Couparangus

Well fancy that! I was only 18% wrong and I got it right. I just fired up Garmin's Mapsource and counted all the airfields that weren't abandoned. Next question: Statistically, if one were to use a motorcycle to go Geocaching, instead of a car, how many more times likely would you be killed in an accident? 2 times? 7 times? 11 times? more?

Okay, I'll guess 22 communities. If I'm right I'll tell you how I figured it out without Googling or going to any website.

This guy is definitely on the same page as me when it comes to Geocaching! That being the chase should be better than the catch/cache. Thanks for that one, Tomtec!

Yes, you'd be on the deck of a ship. I thought that one was too easy. There's Tomtec, yet there's no question? Ask away (or pass to Danoshimano). Speaking of shimanos, I successfully cycled up the big hill at the north end of Mono Cliffs on the weekend without stopping. Yeah, yeah, I know, but this was a first for this fat-boy. Look out Lance Armstrong!!

While we're waiting for Tomtec I'll post a trivia question. What would you be standing on if you were to hear these terms? freeboard, grapnel, clew, bluepeter & luff

I just checked and then I remembered. But I guess that precludes me from answering the question. <sigh>

Speaking of lame caches... I was on a business trip to San Diego last week and thought I'd go out and do some caching. I was just looking at my downloaded tracks and shaking my head (in disgust). I attempted to find about 10 caches but didn't bother with any of them. Here's a summary of some of the areas they were located in: - shopping plaza food court - construction site - highway embankment - public school property - fountain - front lawn of house (presumably attached to fire hydrant) Crappy caches like these will definitely be the death of this hobby. If things don't get better its destined to become the next trainspotting. I guess I should add justification to my 20 minute rule as well. Colour me shallow, but I don't fancy spending 20 minutes to hike to a fire hydrant, road sign or otherwise un-interesting location. If anyone is interested in taking this in a new & fresh direction please contact me off-list. C-A

Och aye! MyrtleMoose is havering nae sh*te with that answer!

What's the highest summit in the kingdom of UK ? Hint, there's a Geocache there that I found.

Hmmm... this sounds like historic sci-fi to me. But I'll allow it!

Although I'm sure this is not the answer you're looking for, you'll need one of these types of watches. The stick will be handy for whacking away bears and the protractor for doing geometric exercises in the sand.

I'd say give it two days and if there's no response start dropping hints. I have no problem with people using references at all. Its just that Google and Wikipedia make things just a little too easy. As far as I'm concerned, if you find the answer in any book you own that's totally valid.

Excellent. I didn't know that. Its sounds like there are even more caches along the trail.

I wouldn't consider that lame at all. If the cache container is secondary to the enjoyment had from getting there that's what its all about, IMO. I think some stashers have lost sight of this. Too true. One of the first caches I found was the lamest roadside I've seen. Complete with rusty coffee can and trashed trinkets inside. Subsequent finders posted glowing reports about it. Mind boggling. Not sure what PM means. But none of my stashes have been trashed to my knowledge. You have to put some thought into where they're placed knowing that there are going to be people all over the area looking for it. This is part of the reason I generally put my caches in rather obvious, but remote, places. When I go to Walmart (infrequently) I play a game with myself called Spot the Mullet, Track Pants or Wife Beater shirt.

As luck would have it I was able to tiptoe out of the house at 12noon and do some caching. I rode the trail from Barrie to Orillia and back. Well, I cheated and turned around 3 miles shy of Orillia. I'd be hip to doing it again to finish it off as I missed a couple. It was 36.1 miles total, definitely at my upper limit.

This is a good question. I looked in the dictionary and found the answer, but in the interest of fairness I'll leave it for someone who really knows to come forward.

Homer, due to logistics I probably won't be able to attend this ride. Sorry!! (Reason being my folks' opened their pool and my daughter won't let me take off for the day and deprive her of a swim )

Yeah, but the problem is you don't realize how lame they are until you get there. Sadly I've become a little disheartened with a lot of caches I've found over the last year or so. I've long extolled the benefits of what I call the 20 minute rule. That is it will take you at least 20 minutes to find the cache from where you started. This would preclude any drive-up, drive-by, hook-shot or otherwise lame road-side caches altogether, and may not score me points with a lot of people . When 'caching first started, and I speak from experience as being one of the first cachers, they all seemed to be in interesting locations where a hike was involved. There are still plenty of interesting locations out there yet to have caches. I know because I find them all the time when hiking.

Okay, how many tentative for Saturday? (I have to check wife's work sched) so I'm in.

I have to admit that what Shearzone sent me sounds a lot like your answer, Ingy! We can get confirmation when Shearzone returns. In meantime I'd say the floor is yours to ask another question. (Hint: I'm good at the natural science ones)

I appreciate all the thoughts on this one. I learned that the area of the pit could be private property thus making a cache out of the question. I was out today with my daughter who insisted on seeing the snake pit - although stood well back!! I picked up a little brown snake (sorry no picture, hands full) but she was a little nervous about handling that one, although I was eager to give it away as it pooped on my hand and it stunk. I did however get some pictures of the milk snakes we saw and posted them here. If I go with the cache nearby at the most obvious point of interest, and post the coord's of the snake pit as an additional point of interest, I have another problem. There's already a cache at the location! C-A

It doesn't appear that container-less caches may be placed any more. I'm thinking micro here as I can place one 3ft from the pit itself and its not likely to be discovered. Here are some of the names I'm thinking of: "Ophidiophobes and Herpetophobes Need Not Apply" "Legless" "No Sandals Please, We're Everywhere" "Mice Always Welcome" C-A

I've put a bit more thought into this and I agree disturbing their pit would not be a good idea. However, I'm thinking to log a successful find the cacher must take a picture of at least one of the snakes. This picture must take in enough background to confirm they were there and didn't download the pic or re-use an old snake picture. (This won't be hard given the rather unique landscape in the immediate vicinity). The area is crawling with snakes though and I nearly stepped on one while I was there so this cache wouldn't be for everyone. That said, I'm sure there are times when no snakes can be seen lending a bit of luck to a successful log. Can one place a container-less cache these days?

I had an "extreme cache" idea after watching Jackass reruns (shame, I know). I know of a snakepit overrun with eastern milk, ribbon, garter, brown snakes and lord knows what else. The pit itself is about 1 ft in diameter and about 2ft deep, maybe more. I went and had a look on the weekend and counted eight of our scaly friends hanging around near the opening to the pit. They slithered down the hole eventually. I was thinking of hiding a container tethered with a rope down into it. I guess I could make it really extreme by forgoing the rope and just dropping the container down inside. Is this an incredibly bad idea? C-A

There's a half-mile section of road conspicuous by its absence in my neighborhood. This isn't a new road either I think it was laid down ca. 1910! I can understand some of the residential streets being a little behind. I just picked up Metroguide North America V8 on Friday but haven't had a chance to load it up so can't comment on accuracy. Interestingly enough, North America doesn't include Mexico in Garmin's world.