cdwilliams05

A great tool to use is one of those metal dog flea combs to help get them out of your hair. The big scare with ticks is Lyme Disease, so take care to check each other when your out and about caching. I think its 24 hours or less is the golden time mark. This is a great link for tick info.... http://www.tickencounter.org/ BUT.....to me what's worse is Chiggers and Sand Fleas. I always end up getting my ankles chewed up with chiggers and sand fleas The most annoying thing though for me, is your walking along and hit this big cloud of Whtieflies. You can't breathe cause you are going to suck them in your mouth or up your nose. And they follow you for a few feet. Horseflys are just down right aggressive. They harrass my wife more than myself, but they follow you for hundreds of yards.

Maybe we will see that IRL one of these days. Looks nice.

I myself don't react. One of the few lucky ones. My wife on the other hand, I have to keep a constant look out for it. She can't ID it yet, and almost everytime we go out, if she just looks at it, she breaks out.

Yeah LOL. I am one that enjoys the option of being public or private. And have not praise or critique of those that beleive one way or the other. I just want to be able to publicly show my stat page one way or the other. Strip all the links, or whatever out, and just make it raw text. And make it an option so the privacy guys can choose and those that want to share can.

Yeah, I wish there was some facebook integration or at least have it so that the GC Profile page can be viewed by the public.

Same GC#, only log once. That's just me though.

Another one that happened to me the other day. I was going to make an attempt on Ro (Augusta, Ga)

This is actually a cache location at Richard B Russel State Park. I thought it was cool that the tree was picking up the paint off the sign.

It depends on my mood. If I want to do some "serious" caching (Find it and move on to the next, as quickly as possible) I go on my own. If I want to cache, but don't plan on making any strides in my smiley count, I'll grab some buddies and go. We goof around, crack jokes, and so on....all depends on what I am looking to do for the day.

I practice the art of looking like I belong, rather than being stealthy. If theirs construction near by, throw on a hardhat, while you check that nearby light pole. GPS's look like cell phones most times when you can't see the screen, someone looks like they will be nosey, put it up to your ear, people naturally not interupt you because as kids (no so much anymore) they were trained not to interupt someone on the phone. No one will question you, except maybe a foreman, and then just be honest. Tell'em "I'm playing a global Scavenger hunt, and I'm using the look of your guys as cover to protect the game piece. I'll be out of your way as soon as I find it." The foreman isn't going to care unless its on his construction site, and he'll move on but to the rest of those punk kids and so forth you blend right in. That's true stealth in my opinion. Stay away from dressing up like state employees, Law Enforcement, military and never ever say you work for a state or federal agency. That can end up getting you in some SERIOUS trouble. And when someone IDs themselves as Law Enforecment, or a Gov't Official, ALWAYS come clean with what's going on. That will help your day go by so much nicer. Like Starbrand said, look like you belong and you are supposed to be doing what you are doing. Trying to pretend its mission impossible, is a dead giveaway to everyone, that somethings up, and if you are bad/good enough (Depends on how you look at it) you will attract attention which if you can't find the cache fast enough, eventually earn you a visit from the boys in blue.

The nice thing with the 550 and its camera, is that like the rest of the GPS its waterproofed just like the GPS. Unlike your cellphone/point and shoot camera. I've come across a few caches, that required a picture, as well as waymarks. So its nice to have the camera, it is gimmicky, but its the most useful gimmick one could add to the GPS in my opinion. The 550 is really a all in one Geocaching GPS that can do pretty much everything needed.

I carry a Maxpedition Fatboy, with the Janus Extension. In the extension I keep my Oregon 550, and some batteries. In the bag I try and keep the following: -a couple of pens, for logging -a sharpie (fine point), for when the log is too wet for a pen -ZipLoc Bags for waterproofing gear, or replacing the waterproofing of a cache -Some Small blank Logs for adding more logging space to full logs -Bison Tubes, in case I find a spot I want to place a quick cache -Sig Cards, cause I'm too cheap for pathtags, or custom coins/nickels, and the like. -little Note/steno/memopad for field puzzles -Trade Items for when I find something cool -Gloves for those times you have to reach where you aren't sure -Multi-tool for getting those waterlogged logs removed, and you never know -Any Tb's or coins -Once I can, I plan on having my sidearm as well for piece of mind.

I was making a go at tempest hideaway. It's in a brand new not yet established sub division. The roads are all paved but there's maybe three built houses only year the entrance. That kinda thing, anyway, I'm pulling down this culdesac road, and I see this truck. The cache is relatively new, I figured its another cached, as I pull up I see a little sub compact car, a cute brunette with her bare cheeks running from the truck to the car, and she sped off the truck quickly behind. I parked a tried to stop laughing, I got out to make an attempt, but the moon was coming out (for a second time) and it was getting cold fast. So ill be coming back later to get that one.

AWESOME Idea if it gets published. I guess someone has figured out the advanced features of google voice to get that to work. :-P I'd like to run a cache that way that would be fun.

about 30-40 mark, I just hid my first not to long ago.

This is how I would do it as well. Similar to the "I Spy" series in the SC/GA area. The final was a puzzle cache derived from clues at the other cache sites.

I gave one the other day when I was getting the '`'`'Bricko Krickets'`'`' (GC1JTKH). The container was an old school Cricket Keeper you take on fishing trips with the log container inside it. I had it in my hand screwing the lid to the inner container on, and about to place it back in the outer container. When a guy came up behind me asking what I was doing. I proceeded with the following story. I turned around and said "I'm with Georgia Fish and WildLife. Just doing collecting data for an Insect census." He asked what kind. I replied with, "The East Asian Wood Beetle." (I had just eaten at Asia Buffet for lunch that day) He then asked if they were worse. I replied with an "I don't know, that's why I'm surveying the area taking samples." He then commented, "Those Little B*****ds, I'll let you get back to your work." Got back in his car and drove off. After he left I put the cache back, and that has been the smoothest story so far.

Cops the truth. Business Owner's who question me, I say I'm on a scavenger hunt. Muggles, I try and be vague, and just say a friend called me to check if they had lost their (insert item that could be left on a car, and driven off), and since I was in the area told them, I'd swing by and check it out. It's worked so far. Definitely going to get myself a hardhat, vest and clipboard, That's a nice Idea.