Let's Look Over Thayer

We just did a GC roadtrip yesterday... Here's what I do: First thing is to load Google Earth with the Geocache Browser turned on. Then, I zoom in until I see things in relatively good detail. I scan along my route looking for likely geocaches (I look at difficulty, proximity to the road and so on). When I see one that looks promising, I add it to a bookmark list that I keep for that route. I can build up a respectable number of candidate caches in a fairly short time. Since I am unlikely to hit all my targets on any particular trip, I save the bookmark list and update it the next time I take the same route. (Instead of using the GC Browser, you could also do this using a GPX file.) Another technique is to use the Arc/Line feature of GSAK. I haven't yet used this technique so hopefully someone can fill in the details. Basically, you use map software to get a piecewise approximation of your route in terms of coordinate waypoints. Then you get a bunch of PocketQueries that cover the route in question. You can then plug both the PQs and the coordinate list into GSAK and filter out all the caches that are further than a specified distance from the route. Hope that helps.

Congratulations to Flagman on reaching the Terrible Twos! (2222)

I was just at the Geocaching.com Home page and I happened to glance down at "Upcoming Events" (I'm not sure why...it's not something I normally do...) and I noticed that GoBolts! and Tiggers Mango are hosting a cache event in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geocaching Meet & Greet! & Geocoins too! (GCRJVH) It sure seems like a long way to go just to keep the likes of us from showing up!

Ahh, you didn't need to do that...no offense was taken by any comments or inferments. Any implication thereof was only in jest... (Darn it! I need more powerful emoticons!) So...changing the subject... Nice to know that B5 lives on...I'm thinking that there might be a cache idea in that quote...

I keep hearing about that cache. Which one is it? See for yourself.....(visit link) better tune-up that mustang. Catching up on the forums since I've been busy with my new job. My $.02: Criticism from cachers who haven't even done that cache... that's interesting. I will say that all the rumours about that one are completely untrue. There are more WP's than average, less WP's than the Geneva Convention allows, and we don't do film canisters. Happy Holidays! There was no connection expressed or implied to a certain cache that shall remain nameless. I was merely offering advice on how not to do a multi-cache. Any resemblance between said advice and any cache, real or fictional, is strictly unintentional and the author shall not be held responsible if the reader infers such a connection.

Yesterday, when D-Jollymon signed the log to Nanti Yincangwu, he said: You guys can stop now. We really couldn't hate you more than we already do!

Depends on how you define "cool"... I found Slime City today. "getwetsd" thought it was cool but that's not the word I would use... Christmas Card Lane was pretty cool, but we must be the only ones who hadn't already done it. TT's MTRP Nuisance Cache #4: TCD was cool in a wickedly sadistic sort of way.

Ms. LLOT and I would be Rat and Ox... But this sounds too much like the latest miracle drug...I can already hear the voice over for the commercial: "Pregnant persons with a history of prostate problems should consult their doctor before taking Ratinox..."

A couple of other local lists for your viewing pleasure... Muggles Can't See It! by LLOT Tucson Thompsen's San Diego Puzzle Caches by Duncan!

I suggest contacting Glenn72 to see if he still has it or if he dropped it somewhere without logging it (which he might have done before noticing that it wasn't in his inventory...if so, it makes it hard to log since he no longer has the tag number.) Following up on the last...I found the following log for "END" (GCJ5KM): There have been no finds on this cache since Nov11. I suspect that this is where Boomer resides.

Looking at the logs, it looks as if the following happened... 1) Glenn72 picked it up from the GeoPicnic with the intention of moving it. 2) Dr. Boggis did a virtual grab. 3) Dr. Boggis did a virtual drop back at the GeoPicnic. The result of this transaction is that: a) Glenn72 has the physical Boomer but doesn't have it his inventory. Boomer shows up as still being at the picnic, but isn't really. I suggest contacting Glenn72 to see if he still has it or if he dropped it somewhere without logging it (which he might have done before noticing that it wasn't in his inventory...if so, it makes it hard to log since he no longer has the tag number.) Good Luck!

Wollen Sie Pommes frites damit? (No that last word doesn't mean "d**n it"... By the way, did you know that the forum software automagically translates d**n into "dadgum"? Changing the subject in a vain attempt to keep this a caching-related thread... It occurred to me to wonder what "cache" was auf Deutsch. I tried Google, which came back with "Pufferspeicher". Well, this means "buffer memory" -- which only means "cache" only if you are a computer geek. I tried my dictionary and got "Versteck" -- meaning a hiding place. Seems reasonable. But when I browsed a few German cache pages I found that "Cache" seems to be the preferred choice and Versteck was occasionally used. Other useful German words that I learned while browsing: Cachemobil -- geomobile Nachtcache -- night cache Nichtfinder -- one who DNF's Cacherausrüstung -- cacher equipment Muggel -- muggle Finalkoordinaten -- ground zero Schnell gecacht und geloggt -- cache and dash Die obigen Koordinaten sind unbedeutend -- The above coordinates are unimportant Anyone up for a caching trip to Germany?

