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superpowerdave

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  1. I think a response of some kind is deserved since you did kind of go out of your way for them. Recently (after a long absence from caching) I was out on a trip searching for a micro. I found what I thought was the cache, signed the log, but then on the drive home remembered that the container said 'Letterbox' on it and not the name of the cache. I did not log a DNF or a find, rather emailing the owner of the cache I was searching for and asking the simple question; did I find it or did I not? He replied quickly and let me know I had not found the cache, so I logged a DNF vowing to make it back out there. At the end of the day though he was courteous enough to let me know one way or another, and I appreciated it. I thanked him in an email response and that was that - because of his actions I'll keep an eye out for his hides.
  2. Now that came out of left field ... and completely unwarranted. Go back and read the initial post. When you have something to add to the conversation that is useful come join us. I think the direction of this thread spun off topic very quickly. If I came off as complaining that wasn't the intent. The original intent was whether a log warning parents who might tromp their kids out in the woods to find an ammo can for the adventure and find for the kids and wind up finding an ammo can filled with garbage an acceptable practice. From some of the replies, it isn't simply because the CO isn't responsible for the items inside the cache, and from that perspective it makes total sense and I agree. My comment on what we plan on doing when we place a cache was simply that; our plan, not anyone else's.
  3. Completely understand. When we were just a young married couple with no kids caching chalking another one up to poor trading was easy ... now not so much with rugrats in tow My wife and I are in it for the journey and where the coordinates take us. My four-year-old doesn't understand that philosophy just yet
  4. We started out as a married couple caching. Now we have two kids, and they go with us, granted it was easier before as children involve lots of planning I'm in the military and my wife works odd hours so pre-children it was nothing to start caching at 2000 and not stop until after midnight. Lots of our first finds were that way. Now the story is different, and I do most of my caching (now that I've gotten back into it after a hiatus) on weekend mornings with just the kids and let my wife sleep in.
  5. Okay, after a long hiatus with brief stints of sporadic caching, we've delved back into the game full-force. Our children are old enough now to enjoy it (2 and 4 years old) and are becoming quite adept at finding the cache. I normally do my caching with the kiddos on weekend mornings early so their mother can sleep in (she works nights) and plan my adventures around things the kids would enjoy ... ammo cans. Micros and minis I save for times when I'm alone or just a dash and cache. The kids love finding things though, so we go for the big ones that almost guarantee a neat stash of swag for the choosing. One thing I've found here lately though is that some of the cans we're finding are nearly empty, or just plain trash lining the bottom. The kids don't care so much, but they do give me a little grief when we put something cool in to help it survive without taking anything away. Today was no exception, and of the four ammo cans found, after some hiking and the carrying of children () none of them were really well-stocked. Five or so years ago this wasn't the case; ammo cans meant lots of stuff because they are big and hold lots of stuff and normally in out of the way places so they're not burgled as easy. So here is my question; is this becoming the norm? Is this what most people are experiencing or is it perhaps limited to location? I wanted to log something as a subtle warning, something I wouldn't have minded like - 'If you've got kids beware, this one is running low' or something to that effect. I would have appreciated that rather than hiking out there to begin with when there was no reward for the children. Would that be out of line or would an email to the CO be more appropriate letting them know it's getting run down. I ask the question because we're looking more and more at building our first cache and have already decided we'll devote time and money monthly to keep it not just a fun cache, but one where you're not just going to find garbage. Advice and suggestions would be appreciated.
  6. Just out of curiousity - are these taken by aircraft? Or do they use satelite imagery? Just wondering.
  7. All- Have heard a lot of Boston comments which is nice, because that's the one city on the east coast that I've really had a desire to go to and haven't yet. My wife and I have talked a lot about loading up the rover and driving north so maybe that will be in our near future. Am heading to DC this weekend to see the parents but will be a short trip so probably won't get any benchmarking done while we're there (we just had a baby and the grandparents wouldn't take too kindly if we loaded her up in the truck and headed out!) I've been all over, just haven't done any 'Benchmark trips' like we'd like to. Alaska spoiled us in the fact that there were so many marks/caches within city limits that, while road trips were geographically out of the question, we just didn't need to go anywhere. We did some bits and pieces here and there on our drive out but as the 4,500 miles grew on us we failed to log a number of them. Yes PFF, things are a bit different here than they were in Alaska. Goldsboro, NC isn't exactly a metropolis. Not interested in FTFs. Check out my profile, we're still newbies at this. Our benchmarking skills are inadequate to say the least, but we always have fun. I have to look real careful while my wife can drive down the highway and they jump out at her! Anyway, thanks for all the input. I'm still open to suggestions.
