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My favorite so far has been Sidney's Bluff http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...97-7bde8da0ce38 The view made the climb worthwhile.

I was a Metro Nashville cop assigned to their aviation section (hence the handle)...now I'm back on active duty Army working as a Counterdrug Aviation pilot. So I travel quite a bit... I'm trying to find a way to incorporate the myriad FBOs into caches, but I keep running into snags such as finding the right person to talk to and the fact that I can't actually maintain the caches. But I'm not giving up. Hell, I might post my first one tomorrow.

Morbid as it may seem, I truly enjoy cemetery caches. In my little corner of the world, we have a lot of historic cemeteries, and I try to pay respect to each of the interred as I pass. Besides that, they are normally pretty quiet and unoccupied (so to speak).

While scoping out a PERFECT spot for a new cache--a spot, incidentally, that borders on very private property--I was kinda' caught by the owner of said very private property. Mind you, I was planning my cache to be on public land. Anyway, he asked what the heck I was doing. I help up my GPSr, looked up at the telephone pole I was scoping, and said, "just plotting the poles, sir."

Lately, it's been a lot of Todd Snider...particularly the song "The Ballad of the Kingsmen". If you haven't heard it, you should. It cracks me up every time. Also, I've added Blue Mountain's "Generic America" to heavy rotation on my MP3 player (sorry, no iPod for me).

39 in August...but I'm a YOUNG 39. In fact, it's hard for me to believe that I'm not still 25 or so. Maybe 28, on most days.

GSAK is the premier Caching tool right now. Not only does it allow multiple databases (for those of us who store Caches as well as other points-of-interest), it allows you to update them independently. The latest version of GSAK was released today (or maybe yesterday, depending upon where you are). For what it's worth, I recommend you check it out. I haven't been disappointed at all. And I'm an American...so I'm congenitally disappointed.

If a large container (such as an ammo can) can be placed there reasonably, then a micro is not a good choice. And, yeah, I live in Nashville...Micro Capitol of the World. But that has nothing to do with my personal refusal to hunt further micros. Well...nothing MUCH. OK, I despise micros. Micros are pointless. If you are trying to draw attention to a certain location, then make it a VIRTUAL. Isn't that the entire point of having virtuals? But to spend an hour traipsing through brambles to find an friggin' film canister? NOPE. Not for me. Not anymore, anyway. The numbers don't interest me...it's the imagination of the cache custodians that interests me. Am I wrong? Airmetro

Police Officer, on leave while I fulfill certain National Guard obligations. But, truth be told, as much as I love the Guard stuff...I'm a cop. Hence the handle.

We all have our own view on what we enjoy in this RASH and Geocaching is a large enough and flexable enough hobby to where we can all enjoy the aspects of geocaching that appeal to us. RK, I couldn't have said it better myself. But, again, the numbers don't matter to me...they just aren't the point. If there's an interesting cache out there in my (admittedly modified) "local area", I'll go look for it. What I'm hoping to find, beyond the cache itself, is scenery that I wouldn't have seen otherwise. Call me Hayduke, but I really have been enjoying what I've seen out there. A Micro at 8th and Broadway in downtown Nashville won't do it for me...but an abandoned cemetery (or railroad trestle) outside of town makes me want to go.

Why should numbers count at all? I mean, I've decided to stop going after Micros because, for the most part, I hate them. As I see it (and I might be wrong...by all means, feel free to slap me), the numbers aren't the point. It's a game to some, a sport to some, and a hobby to me. I'll go look for (and mostly find) those that I'm interested in. The responsibility rests on the cache-owner, in my opinion. But, hey, what do I know? I've officially logged less than 50 finds.

Thank you for being conscientious about your caches, and thank you for your upcoming service.

Well...I actually AM from the Nashville area, but I'd be delighted to contribute some of my signature swag (Metro Nashville Police stuff, etc.). Just let me know if you're interested. God knows I'm eager to search...

On the Plus side... I'm getting out there There's a REASON to get out there The pictures I'm taking are pretty amazing On the Minus side... I absolutely DESPISE snakes, and they are out there Some folks don't tend to their caches, so I don't know if I'm screwed up or if the cache is actually gone. People look at you strangely (and, in some cases, call the police) when you're feeling up a "USA Today" machine at a Cracker Barrel. This is the main reason I've decided to stop looking for micros. C'mon, folks, let's get some good "Traditional" caches out there!

