Team Dennis

Mine is when people DON'T log a DNF or even write a note when they don't find my cache. How am I (as a responsible CO) and other cachers supposed to know that one of my hides might be gone unless it gets reported? All of my hides are there for you to find. I don't want people walking away with a DNF. If something is wrong I will usually get out within a few days to check up on things.

I have a few that I may or may never get to. 4.5lb Walleye - Hidden over 10 years ago and no one has found it. It is currently the oldest unfound cache on the planet. I would pretty much need to win the lottery to even think about financing a trip up to attempt this one. Glacier View - Hidden 7 years ago and only 2 finds. I will find this one next time I go up to Glacier NP. PUC - Hot Glowing Tribulations - This one is insane but who knows?

That was not a hound, we are cuddly and loyal. That was a vulture, huge difference! Thank goodness. I can deal with the hounds then but will try to stay far away from the vultures!! LOL! I've met more cachers while going out for FTFs than anywhere else outside of events. In every single instance it has been nothing but fun and enjoyable.

My brother and I did a road trip to Glacier National Park 2 years ago. It was just after I'd gotten into caching but I wasn't as hardcore as I am now. We drove over 2600 miles that week, hiked over 40 miles through the park, drank copious amounts of beer in the campground but only found 1 cache the entire time: A PNG at the base of the sign for the campground where we were staying. I think the average price per gallon of regular unleaded was about $2.50 at that time and we took my car that gets 33 MPG. So we spent roughly $200.00 for fuel that week for one find.

Who would do such a thing? For the record, I only go out to chase FTFs when it is convenient for me. If I get a notification at 4AM I roll over and go back to sleep...assuming I even heard my phone vibrate on the nightstand in the first place. That's why I only have 30 of 'em instead of 50 or 60. Also, I keep track of mine as I need the info to qualify for part of a challenge cache nearby.

These are great especially when you swap out the flat seal with an O-ring. The O-rings are available at Home Depot, Lowes, or probably any hardware store. I have several of these hidden including one near a river that had very high water all spring and most of summer. I'm pretty sure the cache was actually underwater for at least a week and possibly several weeks. When the water finally went back to a normal level I went out to check on the cache. The log was a little damp but by no means the worst condition I've ever seen.

Not a bad day on Sunday for me. Bagged a few finds including rescuing a cache that was floating in a swamp and an FTF that came out late in the afternoon. My caching partner had a rough go of it though. We were walking through the woods and she was focused on her GPSr and tripped over a stump and fell flat on her face. She got a huge bruise on her arm and a nice shiner under one of her eyes.

I am a PM and do not have a smart phone. Being able to run pocket queries is (for me at least) worth the fee every year alone.

On 8/27/11 I had 64 finds (my personal best for one day) and 62 came while riding over 29 miles on a trail near Madison, WI. It took over 9 hours from start to finish and it was easily the most miles I've ever ridden in one day but I was quite surprised that I wasn't too tired at the end. I have plans to do more (a lot more) in one day in the near future...and it will all be on a bike. Edit to change a date. I don't want people knowing about my time travel powers.

There are quite a few things so for me it is difficult to pinpoint one. I suppose going to places I'd never have otherwise gone is #1 on the list. Spending time with my wife and my dog is high on the list, too. The thrill of the hunt is up there. Getting outside is fun and good for me. Writing my online logs is enjoyable. Reading the logs of people who find my caches is fun. So there you go...

My brother-in-law is a 4th degree blackbelt in Karate. He also owns and operates his own Karate school. He does not have his own Geocaching account (yet) but I've taken him out caching on numerous occasions in at least 4 states.

Around my neck of the woods there is 1 major FTF hound and 3 or 4 others (myself included) that are usually out within an hour or two of a new listing. Oh, and my personal best is 14 minutes from the time a cache was posted to the time I had my name on the log. That was just a case of preparedness and oppurtunity meeting blind luck.

+1 And I've seen tribute caches for fallen friends (human and animal) all over the place. I can't imagine anyone getting their undies in a bunch over something like this.

