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Thanks for saving me from having to post a pic myself, MrWilson! Victoria is close, and home is just south and west of the lower border of the Vic map. the lower map is my home base. however another user has posted a picture of where I used to live.

welcome... I didn't post that for extra credit though..

There is a benchmark just off my front porch. I haven't logged it because it's not in the database. I haven't looked in to why that is. I plead ignorance on benchmarking. I haven't gotten in to it because I don't quite understand all aspects of it.

Thanks JHolly......in other words, the second stage does not have to be 528 feet from the first stage. But the first and second stages need to be 528 feet from another CO's cache? Great. exactly

Thank you.....so, if stage one has, let's stay a strip of magnet with a clue taped to it with the ooordinates to the second stage, that second stage would have to be .10 from the first stage? And also not too close to another cache belonging to another cacher? In other words, I'll need to make sure I have enough space for both stages? The reason I ask is because recently, I found a mult-cache. The first stage was located at a picnic bench. Under the bench was a maget with paper taped to it giving coordinates to second stage. The second stage was about 70 feet from stage one. no, the stages within a multi have no restrictions on how close or how far they are. They could be on the same bench if you really wanted. However each physical stage of the multi must be .10 mile or greater distance from any neighbouring cache (including other multi's stages)

if you have placed something at each stage, then both count as locations.

Are you bi-polar? I'm bi-caching.

Where I live, clearing away a homeless camp would be considered a human rights violation (rightly or wrongly) So no organized effort to remove such would be undertaken. Tents are a part of the hazards of caching, perhaps someone should suggest to Groundspeak an attribute for them, like we have for ticks and thorns and such...

I am so very tired... I looked all over your post for the facebook-esq "like" button.... /fail consider this my "like"

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=b0c14d4a-2989-4401-9113-1610e13d1ed4 this one comes to mind.

I was going to say the ALR thing as well. There are a few caches with "alr"s in our area (I've found some of your caches, op, I know we are neighbours) that state that logs that do not follow the "alr" will be "encrypted" as opposed to "deleted" perhaps our reviewer would prefer that?

The only time I have ever had positive feedback geocaching was when my boyfriend and I were camping with a bunch of his friends in the middle of nowhere, when he and I jumped on our atv's and said "back in a few hours" a couple of the guys asked where we were going, and my boyfriend pointed up a nearby mountain. Of course the response was "Why?" and then we had to tell them. Instead of calling us nerds, or asking why we bother doing it, an enthusiastic look came over their faces and they asked "Can we come too?" I almost fell off my quad, but they came, we let them hold our GPSr's and they had a blast.

Whenever I tell a non-caching friend what in heck I'm doing with my spare time, they never understand why I enjoy geocaching. The conversation usually goes like this... Friend "So what did you do with your weekend?" Me "I went geocaching on/at/with insert location here" Friend (looking confused) "What's that?" Me "It's a game we play with handheld GPSr's, where we find hidden containers who's gps co-ordinates have been posted online." Friend (looking glazed over) "So...what do you win?" Me "...nothing... we do it for the fun of finding the cache, and it takes us to new places we otherwise wouldn't have seen." Friend "Is there money in the cache?" Me (changes subject) This happens to me nearly every time. Only once has a friend of mine shown any interest in geocaching. (I know, I need cooler friends) How do you explain to people what we "get" out of geocaching?

My BF found a coin that was handmade out of shrinkable plastic. It was created to commemorate a cachers milestone find, and the goal of the coin was to be in said cachers next milestone cache. It was trackable, and had it's own unique icon. (I haven't gotten around to discovering it yet, and the tracking number is over at his house, so sorry, no link on my profile) I thought this was a neat idea, but I'm curious as to what the process would be to obtain a tracking number/activation code for the purpose of making your own coin?

It says in large bold letters on the cahce page that the final cache is a decon container. I haven't seen a cache in a decon container around my turf, but I am fairly surtain it looks nothing like a tent. as for what you should do, I'd be inclined not to do anything, but that's me. Do what you feel is appropriate.

Apparently, some in our province grow some very good stuff. I'm always worried when I have just bought catnip on the bud...it looks so similar. Sorry officer, I'm carrying it for my cats - they want to get s%*@ed." I'm fairly certain any cop in BC knows bud when they see it. They see it often enough!

I really like that bag. Might have to pick one up when I find some extra money for myself...

I guess I should start off by sharing what mine is. My caching bag always evolves to become my purse. Right now it's a canvas purse with a long adjustable strap, so I can loop it over myself and cache hands free. It has a design on it, and passes for a casual summer purse.

A lot of talk about what people keep in their bags, but what is your bag? What to you makes a good bag for geocaching gear?

I'm sorry, I ROFL'd when I saw the picture. No, that's not weed. My bf and I did find some weed while out caching, but that's not uncommon in our part of the world. My province even has a species of canibis named after it! We found a "geotrail" leading the opposite direction from the cache, and we went to check it out, and our suspicion was correct. This thread reminds me of the time when my mother mistook the smell of skunk cabbage for maryjane, and tried to talk my father into camping at another campground.

I am in a similar position. I am planning a multi cache, but I live in a pretty saturated area. I'm just waiting for the perfect set of spots to place my stages. It's testing my patience, but I hope the end result will be worth it.

I was caching way out in the boonies last week, and I found a coin that wasn't logged in to the cache. Didn't think much of it, and waited a few days to see if the coin dropper would log the coin in. In the meantime (I thought) I would just look up the coins page and see where it came from, and who last had it. Turns out the coin was marked missing in England almost a year ago. There had been no logs about the coin since the cache it was in in England had been muggled. Now, almost a full year later, it mysteriously appears in a logging town with a population of 2500 on Northern Vancouver island, BC, Canada. ( I'm sooo curious as to how it got there. Who brought it there? Why had the person who placed it in the cache not logged it? Who removed it from England, and where was it before it came to Western Canada? This part of the coins journey is "muggled" it seems, which makes it all the more exciting to me. I'm thinking about emailing some past finders on the cache i found it in to ask if they saw the coin, just for my own curiosity.

google does a decent job. it's not perfect, but readable.

another tip is to read all the information on the cache page, sometimes there are clues in previous logs, and sometimes the photos help. There is also the chance that the cache is missing, and you are unable to find it because it's not there. I am now curious, may I have the GC#?

The chances of finding someone on this forum who is able to help you are slim, as we are a mixture of cachers from all over the world, but most people here are from the US. Generally, it's considered respectful to ask the CO (cache owner) for help before trying other options. There should be a link to their profile with a button to email them on the cache page. If they are unable to help, try emailing a previous finder, or posting the question in a local geocaching forum.