SherwoodForest

well, the event's tomorrow (well, it's nearly friday as i write this). The weather buzzards seem to be backing off on the bad weather forecast, so hopefully it will be good weather, and it will be good meeting you COGs. This NEOcacher is looking forward to making it there (and prolly stopping to hit a few caches along I-71 on the way south... See y'all Saturday! "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

well, the event's tomorrow (well, it's nearly friday as i write this). The weather buzzards seem to be backing off on the bad weather forecast, so hopefully it will be good weather, and it will be good meeting you COGs. This NEOcacher is looking forward to making it there (and prolly stopping to hit a few caches along I-71 on the way south... See y'all Saturday! "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

Yep, gotta do the fall hiking spree again. I use my hiking staff most of the time that I go geocaching. And, I've been waiting for September to come around to start hitting the Metroparks Serving Summit County caches... "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

Yep, gotta do the fall hiking spree again. I use my hiking staff most of the time that I go geocaching. And, I've been waiting for September to come around to start hitting the Metroparks Serving Summit County caches... "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

I too inadvertently split up a travel bug with some of its travelling companions. Found the cache at the same time as another geocacher who was caching with his father. I saw the cute little stuffed tiger with a tag on it, and didn't realize that all the postcards in the bag were with it. The other cachers dad took one of the postcards as his trade item. Came home, logged the bug and THEN found out that the postcards were part of the TB. Fortunately, I was going to be back in the park two days later (Cleveland MetroParks Summer Social), so I picked up the postcards and reunited them (except for the one that the other cacher's father (who wouldn't have been able to get it back to the cache, and doesn't use computers...) So, I did reunite them, and added an extra local postcard to hopefully atone for having lost the one postcard. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

I too inadvertently split up a travel bug with some of its travelling companions. Found the cache at the same time as another geocacher who was caching with his father. I saw the cute little stuffed tiger with a tag on it, and didn't realize that all the postcards in the bag were with it. The other cachers dad took one of the postcards as his trade item. Came home, logged the bug and THEN found out that the postcards were part of the TB. Fortunately, I was going to be back in the park two days later (Cleveland MetroParks Summer Social), so I picked up the postcards and reunited them (except for the one that the other cacher's father (who wouldn't have been able to get it back to the cache, and doesn't use computers...) So, I did reunite them, and added an extra local postcard to hopefully atone for having lost the one postcard. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

As the 'owner' of the 'cache' in question, I suppose I should chime in on this. First, let me apologize to Eric K for not getting back to him sooner. I had thought I had replied to him, but in the mess of replying to people about why I'd 'disabled' (*not archived*) the Oak Hill Virtual. Embra was mostly right. It is mainly a good-will gesture on my part towards the CVNP (Cuyahoga Valley National Park). There was (I think) so ill will this past spring when CVNP found several caches placed in the park yadda yadda... So, after first going with the, don't ask don't tell principle, I went ahead and posted the cache. And then the guilt got the better of me, and I started tracking down who I needed to contact at the park to get 'permission' for the cache. Finally, I got a hold of the head ranger for the park, who was actually quite supportive of the idea of it (as I explained to him what I wanted to do, and how the cache was set-up). Unfortunately, he was not in the position to be able to authorize the cache, and asked me to 'remove' the 'cache' until such time as I could submit a written proposal to the park superintendent about what I would like to place, etc. Upon talking to the ranger, I decided to 'play nice' with their request, and temporarily disabled the cache. I've been busy, and a little dejected in spirit at having had to archive it, and just haven't finished the proposal, though I hope to have something to them soon so that we geocachers and the CVNP can build a foundation to work with. So why did I feel guilty? Guess that comes with volunteering with a local park district. I can see and agree with many of their concerns, and as much as I may hate having to go through the political rigamarole of submitting this, i think it is in the best interest to proceed cautiously forward, and when they give my 'cache' the OK, presumably future CVNP virtuals will be able to be approved much more quickly. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

My family has a cabin in Potter County, and I was able to get out and find one cache while I was there on vacation this past June. Hope to be able to keep up with the cacheing news outta Potter/Tioga and the area. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

