CarmelCachers

He stopped by one of my caches, too. Signed the logbook: unknown cacher/took nothing/left nothing. My first comment to my husband: Now here's a guy who's REALLY afraid of commitment! LOL

I agree with you opey one. Kids do love the Happy Meal toys and whatever makes them happy makes the family trip a pleasant one. Our kids are all grown now, but we occasionally grab a Happy Meal toy when we trade, too. Everything goes into our geocaching treasure chest, which serves to remind us of some wonderful times spent together in some very special places . It's all just for fun, and none of it should be taken so seriously that we allow things like this to upset us. Unfortunately, I've seen some cachers more upset about the trinkets than the trash in the area. Go figure! Makes ya wonder where our priorities are. And if the trinkets bother them so much, I don't wanna be anywhere near them when they get laid off, either!

I've created a geocaching diary which includes highlights from the cache pages (name/location/coordinates/description/map/our log). All trinkets are in individual small baggies which reference the cache it came from. Then I purchased a treasure chest to store everything. I have waaay too much time on my hands! LOL

Rather than counting caches found, perhaps we should count stars. Since it could feasibly take a day or longer to find a 5/5, some consideration should be given to difficulty and terrain. That would give consideration to those who plan a major outing for one cache, versus a quick stop at a 1/1 on your way to the mall. That should make the calculations more interesting!

Rather than counting caches found, perhaps we should count stars. Since it could feasibly take a day or longer to find a 5/5, some consideration should be given to difficulty and terrain. That would give consideration to those who plan a major outing for one cache, versus a quick stop at a 1/1 on your way to the mall. That should make the calculations more interesting!

Coolest: IndyDiver's geocoin Lamest: Someone's hair braid (really!)

"...this coming from someone who has traced their family back to the 1500’s..." I use my GPS to record the locations of the gravesites for my genealogy. A hundred years from now, that headstone may well be unreadable. The coordinates will always remain. I doubt I offended anyone while doing so. Maybe we're just being a little overly self-conscious. As long as I'm not disturbing anyone and I'm respectful, I see no harm. Recently, I found some newer graves where a family of four (with two young boys) were buried at the same time (auto accident?) It so touched me, that I had to stop and say a prayer for them. There can't be anything wrong with that. There's so much history to learn in a cemetery! I often walk away with a greater appreciation of life. I think that's a message the dead would like to leave with us.

quote:Originally posted by CYBret: Someone posted earlier about Deet reacting with plastic. Be careful. I pretty much ruined a new faceplate on my cellphone today. Before assuming that your faceplates are ruined, try erasing it with a pencil eraser. We noticed a reaction on the plastic faceplates of our digital watches. My husband found that he could simply erase it off. Worked for my watch, too. Now we remember to remove our watches before we spray.

* When you are willing to stay at a hotel just so you can get caches too far from home (this week). * When your non-caching friend invites you to his open house and only gives you the coordinates (next week).

* When you are willing to stay at a hotel just so you can get caches too far from home (this week). * When your non-caching friend invites you to his open house and only gives you the coordinates (next week).

Just had to throw in some booming sarcasm there for your enjoyment. Dear Lord, I could hardly breathe I was laughing so hard! God bless those who can't type and those who know how to point it out! I hope neither of you change...the world NEEDS more of this!

Just had to throw in some booming sarcasm there for your enjoyment. Dear Lord, I could hardly breathe I was laughing so hard! God bless those who can't type and those who know how to point it out! I hope neither of you change...the world NEEDS more of this!

We live in the Indy area and have been to many of these caches, besides owning a few. I read his logs, and there's no doubt in my mind that he has physically visited them. He noted too many things in his logs that you'd only know if you had been there. This guy deserves an Olympic Medal!

quote:Originally posted by Pat in Louisiana:At what point do you figure anyone who is going to find it has found it and it's time to archive it? Pat: It appears that your cache is in an area where there are no other nearby caches. This is good - it will eventually draw people who live around there and, hopefully, inspire them to join us. Many of us deliberately place caches in remote areas for just this reason. It may take a while before you see a lot of activity, but judging from how fast we've grown in 3 yrs, not too long. Chris

quote:Originally posted by Pat in Louisiana:At what point do you figure anyone who is going to find it has found it and it's time to archive it? Pat: It appears that your cache is in an area where there are no other nearby caches. This is good - it will eventually draw people who live around there and, hopefully, inspire them to join us. Many of us deliberately place caches in remote areas for just this reason. It may take a while before you see a lot of activity, but judging from how fast we've grown in 3 yrs, not too long. Chris

Maybe the reason that geocaching is growing so fast is because it IS good, clean fun.

Maybe the reason that geocaching is growing so fast is because it IS good, clean fun.

urbo: I almost choked when I saw you were in Miami. That is the ONLY city that we've ever had a problem in! Our car was parked in broad daylight in a commercial parking lot across the street from the public library downtown. Our car was a Aerostar minivan, and the only thing visible was a cooler in the back. They broke through a window & had some home-made subs & sodas on us. We called the police and they gave us a case number without so much as sending an officer out to investigate. We figured that break-ins were so common down there that they just didn't have enough police available for such trivial matters. If they hadn't been so pre-occupied with their free meal, they would have had time to break into my sister's sports car, right next to us, which had a video cam in the back seat! quote: park out in the open or under a streetlamp if possible, they want the hidden car,

urbo: I almost choked when I saw you were in Miami. That is the ONLY city that we've ever had a problem in! Our car was parked in broad daylight in a commercial parking lot across the street from the public library downtown. Our car was a Aerostar minivan, and the only thing visible was a cooler in the back. They broke through a window & had some home-made subs & sodas on us. We called the police and they gave us a case number without so much as sending an officer out to investigate. We figured that break-ins were so common down there that they just didn't have enough police available for such trivial matters. If they hadn't been so pre-occupied with their free meal, they would have had time to break into my sister's sports car, right next to us, which had a video cam in the back seat! quote: park out in the open or under a streetlamp if possible, they want the hidden car,