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Maryland Municipal League (MML) Geotrail Kickoff event here:GC413V6

Kentucky and West Virginia: The Hatfield McCoy Geo Trail will allow you to explore 15 historic locations around Pike (KY), Mingo & Logan (WV) Counties with relevance to the Hatfield & McCoy feud. http://www.hatfieldmccoygeotrail.com/

That's correct. Sometimes travel bugs aren't logged immediately for whatever reason. The best solution I've seen would be to grab the travel bug, then write a note in cache X's online log and drop the travel bug there to correct the mileage and whereabouts. Then retrieve the travel bug from cache X and continue its journey to cache Z. Thanks for being thoughtful enough to check in to the forums to figure something out.

This thread gets my brain going about leaving ominous notes of my own: "Poison Ivy is coming!" "The full moon is coming!" "Dog walkers who don't clean up after their dogs are coming!" Hmmm.... Thanks for the laughs folks!

I've gotten two FTFs in the short time I've been caching. I fondly remember them both. I can take 'em or leave 'em. And if and when I try to grab one, I pretty much know who I'll be up against. This adds to the fun of it for me. While I won't debate whether to seek a FTF or not, I'll offer some "fairness" options I've seen in my area. A very popular series here is "The Curse of the FTF (Richmond edition)". We specify Richmond because they've got the same series going on in the Fredericksburg area and also in Northern Virginia I believe. I won't mention all the rules, but will mention a couple. 1. The FTF of any particular cache in the series must hide another in the series within two months or be "cursed" from ever having a FTF again. 2. Someone can only have a FTF in the series ONCE. At last count, the latest Richmond edition was on #21. For another unique fairness option, the hider specified there was a 15th to find prize in the cache. Of course this depended on the previous 14 finders to leave that one in the cache, which they graciously did. I'm sure there are other ways of thwarting the "FTF Hogs". But like the old adage goes, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em."

Greetings and welcome to the game! Cache containers are only limited my the hider's imagination. While GC.com lists the "relative sizes" of each cache size category, there's a lot of variation in each. I've seen "small" micros and "large" regulars. The 2ml micro you mentioned was likely a "nano", not its own category (yet, see forum posts for requests and debates on this), which is most often magnetic and most often black in color. It's also commonly listed as the smallest geocache container (for now). Google "nano geocache containers" for a good idea on what these look like. I've seen a few devilish containers. I won't go into these for fear of spoiling your fun, but let's just say that they looked pretty ordinary and certainly didn't look out of place at all. Remember, geocache hides reflect their hider's creativity, ingenuity, and skill at disguise and camouflage. The most interesting containers I've found were also the most memorable finds. Take that into account, as the hider's ability to hide something a little bit different and memorable is a great source of pride for them. Some local cachers will be a lot of help finding these (I found my first nano as part of a local group hunt, where the seasoned cachers had already seen probably dozens of them). It might not help much, but I always try to think while out hunting "If it looks out of place, it might be the cache. If it doesn't look out of place, it might be the cache too!" All the best and happy hunting!

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