worldtraveler

Here's one I took of Tinkle Tinkle Bell visiting the Memphis Belle (undergoing restoration).

Here's one I took of Jeremy's Blue Hornet.

This topic comes up occasionally. I think my personal travel bug, Worldtraveler has logged the most actual miles (currently 514,496). My highest mileage "free range" travel bug is World Traveling Old Glory #6 . It currently has just over 33K miles.

That is understandable. Think of all the NFS employees who would be out of work if that tree in AZ was somehow harmed!

That is not correct- you can log TBs in/out of virtuals. I personally think it's kinda silly that you can't do the same for webcams & earthcaches. The only cache type it never made any sense to log one in were LCs as the place you logged those from was not the same as the coords listed on the cache page. Right. Took some searching, but I think This was the last time it was turned back on. Thanks for the link, welch. Since there are far fewer earthcaches than virts, I suspect there won't be near the demand to enable logging travel bugs through them. I guess I'll just add them to my "do not search for" list until/unless Jeremy changes his mind.

Thanks for the info, BlueDeuce. Does it strike anyone else as not quite right that Jeremy would propose a specific use for travel bugs and then disable that use for certain kinds of caches? I understand the intent to prevent abuse, but I don't understand abuse-prevention steps that also impede a legitimate use of a product I've purchased from Groundspeak.

Note: I posted this question to the Geocaching.com website forum yesterday and haven't had a single response yet, so I'm trying here now. Please excuse the double post. I finally found my first earthcache today, but when I was about to log the find, I noticed the little box that normally appears at the bottom of the screen showing travel bugs in my inventory wasn't there! This was really disappointing given that, until now, I've been able to use my personal travel bug to chronicle all 500,000+ miles of my geocaching travels; but now, without that box, I don't know of a way to log it through the cache. Is this an intended "feature"? Is there a workabound to enable logging PTBs through these caches? I'm using the travel bug in accordance with one of Jeremy's original suggestions when he first announced he would be offering them for sale several years ago, and I would like to be able to continue doing so. Please advise what solutions are available or forthcoming. Thanks.

I finally found my first earthcache today, but when I was about to log the find, I noticed the little box that normally appears at the bottom of the screen showing travel bugs in my inventory wasn't there! This was really disappointing given that, until now, I've been able to use my personal travel bug to chronicle all 500,000+ miles of my geocaching travels; but now, without that box, I don't know of a way to log it through the cache. Is this an intended "feature"? Is there a workabound to enable logging PTBs through these caches? I'm using the travel bug in accordance with one of Jeremy's original suggestions when he first announced he would be offering them for sale several years ago, and I would like to be able to continue doing so. Please advise what solutions are available or forthcoming. Thanks.

You could describe the container and approximate size. It's identified as a "regular" cache on your page. If it's significantly smaller than an ammo can, a different designation would be in order. I'd also recheck the coordinates if it were mine.

And the first line reads, "Some caches are only available to Premium Members." I'm not going to split hairs and argue the semantics. I'm simple minded enough that the intended meaning is clear to me, apathetic enough that I'm not going to try to convince you, and resolute enough that you won't convince me that PMO caches were not originally intended for Premium Members Only. I didn't say anything about customers. I call it advertising because that's what Groundspeak calls it - advertising for Premium Membership. These and several other photos cycle through a link clearly marked as "Advertisement" on the left side of your "My Account" page and the Geocaching Home Page. Click that link and it will take you to the "Members Only Cache" description being discussed here. I guess it is. I've always considered myself a member, not a customer. I voluntarily donated money to Jeremy to help run this website before he turned it into a business. Then I became a charter member as soon as that option became available, not for the perks, but to support geocaching. Do you see something wrong with that perspective?

The Garmin V also has that function, and I suspect many other Garmins do, as well. I'm guessing their competitors' models may also have that capability.The Garmins will easily average your location several hundred times in the time it takes to sign the logbook and trade swag. I do this when the my coords differ significantly from the cache's posted coords after accounting for the accuracy reading (EPE) at the time. I then post those coords in my online log in case anyone wants to try them.

Please relieve my skepticism by providing a link to their blessing. Otherwise I'm inclined to stick with my presumption that non-PMs are not able to log finds on PMO caches because TPTB intended it that way, and their lack of action to close the back door access is a matter of priority rather than policy change. Right here. Further down in the same thread, Jeremy also posted this. Thanks for the links. I read the entire string and stand corrected. The ability to log PMO caches was clearly originally intended for PMs only, but once the "loophole, workaround, hack, what have you" (Jeremy's words) came to light, the head frog chose to do nothing to close it. That certainly is his perogative, but it appears (to me) to contradict the exclusive nature of PMO (or MO) caches implied in his advertising: But this is Jeremy's sandbox. He can make, change, or ignore the rules all he wants and allow others to do the same without need for justification. Still, I'm glad he let's us play in it.

