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trillium13

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  1. I think that one of the things I'm finding most frustrating right now is that when I read the logs on caches that I thought were really hard, everyone else posts about how easy they were to find! It just makes me wonder, am I stupid? Or maybe it's just easy for those who have already found 5000 or more. Do you think that people just don't post when they don't find? I always seem to be the only one posting a DNF in the logs. I've been browsing through the posts here, and I don't think I'm the only one. Makes me feel a little better.
  2. Well, I wouldn't be here asking the question if I didn't find it fun and exciting to FIND caches. My point is, I don't enjoy it when I can't find them because every tree looks the same, or a cache is deep inside a patch of thorns, or "at the bottom of a tree" in a stand of 100 trees. Here where I live there are snakes, and other dangerous things. I guess what I'm wondering is if I'm just doing it wrong, or, is that the part that people enjoy? I read the logs and everyone says "easy find". Well, if I'm faced with a huge briar patch, and the coordinates say it's supposed to be in there, then that's not an easy find at all. At least for me.
  3. Hi everyone! My husband and I are new to the whole geocaching thing, and getting pretty frustrated by it. We really enjoy finding the caches we do find, but we seem to strike out a LOT. It's really frustrating to read the cache logs and everyone but you says "easy find" or "quick p&g" and you spend 30 minutes searching and can't find anything. I do have to wonder how many other people don't find the caches, and simply don't log their dnf's. I always log mine, I'm hoping someone will take pity on me and help me out. Anyway, we don't have a fancy GPS, we're using a TomTom one with most recent maps, and TT7 on a pda. I realize those probably aren't ideal? But it's what we've got. Any suggestions appreciated here. We can be standing right on top of the correct coordinates according to our GPS, and find nothing. I don't know if I'm missing the point of this whole geocaching thing sometimes. I feel like coordinates sometimes put me right into a patch of trees and thorns and snakes, with no hint, other than it's in that area somewhere. For me personally, having to look up and down every tree and bush within a 30 foot radius isn't fun. If that's what I'm supposed to be doing, I might not be a good geocacher. Any help here is appreciated, like I said, we really enjoy the ones we find! Thank you!
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