My family has a cabin in Potter County, and I was able to get out and find one cache while I was there on vacation this past June. Hope to be able to keep up with the cacheing news outta Potter/Tioga and the area. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

well, I'm originally from Warren, Ohio (my family lives in Hartford, Ohio (near Sharon, PA)), got stuck in Kentucky (Lexi, KY) for two and a half years, and am currently living on the southwest side of Cleveland in North Royalton "High on a Freindly Hill", Ohio. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

no, I was out caching today, and I came across a dogwalker and he asked me what I was carrying "Is that a radio?" (it's the lemon locator itself -- the basic Yello eTrex) So I told him it was a GPS unit "What's GPS?" So I explained a little about GPS and how I use it to track how much I hike, "What's one cost?", the bells and whistles that the fancier ones have, how OnStar and all those car things use it, and a little bit about some game I use it to play called Geocaching "So it's kinda like a treasure hunt?" Yes, it is... "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

no, I was out caching today, and I came across a dogwalker and he asked me what I was carrying "Is that a radio?" (it's the lemon locator itself -- the basic Yello eTrex) So I told him it was a GPS unit "What's GPS?" So I explained a little about GPS and how I use it to track how much I hike, "What's one cost?", the bells and whistles that the fancier ones have, how OnStar and all those car things use it, and a little bit about some game I use it to play called Geocaching "So it's kinda like a treasure hunt?" Yes, it is... "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

although, I am starting to refer to myself as a NEOcacher, and not a geocacher. But CJB4589 has been kind enough to start and moderate the yahoo group, so welcome all and hope to see more of you become NEOGeocachers soon. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

I disagree, and it's mainly because of that sort of attitude being exhibited by geocachers that are leading to the problems we are having with getting permission. I'm in the process of dealing with Cuyahoga Valley National Park about virtual geocaching, and I'll admit that I posted it before asking, and it has bothered me since, which is why i've been following up and trying to find who to talk to and get permission for the cache. I talked to the head ranger, and we had a nice friendly discussion about it, and who I need to talk to, but the end result is still that I was asked to 'pull' the cache until such time as somthing is resolved. And I did, as soon as I got of the phone with him. The best way we can co-exist with these parks is to talk with them. If they say no, keep bringing them new information about cases where parks and geocaching are getting along. Keep the communication open, and I certain in almost all cases, that they will try to work with you, and eventually something will come about. Now I just have to organize all the information I have, so that I can approach the superintendent of Cuyahoga Valley National Park with information about the virtuals I have planned, and work something out with him. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

I disagree, and it's mainly because of that sort of attitude being exhibited by geocachers that are leading to the problems we are having with getting permission. I'm in the process of dealing with Cuyahoga Valley National Park about virtual geocaching, and I'll admit that I posted it before asking, and it has bothered me since, which is why i've been following up and trying to find who to talk to and get permission for the cache. I talked to the head ranger, and we had a nice friendly discussion about it, and who I need to talk to, but the end result is still that I was asked to 'pull' the cache until such time as somthing is resolved. And I did, as soon as I got of the phone with him. The best way we can co-exist with these parks is to talk with them. If they say no, keep bringing them new information about cases where parks and geocaching are getting along. Keep the communication open, and I certain in almost all cases, that they will try to work with you, and eventually something will come about. Now I just have to organize all the information I have, so that I can approach the superintendent of Cuyahoga Valley National Park with information about the virtuals I have planned, and work something out with him. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

Same thing in Ohio, you run into the problems of Federal, State, County, and City park districts, each of which can (and do) have different policies regarding geocaching(if they even have a policy yet). But there is a thread in the geocaching.com discussion about having a separate forum where we can gather information about what the policies are for different agencies, so that geocachers have a place to check for the policies, and maybe even who to contact. For the most part, parks in Ohio have been quite receptive to geocaching, but there are two major areas with bans (Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and Lake County MetroParks), and one may have been avoided if there had been open dialogue between cache placers and park managers before cache placement, but that's something that happens with a game like geocaching, and the sudden growth that it has had since last summer or so (when it first really made it here in Ohio). Fortunately, when Cleveland Metroparks stumbled upon a cache within their parks, they jumped aboard and have really been a leader in positive interaction between cachers and land managers. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

