OneMile

So sad that 9-11 instantly turned half the country into a bunch of over-reactive scaredy cats.

In that vein... (and the topic was raised several pages ago, but it bears repeating), I will not tug at sprinkler heads to find the fake, so don't make them. In fact, please refrain from making caches out of anything that look like real vandalizable items. On the relatively few recent caches I've found, several where in technically public areas directly adjacent to privately maintained land. Why would I jeopardize the cache by giving the land owner the idea that these frequent wandering strangers go around digging and pulling on breakable stuff? Challenge yourself to make better hides.

I lurk cuz I'm brand new to this. Recently helped my GF with an online trails resource project using GPS and Google Maps/Earth. In the course of logging all the trailhead coordinates, etc, I got the bug. So many great possibilities. In my first week, I have but one benchmark find to my credit, but I'm trying to make time in my life to do more. Plus it's good for me to have one more reason to get out and explore. The western Sierra is at my doorstep, so I'm compelled to get out and be part of it. I haven't read even 2% of the posts yet, but I do appreciate the good insights. Haven't seen too much in the way of flaming/bashing/war, but I hear it happens. I hope to eventually participate in a more meaningful way. Peace. J btw, the system is at the moment repeatedly blocking my post, saying "too many connections" is that real or just a site error?