jwillis

Hello, it's a game. And I'm not the Cache Police or their mommy. I've never checked and I have no intention of ever doing so. Sure, there's always someone who won't play by the rules, but I'm not going to let them ruin the game for me. There could be a million honest reasons why they didn't sign the log. I know my name probably never made onto some logs mainly because the younger team members have the Power of the Pencil. I figure it all evens out out because I know I've forgotten to submit some finds for smilies and not to mention on vacation the cache notebook disappeared so most our finds were lost along with it and I don't expect owners to submit the find for me.

Not me but there's a cache for everyone.

Worst---- Something that smelled like pee Best---- Things that don't smell like pee Price---- Just go to the Dollar Store and buy reasonable things, I go up to about $3

My geocaching team brings bottles of water, and then empty bottles, that way when we gotta go, we can go.

We bring over-stuffed fannypacks with us. Which includes: Extra batteries Digital camera (For those locationless caches) Moist towelettes Rain poncho flashlight The gps (Etrex Legend C) The kid and dog pen and pencils Goodies for cache Paper for cache seeking (Normally left in car) two way radios And our car includes: Cache containers More cache goodies More moist towelettes 4 gatorade water bottles binder of papers for caches Water in tub for dog Cell phone Well I probably left out a half a dozen things, but you get the picture... Happy caching!

Here's one without a log - Remembrance of Connemara #1. Don't know if a new one could get approval as this was placed 2 years ago. The idea is that you leave item X in cache and the next person would take X and leave Y for the following cacher to take, and so on. On the website page, people log in what they took and left which verifies the find. Sounds like it would do the trick for a submerged cache so you didn't have to worry with a log or writing utensil.

Humph, I was FTF on that one but there was no $100 bill. Actually, that kind was one of the most fun we'd had on a cache. Don't know how long it will last if there were a flood though - water logging it or washing it down stream.

My notebook is black emblazoned with the state seal and "Judicial District Court" on it. That or bringing along the kids does the trick.

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...47-175160caa065 Please Mr Postman states it was placed with the postmaster's permission.

Ok, I'm now a Google convert. It even shows the mess of weeds and brambles we can't mow.

Mine will always be on the leash. Doesn't matter how smart or lovable or whatever the dog is, there are hazzards behind the next tree that I can't see. I'd rather my dog be safe than off the trail scaring up rattlesnakes or stepping on broken glass.

We really don't want to pay just to download waypoints, is there any way that it could be free? We've downloaded millions of things off of the internet, and we still can't seem to get it to work!

And how to I go paperless?

Can anyone explain how to download waypoints on to the GPS?

"The Toy"

IMHO, I wouldn't do any of those things on your list nor some of the other things folks have listed here. Rags on trees are trash. PVC pipes are trash as well as harmful to the tree when it grows. Pieces of metal or cards are also trash. If you want to make cachers find the coords, then use the actual objects themselves. Say you need a 3, then find a cluster of plants with three leaves (there's lots of those!). Count the number of boulders, or parking spaces, or whatever but never ever add more clutter and junk to the area. Remember, CITO.

In Central Texas, we have many that have been active for 3+ years. What I see is the new ones get the "social trails" because everyone rushes out to get them, but then traffic slows down and the trails fade. A quick calculation of those 2+ years seems to show an average of 85 total logs. That's about 3 logs a month which shouldn't be an environmental problem.

Set a bead on the direction and wing it until you get to the next clearing. Rinse and Repeat.

Checking bench marks for accuracy, ROFLMROLOLOLOLOL! I've had them 1/3 of a mile off. As someone earlier said, benchmark coords are merely guesstimates. When the mark was placed, there was no such thing as coords, hence the detailed directions. Decades and possibly centuries later, someone sitting in their cubicle looked at a map and said, "ok, that's close enough" between online chats. As others have said the weather, nearby structures (natural and manmade), your gps vs. the cache owner's gps, and whether the last person placed it back in the correct place can all be variables. The biggie one is *recheck* that you typed the coords in correctly! Look at the logs of a few nearby and check it with a couple that state the coords were right on - of course depending on the above variables, your mileage may vary. My Garmin Etrex is usually within 20 feet. Also, until you get more experience, stick with the regular sized caches. Those micros and multis can be buggers. Cache on!

Ok, call me silly but I had a spooky experience at "Deep Inside the Woods (Park)". All day our gpsr wasn't cooperating until this cache. We arrived just at dusk so the walk across the field was fine but under the trees it was considerably darker. I thought it was going to take a while to find in the dark but the gpsr pointed right to the inch and there it was glowing silver. Cool, easy find! However, as I was putting it back I realized it wasn't silver and how the heck had it glowed or even reflected what light there was? [insert eery "woooo" here] http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...36-cb74e3e92af7

If a woman hears "Dueling Banjos", she's perfectly safe. A man, on the other hand... But seriously, I firmly believe geocaching should be done with a partner unless you know it's in an open and public location.

And then some young upstart caveman started ransacking the wilderness for sticks to build a fire to cook meat.

Any way to add a couple other caches along the way or make this a multi to give more incentive?

2 who ask where the light socket is on their gps. 4 to discuss how often the manufacturer recommends changing bulbs.

Welcome from another newbie. I knew about geocaching a few years ago but just started this new and exciting hobby a few days ago. Why wait until the mail arrives? Check out some local caches and see if you can't figure it out with a gps. We found our first one just knowing the area and thinking it out. Of course, after that we were hooked so HAD to run to the store for a gps.