Ed_S

As someone who's lost a few FTFs to you, I will say I've noticed that you aren't out there before the cache even cools off any more! <G> But seriously, some of us have more free time than others do - I've amassed an inordinate percentage of FTFs simply because of my work schedule. I work a 24 hour shift followed by 48 hours off. I've currently got about 314 finds, I think, and something like 59 FTFs. That's almost 20% of my finds that are FTFs!! (Beat that, all you competetive types!) <G> But after I found all the caches in about a 30 mile radius of me, any time a new one appears within that perimeter, it stands out. I've got the free time, and I like caching. If I can hit one or two that are close to me on my way out to the boonies, so much the better.

I thought I'd share my reply from a Special Projects Manager from Ohio State Parks on the subject of motorcycles and the new parking pass. I know I'm not the only motorcyclist/cacher - heck, I've gone caching with maybe a half dozen other motorcyclists! So anyway, without further wordage from me, is the scoop: " You are correct in your comments that an annual pass will be transferable from one motorized vehicle to another. You are also correct in your thoughts that if you place the pass on a motorcycle that it would probably be stolen. With that said, our law enforcement staff will not necessarily be looking for a pass on a motorcycle, but would ask the operator of the bike to display a pass only when there was a contact from rider to officer. In future years when the parking program is more established, we will probably come up with a specific motorcycle pass, but in our first year of the program we will not be printing a specific pass. "

I've been spotted several times, and usually I just explain a little about geocaching. But I did once allow some people to keep the wrong conclusion they jumped to. Up in the NE corner of Ohio I was hunting a cache that turned out to be under a covered bridge. I was fairly well out of sight when I found the cache, and when I climbed back into view there was a vanload of senior citizens out for a day trip As I was mulling over how to explain geocaching to septugenarians, I overheard one woman say, "Oh, look. He must be working on the bridge - see? He has some sort of instrument in his hand!" Well, I also had the printed page along with me, so I pulled it out of my pocket, consulted it, and "took some measurements" with my "instrument" and compared them to the "figures" on my paper. After agreeing with myself that all was well here, I got in my truck and left. When I'm not on two wheels, I'm usually in my plain jane silver Dodge pickup, which adds to the notion that I'm a worker at a given location, and therefore "supposed to be there." When it looks like this cover will keep me from being noticed, I don't do anything to discourage it. Ed_S

I placed it southwest of Lisbon OH (Columbiana County, eastern edge of Ohio) in late July of 2003. It's been interesting following it around!

I think they should let all motorcycles in free and unmolested! We don't put near the wear and tear on the roads that most luxo-barge SUVs do, and we don't take up near the parking space. And my 1300cc, 750 lb bike gets 50 mpg, too. I think it's all a vast government conspiracy to keep motorcyclists out! (hee hee) Ed

Isn't that where Dave Dravecky is from? Yep! Bernie Kosar, too.

I thought about putting the sticker (if it is one) on plexiglass - I, um, knew college students who did that, too. What concerns me is that a sticker done in this fashion, or a hanging tag, or a card laid on the dash, or whatever, are not secured when on a motorcycle. I wonder of the powers that be thought about this. Ed

I'm in Boardman, a suburb of Youngstown, over here in NE Ohio. Been caching for a couple years, finally got around to peeking in here.

Fly, with all due respect, the way the logs read in both your Ohio caches, I wouldn't travel the 40 or 50 miles from here to there and look for them! Please post a log entry saying they're there, and I'll bet people will start looking for them. (Although, if Goldsnoop was involved, I'd be fairly sure that: a) the cache really is there; and it's pretty well hidden!) Ed

One issue I didn't see (maybe I overlooked it) covered is, what about those of us who have more than one vehicle? Specifically, a car or truck and a motorcycle? Do I need to buy a sticker/pass for each vehicle? I don't mind buying a $25 season pass, but I'll be darned if I'm buying three of 'em! I like to cache from my motorcycle in the summer, but here in NE Ohio it gets a bit brisk (not to mention slippery) to do that all year round! Ed