California66er

I believe that that means it's on your watchlist. So if anyone logs it, you should get an email.

I haven't found anything naughty in any caches. Then again, I rarely find anything in caches. Most of my finds seem to be empty before I get to them. Of course, a lot of these are urban micros, with "only room for a log." Luckily for me, I don't care much about trading. But it's my girlfriend's favorite part of caching.

maybe this?...its the only cache in space http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...cc-a6038ae288d5 That's pretty awesome.

lunacaching.com (disclaimer: I am not responsible if that's a real website)

It sounds like a fun cache. Somewhat fragile but definitely fun. I can understand how some of the comments are suggesting that a cache outdoors needs to hold up to rain even when opened. The smaller caches are easier to protect in the rain by hovering over the cache and covering it with our body. Tough to do with a 64L box. Tough to hold onto an umbrella and look through the cache at the same time. Plus the umbrella may not be big enough to cover the whole box (I know I know.... if people refrain from opening it in the rain, that wouldn't be an issue). I can see how someone might not want to abort the mission when faced with such a tantalizing find, perhaps they don't have the opportunity to come back to try again. Is there anyway you can poke small holes near the bottom 1/2" of the cache to allow for drainage but somehow prevent water from seeping in? Can you put it up on bricks? Or maybe layer some evergreen branches under it to allow for drainage but not allow water to seep in from off the ground? How about a spigot at the bottom of the box for drainage? Please do not offer solutions. This thread has been reserved for finger-pointing and vitriol.

That opens up a whole world of opportunity now for OTF ('Only to Find') hounds. Find it first and destroy it before anyone else can find it. Talk about competition!

I've never been FTF, and it's not something to which I generally aspire. That said, your problem doesn't sound like an FTF problem. Many people will go out to "power cache" - plow through as many caches in one day as possible, whether they're FTF or not. Some people (and I'm guilty of this) will grab a cache on the way to somewhere they need to be at a specific time, not allowing themselves time for delicacies. I'm certain that the majority of cachers, both in and out of the groups above, will take great care to replace your cache without any damage. Some, though, won't. Whether it's through negligence, like leaving the container open in the rain, or accidentally - maybe they're just clumsy, failed to notice where the initial hide was, whatever. I'm sure they probably meant no harm, but I'm also pretty sure that the harm that they did cause isn't directly due to their being FTF hunters.

Just an update (not that anyone particularly was waiting for one)... I just got my first "real" GPS - a Garmin eTrex Venture HC (before, I was using my Garmin Nuvi 255w and Google Maps), am at about 45 finds now, and have come up with what I think is a cool series to work on. I expect I'll place my first hide sometime in late May - after finding many more on my upcoming road trip and getting some more ideas.

Has anybody self-identified in the thread as progressive and open minded? Not me. I'm regressive and closed-minded. Why, isn't everybody?

Honestly, man. I'm Jewish, and I've come across some Chick tracts, Virgin Marys, and similar things in caches. Maybe it's because I'm not very into trading, but I didn't even think twice about it. I shook my head, chuckled, and once made a humorous (to me) comment on the log, but that's it. Promotion of religion is annoying, but hatred against the promotion - by one group or by all - never leads to anything good. I understand your objection, but I don't think it's worth getting that upset over.

FWIW, Wikipedia says that "swag" is a backronym - the word came first, then the acronym is made up. According to the same wikipedia entry, swag is slang term for cocaine. Not sure how popular that is, but if approached by a police officer while geocaching, and asked what you have in your bag, don't say "oh, just swag" Incidentally, "schwag" refers to low grade marijuana - another reason not to use "swag" in the presence of law enforcement. In case anyone use this to assume I have an interesting youth, I'd like to say I learned this from David Letterman's show many years ago. Same as me, from Manny the Hippie! I was in Ohio when a big stink came out that he was getting arrested or fined or some such other nonsense for altering the stickers on his license plate. Not sure whatever became of that, but it seemed to be the end of Manny the Hippie on Letterman. Which was totally schwag.

This hasn't been indicative of my experience, at all. The very few veteran cachers with whom I've had any interaction at all have been very supportive. COs and previous finders sending me hints on tough caches; people in this forum, even, have been great so far. And when I was in Sacramento caching, a veteran cacher stopped by, introduced himself, and joined in the hunt. Even told us a few war stories. Maybe my experience is atypical, but I doubt it. One thing to note is that "newbie" status doesn't necessarily reflect the number of finds a person has. You can have one find but tons of common sense and respect for the game, and I don't think most people will consider you a newbie, at least not perjoratively. On the other hand, there are long-time veterans that behave childishly, have little regard for the community, and are borderline abusive (or so I've heard... again, I've not come across these folks.) That, to me, is "newbie" behavior, regardless of the longevity of their caching "career." Sorry to hear you've come across a few jerks along the way. Hang in there, because I really have seen some wonderful things during just my short time in this activity.

