Seth!

Hey guys, I had a great time in Portland. I'll post a note on the Barley Mill (Oregone History #1) page with details. It was great to meet some of Oregon's finest geocachers. I had 25 finds for the weekend and several adventures. Thanks, gang!! Before coming to Oregon, I had another interesting geocache find here in WA. You can read about it at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=16337 Seth!

and don't plan to. I'd rather say "sorry" than say "may I?" and run the risk of having them say "no". Bureaucracies are usually too full of C.Y.A. attitudes. I would add the caveat that I also excercise good judgement when I place my geocaches. I'm not losing sleep over any of my placements. - Seth!

Alright! I am psyched. Thanks a lot guys for making the extra effort. Look for my log after the weekend!!

Alright! I am psyched. Thanks a lot guys for making the extra effort. Look for my log after the weekend!!

It's all part of the challenge. Usually I would say: No signing the logbook, no find. If you open the container and find no logbook, you improvise. Write a note and stick it in there. Leave a buck and jot down the serial number. Getting to the geocache, opening it, and signing it without getting caught is part of the challenge. That's why I put mine right in the middle of busy streets. There are exceptions to every rule, of course. (See below!) I think that the geocache owner should be the final judge. - Seth! [This message was edited by Seth! on April 18, 2002 at 07:29 PM.]

It's all part of the challenge. Usually I would say: No signing the logbook, no find. If you open the container and find no logbook, you improvise. Write a note and stick it in there. Leave a buck and jot down the serial number. Getting to the geocache, opening it, and signing it without getting caught is part of the challenge. That's why I put mine right in the middle of busy streets. There are exceptions to every rule, of course. (See below!) I think that the geocache owner should be the final judge. - Seth! [This message was edited by Seth! on April 18, 2002 at 07:29 PM.]

I'll just toss my two cents in by saying "ditto to what web-ling said." I wouldn't emphasize the 'it's their cache, do what they want' bit though. There is a lot said for being thoughtful. Send a nice note to the geocache owner and please post what happens so that we will know! - Seth!

fractal, I didn't mean to start some kind of gold rush on the decals. I plan to hit a dozen or so geocache in the area on Saturday BEFORE I hit the BM. SO, I'll try to pick up a decal in a geocache if there are any left. I was just suggesting a back-up plan since some of us are not homeys. I'm going to have a look at Tree Hugger when I get down there. I'll have to see this tree before I commit one way or the other. Sixty feet up is pretty darn high, even for a monkey like me. An aside: I will be attempting an interesting and challenging one here in the Puget Sound area tomorrow. Watch the forurms!

fractal, I didn't mean to start some kind of gold rush on the decals. I plan to hit a dozen or so geocache in the area on Saturday BEFORE I hit the BM. SO, I'll try to pick up a decal in a geocache if there are any left. I was just suggesting a back-up plan since some of us are not homeys. I'm going to have a look at Tree Hugger when I get down there. I'll have to see this tree before I commit one way or the other. Sixty feet up is pretty darn high, even for a monkey like me. An aside: I will be attempting an interesting and challenging one here in the Puget Sound area tomorrow. Watch the forurms!

If you know of ANY geocaches in the state of WA that have been archived in the past few months (and you don't see them in this thread), please post them here. I am adding these to the archived list: Saturday Morning Cartoon Cache Alien Invasion Grill Hill kissin bridge Pretty flowers..... Geology Geocache #4 Wooden Faces & Marsh Maddness Rocks Billie's Memorial cache Please note: This does NOT include temporarily disabled geocaches. JUST archived geocaches. Thanks. Seth!

Makaio, that's great news. Tip o' the hat to ponyryder, too. We will DEFINITELY be hitting this one! (and the hallowed ground of the original--in spite of Dave U.) Seth!

Moun10Bike and I are each hoping to score a decal this weekend. Just in case we're too late, maybe fractal can bring a couple to the Barley Mill on Saturday night.

Moun10Bike and I are each hoping to score a decal this weekend. Just in case we're too late, maybe fractal can bring a couple to the Barley Mill on Saturday night.

Moun10Bike and I are making our plans for our Greater Portland Geospree this weekend. So if you have a favorite geocache in the area (yours or otherwise) let us know and we'll make sure it's on the list. We'll try to bring a few Travel Bugs down to drop off in geocaches as well.

as others have said, include some criteria that makes it necessary to actually go to the location. Posting a photo which includes the geocacher and his/her GPSR is a good one. E-mailing the geocache owner with the answer to a question that can only be answered by visiting...these have already been suggested. They are GOOD ideas and prevent bozos like Drago..., er anyone, from posting bogus finds. These are the same kind of geocachers who try to steal your really cool cache ideas without doing any of the work themselves. Yeah, yeah, live and let live, yeah, yeah. Seth!

as others have said, include some criteria that makes it necessary to actually go to the location. Posting a photo which includes the geocacher and his/her GPSR is a good one. E-mailing the geocache owner with the answer to a question that can only be answered by visiting...these have already been suggested. They are GOOD ideas and prevent bozos like Drago..., er anyone, from posting bogus finds. These are the same kind of geocachers who try to steal your really cool cache ideas without doing any of the work themselves. Yeah, yeah, live and let live, yeah, yeah. Seth!

I've made a list of geocaches in the Contact Cache-Barley Mill area. Only one is by oregone. How far away are the other ones? (I'm too lazy to check his list I guess.) Also, oregone, how do YOU pronounce oregone? - Seth! (rhymes with Beth! not Baformachuckalotta!) I had never used that arrow icon until now. I've also never used or

I've made a list of geocaches in the Contact Cache-Barley Mill area. Only one is by oregone. How far away are the other ones? (I'm too lazy to check his list I guess.) Also, oregone, how do YOU pronounce oregone? - Seth! (rhymes with Beth! not Baformachuckalotta!) I had never used that arrow icon until now. I've also never used or

quote:Originally posted by Waynepdx: ...and will be placing them randomly along the way. Some will take some thought... I will not be able to maintain these caches and will need you guys to 'adopt them' I'm sure that the Montana geocachers will appreciate it if they aren't particularly random and if you do put some thought into them. If you don't get a reply, will you assume that they do or don't want them? Maybe just a couple of really good ones would be thoughtful. I doubt that you'll win points by placing 54 unmaintained caches. Seth!

Laurencat et al., Saturday might be good. We should have a day's worth of stories to tell. It depends on whether or not you guys are planning to give us loads of tips (advice, not loose change) while we toss a few back. I should also check with Erin (Mrs. Seth!) to get her opinion. We're bringing the tribe. Makaio or anyone else, do you have the coordinates for the original stash? Any chance that the Un-Original Stash will be operational by the 20th? I'd like to visit both. Last item before I click Post Now: How far is After Dark from the Barley Mill? Seth!

Great. And LaurenCat mentioned something about a pitcher...

Great. And LaurenCat mentioned something about a pitcher...

I'll be in the Portland area for the weekend of April 20. Most likely I'll meet up with Moun10Bike there as well for a geocaching spree. How is the W2P idea coming along? I assume that we can meet some of you at the BM on either Friday or Saturday night. I'm a bit freaked out by the possibility of running into Waynepdx, so if you can send him to Eugene for the weekend, that would be great. (Geocaching while drunk? Dude, that's why they made MTV. Stay home!) Seth!

...and 90 minutes later nobody from Portland replied? I'd say that they were all out finding a hypothetical geocache. Seth!

...and 90 minutes later nobody from Portland replied? I'd say that they were all out finding a hypothetical geocache. Seth!