ladyleo191

Since you are from Maryland and it is, for the most part, not a large wilderness area, my main concern would be dangers for either sex. I realize there are some areas of venomous snakes and other wildlife, but health related issues would be my primary worry. Unless you have a cell phone with excellent coverage areas, the chance of you being taken ill and not near help are a real danger. A broken ankle, chest pain or allergic reaction are examples of incidents when a buddy could literally be the difference between life and death for you. I am also female and though I am able to defend myself very well (and I'll not elaborate) I still don't like to cache alone unless I grab a few Urban Micros. Besides the safety factor, it's just more fun with someone else. If I do cache alone in a rural area, I make sure to mark my car's location and I let someone know where I'll be caching and about what time I'll be home. I also carry 2 cell phones, in case one doesn't get good coverage in that area.

Would someone be kind enough to let me know if we can get them made? I'd love to have a couple.

Kohavis, my hubby isn't the least bit interested in caching, but he enjoys doing things together, so he goes with me a couple of times a month. Twice he has created really good camos for hides (I'm still looking for the perfect spot for them) and since he is a carpenter, he always has a creative twist to them. He just isn't into traipsing around in th woods. He prefers a quick urban cache. I try to save a couple of interesting hides for when he goes so he doesn't get bored with the gaurdrail micros. I think your wife is interested in the game, or she wouldn't be finding containers for you to use. She just isn't interested in hunting them as much as you. Enjoy the time you spend together and it won't matter what you're doing.

Speedking, I'm very low-tech, so I always read the description a couple of times before putting it in my GPSr (manually). That way, I can decide what kind of container it is, the actual location, and any hazards. I think all these are important if you plan to cache with a little one. They get bored with log-only micros. Kids like the trade items. In my opinion, they may not need to hunt those guardrail caches on Interstate highways. Also, consider the attributes added by the Hider. Those can really help you decide whether to take your toddler/pre-teen/teenager through that thick briarpatch crawling with ticks and snakes. I think my long-winded point is to do all your reading between outings, make notes about the type and hints, and if possible, do a drive-by a day or so ahead, so you kind of know what to expect from terrain. I'm in the midst of doing that for some I plan on hunting this week.

**Tiptoeing through this forum so as not to raise anyone's ire.** Seriously, I volunteer on a 'newbie' board on another (nongeocaching) site and no matter what the question, our regular posters are kind to new folks. After all, since established members leave, find other interests, get their laptop repossesed, or move to a rural area with no electricity, new members are necessary to the health of any site such as this one. What's wrong with giving a simple answer to a technical question and then, in a polite manner, adding a link for more advanced information and letting the newbie know they are welcome to visit the other forum?

I'm not hooked...well, I'm not! I can quit anytime. But, I think I'll wait til next week. We're going to the coast this weekend and I already have my route planned. But, after that...no, wait I have that series planned for evenings after my training classes at work next week. But I'm not hooked. I can quit.

North Carolina means it's placed next to a restaurant with the best Barbeque you've ever eaten!

One apple, a handful of peanut butter crackers and a bottle of water later...I found it. It's now on my Watchlist.

Is there a way to search for a particular traveler by location? I've tried by name and the results had 100 responses. I don't have the Traveler's number. Here's what I am dealing with. I was searching for caches in another part of my state, because I occasionally visit there. I noticed a Traveler that wished to visit all the USCG stations. It happens that I have (since that search) made plans to be within a couple of miles of a small station on the coast. I thought about making a quick run to the cache and picking it up to take with me on my trip. In addition, my sis in California, who has cached with me on occasion, has almost decided to join up here. Her hubby recently retired from th USCG. She will be visiting me in a month or so. She would love to move it along on her coast to the 3 stations her hubby was in charge of the last few years. They visit friends who are still active members and the bug would get some great mileage. I can, of course, go back and search every cache but my search encompassed about 4 counties and several hundred square miles. We'd really like to help this Traveler and I can always spend a couple of hours eating doughnuts and drinking coffee in front of my computer to find it again but I was hoping there may be a simpler way.

That's not the fault of the notification system then. That's the fault of your agency for not getting the word out to their people. The messages were sent nationwide via the computer to all LEAs. Your agency would have gotten the messages. The system worked, your agency failed. If they didn't tell you about geocaching what else haven't they push down to your Troops? You should work with your administrators to get that problem fixed. My agency has 2100 sworn scattered all over the state. Notifications are simple but an agency has to have a process in place and follow that process. Doesn't sound like you guys have a process in place or someone isn't following it. I realize that, and I'm not trying to be fractious but I did want to clarify that not all Admin officers, especially some of the more backward agencies (where Knowledge is Power) don't let the road cops know anything. I just don't want folks thinking that the street level cop is an idiot because he or she has never heard of geocaching. Since I've discovered it, I have told several of the Patrol officers and I listen for the word on the radio while officers check suspicious persons.

First posts today, but I wander in once in a while. I'm still learning to geocache and don't want to commit a faux pas before I get my first find. I'm sure I'll decloak more in the future.

Old cop, new geocacher here. I'm in central NC and have been a Deputy Sheriff for more than 12 years. Paramedic before that. May I respond to one of Wadcutter's old posts? I realize that Admin may get nationwide LE bulletins, but that doesn't mean street cops are told about them. Our road cops weren't even briefed on the military Special Ops manuevers in our area for years...until a Deputy and soldier in a neighboring county got into a gunfight...with fatal results. I'd like to join Leocachers and get to know cachers in my area, both LEO and civilian.