CDNinCA

My apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong spot - please redirect me if I should be posting this somewhere else. I have moved out of the Bay area, and have a quite successful cache that I can no longer maintain. It is an ammo-can cache in Vasona Lake Park (http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d2ad5939-cf4a-40d7-bfeb-93d3832150dc), and I'd hate to have to disable it, since it gets so many visitors, and has survived in an urban area for over three years. Would anyone like to take it over? Many thanks, Karleen CDNinCA

Hi all. I'm a relative newbie here, but would love to find out who my local geocaching people are (I'm in Milpitas). I usually go cache-hunting with my 5-year-old son, but wouldn't mind teaming up with other folks to visit some more challenging caches. And could someone please tell me about BADGES? I'm guessing Bay Area...something something something. Thanks, CDNinCA

CDNinCA = Canadian in California. Boring, but true.

Ditto.

I went on my first cache hunt this morning, and have made the following notes to myself: 1) BRING A DOG. I had my trusty Golden Retriever with me, and it sure made me feel a lot less silly about skulking around the local park before dawn. He can also alert me me of impending danger if I'm too engrossed in interpreting my GPS display to notice it for myself. 2) Find a poking stick. I don't know about you, but I wasn't too eager to stick my hand under unfamiliar bushes or into unknown trees in search of micro caches. A little branch that I found on the ground was the perfect tool for the job. 3) Bring a flashlight - even if you don't think you'll need one. Even in broad daylight, a flashlight is handy for looking into and under things. 4) Bring gloves. This, of course, depends on your 'ick' tolerance, but if you're leery about touching squishy, dirty, or decomposing debris, gloves would be good. 5) Wear sturdy pants. And don't wear your favourite pair - you'll probably be getting dirty. Yes, I know - that's half the fun! 6) HAVE FUN! There is nothing like finding that first cache. Thanks for these great forums - by reading old posts, I learned enough to get up and running right away. This is a blast!

Hi Becky, I'm Karleen (aka CDNinCA)! I am also brand-new at the geocacing stuff, but am hooked already! I got my Garmin eTrex yesterday afternoon, and was out at 6:30 am this morning, tracking down my first cache. Fortunately, there are a lot of caches close by to my home, so I was able to search in areas that were familiar to me. Once I get a few more caches, I'll try something more challenging, but right now I'm just trying to find the caches without getting arrested I'm going to start a new thread with a question in it, but wanted to reply here to your message and say hello to a fellow newbie. It sounds like you're having as mucy fun as I am!