I know, doesn't matter with the ban on physical caches there, but possibly an interesting question? Oh, in that case, I retract my mea culpa and revert to my previous "just stating the permission guideline was enough." OH THE WATERS THEY ARE MUDDY. More mud: at least one of the former physical caches (Crockett's Wilderness Adventure) was converted to a virtual. You don't need to pay admission to find this one, either.

There are a lot of threads futher down started by people asking if anyone in their particular interest group are geocachers (Christians, GLBT, Masons, etc.). Why shouldn't he ask about union members? BTW, I'm not one; but I have no particular angst about unions or their members. Or any of the other groups for that matter. (Except maybe left handed Siberian sea cooks!)

Perhaps Garmin Australasia Support would give you the O-ring specifications. That would make it easier to buy one locally. Wouldn't hurt to ask.

For now, at least, the old forums are still up in addition to the new ones.

Check the maps for the Ocala National Forest about 25-30 miles north of Apopka. Many of the roads there have caches nearly every 0.1 mile.

I don't know about the Kindle Fire, but Kindle (and Nook) use for geocaching have been brought up several times in the forums. You can use the search box at the top right of the thread to search for instances of "Kindle". There are a few here, here and here.

Has anyone contacted a postal inspector? I'm pretty sure they take a dim view of mail fraud.

As I said earlier: "I've not seen any data other than anecdotal that shows a higher incidence of Scout produced caches being poorly maintained than those of cachers as a whole." In my area of central Florida, my experience has been that about a fourth of all caches I've found have maintenance problems (mostly water intrusion). The few Scout placed caches I've seen that are over three months old seem to be no more likely to have maintenance problems than the others. But, again, that is merely my observation and not the result of any special study of the subject. I'm not aware of any specific statistics on the subject, so all of this is largely unsubstantiated blather.

Actually, requirement 8 reads (bold mine): Do ONE of the following: a.If a Cache to Eagle® series exists in your council, visit at least three of the 12 locations in the series. Describe the projects that each cache you visit highlights, and explain how the Cache to Eagle® program helps share our Scouting service with the public. b.Create a Scouting-related Travel Bug® that promotes one of the values of Scouting. "Release" your Travel Bug into a public geocache and, with your parent’s permission, monitor its progress at www.geocaching.com for 30 days. Keep a log, and share this with your counselor at the end of the 30-day period. c.Set up and hide a public geocache, following the guidelines in the Geocaching merit badge pamphlet. Before doing so, share with your counselor a six-month maintenance plan for the geocache where you are personally responsible for the first three months. After setting up the geocache, with your parent’s permission, follow the logs online for 30 days and share them with your counselor. d.Explain what Cache In Trash Out (CITO) means, and describe how you have practiced CITO at public geocaches or at a CITO event. Then, either create CITO containers to leave at public caches, or host a CITO event for your unit or for the public. In essence, putting out a new cache is only one of the options. The others are equally valid and, in some cases, preferred. I've not seen any data other than anecdotal that shows a higher incidence of Scout produced caches being poorly maintained than those of cachers as a whole.

My old original rides on my belt, and I keep a Victorinox Swiss Army Knife (even older) in my pocket. That has the scissors and tweezer. It has a toothpick, too, but that's become a little too gross to use over the years.

The only one I see near Orlando in that timeframe is Are you freekin' nuts?. If you were here a week later, you could check in on the Seventh Annual Florida Finders Fest, which is about an hour north of O Town. (edited to correct fumble fingered typing).

It sounds like that could all be accomplished with a rather complex and far ranging Wherigo.

Congratulations MathProfessor! That is the best FTF prize ever. I've enjoyed the vicarious experience of following the hunt online for the past two Saturdays. With the growing interest, this final week should look like a scene out of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".

Try here. I use a label maker to put proper closing instructions on the inside of the lid.

"Big Freakin' Cache"

Go to the main page and click on "Your Profile" along the top. Highlight the "Quick View" choice and click that. Then, look down the right side and click on "List Newest in Michigan". That'll give you the events and caches. Good luck!

Doh! How did I miss that email... Thanks! You're welcome. The other one would have worked also: the shop is a combo of automobile A/C parts and a geocaching store. Unique in all the world!

Use the email address on the SCGA home page under the contact tab, or call the toll free number at the shop, listed just under the email address. You should be able to contact Dale or Barb either way. The shop is open 8-5 EST.

I'll take a mirror along next time!

You could search out the benchmarks throughout the Disney property. See: Disney Benchmarks.

I don't know much about data use on a cell phone, mine is just used for making calls. If you're going to be in the Central Florida area in the summer time (any time between the first of May and mid-November) you had better worry about the worst dangers for those of you from the higher lattitudes: heat, humidity and sun burn. Those have laid out far more visitors than all the critters combined. In mid-summer, it's not unusual to have temperatures in the upper 90°s or lower 100°s (sorry you'll have do the F° to C° conversion yourself) with the humidity in the 90%+ range. If you're going to be out and about, even in 'tame' areas I recommend, as a minimum, that you have sunscreen (SPF 50 or better), a wide brim hat, and carry lots of water with you. You'll be amazed how much fluids you can lose in a few hours in the heat & humidity. Dehydration and heat stroke are NOT fun.

Check with your DE. They share all sorts of information with each other. If your council keeps an up to date MB counselor list, get the names of the Geocaching MB couselors. They may be able to help. I have checked with my council. They have not kept very good records of the Eagle Projects. They only had the ones from late '09 and '10. As for the MB counselors, I'm it. I hav been able to get soem help from of the other CGC districts, so I am going to go ahead with the two districts and keep looking for the other two. If you're working on a "Cache to Eagle" or similar projects, you might try visiting the CGC district Roundtables and give a plea for information about interesting Eagle projects. The troops are usually pretty proud of the projects and should be happy to point out a few interesting ones in the middle Georgia area.

Check with your DE. They share all sorts of information with each other. If your council keeps an up to date MB counselor list, get the names of the Geocaching MB couselors. They may be able to help.

I seem to recall that "Southern Living" had an article on geocaching a couple of years ago.

You could try a master reset.