A group of Cornish fishermen singing sea shanties just got signed to Universal Music - the first time such an act has been represented by a major label. I'm first in line to get that CD when it releases.

Usually, my Garmin continually saying "Recalculating." Over and over and over again. Recalculating. Recalculating. Recalculating. You know, my Tom Tom doesn't say that. It must be a Garmin thing. It does say "turn left....turn left....turn left.... etc. if you veer off it's suggested course. Oh, I listen to crazy Indie stuff no one's ever heard of. And I subject others to it also. I've got it set to the female voice with the Australian accent, Karen. It's never been so fun to get completely and hopelessly lost.

Usually, my Garmin continually saying "Recalculating." Over and over and over again. Recalculating. Recalculating. Recalculating.

I'll be on the road filming a documentary at the beginning of May. We'll see if there's one near wherever I happen to be at the time.

You're in LA, nobody notices. Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown.

I really wish this thread had been posted before I'd begun my no-witnesses-left-alive policy, leaving a trail of bodies in my wake.

And at the end of the day, that's really all that matters. If you were trying to power in a bunch of caches, efficiency might be more essential, but there's certainly nothing wrong with tramping about in the woods, finding them where they lie.

I'm not a PM, so my method doesn't involve PQs. I actually already have a few local trips written out. What I do is pick an area in which I want to cache, look at the map, and try to choose caches that fit into more or less a linear path. Now, bear in mind that this is strictly urban caching (well, except for Griffith Park), so I do already have clearly-laid-out roads to look at. I try to do them in circles so that I end up roughly where I started, or if I do straight lines, we'll often park a car near the last one, then drive together to the first one. That way, when we're done, we drive the first car back to the second. Es muy bueno. I'm sure that this is a terrible, inefficient method, but it's the one I've created for myself.

Can and should are often two very different things, and in this case, I wouldn't worry so much about whether or not it fits into the rules. I think it's generally a pretty bad idea to have strangers skulking around in the bushes during school hours, or especially while recess is in session. My advice is to find a better location. EDIT - I should have read the entire thread first, as my POV is redundant. Still, I would personally probably avoid a cache on school grounds, rather than expose myself (ahem!) to the potential hassle.

Yup, ABC is cancelling The Forgotten so they aren't showing full episodes. Someone might want to let ABC know. They ordered 8 episodes for next season. The Forgotten’s co-executive producer KristieAnne Reedd, who was really happy about the news, tweeted 10Mar saying: “Very excited about the additional order of episodes for the forgotten.” ABC has made no indication of the cancellation. Not a single one of the trades mentions any 8-episode order. The only thing that's been made mention of is the fact that ABC may air the two episodes they haven't already aired. The show hasn't been officially canceled, but they did promote the Donavan Doe episode as the series finale. If KristieAnne tweeted about an eight-episode order, then she promptly deleted it from her feed, because it isn't there now.

I'm totally going to do a power trail now. It's all the rage. I just have to scrounge up a few hundred gray film containers and I'm good to go. I offered KC a 30 gallon trash can of them from Walgreens if he would make his nationwide cross-country trail come through Oklahoma. I am already looking for the kerosene, as I have changed my mind! I'm pretty sure Cyrus Avery did the exact same thing back in 1925.

I actually live right next to the location where one cache description tells people to park. (Oddly, I haven't gone for that cache yet, but I will.) Often, I'll see someone park outside of my house, clearly getting ready for some caching (walking sticks, GPS, etc.) I've never actually said anything - I'm not terribly social, and would be highly embarrassed if it turned out they WEREN'T cachers!) - but I think it's pretty cool to check the logs and see the Found Its posted on the same day. This particular cache also has a camera in it, and people are encouraged to take their photos with it. It's cool to wait a few weeks and see the CO post the pictures of the people who I'd just seen.

Well done. Give it some time (a few days or more), and then if the logs are still there, make the neccessary "corrections". Good idea. The cacher has posted a find since my message to him, but I have no way of knowing if he read my message and didn't care or just never got it. I'll wait a week or so and if they don't take action I'll remove the log and replace it with a note of my own copy-pasting their original log dated the same day as their original log and then message them to notify them of what I did and why. It'd be nice if I could just change their log type, but I can see a lot of good reasons as to why Groundspeak wouldn't want a feature like that put in place. Does anyone know if a notice is automatically sent to a cacher if their log is deleted by the CO? I suspect it isn't, but if you'd like to test the theory, I could place a Found It log on your cache and you could delete it. See if it tells me that that's been done. The only thing I'd wonder is if it would tell anyone watching the listing.