PalmettoBuckeye

OK, I thought all those examples (especially the last two)you just gave WERE typical DNFs. I guess I'm still a little confused about what is a DNF and what isn't a DNF.

There's no log in the first stage just the final stage. The only thing in the first stage is a laminated piece of paper that has the next set of coordinates on it.

I have a multi-stage cache that a cacher has twice posted a note instead of a DNF. This is the second time he has done this. I deleted the first one because they so helpfully posted a picture of where the cache was hidden. That earned me a huffy email which I ignored. Now they posted another note instead of a DNF. Do I delete again or just leave it?

I choose my locations because I thought they have great views, nice walks, easy parking, and they have some interesting history attached to them. Totally camera worthy! I'm actually worried that when ( and if) I place my next one, I won't be able to place it in such a good spot. SC has a few restrictions on geocaching and it really narrows down the possibilities. But that's a long way off.

Just as it is possible for an experienced poster to misspell a common word . Technically, the poster used the wrong word. He spelled *through* correctly. I've seen bad hides by "newbies" and "ancients" alike. It is what it is. A game this big, with this much independence, not everything is going to be perfect to your standards. Enjoy the fresh air and move on to the next cache.

I heard about it on another message board. A poster was talking about his family's weekend hobby. I checked out GC.com and thought it looked interesting.

Well... I have a plastic bag, inside that is leaves, inside that is a tupperware container (the cache) then the candy corn is inside ANOTHER bag. Let me ask this....If you found candy corn, placed in a bag by an unknown person, in a tupperware, inside another bag, hanging in a tree, in someones yard, would you eat it? Would you want your children to eat it? It says DO NOT EAT on it. I'm sorry, but I'm really confused. Why is the candy corn in the geocache with a "DO NOT EAT" sign on it? What's the point?

Really? I'm actually bummed that my cache isn't getting more finds. I really enjoy reading the emails about it. If you are that annoyed with it, I guess your best solution is to disable and archive it.

I found half of a beat-up oyster shell stuck in about a quarter inch of mud inside a cache today.

I'm not sure what you mean by "radar feature" but I just put in the coordinates from the cache page into my Garmin Etrex ( I edit the coordinates on the "MARK" page, then I bring it up on the "WAYPOINT" page and hit "go to") and off I go. It guides me there. I hope that helps a little...

I guess throwing pine cones at them while screaming MINE! MINE! MINE! isn't good caching etiquette?

For what it's worth, there is a picture of an African-American woman on the "Hiding your first cache" page. I have no idea why geocaching does not seem more popular with other races/ethnicities. I never gave it much thought.

35-40 caches is "caching lightly"?!! I just realized how much a newbie I really am!

Lots of short scrubby bushes, live oaks, and marsh grass. If I had been looking up and ahead I would have seen him a lot sooner. I was looking down at my GPS.

I was searching for a geocache off the "official" trail and after striking out I started back. Now, I was by myself and not making a whole lot of noise. I was also not paying much attention to what was ahead of me. I saw something pale and fleshy about 20 feet away but it didn't really register. Then it moved. And then the smell hit me. That's when I realized I was looking at the rear-end of a guy who was in a full squat. My yelp of surprise and his "Oh NO!!!" were equally loud. Then he says "I'm sorry, but I really have to go" and he continues to squat and...well...go. With me standing there. I turned around and headed back down the way I came. His yells of "I'm sorrrrrrrrry!" followed me down the path. Note to self---pay attention to where you are walking! Edit to switch "Do" to "Does" but I guess we can not edit Subjects. Oops!

While I enjoy digging through the swag in a regular, the caches we've really enjoyed finding were micros. BTW, why are surveys/polls not allowed?

If you meant wheelchair accessible, why didn't you say wheelchair accessible? There are almost as many physical disabilities as there are stars in the sky - by many definitions I'm physically handicapped. Doesn't stop me doing the (very) occasional 5* terrain, kayaking, sailing, running, or walking 20 miles in a day!!! Clayjar's only as good a system as the end user - when a cache gets rated 5* terrain because you need welly boots and a torch as specialist equipment - or the ascent's over 1000 feet and takes a day - the systems already past failed! My pardon. I was trying to keep it as simple and a general as possible. Wheelchair accessible terrains would be something would be something my husband could handle as his legs are paralyzed. He just sort of drags them along because he walks with crutches( he's done this since he was 3 years old, he never walked before then). How lucky you are, as a self-proclaimed disabled person, to be able to run, kayak, sail, and walk 20 miles a day! Go on with your bad self!! Luckily, the first four people who answered in the thread understood my question and answered it.

Swag-baggers...that made me chuckle.

Hmm. So I am assuming too much. Thanks!

When a cache is rated "1" for terrain, does that automatically mean handicap accessible? If cache wasn't handicap accessible ( and by this I mean "wheelchair accessible"to keep it simple) it really wouldn't be the easiest terrain rating right? It would at least be a 1.5. We went caching the other day and I picked a "1" cache and yes it was accessible up until 8 feet away from the cache which was hidden in a tree that was at the bottom of a steep slope off the side of the paved trail. The slope had dense underbrush too. It was o.k. for me but for my disabled husband it was a no go because he knew he could slide down the slope but he would never get back up it. He still enjoyed it though because he got to watch me race back up the slope screaming " Auuugh, banana spider!!". I know there are attributes that can be put on the cache page but I've seen several cache pages with no attributes at all. Just asking for clarification, maybe I'm assuming too much.

When I get more experienced, and have the time, I hope to go for something like this. Unfortunately, my husband will not be able to join me because he is physically disabled. I've have scoured the local caches for terrain ratings of 1-1.5 because even a 2 is really, really hard for him. A couple local ones are in marshes. Easy for you and me, but watching him try to drag his legs and maneuver his crutches through pluff mud takes all the fun out of the game. So some of those "easy" 1/1s serve a nice purpose.

punk out 2 minutes after I get there because two Muggles and a Mugglet decided to plunk themselves 15 feet from the GZ area. I decided to try for this one after I left work. Being that it was flipping hot out plus black storm clouds were quickly gathering on the horizon I figured the park would be empty. It WAS empty, just me and my Garmin. I could practically taste that smilely coming my way. I strode confidently across the park, watching the feet-to-go count go down and honing in on that little cache. And then...thwarted! Two women and a toddler literally walk right up beside me and sit on the bench I was standing next to. I look at them, they look at me. I look down at my Garmin, they stare at me. I contemplate just going for it, one leans towards her friend and whispers "Gawd, could her phone BE any older?" I bail. My husband promises we will go tomorrow but he seems waaaay less enthused then I.

I agree! For a small city, our aquarium is pretty sweet. I'm surprised nobody has put a nano near the frog statue behind the aquarium...that little cartoon character is a frog right?

450?! Here I thought it wouldn't be any good for geocaching!

Hey there! I'm still waiting for my Garmin to arrive. I can see this becoming a serious addiction.