  8. Forgive me if this has been covered ... My wife and I fell out of benchmarking for a while, around 75 total found, and have now gotten to the point where we desire a weekend in a great city to just benchmark and cache. We're interested in the historical aspect so anything in that arena would be great. Question is, for those of you who have searched in a great number of cities, where was it you had the most fun as well as great success? While I always have fun even when I don't find what I'm looking for, my wife on the other hand likes the find more than the hunt, so success plays an important part. So, any opinions on the matter?
  9. I hate to be that guy but ... This past April my wife and I made the long drive from Anchorage, Alaska to Goldsboro, North Carolina. Along the way we stopped and grabbed a god handful of benchmarks, but with moving into our new home, starting new jobs, etc we are just getting around to logging some of these. And now my dillema. The ones I'm having difficulty finding in the GC database are the boundary markers coming from Alaska into the Yukon Territory. By that time our GPS batteries had died so we didn't get the GPS coords. And now we want to log them because we've found the time, but we can't find them. If anyone has any advice on how I can locate these it would be much appreciated. -Superpowerdave
  10. mloser- The worst part is that when driving into town from the freeway you take the exit that says "Morehead City / Seymour-Johnson AFB Next Left."
  11. I had noticed this EY2816 benchmark a few weeks ago before moving down to North Carolina. I had read PFF's note, saw the pictures that he'd posted and it seemed like a feasible mark to log provided it was not in a restricted access area on Seymour Johnson AFB. So yesterday after finding a few I'd previously searched for, but had been unsuccessful due to street name changes, I was on that side of base and decided to give it a shot. I parked the truck west of what the photograph PFF posted depicts, and then walked the trail east along the fenceline toward the 'Closed Road' portion of his picture. There I turned south, searching for the mark with no data sheet for guidance, just hoping I might see the mark. I did not, apparently, but I did find something else and I am hoping someone else can explain what it is, if anything. Where PFF's photo shows 'Station,' at the small fork in the road, I found a large X painted in what appears to be highway lane marker type paint. In the center of the X there is a galvanized steel nail driven to failure in the concrete. The photos I took are posted in the note I logged after PFFs entry for the station. I have not seen anything like this before and am hoping someone with far more experience than I can shed some light on my mystery.
  12. In reference to UW7907, the data sheet states that it was unmonumented and that it is simply a point between two pedestals ... do people log these?
  13. Thanks for the notes Buckbrooke and Blackdog Trackers. Embra, by no way did I mean to imply we wanted to tag all of them on the route ... I'm more on the track you mentioned, trying to grab a few here and there along the way. We've got a few places picked out where we think we can grab some. One correction to the original post, I thought we were going to be able to snag two of the bicentennial markers for the Lewis and Clark Expedition but it turned out I hadn't read the posting carefully enough. Turns out the two we had planned on visiting (Great Falls and Billings Montana) won't be placed until later on so we struck out on that one.