Same thing in Ohio, you run into the problems of Federal, State, County, and City park districts, each of which can (and do) have different policies regarding geocaching(if they even have a policy yet). But there is a thread in the geocaching.com discussion about having a separate forum where we can gather information about what the policies are for different agencies, so that geocachers have a place to check for the policies, and maybe even who to contact. For the most part, parks in Ohio have been quite receptive to geocaching, but there are two major areas with bans (Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and Lake County MetroParks), and one may have been avoided if there had been open dialogue between cache placers and park managers before cache placement, but that's something that happens with a game like geocaching, and the sudden growth that it has had since last summer or so (when it first really made it here in Ohio). Fortunately, when Cleveland Metroparks stumbled upon a cache within their parks, they jumped aboard and have really been a leader in positive interaction between cachers and land managers. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

Okay, time for an update. I finally have a name for a person(s) to contact about policy regarding virtual geocaching in CVNP. I am going to call this person tomorrow and get a dialogue going with her about virtual geocaching, and hopefully good things will happen, and the other 4 virtuals that I and another local geocacher have planned will be appearing soon. And I'll let this forum know what happens (unless we get our own category before then ) "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

Okay, time for an update. I finally have a name for a person(s) to contact about policy regarding virtual geocaching in CVNP. I am going to call this person tomorrow and get a dialogue going with her about virtual geocaching, and hopefully good things will happen, and the other 4 virtuals that I and another local geocacher have planned will be appearing soon. And I'll let this forum know what happens (unless we get our own category before then ) "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

I also second the motion for a regulations/permit topic. I'm really happy with the policy that Cleveland Metroparks has in place (Congrats to Carly), but it would be helpful if we had some place to gather all the info (I've been following the PA park thread, but only because I regularly check the NorthEast pages because I do some caching in western PA. It would also be good to have who the contacts are for different regions. I'm struggling with that right now, because I have a series of virtual, on-trail caches planned for Cuyahoga Valley National PArk, but I don't want to get them mad at us (again), but I don't know who to talk to there (my e-mail to their catch-all e-mail addy seems to have gone unnoticed...) "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

I also second the motion for a regulations/permit topic. I'm really happy with the policy that Cleveland Metroparks has in place (Congrats to Carly), but it would be helpful if we had some place to gather all the info (I've been following the PA park thread, but only because I regularly check the NorthEast pages because I do some caching in western PA. It would also be good to have who the contacts are for different regions. I'm struggling with that right now, because I have a series of virtual, on-trail caches planned for Cuyahoga Valley National PArk, but I don't want to get them mad at us (again), but I don't know who to talk to there (my e-mail to their catch-all e-mail addy seems to have gone unnoticed...) "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

i've been watching this thread to see how things go in nearby PA (I live in Cleveland, and have done some caching in PA) IT's great to see what gets done when we get talking. But the reason i finally popped up a post is with the posting about permission on the cache page. Since Cleveland Metroparks (my local parks) is on board with geocaching (having placed 6 of their own), what they've been doing is posting a note stating that each individual cache has been approved by the metroparks. Of course this may not work in this case (i doubt PA State Parks has a geocaching ID, and the whole state is a lot larger than just one county), but I wanted to let you know that there are precedents out there (Not sure what Ohio state parks will do, but i know that they also have a permit system (but I haven't seen the legalese)) Cache well.. : "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

I think it's a good idea, I'd like to see us organize one here in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Good luck on getting yours going... "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

I actually agree more with the current consensus as metioned in this forum, but the return to circulation probably matches better. I speak from experience, because one of the bugs I recently found is trying to visit all 50 states. I wanted to move him to another state, but he's already been to Pennsylvania (I'm in NE Ohio, but I doubt I'll be able to get to another non-Ohio state before Columbus Day (Orienteering in Michigan) unless some weird travel sickness were to strike. So, knowing that another NE Ohio geocacher is going to NoCarolina in the next week, I'm arranging to get the TB to him, so he can move it along "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain

with a last name of sherwood, i've always used sherwood forest as the indication of how to spell my name. So when I joined geocaching, sherwoodforest seemed the only (And logical) choice. "You will kneel before her in her altar in the trees" - Tara MacLean, Let Her Feel The Rain