Please relieve my skepticism by providing a link to their blessing. Otherwise I'm inclined to stick with my presumption that non-PMs are not able to log finds on PMO caches because TPTB intended it that way, and their lack of action to close the back door access is a matter of priority rather than policy change.

It doesn't matter whether it did or didn't. Remember the OP stated, If he had played the game as intended by the listing service, he would not have been able to log it online in the first place, and the point would be moot. I think it is a reasonable assumption that people will use the listing service as intended and only PMs will log finds for PMO caches. It shouldn't have to be stated in the cache description.

It's a shame. Shame on the PMs who allowed the non-PMs to accompany them on the hunt. What part of "Premium Members Only" do they not understand? Shame on the non-PMs for searching for and logging the PMO cache without prior permission from the owner. What part of "Premium Members Only" do they not understand? It's a shame this incident became a battle of the wills. It probably could have been resolved amicably with a little diplomacy. The owner certainly had the "right" to delete the non-PM logs, and could (perhaps would) have permitted the FTF claim to stand once the finder had paid the fee; but it was probably a matter of principle to him by that time. Too bad.

Not sure what you would call them in the water, but they look more like what we call "crosswalks" on land (note the other one across the intersection).

As others have said, I wasn't trying to put you down. My suggestion came from my own well intended by ill conceived experience. You can see my "Hall of Shame" by clicking on this link. The caches with the red lines through them are my early mistakes. Hope this helps.

Welcome to geocaching, but PLEASE, on behalf of trackable owners everywhere, get a little more experience before you place a cache dedicated to that cause. The location you chose for this one may have been convenient for you, but it would have likely been a graveyard for any trackable unfortunate enough to have been placed there. In such a public location, any container large enough to hold most trackables would probably be found very quickly by non-cachers.

Maybe it was a 'soup' turtle? Hey, we're talkin' serious science here. Didn't you read my earlier post? Any self-respecting turtleologist should know soup turtles have bright, shiny, tin-colored shells with "Campbell's" written in red on them. It was obvious from the pictures posted by the OP, that this was not your garden variety soup turtle.

Okay... Dinner time should be over in Finleyville, PA by now. Just what kind of turtle was it, anyway?

50%. 10 released, 5 stolen.

Yes, I've seen it. IMO, it's a lot like hiding your own Easter eggs and then bragging about how many you were able to find. No one is impressed.

It's the concept of a level playing field. In this case, public access to the cache information page signals the start of the race. Consider two scenarios: Cacher 1 has email and internet access via his mobile phone and is cruising around waiting for notification. Cacher 2 doesn't have a mobile phone and is sitting at home or in an internet cafe waiting for notification. Both receive notification of the new listing at the same time. The time it takes to find the cache is a combination of where they are in relation to the cache when they receive the notification (luck of the draw) and their cache finding skills. The starting location advantage should average out over time, leaving skill as the primary determining factor. If you introduce the online logging requirement, however, you are in effect adding another leg to the race for cacher 2, and the playing field is no longer level. Cacher 1 has the distinct advantage by having the ability to immediately log his find online.

Well, as an expert part time turtleologist, I can tell you that most turtles/tortoises in their immature stage are difficult to positively identify by visual means alone. You could wait until the little feller matures, but since some species have lifespans exceeding 100 years, there's a fair chance you could croak before you get your answer. That's why I've developed an alternate method which I expect to have published soon in Nature or perhaps even Field and Stream. In laymen's terms, it goes something like this: It's a known scientific fact that the various species of turtles and tortoises can be alternately classified according to their diet, i.e., herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, and admixtures thereof. Years of field research has shown me that each species' distinctive diet causes it to have a corresponding distinctive flavor when properly boiled and lightly seasoned. For the sake of brevity, I won't include the entire list here, but suffice to say that eastern box turtles taste much like chicken, common snapping turtles taste like cat, and bog turtles taste more like striped skunk. So my recommendation would be to boil your specimen up, chow down, and let us know the results.

After ignoring this thread for the longest time, I finally decided this morning to read it. Having now read it in its entirety and the almost equally long cache description, I think the cache can be had in three easy steps: Print out the cache description and this thread. Take the printout to the base of the pylon and stack it in stairstep fashion adjacent to the pylon. Walk to the top of your newly created stairway and step down onto the top of the pylon. Be careful; that last step could be a long one if my calculation is off or if this thread continues much longer! Seriously, I've already soloed a similar but more accurately rated cache (GCRGKJ) in the Memphis, TN area. Like this one, the container sat in plain sight at the top of a bridge pylon. The 2.5 difficulty rating was earned because it was a 2-stage multi requiring a bit of a hike. This cache offers a water hazard and greater pylon height, but this is still a doable solo, based on all the information the owner has provided. I think it would be challenging and fun, and I would certainly attempt it if I happened to be in the area with the necessary equipment. But I agree with other posters that the description goes way overboard on hype, redundancy, superfluous repetition, and prolixity (I had to look that one up. )