  14. My wife and I were currently assigned to an Air Force base in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Having been in Alaska for three years now, I'm anxious for the change. We will be driving out at the end of March and hope to be able to benchmark in each state we pass through. Leaving Anchorage we will head south along the Alcan by way of Whitehorse, Dawson Creek, Edmonton, Calgary, before entering the US in Montana. From there we will remain on I-15 to Great Falls where we plan to see the Lewis and Clark marks, and then on south to Billings to see one more before I-90 through Wyoming, and then I-25 taking us down to Denver. From Denver we'll take I-70 east to I-35 and head south and go clear down to Houston to visit family. From Houston we'll be eastbound on I-10 until I-55 in Mississippi where we'll turn north and head toward Columbus. Once we get back on the interstate at I-20 eastbound we will follow that through Atlanta, through Augusta until we hit I-95 in South Carolina before reachng Goldsboro. The reason I'm giving the route, is that while we'd like to make good time we'd also like to snag some marks along the way and don't want to go too far off the beaten path. We were hoping y'all might have some suggestions. If you do great, if not, I'll do some homework and let y'all know the results mid-April
  15. My wife found five in one afternoon without having data sheets for any of them, although three of the five turned out to be city discs not included on the geocaching site. As far as we go, we shoot from the hip most of the time. Pick out a spot of town we want to visit and do a general search and then see what's been found and what hasn't. We've gone mostly paperless. I download the data sheets into my iPod but still carry a notebook for things I want for quick reference. Sometimes we win. Sometimes we don't. We always have fun though and see things we wouldn't have normally seen.
  16. I'll go look but I'm not promising anything y'all!
  17. BuckBrooke- I was out that way a few weeks ago, driving down to a ski resort to do some snowboarding and did some snooping on the way back. Didn't look for that one though. I did look for another, from 1912 but I don't recall the PID. It was placed in a boulder, about two feet in diameter and the data sheet said that it should be easy to spot (in 1912) since it was the only boulder in the vicinity. Turns out the railroad wasn't in place at that point because the entire track is built up on rock and boulder all along the shoreline. Needless to say, I didn't find it.
  18. 2OldFarts- I'm glad someone found out how to get it working, but I'm not that technically adept! I tried and tried but with no success! When you say "copy link location' what exactly does that mean? Needing a little technical advice
  19. Read the article, but one thing I find missing from this entire discussion is that a GPS unit would be mounted inside my vehicle somewhere. That bothers me. It bothers me because I enjoy my freedom. I'm not interested in Uncle Sam knowing where me and my vehicle have been. I'm not interested in being a blip on someone's computer screen and being able to be identified and background-checked with the click of a mouse. GPS was a great invention for a lot of different uses; this isn't one of them. If GPS tracking systems become a required feature on our vehicles and some unknown government agency is running the show then we should just call it a day and change our nations motto from the 'Land of the Free' to 'Land of the Tracked.'
  20. I'm the lurker. I stand in the shadows of the forums, read a whole lot, say very little. Most of that is because I am fairly new at this 'hobby/addiction' and don't know enough to offer any sound input. I've found a few, none without any trouble but that's why I've only found a few; I'm stilll learning. But I've never submitted my findings to the USGS. I understand there is quite a bit of contention on this topic, so I'll make it short; should someone like me, an inept hunter to be generous, be submitting the results of my search? Or should I be leaving that to the 'professionals' of our group? Thank you.
  21. Gonzo- If you've got any information on where the data sheets can be found I'd appreciate it. My wife and I are beginning the long drive south from Anchorage to North Carolina via the Alcan and had hoped we could do some benchmarking along the way, particularly in Canada since we might not get another chance anytime soon. Good luck on your endeavours though, sounds like a cause I'd want to join you on were my home coordinates a little closer
  22. How does the USGS determine in what location they will place a mark? Is it up to the individual surveyor on what he thinks will be around for a while, hold position, something like that, or is it preplanned? Can a benchmark be placed anywhere, or are there guidelines for where they can be placed? Just a few questions from the inexperienced with an appetite for knowledge.
  23. GeoForse - Awakening as in the statue? One of my favorites as well. Spent a lot of time in DC growing up and the Awakening view was always great for me, with planes shooting final to International right over your head! Albert Einstein was also one of my favorite spots! I was just talking to my wife the other night (who has never been) and I promised her that when we head back to the states in May those are the first places I'm taking her.
  24. Does it really matter? Are we basing our caching decisions on what is published in Today's Cacher? I see it as any hobby/enthusiast should; entertaining most of the time, interesting, but not something I'm going to hold a journalistic standard to.
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