That would be something like "Diese reise Wanze riecht wie ein modrig unterirdisch Abflusstunnel." Ok, so my last suggestion for a response wasn't so good. Perhaps this would be better: "Wenn ich sagte "Deine reise Wanze schön war", würdest du es gegen mich halten?"

Meine Deutsche ist nicht so gut, aber es sagt... Take me with you, I'm so lonely. OK, you can also come with me. (more or less...) For a response you might try: "Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist von den Aalen voll." (Sorry, I read German better than I speak it...) In all seriousness, you can probably respond "auf Englisch". Most Germans speak it reasonably well. Far safer than relying of the translation skills of this bunch!!!

It's getting cold here too. At the Christmas Geowalk event tonight, I had to wear a jacket.

My Preferences: * If it makes sense, do a series instead of just a multicache especially if it'll take more than one day to complete. * 3 or 4 WP (including the cache) is about right. * If possible, make it so that you don't have to move your car to complete the cache. * Letting people know how many WPs is good (otherwise you can get logs that say "There was no log in the cache..." when all they've done is find the first WP. Don't laugh. I know of an example in Poway.) * Try to give each WP a unique twist. Don't make each stop the same as the last. Incidently, one of my favorite caches "LXG" violates some of these guidelines so don't consider any of these as hard and fast rules. One other thing --- DON'T make a 50-stop multicache that consists of solely of film cans hidden in the bases of light posts!

I learned some new vocabulary from working on TT's and Flagman's puzzles...but these are words I can't use in most conversations.

Very well put. Someday, I hope I will be able to speak with such eloquence. I am going to let go of my feelings of animosity towards CacheSpoilers.com and its ilk. I've come to realize that my enjoyment of this game is untainted by the existance of such things. Thanks for broadening my mind... Bring on the FUN and ENJOYMENT! (and yes, bring on the SADISM and MASOCHISM, too! )

That looks pretty darn sweet, but my heart still goes with the FJ40 (the white FJ in sitting in the background). This was a vehicle that could go pretty much anywhere and it could get you out of situations that you should never have gotten yourself into. It was all utility (you want air conditioning? well, pop open the vents or roll down the window. Radio? well, you wouldn't be able to hear at highway speeds anyway...) and was a favorite in remote places like Africa because you could fix it anywhere under any conditions. (You could disassemble and reassemble the entire vehicle with the included tool kit.) The one I had (a 1971 model) is still plugging along. My dad is using it to get around the San Juans (SW Colorado) as he does field work documenting the tramways that hauled ore down from the mines.

Hmmmmm....I have been in awe of how quickly J&J seem to be able to solve puzzle caches. But this makes me wonder if Becca is the real brains of the outfit.

I remember just being in the right place, with the right people, at the right time to sign the log for a cache that I would have never found in my life but fate was on my side. I didn't have to solve anything and I wouldn't have been able to if I had wanted to attempt it. We all weren't born Mensa members. Some of us sat in the corner with dunce caps on but we still enjoy geocaching. If I offended, I apologize. (And, by the way, everyone who braved the pampas grass and poison oak to search for that cache richly deserved their smiley! ) Anyway, what I was trying to say was that I _don't_ have a problem with anyone tagging along for a find or getting the answer to a puzzle from a fellow cacher. And yet, for some reason, it bugs me that there is someone gathering and posting the answers to every puzzle cache under the sun on the Internet. Why is this different? I'm not even sure that I know... so I'll shut up now.

Isn't that backwards? Don't you want your dog to be at work while you go caching? Even better, if you could train your dog to do what you normally do while you are at work, your dog could be solving all those puzzle caches while you are out geocaching!

I can certainly understand that view and I don't even completely disagree with it. In some ways, it's really no different than participating in a find on a cache that one person in the group has solved or getting the answer from someone at an event cache. At the same time, though, I tend to feel that not everything in life was meant to be quite so easy. Some caches are deliberately designed to be a challenge (whether that be a TT puzzle or a DAK Girls storm drain or a monumental hike into the Anza-Borrego). Somehow, having the answer freely available on the Internet feels too easy. I am curious (and I'll probably ask them) whether these folks would respect the wishes of a cache owner who writes to them and asks not to have his or her cache listed. By the way, if anyone wants help on any of my puzzles, you don't have to go to "Spoilers.Com". I'll help you through it at any level that it takes for you to be successful.

Looks like they have a long ways to go to solving all the puzzle caches.... Oh dear! Now all it takes is one person to solve a puzzle and suddenly the rest of the world has the answer handed to them on a silver platter. I can't say that I like this development at all. Ironically, they've listed "The GeoCacher Who Knows" (GCQNJ7). (No solution is posted yet.) I'd hate to think anyone has to resort to a solutions database to solve this one (because you already know the answer! )

Tilting is the knightly art of trying knock another knight off his horse. "Tilting at windmills" comes from the book "Don Quixote" where the hero applies his knightly skills against windmills that he imagines are giants. It means to "fight imaginary foes". I am assuming that Jeremy is not imaginary (but then again, it was only days ago -- in this very forum -- that my belief in Santa Claus was so cruelly crushed...)