Here's my view: I enjoy writing nice logs. A quick glance at my profile page says my average "found it" logs are 186 characters and 36 words long. And I've had many that are easily double and triple that and some that push the character limit for an online log. Heck, most of my DNF logs are better than some of the "found it" logs I've received on my caches. As a CO, I also enjoy reading a nice log as it makes my effort for placing and maintaining my caches a little more rewarding. I don't need to read a full paragraph but this trend towards TFTC or or . or nothing at all bothers me a little bit. Not to the point that I'll change the way I write my logs or hide my caches, but still it bugs me. But to each their own and everyone plays the game differently and blah blah blah. As I said this is just my view. It (along with $1.00) will get you an ice cold Mountain Dew from the soda machine here at work.

Summer: Cargo shorts with plenty of pockets for storing my phones, pens, TBs, keys and my GPSr. Hiking or running shoes and a T-shirt and some kind of baseball cap. Spring/Fall: Camo pants with plenty of pockets. If I am going for a long hike I'll carry a small backpack with a sweatshirt inside just in case I cool off. Winter: Water resistant snow pants, heavy duty boots, my ski jacket, gloves, knit hat and "ninja style" mask. I do a lot of snowshoeing in the winter months, too.

Oh how I am envious of you guys. There are times when I truly regret not jumping on a slim chance to move to Colorado about 11 years ago. I really need to get out there in the summer again and do some caching/camping/hiking. As it stands right now it is 6 months and 7 days until we leave for Summit County for our annual ski trip. ***sigh***

Mrs Team Dennis had a friend who lived in California. She got married in 2008 in Madison, WI, and they told us they were going to road trip back to CA and go Geocaching along the way. I was interested but didn't get involved. They came to visit us in MN in May of 2009 and wanted to go out. We found a few in my hometown (beautiful Stilly) and I was hooked. I went out that week and bought a Garmin Colorado 300. I found quite a few that first summer and fall but kind of tailed off in the winter of 2009/2010. Then in March of 2010 we got our dog from the Humane Society and things kind of exploded. Caching on road trips, weekend outings, taking vacation just to go caching all over the area. I still use that Garmin Colorado. That thing is a beast.

I've found this kind works well on plastic peanut butter jars. It seems to hold up well through heat and humidity as well as bitter cold. I get it at Wal Mart. Gorilla brand tape works well but I don't think they make a camo tape.

Maybe this is the calm before the storm.

I have more finds on the 5th day of the month (175 total) than any other day. My day with the lowest amount of finds is the 22nd, with a total of just 25 finds. My 1,666th find was in a cemetery somewhere in southern Wisconsin last weekend.

I'd be willing to answer your questions as well. I live in Minnesota (USA) and most of my finds have been in the country or in parks but I have done some limited "urban" caching.

I have a buddy here in Stilly that has scored a find every day since he started caching over a year ago. Not a bad way to start out. He says he's going to go until he feels like stopping...and he says he's having way too much fun to stop anytime soon. So maybe in 2 years you will see his name on the log.

I'm headed down to southern Wisconsin for the weekend and I'm really looking forward to a tour of all the country cemeteries near where we are staying. I'll probably be caching all day Saturday and all day Sunday if things work out. WOO HOO!!! And yes I'm bringing my camera to take a bunch of photos.

I Your pictures are nice and I'd like to visit these cemetaries. I wonder, however, where the cache containers are hidden. I cannot recognize a container. I certainly do not want anyone to post spoiler pictures, but as long as no caches are shown, I guess the topic is rather nice cemetary locations which have been visited while geocaching, isn't it? BTW I once did a night cache that led to a mystic area with old family tombs. I do not have pictures of the area, but some can be found in the gallery http://www.geocachin...e0-0bbbfb1a6951 Cezanne Very few of those that I've posted actually have the container hidden in the cemetery, and none were anywhere near the headstones. These are the things that you get to see when a cemetery cache brings you there. I have personally only seen one cemetery cache that was hidden close to a stone, and that was by a caching team that was well known for putting out poorly thought-out hides. Were their initials "H&S"? (teeth grinding and blood pressure rising) There is a really sweet tree stump marker in Hudson, WI. It is easily the most impressive and coolest marker I've ever seen. It stands at least 10' tall and looks like a real tree from a distance. Edited for spelling...

Here's one of a Civil War veteran. The picture didn't turn out so well. There was also a marker nearby for someone born during the Revolutionary War but I could not get a good picture of that one as the stone was really worn down. I really like this thread. I need to remember to carry my camera when doing cemetery caches so I can post more photos here.