Car54

So have all cache owners been notfied? We haven't heard anything, so maybe "containerless" caches, ie virts and EC's, won't be archived? Mrs. Car54

Cool! Thanks for that list - will be checking those out soon!

Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. Can you define what you mean by "put up", and how that specific date and time relates to it? At 15 seconds past 1:14 pm, the date/time will be: 10/11/12 13:14:15 Mrs. Car54

I agree with Indotguy. As for our earthcaches, I will wait to see the "step by step instructions for current cache owners already placed on IDNR land". I still believe this will prove to be a net negative for geocaching on taxpayer-owned IDNR property and we are taking that into consideration as we begin to plan our 2013 camping outings. And for jmbed, I'm not worrying and I have no plans to spend the rest of the day on the "ter-lit" as Archie Bunker called it. Mrs. Car54

I hadn't seen this. They're going to have Geocaching.com archive all caches on DNR properties? We put a lot of work into our 2 earthcaches in Prophetstown SP and if they're archived, I'm not sure I feel like going through all that again. Aside from geocaching, we are regular campers who almost always choose DNR campgrounds over private ones. Not to mention that the spring and fall picnics often bring a good crowd to DNR properties. While I'm certainly not in panic mode, I'd be hard pressed to see this change as the positive that the DNR quote above tries to spin it as. Mrs. Car54 grammar edit

Chiming in late, here. We've been around since 2004, but are not prolific hiders by any stretch of the imagination. A few months ago, we hid a couple and got a nice note from the reviewer asking for a description of the container and how it was hidden. We had never been asked that before, nor have any of our caches had permission problems. I thought it was kind of weird, but I answered the questions, got a "thanks" reply from the reviewer and the caches were published. My main thought was that it kind of spoils caching for the reviewer in the area they cover. It didn't bother me, but it did make me go, "huh?". Mrs. Car54

Based on their user name, I'm guessing J1 is one of the "N3JS", meaning not all 3 J's were along for this find. Just a guess.... Mrs. Car54

I know it may be a small thing, but thank you for this. Mrs. Car54

Wonderful! Thank you so much! Mrs. Car54

I'm not crusty. I'm not grumpy. I'm not a man. I may be old, though. I noticed you replied to my question/request on the site update thread as well. I don't believe I "griped", nor did I poke even gentle fun at folks who like the feature. I simply made a polite request that the feature be optional. Please tell me how that is "petty". And FYI, I *do* look at that page often - so often that I have that specific paged bookmarked as an IE fave. Mrs. Car54 not grumpy this morning

You guys do realize it is only the latest 5 caches that are displayed here right? It is only on the detailed view that 50 are shown. We can look into adding the ability to minimize those lists if it becomes a real issue. Thank you, Nate. Yes, I do realize that, although the initial language made it sound as though all 50 would be displayed. I would still prefer not to have them take up the prime real estate at the top of the page. An option to minimize the list would be nice, even better if it stayed minimized through multiple log-ins/log-outs unless/until the user decided to un-minimize it. Thank you, Mrs. Car54

Is there a way to turn this off, please? I would much rather see our current log activity at the top of the page. Thank you, Mrs. Car54

+1!

I think some of the replies sound harsh. We vacationed in PA Amish country a year ago and IIRC, there have been several tourism board geo-trails done out east. We did part of one in DE, but not enough to earn the coin. There was another one done in rural southeast WA as well. They placed caches at landmarks in the area and you got a passport stamped or something to get a coin. As long as you don't have to buy anything, and in some cases get something, like a geocoin, for free, I don't get the negativity. Mrs. Car54

I didn't notice the scrambling, but yesterday I noticed that the top of our avatar was cut off. I guess I'll know when I post this reply if it's still that way today. Mrs. Car54

I, for one, am not getting the working maps I agreed to pay for.... Mrs. Car54

Oops! My bad! I wasn't sure when it changed. Carry on - nothing to see here. Mrs. Car54

Thank you for this! I am trying to click the MapQuest link directly from a cache page. Based on your post, I clicked the geocaching Google map link first and from the beta maps, then clicked MapQuest. That worked! Then I tried the link from a benchmark page - nope. So I took your suggestion and cleared my cookies. That seemed to reveal that the problem is with Classic MapQuest. I usually use Classic Mapquest for my non-geocaching needs as I like it better than the new MapQuest. (Hmmm, a preference for old maps instead of new maps - HA!) At any rate, prior to clearing my cookies, the cache page MapQuest link was attempting to use Classic MapQuest. After clearing my cookies, the cache page link loads new MapQuest with the correct destination. However, if I attempt to switch to Classic MapQuest from the new MapQuest, I get the old problem with the static destination of "center of West Lafayette, IN" even though the cache co-ords are clearly correct in the URL. Don't know if that's a MapQuest problem or a problem with how gc.com links to it, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to live with it. Guess it's time to swallow my dislike and make friends with new MapQuest. Mrs. Car54

Why is it that when I use the MapQuest link on the cache page, the resulting map always shows the star at the center of West Lafayette, IN (sister city to my home co-ords)? I have tried the MapQuest link on caches near to home, a hundred or so miles north, 50 miles south and even in other states - all of them result in a map of West Lafayette, IN with the cache location (star) indicated as the "center of West Lafayette, IN". I don't have this problem with Google maps. Yes, I know I could just use Google and forget about MapQuest, but I like MapQuest. Plus my orderly mind thinks that if MapQuest is no longer an option, it should be removed from the cache pages. Thanks! Mrs. Car54

+1 + 200 There - that ought to get some action. Mrs. Car54

I would second this. I know there's a lot of cachers who would jump at the opportunity to adopt some of these great caches. Third!

I don't usually respond to update "stuff" as I figure it won't make any difference, but add me to the folks who don't like the huge new logs on the cache pages. Don't need/want the avatar or the relative date - now have to scroll much more to get what I want. Also, for those of us who load the last 5 logs with our GPX file, I assume all those avatars are going to take up a chunk of memory, right? What in the world was wrong with the logs the way they were? Many site changes leave me wondering why???. Maybe you could add a brief reason to the changes? Just my $.02...... Mrs. Car54

Man! That is horrible!! Mrs. Car54

Please send us the address and we'll send a pathtag and maybe a coin as well. Mrs. Car54