SeekerOfTheWay

LOL! Not your profile pic! Forum avatar!

i can only hope that someone will steal my avatar.

My reviewer is really helpful. When i started hiding caches they let me know what needed to be tweaked. i had to move a cache off a telephone pole because i don't own it. They gave me contact info for the parks department. i emailed the contact, exchanged a phone call and got my cache permits in the mail or my Sarasota Park hides. All went really well. i think cachers should get adequate permission so we keep up a good reputation

Someone's baggage claim tag. Not the one with the address, but what airport they went from and flew to. Floss.

Here's a cache container (concealer?) i made tonight. It's a metal (rust proof) dome covered in fake dead moss and real leaves and twigs. Underneath is a peanut butter jar. i just placed it tonight and sent it in for review.

Geocache Navigator by Trimble is a great caching app for BlackBerry. It's $19.99 one time fee. There's radar mode, compass mode, map mode and cache details. You need to be MOVING for compass mode to give you accurate info. Radar mode is the same but it does better at slower speeds i've found. i've used Geocache Navigator to get all my caches. When you're new, you should go for average size or bigger caches with a D of 1 or 2. After a while you'll get the hang of how cachers hide. You also need to use some 'geosense' and think, "where would i hide that?" Geocache Navigator is also cool because you can leave a Field Note right from the cache as soon as you've found (or DNF) a cache. Then you can log onto geocaching.com from your BlackBerry and turn that Field Note into a log. Great app! There's a 7 day free trial. Give it a shot. Let me know if you have any questions about it.

i never thought of signing nano logs SOTW! Thanks, i'm doing that from now on!

i have a fake golf ball in the jack of a palm at a golf course. Would you hunt that? i was being nice placing it there because the ground sand was full of fire ants!

Tree sap is the least of my caching issue concerns! Lol. i've hit stinging nettles, red ants and poison in trees. Not to mention palmettos bugs. Ewww. i don't mind micros in trees though. It's all good.

Meh. Just safely park your car and go grab the cache. The people passing by will only get a quick glimpse of you bc they'll be driving by. Most probably won't notice. Those that do probably won't care. Those that care won't do anything about it. Those that stop and questions you (unlikely) you can just tell them about geocaching. No big whoop. Or you can wear an orange vest, hardhat, carry a clip board and pretend to be checking the LP. But that's mostly unnecessary.

There's no way to "hack" the VZW 8330 to use GPS with 3rd party apps. Sorry.

Nano's are ok. i haven't seen too many creative ones so i'm not overly excited about them. What i dislike is the nano log. My screen name is too long for them! i prefer micros over nanos.

Ha, no, no PC or Mac. However, if a handheld held like 2000 caches, that might work. Then i wouldn't have to load often. Can all GPSr have GC Codes entered manually?

i've been "caught" caching by neighbors near a cache site, fisher people, park workers, etc. i've had to lurk by a playground in the bushes to get a cache! i've some strange looks and some questions but never any negative experiences. i just smile and say hello or explain what i'm doing. But i am a female, look like kid so i think that helps! If i saw some strange man lurking near a playground i'd think that's weird. i know a cacher that was asked if they were doing cocaine while they were rolling up a micro logbook! Wow! Now whenever i roll up a logbook i feel funny.

i've been "caught" caching by neighbors near a cache site, fisher people, park workers, etc. i've had to lurk by a playground in the bushes to get a cache! i've some strange looks and some questions but never any negative experiences. i just smile and say hello or explain what i'm doing. But i am a female, look like kid so i think that helps! If i saw some strange man lurking near a playground i'd think that's weird. i know a cacher that was asked if they were doing cocaine while they were rolling up a micro logbook! Wow! Now whenever i roll up a logbook i feel funny.

i agree with the poster that said it depends on the situation. i tend to look at the cache history and the COs last sign in. If they haven't logged in in over 4 months i post a Needs Archived because they aren't meeting the requirements of a responsible CO. If there's a string of DNF (including my own) i log a NM if the CO is an active player. i check back in a few weeks. If nothing has been done i log a NA whether CO is active or not.

This bums me out! i don't have a PC so i love having having caches on the go, wherever i am! Also having turn my turn to get me to the general location is a plus. i want a Garmin Colorado or similar bur i'm afraid it will be a waste because i'd have to get to the library to load caches into it.

VZW BlackBerry 8330 GPS is blocked (except for VZ Nav and BlackBerry Maps). You need to upgrade to 9630, Storm or newer to be able to use GPS with 3rd party apps.

i have an off leash, barking big dog phobia. i'd just not go for the cache. But that's my choice. i wouldn't mind cachers hiding there. That's their choice.

LOL! i wouldn't be surprised if the FTFers took pity on me. i couldn't find a D1, T1 the day before! Ha Also, the infamous FTFers are up north until winter. That helps a lot. Nevertheless, FTF! Woot!

i got my second FTF yesterday. Gotta say i liked getting it! Yes, i cache for the scenery and hikes and hunt. But i like a little friendly competition. In my town there's a few FTF hounds and it's fun to see who gets em first! i have a deadly FTF technique: a BlackBerry and no life. The FTFers around here are mostly retired i think. So when/if i get them they'll be well earned. i get stuck at work! Ha

Hello fellow Florida cachers! i'm looking forward to cooler weather for caching and to the snowbird cachers to come back! i'd love to meet and maybe cache with some! Today on the trail i saw a bobcat 10 feet from GC. This raised the D of 1.5 to 4 for me. i got nervous. Found the cache! i've found 2 fake palmetto bug caches and now i poke every palmetto bug i find near GZ. Ugh! Same with ant hills. Note to self, it's probably a real fire ant hill, don't poke it. Here's my tip for hiders: any size hidden in saw paletto=T4! i hid 7 new caches recently. i'm still learning all the tricks and trades and building up my geobag. Bug Spray Calamine Lotion Sunblock i recently added gloves to my bag after walking through a filed of those small spikey balls. Ouch. If anyone is close and wants to cache let me know by email.

i agree with the OP. i choose to tread lightly and not destroy the area i'm searching. i think and look a lot, then feel lightly for caches. i've seen areas look like a waste land and a poor palm tree nearly destroyed. i don't want that label as a cacher.

i encountered what i think was stinging nettles. i reached my hand and arm into a tree to feel for a cache when i felt painful stings all over my hand and arm! i screamed and yanked my arm out. i thought i was bitten by spiders or snakes. Immediately, the hand and arm turned bright red and began to swell. i started to freak out. i've had poison ivy many times and it never went down like this. i drove home (arm and hand stinging painfully and getting white raised bumps all over like blisters). i almost went to the ER but i stopped myself. Went home, washed arm with soap and water, put all clothes, backpack etc into washer. Jumped in the shower. After an hour the rash and blisters and swelling were gone. Seemed over with. NOT. The next day an itchy (like poison ivy) rash was all over my arm, legs and...hmmm...just everywhere! i just treated where i could with calamine lotion for the itching and cut my nails so i couldn't scratch. That rash healed in about a week. i still am not sure what i ran into. But i googled for about a week and stinging nettle seemed the most likely. Scary experience but ok outcome. Made me more wiser!

Ha, yeah. i should mention that my "hiking/survival kit" was made way before i started caching. i've always been into wilderness survival. i take all my gear if i'm going into the woods. If i'm stopping in a parking lot, urban caches or an easy walk i'll just bring my BlackBerry and a pen. And a hat. And that's all i need too. And this lamp.