Ms Muffet

Caching is the best therapy! One day I was particularly low at work, and when I left for lunch decided to look for a cache or two. Signing a logbook is better than Prozac! I had quite perked up when I returned to work. I would say it's impossible to shed tears while making a find, but a couple of years ago a cemetery cache had me wiping away a few. Yes I have done many cemetery caches and find the cemeteries interesting ... I always pause to read the headstones. This one was different though - it was a *pet* cemetery. Try getting out of one of those dry-eyed! And Lorne of the broken ankle - did you find the cache??

Wow ... you found *that* fast!!

But caching's way more important than THAT....

A very inexperienced cacher (14 finds) first logged a DNF and then, the next day, went back and logged a find. I'm pleased for him/her, but the new cacher then 1) wrote in his log "hint: tree" which I could have lived with... there are lots of trees around... but 2)posted a pic of the tree! I don't want to take the find away, but I DO want to delete the picture from the gallery. How do I do that?

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I've been reading this thread hoping to find out ways to get my vehicle travel bug noticed. It has been logged by other cachers only when I point it out to them. I log the travel bug into, then immediately out of, caches if I want to have mileage calculated. I have one of the dog-tags on my keychain, which is normally in my pocket when I leave the car to go find a cache. So the bug has reached the cache! It's rather startling to see the mileage pop up when I visit the pages - have I travelled THAT far just to cache? Surely not, I tell myself... I was going there anyway, right?? BTW I am pleased with the magnetic cling, which has lived on the back of my car through two winters and countless rain, snow and ice storms and remains firmly affixed to the car! Ms Muffet in Ontario

Rideau Lake, Ontario

Thanks for an entertaining story! My experience is that in February those temps feel like mid-summer! In August - in the rain - bring on the snow-suit! And true, cold and rain do not cause colds. My mother, who had been a nurse, stated that fact every time I whined for a ride to school when it was cold, raining, or snowing, which in Ottawa was most of the school year. However, she said that being chilled and miserable *could* reduce your resistance to whatever virus might be floating around. I assume you did make it to work, where we pick up most of our viruses... and you didn't likely have any resistance left! And what did your coworkers have to say when you came in, soaked???

As someone who is vertically challenged and not the most nimble person (an undiagnosed broken hip a couple years back will do that) all I ask is that the terrain be rated appropriately. A terrain 1 should not require any bushwhacking or climbing. A terrain 5? Well, have fun! There was a terrain 1.5 that I had to walk 300 metres to get to (on a trail) and then a little bushwhacking was required... 20 minutes later when I found the cache I discovered I'd forgotten my pen! After all that work I was absolutely going to sign that log - I love signing logs and I had earned it - so back to the car - back to the cache - signed the log and *left* the pen in the cache - and back to the car again. Lots of exercise, lots of fun ... but I don't think a 600 metre walk is a 1.5. I would not log a cache if I hadn't signed the log, but might post a note saying that I saw it, if the cache was there, just out of reach. (I'd even keep it polite!) Fortunately that situation has not arisen yet. However, an appropriate terrain rating would save a lot of grief. As much as I want to, I do not expect to be able to snag a terrain 3.5 or greater. Fortunately, there are lots of terrain 2 or less caches around, and I am not too proud to grab a LPC or two. They are like little friends, especially when I am travelling!

"The snow's almost gone. I won't get stuck. " ... said to myself last week after dark in a rural cemetery. I *did* get stuck - briefly - but getting the FTF was worth it!

I just received a magnetic bug for my car and have placed the magnet on the back of the car and activated the number. I know that others might see it and log it, though am not exactly sure how they do that. Do they indicate "discovered it" or just write a note? Do I indicate that the bug has visited the caches I find? I would imagine it's inappropriate me to log visits to my own two caches ... or is it? Thanks for any advice! Ms Muffet

I am relatively new to geocaching. (6 whole weeks!) Having just logged my very first FTF today, I found it a lot of fun, from seeing the email as it came in, realizing "hey, I have a chance to be the FTF!", ripping out the door, hurrying up the highway and then prowling around the site until I found the cache. Since I love writing in logs, it was fun to be the one to pen the first entry in that log. And now I've had that experience and don't feel that I need to rack up a pile of FTFs. As someone said "It's about having fun." I am not particularly competitive, so certainly don't need to beat someone to a cache to have fun. And just yesterday I was thinking: "I'll probably never, ever be FTF!" So don't give up! Ms Muffet

I've been caching for all of 3 weeks, and have found 20 caches. Right now I mainly look for medium caches with a difficulty level of 1 or 1.5. I try to keep the terrain pretty easy, too! Like you, I am using a Nuvi 250 (actually Nuvi 250W) and despite the fact it's supposedly not geo-cache friendly, it normally leads me to the right spot. Then it's up to me! That's where things get a tad difficult. Be sure to read all the logs for a cache and unencrypt the hints. Sometimes you just don't know what you are looking for! Today I found one in a style I haven't seen before ... and that has given me ideas on what another one might look like - one that has eluded me so far! Good luck! Ms Muffet