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You know, the thing that everyone does and no one admits to. Finding lots of caches so you can say I've found a lot of caches.

7-11 at the corner dropped 4 cents today. It's progress. Keep it up at that pace for about 2 months and I'll be right back to number hoing.

I had one that covered a broad area.... about 150 miles in driving. I also included a shortcut hint. As soon as one person figured it out, many started taking the shortcut. (The final was about 10 feet away from the starting point.) It has since been archived. Best to my knowledge, no one made it to stage 3 of the 5 stager. (An included log sheet was blank.) Was it a success? It was found about a dozen times. Not the same luck as "MONSTER" had in Austin.

Well, it's not about the numbers, but we sure have loads of fun racking them up. One thing about the approvers said in the original post. Approvers aren't neccesarily the ones with the most. The initial approver in FL has yet to hit 1,000, but he appreciates good caches. The new approver is a number ho, but all within his approving area (the northern half of FL) agree he does very quality hides. (Those who don't think his hides are high quality would probably want to shoot him on sight for what they've been through on his )I personally enjoy our numbers. It shows we've been to a lot of places and done some interesting things. (Very interesting things) We are numbers driven, but not because of the numbers... but because of what we might see next, or just the thrill of the hunt. (It's fun hunting for little plastic easter eggs in the middle of the forest at a kids geocaching event!)

Naw, that wasn't personal. The story behind it is Fly started the Nascar bug race and needed a big cache for the start in Daytona. He got a bit more than he bargained for. The cache is .12 miles from speedway property and is located within about 30 feet where literally thousands of muggles walked by it. He about had a heart attack when he found out where it was. Also, I was admitting I hadn't done my research in providing a possible excuse for an excuseless situation... (besides, if that was the best excuse the OP had.... ouch! I'm not calling the OP lazy or unintellegent. The rest of the posters saved me from having to do that job )

Well, we don't have a dog, but we take the kids. There are literally hundreds of quality caches nearby, so I don't like that 100 a year rule. Maybe plant 100 per year.... and we still manage to be socially integrateable and occasionally take others caching with us. As far as remembering each one.... Agent K has done over 500 in the last year, and she seems to remember specific details about each one. If the cache is good, it'll stick no matter how many you do. (My memory was never that good, so I'm lucky to remember the most recent ones...) As far as your other points, they are quite valid. Agent K learns about history and geography as much through caching as she does in her schoolwork. She also has learned valuable lessons in plant identification... specifically poison ivy (ouch) so the sport as been very educational for her. We have found new places. And when we have found interesting places without caches, we plant one. We've done some themed caches, and our daughter is unique in what she likes to do in a series. She likes to invite people to her favorite places. As for the 24 hour run... maybe in a couple of years when the other 2 agents can be more help. It's on my list of must do's whether or not I break the record.

Here's one for you. I filled up yesterday near Disney World for $2.18. About a mile closer, prices were $2.53 for regular and $2.72 for premium.

"Team Rebellion's" attempt was well documented. Currently there are very few places where such a record could be achieved. East of the Mississippi, I think you are looking at Nashville and Jacksonville. Our best rate for 2 people (1 a 7 y.o.) in unfamiliar territory is about every 7 minutes. That was in Jacksonville. Team Rebellion had hit caches that they had hit as induviduals, but not as a team. It is real tough, but it can be done. I am unfamiliar with the 240 record documentation, but I am sure they have it. I know people have hit the Ormond Beach-northern Daytona Beach area for 50 in a matter of about 6 hours. Unfortunately, that is the only cache dense area in the metro Daytona area. The other trick is to use a stamp rather than sign the log. Have fun if you're getting ready for an attempt. I believe there will be attempts during GW3.

