QDman

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Unless you're searching in an urban area, ALWAYS check a topo map before you go. That will tell you what the terrain surrounding the cache is like. If, on the map, you don't cross any lines going from the parking area to the cache, it's all flat. The more lines you cross, the greater the change in elevation. If you come to a bunch of lines that are *very* close together, that's a steep incline, possibly a cliff. Remember what Korzbyski said - "The map is not the territory." The most important tip? If you're not having fun, try something different.

I found my 1st 3 caches using the posted coordinates and a program called USAPhotoMaps. Of course, they were all 1/1s, but it was still big fun!

My son (late teens) and I are going to Disneyland tomorrow. He's never been geocaching. Do you know of any sites between San Diego and Anaheim that might 'cache' his attention? We won't have a lot of time, so a long hike wouldn't be good. Maybe a dash and grab with a view, or a fairly simple puzzle we could figure out on the way. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I bagged a cache the other day for no other reason than the description of an item that had been left a few days previously. It was a commemorative coin from the 1972 Olympics in Munich. I thought that would be a pretty cool thing to have, so I went for it. Have any of you chosen caches to find based on what you expected to find there?

One of the ones I've looked for is apparently like that. The other people have commented on "clever hide," "how do you make that," "very nice," etc. When the stinging nettles are two-feet high and the grass is almost growing in front of my eyes because of all the rain, I don't find it to be very fun to look for something that is hidden "that cleverly." If you're talking about a certain Rancho San Diego hide, it took me *5* tries to get that one. It was, indeed, a bugger. But that just makes the all the sweeter.

Have you been to one of those caches that has air? Those are my favorite.

Here's another try.

One day and I'm already getting the shakes.

Favorite anagrams for my full name are: "Genius Beyond Range" and "Guernsey in Bondage" Extra credit to anyone who can figure out my name.

I took a look at Texan78's cache (GCM7K9) and noticed from the logs that one person saw a snake and another person had to jump a creek. Sounds like a pretty dangerous cache to me.

I suppose this is slightly off-topic, since the sign had been 'altered', but I find the concept of a sign warning of "Pirate Ahead" rather amusing.

I bagged my first 3 caches while I was waiting for my GPSr to be delivered. The cache page from geocaching.com and a satellite photo from Terraserver were all I needed.

Try Multimap.com

Speaking of your tax dollars at work, find the typo in this photo. It's from the inscription on the inner wall of the Lincoln Memorial. And no, it's not altered in any way.

Nothing to see here, keep moving.

I use USAPhotoMaps alotalotalot. I like to know what to look for, trail-wise, before I get to the cache site. As was said previously, it's possible to find a cache using only a sat. photo. If nothing else, it lets me get in the general vicinity of the cache before turning on the GPS (saves on batteries, y'know).

That's not a bad thing, is it? I mean, I got out of a meeting at 9:00 tonight, then stopped at a cache on the way home to pick up the Green Alien Travel Bug so I can help him get to Hollywood. That's normal right?