MikeAndJuli

Sorry for the delay - We had to wait a week to get coins from 6 miles away. Kinda Silly.... ANYWHO! Here is our update! Mike (MikeAndJuli): Sent my info to Laval K-9: 11/20 Name received from Laval K-9: 11/27 Sent my gift: 12/10 My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift: Juli (MikeAndJuli): Sent my info to Laval K-9: 11/20 Name received from Laval K-9: 11/27 Sent my gift: 12/10 My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift: Kaylee (AndKaylee): Sent my info to Laval K-9: 11/20 Name received from Laval K-9: 11/27 Sent my gift: 12/10 My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift:

The entire MikeAndJuli family will be rocking missions this year. Thats three missions! Mike (MikeAndJuli): Sent my info to Laval K-9: 11/20 Name received from Laval K-9: Sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift: Juli (MikeAndJuli): Sent my info to Laval K-9: 11/20 Name received from Laval K-9: Sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift: Kaylee (AndKaylee): Sent my info to Laval K-9: 11/20 Name received from Laval K-9: Sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift: It is AndKaylee's very first Christmas! We are excited to start her out right. Woo!!!

AWESOME!!!!

Happy Almost-Halloween from a late lurker!!! We are already in the process of making Christmas cards (there are a lot of great people we need to send well-wishes too), and the question came up: will we need to make a couple extra cards for a 2017 Joyeux Noel Mission?

Thanks for the nudge! We received our missions both in the same day! I can't find my tracking reciept for when the two we sent out got delivered... Thanks EVERYONE - this has been a blast! Mission 1: Message sent: March 19th Message received: March 20th Mission Sent: March 29th Mission Received: My Mission Received: April 3rd Mission 2: Message sent: March 19th Message received: March 20th Mission Sent: March 29th Mission Received: My Mission Received: April 3rd

A little late getting to the post office (who woulda thought picking up two geocoins and shipping them out would be so hard - juli hand made the cards right away!). Just shipped out our two missions! Mission 1: Message sent: March 19th Message received: March 20th Mission Sent: March 29th Mission Received: My Mission Received: Mission 2: Message sent: March 19th Message received: March 20th Mission Sent: March 29th Mission Received: My Mission Received: We will be checking our mailbox with high anticipation over the next few weeks! Thanks again Laval K-9 for organizing this awesome worldwide card/coin exchange!

its been such a hectic week that I almost missed the deadline to join in on another mission!! We are in for two again Mission 1: Message sent: March 19th Message received: Mission Sent: Mission Received: My Mission Received: Mission 2: Message sent: March 19th Message received: Mission Sent: Mission Received: My Mission Received:

Totally forgot to update this - sorry, and thanks for the reminder!!! Name sent: November 13, 2016 Name received: butyo I sent my gift: November 29th, 2016 My gift arrived at destination: yes (saw it posted on Facebook shortly after Christmas) I received a gift: From Pingu Name sent: November 13, 2016 Name received: sweetlife I sent my gift: November 29th, 2016 My gift arrived at destination: unknown... I received a gift: From LadyBev4T

Update!!! I mailed out my cards and coins a couple of days ago!!! Name sent: November 13, 2016 Name received: November 26th, 2016 I sent my gift: November 29th, 2016 My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift: Name sent: November 13, 2016 Name received: November 26th, 2016 I sent my gift: November 29th, 2016 My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift:

We're entering for two - figure we could say one from the Mr. and one from the Mrs. This is so cool! Name sent: November 13, 2016 Name received: I sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift: Name sent: November 13, 2016 Name received: I sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift:

My apologies for the four letter H-word. Post will be edited post-haste

Cerberus: Imagine what the cache page that needs this forum looks like! Crusso does a good job of deleting the unnecesary notes from the cache page - but it gets ridiculous, especially when the self-proclaimed geo-police get on a rant. Honestly, if we are to keep that cache page itself from becoming a forum - this is the best option.

That log is exactly what I've been screaming at my email this whole time! I hate that the cache page is becoming a discussion forum, and I hate that people think they can bully in and tell others how to play the game. I actually sent Crusso an email asking if there was a forum for this cache. I feel that linking a forum in the description MAY reduce the amount of 'notes' in the cache logs. My 2¢: if you aren't a lackey, a reviewer, or the cache owner - keep to yourself about 'don't do this' and 'shoulda done that'

I have found 100 in a day - and I think that was about my limit. I do believe more is possible, however 100 in a day felt like it took a lot of the fun out of the game already so I can't imagine enjoying doubling or tripling those numbers. Most importantly, I do agree that so long as these high-numbers folks aren't actually doing anything to ruin the game for others, no need to pay them any mind.

Not sure if this has been covered: First, there is a learning curve to every new system. I had just gotten used to some of the features of the old system - so it took a few tries. Most of the complaints I see on this thread appear to be from folks who must not be trying to use the system (events in my state, not changing sort order, etc.). I feel my bug report is completely valid. The initial search field clearly states 'City, State, GC code' - HOWEVER when I enter a valid GC code it returns a 'DNF' result. I have to take the extra time to go into the old advanced search and enter it into the 'GC Code' field. Any fix in the works for this? I know Groundspeak/Geocaching.com has taken a lot of negativity towards this new system (among other decisions), however I believe that the modern search tool can be very intuitive and clean - as soon as all of the bugs are shaken out of it. "If you continue to try to make everyone happy, then you will fail at making anyone happy"

Okay - I know this has been covered somewhere - but I want an oppinion. I am planning on giving awards at an event. I really wanted to do trackable medals, but I couldnt find anything I like on multiple websites. I did find some engravable medals on a diferent site that match my needs, however they don't have tracking codes. My idea was to purchase some cheap trackables and engrave the trackable number from those over to the medals (along with the receipients geoname, and the words "trackable on geocaching.com"). After reading here I am thinging just buying a handful of TravelBug tags is the best bet. (I was orginally going to wo with Geo-Nick Sticks, since they are real cheap - but I don't want the icon to conflict with the trackable when it is discovered My questions are as follows: A) Is this acceptable as far as the rules are concerned, or am I violating the rules by not using a Groundspeak approved design? Is this 'classy' - or, more specifically - would you be okay with logging 'discover it' logs for this? I am only making 3 or 4 of these, so purchasing JUST codes at a minimum of 50 codes is really not cost-efective. Thoughts, suggestions?