Bena+Mal

There was a time when finding a cache was the reward, and geocaching was more like an outdoor sport than a video game. Right - and there was also a time where phones were rotary and TVs were black and white... things change! Instead of getting mad at change, try embracing it and finding the good in the change. And don't forget that people cache for many different reasons. I'm not an "outdoorsy" person at all - in fact I pretty much hate the wilderness. I love doing "urban" caches... does that make me less of a geocacher? Mine isn't a case of hating the great outdoors although I do hate the mosquitoes and snow that often comes along as part of the package. I love geocaching but I have arthritis and so my walking is limited to about 100' on a good day. I enjoy the ability to use my noggin and try to figure out where a cache may be hiding. For me, urban caches that are near a parking area and wheelchair accessible are perfect, especially if they are a higher difficulty level. I think it is great that there are level 5 caches at the top of Mt Everest, the bottom of the ocean and out in space but I, for one, won't be getting them. Same goes for the caches in Antarctica and by the North Pole. The great thing about geocaching is that is holds something for everyone, young/old, fit/disabled.

There was a time when finding a cache was the reward, and geocaching was more like an outdoor sport than a video game. Right - and there was also a time where phones were rotary and TVs were black and white... things change! Instead of getting mad at change, try embracing it and finding the good in the change. And don't forget that people cache for many different reasons. I'm not an "outdoorsy" person at all - in fact I pretty much hate the wilderness. I love doing "urban" caches... does that make me less of a geocacher? Mine isn't a case of hating the great outdoors although I do hate the mosquitoes and snow that often comes along as part of the package. I love geocaching but I have arthritis and so my walking is limited to about 100' on a good day. I enjoy the ability to use my noggin and try to figure out where a cache may be hiding. For me, urban caches that are near a parking area and wheelchair accessible are perfect, especially if they are a higher difficulty level. I think it is great that there are level 5 caches at the top of Mt Everest, the bottom of the ocean and out in space but I, for one, won't be getting them. Same goes for the caches in Antarctica and by the North Pole. The great thing about geocaching is that is holds something for everyone, young/old, fit/disabled.

There was a time when finding a cache was the reward, and geocaching was more like an outdoor sport than a video game. Right - and there was also a time where phones were rotary and TVs were black and white... things change! Instead of getting mad at change, try embracing it and finding the good in the change. And don't forget that people cache for many different reasons. I'm not an "outdoorsy" person at all - in fact I pretty much hate the wilderness. I love doing "urban" caches... does that make me less of a geocacher? Mine isn't a case of hating the great outdoors although I do hate the mosquitoes and snow that often comes along as part of the package. I love geocaching but I have arthritis and so my walking is limited to about 100' on a good day. I enjoy the ability to use my noggin and try to figure out where a cache may be hiding. For me, urban caches that are near a parking area and wheelchair accessible are perfect, especially if they are a higher difficulty level. I think it is great that there are level 5 caches at the top of Mt Everest, the bottom of the ocean and out in space but I, for one, won't be getting them. Same goes for the caches in Antarctica and by the North Pole. The great thing about geocaching is that is holds something for everyone, young/old, fit/disabled.

There was a time when finding a cache was the reward, and geocaching was more like an outdoor sport than a video game. Right - and there was also a time where phones were rotary and TVs were black and white... things change! Instead of getting mad at change, try embracing it and finding the good in the change. And don't forget that people cache for many different reasons. I'm not an "outdoorsy" person at all - in fact I pretty much hate the wilderness. I love doing "urban" caches... does that make me less of a geocacher? I'd rather changes represented improvements rather than the insistence that things change and therefore all change is good. Some changes take something that was good and make it less good. I see very little good about a hobby that once revolved around nice walks and containers in the woods and now revolves more and more around film pots behind signs. If you hate the great outdoors it's probably good for you, but I'd rather get away from the city and get bored of rummaging around in the urban flotsam and jetsam looking for a film pot that isn't there.

Is this project still ongoing? We have a hide that qualifies but knew nothing about TCDN caches until today. If someone would send me a message on this, I'd appreciate it.

I keep running across people posting things like "thanks, needed that for my Battlecache" or similar with bingo and letters of the alphabet. Will someone enlighten me please on what these are all about? How do you find them on the website, etc? Thanks, Bena Please reply to Bena+Mal as I haven't figured out how to get an email reply from this forum. Thanks again.