Team Bear-Cat

We're leaving very soon on a cruise to Hawaii– yes, our own country – which will stop for one full day at each of the following US ports-of-call: (Princess Cruises) Hilo Honolulu Kuaui Maui We'd love to hear your recommendations about caches that would be available within or very close to the cruise-ports on each of these islands, especially those which would be accessible to geocachers of limited mobility. (Not wheelchair-bound, but can't walk far.) But we'd also like to hear about "oldest caches" or "memorable caches" which might be of particular interest to more able-bodied geocachers who might, say, stroll a mile or more outside the cruise-pier area, or rent a car for the day. (We're capable of hiking and love to do it but must be mindful of the time.) What do you suggest? Which caches should we "absolutely not miss" on our upcoming adventure?

Mike: (Bear of the team) Sent info to Laval K-9: 24 November 2018Name received from Laval K-9: 27-November 2018Sent my gift: 6 December 2018 My gift arrived at destination: 19 December 2018Received a gift: 22 December 2018. Will open package on Christmas Day Delightful looking package arrived yesterday from LadyBee4T! Read the card & love the glitter enclosures!). Will unwrap package on Christmas Day. Nancy: (Cat of the team) Sent info to Laval K-9: 24 November 2018Name received from Laval K-9: 27-November 2018Sent my gift: 10 December 2018My gift arrived at destination:Received a gift: 18 December 2018, from SweetLife! Will open package on Christmas Day 

Mike: (Bear of the team) Sent info to Laval K-9: 24 November 2018 Name received from Laval K-9: 27-November 2018 Sent my gift: 6 December 2018 My gift arrived at destination: 19 December 2018 Received a gift:. Nancy: (Cat of the team) Sent info to Laval K-9: 24 November 2018 Name received from Laval K-9: 27-November 2018 Sent my gift: 10 December 2018 My gift arrived at destination: Received a gift: 18 December 2018. Will open package on Christmas Day

Ho Ho Ho ! Mike: (Bear of the team) Sent info to Laval K-9: 24 November 2018 Name received from Laval K-9: 27-November 2018 Sent my gift: 6 December 2018 My gift arrived at destination: Received a gift:. Nancy: (Cat of the team) Sent info to Laval K-9: 24 November 2018 Name received from Laval K-9: 27-November 2018 Sent my gift: 10 December 2018 My gift arrived at destination: Received a gift:

We are both in! Love these coin missions! Packages sent will likely include a little extra cheer: Might be edible, might be trackable, or something random. Mike: (Bear of the team) Sent info to Laval K-9: 24 November 2018 Name received from Laval K-9: Sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: Received a gift:. Nancy: (Cat of the team) Sent info to Laval K-9: 24 November 2018 Name received from Laval K-9: Sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: Received a gift: Thanks for hosting this!

EMAIL SENT: 10/3/2018 NAME RECEIVED BY ME: 10/4 MISSION SENT BY ME: 10/22 MISSION ARRIVED AT DESTINATION: MISSION RECEIVED BY US: 10/29 Received a beautiful blue bear coin, new to our collection, from GeoCharmer81! Thank you !!!

Back from vacation and catching up ! EMAIL SENT: 10/3/2018 NAME RECEIVED: 10/4/2018 MISSION SENT: 10/24/2018 MISSION ARRIVED AT DESTINATION: MISSION RECEIVED BY ME:

We are in for one ! Love Halloween/Day of the Dead theme ! Other favorites include nautical/navigation coins, Cats and Bears [of course! ] Moon and sun. We will enjoy any nice coin sent via Missions ! EMAIL SENT: 10/3/2018 NAME RECEIVED BY ME: MISSION SENT BY ME: MISSION ARRIVED AT DESTINATION: MISSION RECEIVED BY ME:

WOW ! Not one but TWO lovely coins ! A GoFish that we did not have, and a super-cute caching bunny coin ! Thank you very much, Steben6 !!

Sent our info to Laval K-9: March 1, 2018. Name received from Laval K-9: March 5, 2018Sent my gift: March 7, 2018Our gift arrived at destination: March 15, 2018 to be opened on Easter! -- Congratulations on your patience! Hope you love it ! We received a gift: Not yet ! Eggerly awaiting to receive !! ;-)

GC81 -- we did in fact reply with emails, Groundspeak private messages, etc. And posted here a couple of times. We never received a coin, and apparently the one we shipped never arrived. Three of the coins allegedly sent in this mission did not arrive, BTW. No, we are not trying to 'shame' or criticize anyone. Why just a negative implication? We did not ask Sherminator18 to just resend; we offered to send a coin in return to him. And we offered to send another coin to the person who never received our shipped coin. That's about all we can do. We have been in dozens of trackable and coin exchanges and missions very successfully and satisfactorily. Lessons learned -- be SURE all packages have tracking and/or customs #s. This mission was a total loss to us, but we are not name-calling or stressing out -- moving on ! Case closed.

Sent our info to Laval K-9: March 1, 2018. Name received from Laval K-9: March 5, 2018Sent my gift: March 7, 2018My gift arrived at destination:I received a gift:

Hi Sherminator18 -- sending a PM with resolution/trade offer to hopefully bring this to closure.

Sent our info to Laval K-9: March 1, 2018. Name received from Laval K-9:Sent my gift:My gift arrived at destination:I received a gift:

We have replied by email and on Groundspeak... Unfortunately we have not received this Mission. Apparently the coin we sent has not arrived, or that person has not posted that we can tell... Willing to resend, but would like the ship-to name and address re-confirmed...

EMAIL SENT: 9/14 NAME RECEIVED BY ME: MISSION SENT BY ME: MISSION ARRIVED AT DESTINATION: MISSION RECEIVED BY ME: Looking forward to this mission! We like most coins but our favorites are navigational, Day of Dead, Greek Gods, vaults, lockers, time, bears and cats ...

Mission 1: Nancy Name received: March 19 Mission sent: March 31st Mission received: April 6th Sent mission received: 4/14/2017 Mission 2 Name received: March 19 Mission sent: March 31st Mission received: April 14th Sent mission received: 4/11/2017 All complete ! Receivers have posted theirs. We will post pictures soon! Terrific mission !

You are more than welcome. You'll have to wait a few months for the next one though How about an Earth Day/Conservation one later this month? Or Summer-theme in July ?

We had fun picking out cards, coins, etc ! Both of ours are heading out of the country -- hoping they arrive safely and soon !! Meanwhile, we eagerly await those wonderful padded envelopes... Mission 1: Name received: March 19 Mission sent: March 31st Mission received: Sent mission received: Mission 2 Name received: March 19 Mission sent: March 31st Mission received: Sent mission received:

To clarify: two missions. One for Mike (the Bear of Team Bear-Cat): Name Received Mission sent Mission Received Sent Mission received And one for Nancy, the Cat of Team Bear-Cat! Name Received Mission sent Mission Received Sent Mission received

We are each in for 1 Easter Mission!

Nancy (The Cat of Team Bear-Cat) Name sent: November 15, 2016 Name received: November 22, 2016 I sent my gift: December 15, 2016 My gift arrived at destination: NOT REPORTED YET I received a gift: December 19. 2016 - Thank you for a great holiday coin, Ray and Darcy !!

We are both on-board ! Looking forward to this !! Mike: (Bear of the the team!) Name sent: November 13, 2016 Name received: I sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift: Nancy (Cat of the team!) Name sent: November 13, 2016 Name received: I sent my gift: My gift arrived at destination: I received a gift:

We also noticed problems with the event-page yesterday; probably just the sheer volume of logs at this and other nearby events and caches. It's OK today, just a little slower than usual. Team Bear-Cat