LittleBlue

Congrats to everyone! I've fallen way behind in my 'congratsing', so I'll just catch up in one fell swoop. Hey FauxSteve, where'd ya hit 300? I also love micro/puzzle hides! But am not so good at night caches

I will need to get back to the valley right after the hike, but I'm up for something tonight (wed evening)...

We were going to hide a cache at the bus- we hike Tradition Lake with the girls a lot and it's always been one of our favorite spots to show visitors. Such a funny site!

Ooh yippee! I can come! Thanks to my wonderful husband, I can cover the time between Thing 2 getting out of preschool and the end of the hike. So if no one minds, I'd love to come along for some caching fun! Hope the weather stays nice! Hydnsek- you've got my cell #, and I think I have either your cell or your home #, not sure which... Just in case.

I've maybe almost got something worked out so i could go. When where will we meet? And most important, what time will we be back at the car? I am trying to work around my husband's meetings.

She doesn't like to be confined- she's a bit of a free spirit My husband's checking his schedule to see if he can watch her after preschool.

I would love to, but I have my 4 yr old with me, so unless I can find someone to watch her, I can't go. Not likely, but I am trying.

I've noticed that 'typical micro location' varies from place to place. When we were caching in TX, the typical micro was a film can or spice jar wrapped in camo tape, hanging in a shrubby tree. Here in WA, micros are often bison tubes concealed in something, or even smaller. I would expect a 1 diff micro to be in a place without a lot of potential hiding spots. Like a magnetic key holder under a park bench or something like that. Or in the crook of a tree under some leaves, but not a tree that's surrounded by lots of other trees!

Wow- great pages Nurse Dave! I just have a few things- here's a card I found in TX- I thought it was cute. I had seen the team name on some log books but didn't understand it until I saw the card!

Woo hoo! Congrats Puppers! And Congrats to Javaduck, the4Grays, Pepper, and L&R for their milestones as well- sorry I missed them earlier in the week. No one's slowing down!

Wish I could go with ya'll- I don't get to do many hike-in caches. But I don't think having a 4yr old along would be very helpful . Hopefully there'll be some weekend group hike-cache opportunities sometime!

And I've always hated overachievers! I've seen that one but haven't done it yet. I seem to recall it's not that far away- I'll have to venture further north soon!

No milestone for me, but a nice palindrome on my stats: found 444/ hidden 4

Ok- call me stupid, but I went to the site, submitted my info, and 'joined' successfully I think. But then it shows my dues are 'due'. How and to whom do I pay the 12 bucks?

No kidding! I checked on my cache on the Tolt today and it wasn't in danger of floating away, but the river sure was raging! One of the roads to a house off the main road was co-opted by the river as well. But the warm weather sure was nice!

I agree with most of what's been said here. Leave it active if it's not a sure death-trap and post lots of info. I love cache pages with lots of info about the route to the cache. I often cache with my girls and the more info about terrain and such the better. I am actually happy when I read 'not suitable for children', because I can know that in advance without getting there and then seeing what I'm up against. I know a lot of people think that is spoiling the fun of getting somewhere, but with the kids, it's really important. That said- any hike in the winter in snow and such involves risk. There'd be no way to take that element totally away. It's up to cachers to be prepared, but I realize common sense doesn't always carry the day in court

That would be cool- I haven't looked at GSAK yet. Have no idea what it does! Anyway, when are we going to have a meeting? I would like to join the WSGA. And I missed the holiday party, sniff, sniff.

Way to go fishiam! It's amazing how fast they add up after 100!

Here is my sad haiku House of Little Blue Family visits us now Forced to stay indoors Cache a little for me, everyone!

LOL!

LB, ROTFLOL

Ooh, I love focus groups. Don't ask me about the one I did last year... I have a 2 palms and a Palm and am happy to help. Live close enough to Seattle that when we travel, we just say we live in Seattle. It's easier.

Both seem like good possibilities- rock stabilization and tide markers- guess there's no way to know for sure unless I run into a parks dept. engineer out there . The benchmark stuff is new for me- never knew there were so many survey marks out there- now I notice them everywhere. Do you have any ideas what the numbers could mean? Wonder why they used roman numerals as well...

Interesting stuff! There are a few things that make me wonder about the rock stabilization theory, tho. This part of Deception Pass is on a little beach in a sheltered bay and not near any roads. I'll look in my files and see if I can find a picture. Also, this particular rock outcrop is a tidal pool area, just at shore level. It's not likely to matter much if it de-stabilizes.

Sorry, I should have included the location info with my post. I was just so proud that I figured out how to include a picture . It is on some tidal rocks at Deception Pass State Park, WA. I found it in June, before I had a GPS or discovered geocaching, so I can't give you exact coords. But it is near this cache: GC5E09 I followed the link from GEO*Trailblazer 1, but I didn't see anything to match this location. It is on Whidbey Island, but at Deception Pass State Park, Rosario Beach.