Never been caught by police, but have had them looking for us. My friend and I (KEELSX6) went to Redding for a Girls Scout camp (she got me hooked on caching). We never made it to camp becuase of a fire on the road to the camp.. We tried to notify the council check with CDF and the visitors station at Whiskeytown and all we got was anwering machines. So we decide to go caching. She and I always having printouts with us and our gear. The only people we didn't tell was the husbands. So half way into the day, my husband finally got a hold of us. After the initial relief that we were okay, I had to call the Redding Police, Highway patrol, sherriff and the President of the Sierra Cascade Council and explain everything. Kind of delfated the day, but I think we loged over 20 caches that day. We then headed to Chico and tried the BEER SAMPLER at Sierra Nevada Brewery and that seemed to make it all better.