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Belleterre

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  1. BROWNIE FUDGE SUNDAES :D AT THE SCARY LADDER :) event cache has been put in for and is awaiting approval. Sorry about the short notice, but it's scheduled for this Saturday, October 2. For those that want to go out with the group - we will be leaving from the Bowman Bay boat launch parking area at 12:30pm. Sundaes will be served at the top of the ladder. Yum!!!! :D

  2. That sounds like it could be a good unofficial event cache... Light House Point for Chickens!

     

    It would take some moral support to get me down that ladder... bawk bawk bawk!

    And here I was thinking of making it an official event cache complete with brownie fudge sundaes at the top. :mad: Just waiting to hear back from Mrs B on whether she's up to doing it with an audience or not. :lol:

  3. I'm a big girl to catch. Maybe not 300 pounds of Bull Moose, but look out below!  ;)

    Well, I don't think you've done Ebey Bluffs, so that'll make it worth the ferry ride for you.

    KB

    A day of tromping over hill and dale is always worth a ferry ride, even if I get no finds for the day. :P Of course, there is always Rhody Ride. I had a very ugly DNF on that way back in Jan '02 (I was too shy to log a DNF back then, but now I can brazenly log the only one in the middle of 40 or so finds). :P I was a mere 2 month newbie and didn't know important things like - always bring a magnetic compass into the woods, always have spare batteries no matter how close to the car you are. Redeaming myself on that one would be worth the ferry by itself! ;)

  4. Often a good idea to write down your priorities in tough times and keep them handy. Here. I'll get you started. You fill it out inbetween for yourself.

     

    1.) I have the sweetest 6 year old.

     

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    499.) Geocaching.

    The numbers are from Eraseek's post last night. You already provided #1-5, so I just started where you left off..... :o Of course, strictly speaking, I guess I should have started at #500 - but who's counting anyway? :D

     

    To CG - yep, that looks like the ladder I remember.

  5. Wow Shunra, I'd be totally wiped out if I'd done the three caches from one trailhead. :ph34r: It was definately a one-way trip. I wouldn't recommend starting at the Big Quil trail. It'll add 800 feet in elevation gain. :unsure: Tubal Cain trailhead is at 3300, going to Tull Canyon cache only adds 1.4 miles and 300 feet, when you get to the saddle past Buckhorn pass, head uphill on the ridge and you'll save about 300-400 feet elevation as opposed to heading up to the cache from Marmot Pass. Big Quil trailhead is 2500 feet. That gives you about a 3700 gain and 4500 loss. I'm a slow hiker and it took us 10 hrs. 10 min. to do the hike. That was without any views to slow us down. :blink: Have a great hike!!! :blink:

  6. 1. The physical cache is your responsibility and shouldn't be pawned off on local cachers. If someone moves after placing a cache, they should either arrange for someone else to tend to it or they should remove the cache.

    2. A spontaneous placement while on vacation usually isn't researched very well and could easily end up right next to an existing cache.

    3. RE: the suggestion to archive a cache if it get's a few 'no find' logs. - If you can't verify that it's truly gone, isn't this just littering?

  7. I just logged on to check out the newest caches in the state and everythings different! What a shocker. It seems that we are now only shown the most currently placed 500 caches in a state. (we currently have just over 1000) The order seemed to be totally random. I realize that I can create a custom querry, but it's also limited to 500 caches. Am I missing out on something that would let me get a complete listing of state caches?

     

    [This message was edited by Belleterre on August 26, 2002 at 01:38 PM.]

  8. This possible explanation is also included in the cache description:

     

    WAC 352-32-090 Games. Playing games in a manner and/or location which subjects people or personal property, the park resource or facilities to risk of injury or damage shall be prohibited. Any violation of this section is an infraction under chapter 7.84 RCW.

     

    It sounds to me like they would also have to prohibit baseball, catch, frisbee, volleyball, basketball, soccer, tag, hide-and-go-seek, cards (it agravates my tendonitis), any board game with small pieces that could be swallowed or stepped on, etc. A precedent has already been set to allow these dangerous/damaging games. Can we claim discrimination or selective enforcement?

  9. Here's part of an e-mail that I got from another cacher who I asked about the situation:

    all she (the ranger) could say was that it was illegal and anyone found placing or hunting a cache would be cited if they were found off an established trail.

    I sent Cheesy a polite e-mail asking to get the caches from him, since I live in the area, but I don't expect an answer.

    Has anyone talked to people at the state level to see what their policy is on caches in the state parks?

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