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I've only been geocaching since September and I never take signature items. Yet I can see that if everyone left signature items and they were never removed the cache would quickly fill up. So are signature items considered swag or are they meant to remain in the cache?
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I don't want to be redundant as many good comments have been posted but here's my $.02. First, when it comes to swag, keep in mind that these are the "treasures" that the kids are anticipating after trekking for the cache. We are a family team and our routine when finding a cache is the log book immediately gets handed to me and the kids go through the cache for the treasure. We get disappointed with the fast food toys even if they are in the original plastic bag. We keep a small backpack that my youngest son wears while caching. We frequently stock it from the dollar store. I like to think of things that other cachers would appreciate. One of our favorites are the mini glow sticks. The kind that you bend to activate. The boys also love the TB's but it is important to keep future caching in mind before you grab them. I will ALWAYS ask them how long it will be before we cache again so that the TB does not go dormant for too long. More people need to be responsible when moving TB's. After all, they are supposed to travel and not sit in somebody's back pack!
When my family geocaches together it's the exact same thing -- I get the log book while the kids check out the swag
. Travel bugs are a separate category and I have explained to the kids how they work and how they are different from swag. I recently went to the local party store and picked up some party favors to include in some caches we will be placing and to use as swag for finds. -
The error was that the map never loads. It stays on "Loading Map" the whole time. However I have figured out the cause. If you have InPrivate Filtering turned on it ends up blocking google maps.
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I am unable to use any of the maps with IE8 because of the error shown below. The map never updates. Is there a setting I need to turn on in IE8 to make the google maps work? My workaround is to use firefox but I'd still like to figure out what is wrong in IE8.
. Travel bugs are a separate category and I have explained to the kids how they work and how they are different from swag. I recently went to the local party store and picked up some party favors to include in some caches we will be placing and to use as swag for finds.
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Read the "Read First" pinned post. It contains the answer to your question.