Mr Smeee

Nothing for me. I live in an historic area, so I had a good one picked out.

I was on a Disneyland blog and needed to pick a name, I chose Mr Smee from Peter Pan. The name was already taken, so I modified it a bit. You may see me on other forums using the same name, since it has now become my avatar!

I like Goop - it dries tough, but just a little bit flexible, so it won't break easily. Also handy is a hot glue gun, dries fast, no waiting overnight. And finally, epoxy putty, as it's name implies, it's putty-like, so can fill bigger areas, dries rock hard

I don’t think it’s an activity for everyone. You need to be comfortable poking around in places where there might be critters, comfortable working on the computer, and really enjoy the outdoors. That in itself is pretty limiting to most people. What I see is that people who like it, like it and really get it without much explanation. I work with the Scouts, and they tend to get it better than most, but even then it’s just a few. Think I saw a description of a Geocacher awhile ago that was something to the effect of “a computer geek with a tan” – think that about sums it up. (yes I am a computer geek with a tan)

I took a day off work to hike and cache. Halfway through the day the batteries die died in my GPS. I always carry two backup sets of batteries. Replacing the batteries did less than nothing, they were both dead. Someone in my household had been tossing the bad ones back into our battery box. I worked for awhile using my crudely drawn maps, and was able to find one cache using that method. Ultimately I used a combination of my hand drawn maps and by turning on the GPS when I was within a close range (last few minutes of battery) I was able to find the rest. I missed two or three caches in my ‘blackout’ period.

Yes – Pete Seeger is the answer, not PP and M. My question was not a complaint, but rather an observation. It’s still very quiet here, but some of the points expressed in the thread may explain – high density of caches = not much opportunity to place new ones, many local cachers have found most of the caches in a given area , and are not likely to return for one or two. I’m training a slew of Cubs Scouts and their parents next week on geocaching, so I may generate some new local cachers then. Anyway, I'll keep placing them, someone will be FTF.

Oh yeah - could just be my perspective. Just thought I'd see what others were seeing.

Since around June/July of this year, it appears that a lot of Geocaching activity has stopped in my little portion of the world. Very few new caches, very few people logging on my caches (have 40+ hidden). At first I thought it was vacations, maybe the weather. But now we’re into deep fall. Not sure if it’s the economy or what, but very quiet here. I’m in zip 91320, which is pretty dense with geocaches, so I’m not sure what it is. Anyone else seeing a decrease in caching?

AOL in Cub Scouts Eagle in Boy Scouts Spent many years on and around the Appalachian Trial Even more looking at maps - bit of a map freak

Two techniques I use in high traffic areas, or area that need 'stealth': 1. Cell phone - walking in circles taking on the cell phone, looking up and down - no one cares 2. I bring my son - we're looking for bugs, lost toy, who knows what kids are getting into