Having cached in the area (well, take Keystone's map and go about 45 more miles east) I can tell you that there are hiking involved caches in the area. More so than are near me here in Nashville. Did anybody else notice that in the entire first post, every time the person put the URL of the site, it's wrong? As I said, I didn't do any research. I am just trying to see all possible explanations. As you know Fly, we have a particular fondness for sticking caches next to lots of people. (Want me to plant a cache for your next race? I'll hide it at the Iron Horse. Millions of muggles annually! )

Not this one... my daughter saw it .... next thing I know one she planted at a country club is called Llama, llama, duck. One finder of this cache showed it to his sixth grade science class this winter and they memorized it and sing it to him daily. On the other side, I'm going to throw a little (very little) support to fria. Perhaps he is referring to the long hiking caches only. Keep in mind I am saying this without doing any research. When we began hiding in Daytona, we found a fondness for urban caches, especially urban micros. Some people said that was against the spirit of the sport. Fria could perhaps be desiring these deep forest caches and all he sees are 1000+ urban macros and micros. (OK this is really a bit of the stretch. ) One of those complainers I haven't seen caching for a while, and the other developed an appreciation for varieties of hides and now has over 500 finds, with nearly a fifth of those being ours and our daughter's. Fria, you can always filter out the smaller and easier caches and look for the hiking ones. Pocket queries are very useful for that. You can also "ignore" caches. I have about a dozen on our ignore list, many of them requiring aquatic transportation. Remember, the best way to see more of the kinds of caches you like is to hide that variety yourself. Cache on!

No cache for you. Back of the line.

Cache coords probably changed.

Here's where it was asked. I like locationless ones!

Well, time for Florida to speak up. We have 2 approvers here. Both have been deliberate in reviewing caches and both do a great job. One of them even wrote my then 7 y.o. daughter at her level explaining how to best do hides.I knnow I don't agree with that one year bit, as we are about to hit 1 year., and if we had waited, there would be 119 fewer hides between us and our daughter. Try to remember that your approvers are underpaid, and we like to keep them overworked here in Florida. As far as private property goes, we do our best to get permission and post on the cache site that we have owners permission. Sometimes the manager helps determine the best location for the cache. An example of this is one of my daughter's "Favorite Places" series. AKFP #9:We're gonna rock on through electric avenue Hey, if a 7 year old (8 y.o. for three days now, darn birthdays keeping me off track) can plant 44 caches in her first year of caching without any complaints from reviewers, (a little controversy over her event by some fellow cachers, but reviewers were fine) it can't be that hard to deal with reviewers. (And yes, they are her caches. She places and names them all herself. I just drive her around.)

Well me and my wife did 50 on our Anniverasry in August. Second place is 35 with me and my 7 y.o. daughter. Had I not had her in tow, I might have gotten.... 25. (I keep telling Team Rebellion to take her along. She never runs out of energy and is a natural tunnel rat.) Team Rebellion also made a recent feast on ours and Agent K's caches in Daytona Beach. 54 in a day for the team leader. I think the team hit more, but Zatoichi had found some previously. Of course all of ours and hers are easy finds... as long as you enjoy the company of non-cachers.... lots of non-cachers.

Just a quick note for the lucky owner of Mr Gordon. I did recheck the Pit Stop. No Jeff present.

Actually I think he made it to loose in lyngate.

Just ask him which one he physically placed in the cache first! At least the real JGordon bug has shown up.

Naw, don't be disappointed. We launched 4 bugs at the same time. 2 were swallowed by hurricanes, never to be seen again. That's disappointment. Fortunately, we had the copy tags and recently relaunched them both. One is now in Ireland.

How abou a 100 mile radius in a semicircle. 3171 within 100 miles from zip 32117. Half of that is classified as wetlands... very wet lands.... okay, it's the Atlantic.

Actually it wasn't a problem. Our first dozen+ caches were found without a GPS.

Considering"The Man in Black" is a virtual, I think it is unlikely they'll stay there. If they stay in the area, contact me as to the cache and I'll try to grab 'em and get 'em north.

Beyond event caches, no I haven't. But I have done a few that become a lot more interesting during our "seasons" down in Daytona. Try finding a microcache on "Main Street" with 5,000 motorcycles going by you and nearly 100,000 people on foot right next to you.

Two groups divvied up the bugs. The S.C. Traveler (who shall not yet be named) took all that he wouldn't have to fix or repair daily or found on road dead. Another team took the rest. None wereleft for Agent K's cache. The race is in full gear now. All the bugs have left Daytona in the dust (no comment about #6). Goodbye racing bugs; on to Darlington! (Although I will monitor the race, this will probably be my last post on this thread, unless we get to help one down to Homestead.)

Little event update. It's pouring and 10 teams of cachers are out there hunting anyway. One of them is going to S.C. on Monday.... not that that is important to anyone....