I'm curious: what type of bag or pack do you find most useful for caching? I've used camelbaks, daypacks, and even buttpacks, but still haven't found something that is equally comfortable, convenient, and compatible with tramping through the woods. And while I'm at it, even though I'm sure it's covered in a different thread, what do YOU carry along while caching? Any tips?

US Army (active duty) 1984-1996, to include "combat tours" as a helicopter pilot in El Salvador (87/88) and Desert Storm. Got out in '96 and became a Metro Nashville cop, eventually assigned to the Aviation Section (hence the username). Joined the Guard on September 11, 2001, because I was VERY angry. In October of this year (it's still '04), I was ordered to active duty in the TN National Guard Counter-Drug Division as a Reconnaissance and Interdiction pilot. Should I change my username?

Metro Nashville cop, currently on Active Duty orders in the Guard.

On a lighter note here are my nominations: Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon-Queen I'm in Love With My Car-Queen More Than a Feeling-Boston Alice's Restaurant-Arlo Guthrie Beer Run-? Where is My Mind-Pixies Just a Phase-Incubus(Yeah right thats what I said 6 months ago) Sasquatch-Tenacious D Kiss the Dirt(Falling Down the Mountain)-? Blowing in the Wind-Bob Dylan Rainbow Country-Bob Marley That's "Sunny Afternoon" by the Kinks, "Beer Run" by Todd Snider, and I wish I had thought of "Where Is My Mind"! dadgum. But how about "Trompe le Monde" by the Pixies? That kinda' works, right?

No Rain--Blind Melon Copperhead Road--Steve Earle Car Wheels on a Gravel Road--Lucinda Williams Still Be Around--Uncle Tupelo Now That I Found You--Alison Krauss Every Street in Nashville--Farmer Not So John Song of the Wind in the Pines--The Floating Men (also "Heroes, Felons, and Fiends") Working My Way Back To You--the Spinners See a Little Light--Bob Mould My Little Problem--the Replacements Loose Ends--Bash & Pop (a post-Mats band with Tommy Stinson) A Forest--The Cure (also "In-Between Days") The Road Goes On Forever--Robert Earl Keene Play a Train Song--Todd Snider (also "Enough") Paradise--John Prine Bury Me Deep--Poi Dog Pondering Under the Milky Way--the Church Outside A Small Circle of Friends--Phil Ochs Three-Lock Box--Sammy Hagar There's a few off the top of my head. I'll probably think of a couple dozen more just as soon as I hit "SEND".

As far as I'm concerned, that's just another GOOD snake...a dead one. I'm an active cop, and I actually once "drew down" on a man approaching me with a snake in his hand. I told him that I was only going to shoot the snake, but that he might get hurt, so he needed to get the hell away from me with that thing. Here in Middle Tennessee, we get rattlers, copperheads, and cottonmouths...I never cache without both a stick AND a gun. Usually a Sig P380, but sometimes a Glock 22. As a cop, I can't afford a 1911...anyone out there want to give me the deal of a lifetime?

So here's my deal: Is it alright to re-visist a cache site (which I've already logged, and don't intend to log again) to place a TB? I'm thinking that's probably kosher...but should I sign the logbook again? Just axin'...

As some of you know, I'm a helicopter pilot. I'm releasing a TB today that I'd really like to see returned eventually. It's a toy replica of an aircraft I have flown into combat in two different wars. So it's kinda' personal to me. And therein lies the rub. Is it kosher to do that? I mean, it's not as if I will be distraught if this tiny CH-47 never comes home...but I'm hoping that it will. Are there any tips y'all can give me in terms of special instructions or anything? Thanks a million, Airmetro

Hedberg, eh? As in Mitch? And a badge as your avatar? Being a cop and a Mitch Hedberg fan, I think I'm offended by your post. Yeah! OFFENDED! And so we should completely re-vamp the website. And our lives. Because I'm OFFENDED! (have I made my point, or should I continue?) Between deer bedding-sites and non-organic cache containers, I'm baffled. I thought the entire point was to get us out into nature--with a purpose. That's why I started on this hobby. Walking in nature is cool and all, but I need a purpose beyond communing with the tree frogs. Of course, that's just me...I could be wrong.

Golf...don't even get me started.

OK. So I'm out there looking for a cache. My GPSr tells me (Holy Cow!) it's less than, say, 10 feet away. So I lean against a tree, or rock, or cement pillar to think about it. Several (on one occasion, MANY) minutes later, I find the cache behind that very thing I was pondering upon. So tell me...am I the Rain Man of this hobby (I can't see myself clear to call it a sport just yet)?