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That was quick... thanks kunarion! Spinning the wheel on the mouse to go through the pages to get to the specific date is less tedious than using that back arrow on the month list.

Is there an easy way to look up what caches I found on a specific date many years ago? Usually I go to my profile > geocaches and then the < to go back months. But if the date I am searching for is, say, five years ago, it is really tedious to click on that back arrow 60 times. Is there a better way?

I've found a $20 as the FTF prize twice. The first time I used it to take my son to lunch across the street from the cache. A few days later I found another of the CO's caches with a $20, but left it for the STF.

It was a fun time! When I arrived, I found my Wherigo cartridge hadn't loaded properly. I wish there had been a computer and cable I could have used to re-load it.

I noticed he was using some sort of GPS, and telling the Coast Guard where to steer the boat, as if the CG doesn't have their own GPSr and needs to rely on a guy on the bow of the boat to tell them where to go!

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A group of 15 is rather large. I do this at my elementary school, and while the PE teacher has the rest of the class, I take 4 or 5 students to go find 4 containers I've hidden around the school yard. Four students is about the right size (for me, anyway). One holds the GPS, one holds the 'cache page' (an index card with D/T info, size, etc) and the others search. With a smaller group I can rotate the roles so all really get a chance. Good luck!

I'll leave a lottery ticket or two, or a pack of batteries. One of the best FTF prizes I've received was a $20 bill with directions to get lunch. A cute coffee shop was across the street, and it was lunchtime, so it was perfect!

We found two before they were published. Three COs were filling up a nearby rail trail with tricky hides, and so we headed over to get some FTF on the newest section published. But every now and then in the trail we would travel 528 feet and there would be a gap in caches. Using our mantracker skills, we were able to follow the CO's footprints to two of the caches, and came darn close to finding two more.

I got $20 as a FTF prize with the instructions to treat myself to lunch. There was a quaint coffee shop across the street, so my son and I had lunch. He still thinks geocaching makes you look sketchy, but he did enjoy lunch!

We have a paved rail trail nearby that stretches through two counties and across the Hudson River (Walkway Over the Hudson). If the cache isn't near the parking, we'll usually take the bikes. While most folks store their bikes in the garage, we keep ours in the back of the van so we are ready to go at any time.

I'm having a similar problem. When in the main screen, my Oregon will occasionally turn off half way, and the screen freezes. I can only see half of the screen. Sometimes popping out the batteries and switching their places helps. Not running GSAK or anything else.

I'd pick Mantracker... we're always looking for the trail to the cache.

I seldom trade swag, but will it there is something cool. My favorite item has been a handmade beaded necklace packaged in a plastic bag.

One of my favorites is the MST3K Series, one of which is Satellite of Love (GC26R5N). The CO is a fan of the television show Mystery Science Theatre, and his extremely creative caches reflect characters from the show. The caches are stand alone letterbox hybrids -- each with its own handcarved stamp. They are spread over 5 or so counties and two states. Way to go, MSTzilla!

I like finding caches. If I want to hike, I can do that without geocaching. I prefer traditionals to multis. If it's a multi, I like knowing what I'm getting myself into ("It's should take around two hours to find all found stages and the final" in the description is appreciated.) I prefer places with few or no muggles. I like containers that make me smile (guarded by a large fake spider, a skull under a gazebo, a fake hand reaching out from between some rocks. I even like LPC and MKH in the winter when everything else is covered with snow.

Dragged non-caching son out with me to be FTF on a new multi-cache published nearby. The directions from the CO were to take the FTF prize and go have lunch on them. So we walked across the street to the cafe and had a delightful lunch!

Shameless plug for "Did He Just Wink at Me?" the cache at the right middle of the screen. Would be a quick park and grab (if parking is available) that brings you close to a Baltimore icon.

I've got 57% in my home state of NY. The other states that I have high totals: Utah - 12% vacation NJ - 11% vacation also drive through to see daughter Alaska - 4.7% vacation MD ~ 4.2% daughter lives here FL ~ 3.6% vacation

The challenge of the final find The challenge of getting to the cache Discovering new places Statistics Meeting other cachers Numbers Travelbugs and trackables Swag

While caching in Florida, we came across a water moccasin on land that apparently had just eaten a large meal and wasn't going anywhere fast. Just this weekend, while signing the log, a ruffed grouse came out of the woods and on to the rail trail and started pecking at my shoe. I guess the cache was somewhere near her nest. Other than that, it's been the ticks we pick up in the woods. They are potentially the most dangerous things we've run across/

We have found a few caches recently that have had really bad coords. It seems that the COs have taken coordinates in degrees minute second format and entered the numbers as decimal. Or vice versa. Two recent ones were almost .6 miles away. Specific clues in the cache descriptions (and a stubborn caching partner) have netted us the smileys.

I would prefer many single caches rather than a multi. What I don't like about multis is the unknown time element. Sometimes I have a whole day to cache, sometimes just a few hours. Also, wouldn't the many parts of the multi preclude anyone from hiding a traditional cache anywhere nearby? With 10 stages placed around the area, I can see local cachers who haven't found your multi becoming frustrated when they can't get a cache published because it is too close to your hidden stages. This would make fewer caches for you to find []. That, or you'd really be encouraging the PAF sharing of all the stages so folks could hide new caches. Last year we found a series of 13 caches, each of which had one digit of the coords to the final mystery cache. The series was spread out over 7 or so counties across 2 states. Lots of fun. So, my vote is for 9 traditionals with the final being a mystery.

I would sometimes forget which cache I put the TB in, until I started taking a picture (w/TB number visible) just outside the cache. Then if I forget, I can go back to the photo.

We've been to Costa Rica twice, but that was before we knew about caching. I'd like to go back and grab some caches this time!