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Faith the Aquariaqueen

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  1. Ok, I live in Missouri, and I have been coming in sight of snakes here while caching....albeit, non venomous ones, but not my favorite site. I have been known to leave a cache area with hopes of returning to it in winter time.

     

    I am leaving in a few days for the Grand Canyon and all the desert lands. So many of the cache descriptions warn of rattle snakes...this is starting to wig me out. Does one come in contact with them often?

     

    Is there a primer on how to contend with one? My knowledge of rattle snakes is that what television and such have taught me.....and fear of the unknown.

  2. Did you not think of geo-caching in today's gospel?

    Matthew 13:44

     

    "The Kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up.  Then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field." 

     

    I couldn't help but chuckle to myself that Jesus was geo-caching long before satellites. Well, I better stop now before I get a little sacreligious. :)

  3. Almost always....and I also pan the logs and jot down the hints I find in there as well.

     

    For some reason, I don't find caches as easily as other people. Maybe I over think them or something....I need all the help I can get.

  4. OT: I love the people who buy SUVs around here for "bad weather."....

     

    Case in point; We had a bad ice/snow storm on a Saturday night, our church usually has around 500 people in it, only about 35-40 came. When we went outside after Mass, there was only one SUV in the bunch!!!! All passenger cars except for 2 vans. Irony.

     

    Oh well, back to the topic. I have always tried to keep my car trips down to minimum levels mostly for environmental reasons, but will continue due to costs.

     

    Amazing what you can get done on a bike!

  5. I am still quite new at this....let me tell ya, you will know a run down cache when you find it.

     

    I cleaned one out about 10 days ago...broken christmas bulbs, miscellaneous pony beads, broken this and that and even an unwrapped bandaid. Maybe it wasn't my job, but it was terrible.

     

    You have the right idea. But I must warn you, it can get discouraging, it is for me anyhow, that some people just don't value the "trade equal or up" idea.

     

    Also, be aware that just because a cache says there is a travelbug, doesn't necessarily mean there is one. Just think of them as a bonus when you find one.

     

    And don't forget, there is the option of "take nothing, leave nothing, sign the log" otherwise known as TNLNSL.

     

    Make it fun for your daughter....that's where you will get your real reward.

     

    Enjoy, now go out and look for some really neat out of the way places, historical places and great scenery.....God made a beautiful world.

  6. I, too, am in an area that nickel nonsense is the norm. Meaning, I wouldn't pay a nickel for some of this stuff.

     

    I have been putting out ladies pins in little silk bags as swag, the other day, I noticed someone took one of the pins and left a fishing bobber!!!!!! ONE BOBBER, not a package of them. ONE BOBBER. How do people live with themselves?

     

    Grant it, I know the value of the pin was worth more than most swag, but ONE BOBBER? Geez, the silk bag was worth more than the bobber.

     

    For the men, I have been leaving a package of 6 bungee cords....they're a dollar at the dollar store for the set of 6, not the strongest, but I bet they would come in handy in a pinch! I would be thrilled to find just one bungee, instead of a plastic pig from a 100 piece farm set that they paid a buck for! To these people....I say "TNLNSL".

     

    I think I need to geocache in the KC area, they are always bragging of good stuff in their caches.

  7. Along with the truck drivers, which I have a great admiration for since we RV a lot and find them to be helpful and entertaining, I would love to join this type ad hoc group.

     

    We have a pretty decent size rig of 44' and a tow, so you just can't pull in anywhere. Right now we have a trip to the Grand Canyon planned, and all my husband would commit to is one in each state, and it better be close to the interstate!!! :D Oh well, one is better than none.

     

    Also:

    What part of Wisconsin do you live in? I live near West Bend.

     

    Hmm.....heard of LW Dairy?

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