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We have one famous guy around here that has over 700 caches. He's been active since 2001, but still, that is a lot of caches, and it does tend to limit opportunities for new players. That said, without people like him, we probably wouldn't have newer players. So, the situation is somewhat difficult. Many of his many caches are rather simplistic (which I'd imagine was the norm four years ago), and because of proximity rules, it makes it tough for those of us that want to raise the bar and create more creative, fun, difficult, whatever... caches. Not really sure what the answer is. In my case, the person I'm mentioning is very gracious about yielding to new players, but I'm sure that isn't always the case. This is a good question that is also covered in another recent thread (but I can't find it)

My dog wearing my glasses. Cut glasses from a photo of myself, pasted them onto the dog using Paintshop Pro.

I'd look for something hanging from a nail. or a fake nail.

Now, THOSE are anagrams. Words or phrases scrambled to create other words or phrases. TNLNSL is indeed an acronym... an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of all or most of the words in a phrase. They are nowhere near the same thing, opinions not withstanding. Now... what was the topic, again?

While I actually agree with the poster's stance, to show that there are exceptions, check out the logs for this one that I recently created, with only 18 finds under my belt: The Tortoise And The Hare However, I will say that in those 18 finds, there were some very clever caches and some rather poor ones, so at least I had enough experience to see the differences between good and bad.

This one is based on the game Clue: Clue

Sure. I frequently cache alone. But if you are looking for others in your area that are interested, try emailing some of the owners of caches placed in your area. It has worked for me.

Trailgators... I admire your tenacity. I wasn't aware of this thread (careless of me to not check first) and started one yesterday with essentially the same concept that you started with here. Needless to say, I got pummelled for even suggesting it, so I'm glad to see you sticking with this and trying to work something out.

Thanks for rephrasing that, Glenn. That was a much more mature and polite way of stating the case that KoosKoos' and others attempts. I'm new to this forum, awfully new to geocaching, and that sort of browbeating response doesn't make a new person feel very welcome. I was merely trying to make a helpful suggestion and don't expect to be jumped on for trying to help.

That is exactly why I suggested making it a rating voted on by the finders. Thanks for the sarcasm. Sorry I suggested it.

I would love to see a 3rd rating criteria that rated the creativity, cleverness, overall "fun factor" of a cache. Possibly this could actually be voted on by the finders when they log their find, possibly just by the cache owner or the approver. This would be a rating of how much thought went into creating and/or placing the cache, not the quality of the swag, not a way to vote against, say, micros, because you happen to not like them, etc. I really think that this could serve to improve the quality of caches overall. I mean, who'd want to place a cache with a Fun Factor of 1 star? For that matter, who would want to go looking for it.

When I was 8 years old, and even today at 55, I consider "buried" to mean "covered with dirt". Digging a hole is digging a hole. Putting something into that hole is putting something into that hole. Filling the hole in is burying what I put in the hole.

I see the best caches being adopted and maintained over generations. They will become famous tourist spots in the future.

We meet again, sir_zman . That is a very nice improvement over your previous version! Now, if you could make the cache name into a clickable link to the geocaching.com log page...

Unfortunately, I don't have room on my ancient home computer for another browser, and I can't install Firefox on my work computers. Hopefully Avantbard will be able to come up with a fix! Has anybody heard of geocaching.com is planning on adding Google maps to the cache pages?

Even the revised version doesn't work for me. I'm using Internet Explorer... perhaps that only works in some versions? I've used bookmarklets before and found that some work, and some don't.

My dog is very intellegent. I have him decode the clues for me while I hunt. By the way, all of you leash-lawers... how do you expect a dog to get any real exercise if it is always on a leash? They love to, and NEED to run. Yes, dog owners do need to respect the laws where they sadly exist, and to respect the rights of others, but to say that a dog must always be leashed is inhumane.

This weekend, I found three warm, but unopened beers. Probably left by some kids, stolen from their parents. It was a humid 90 degree day... I sure wish they had left them on ice for me!

I took the last photo from the Feb 19 log, and tweaked the gamma, brightness, and contrast, then cropped it down to the "creature". It looks to me as though the red "eyes" may be something reflective on top of the "creatures" head, and that there is a real set of eyes below those.

I'd say that if people have gone after caches in Antarctica and the Himalayas, that an island in Lake Michigan (or is it Superior?) would be a piece of cake for some. That said... you say that you hope to visit every six months... which months... July and January? June and December? You must be one tough bunch of kayakers to go out into the Great Lakes in the middle of winter! (spoken by a former Yooper)

"Ticks, How do you find them?" You REALLY have a problem finding them? I have a problem AVOIDING them.

I see that you're both right, but only from http://maps.google.com/ I was trying directly from the main Google search page. Thanks for the tip!

How do I delete a post?

Google offers not only maps, but color satellite images. All you need to do is to enter an address as your search. Then, on the map page (upper right) there is a link to display the satellite images. Real cool. However... I tested and found out that it won't offer the map page if you enter GPS coordinates instead of an address SO!.... instead, go here http://boulter.com/gps/ and enter your coordinates, then select the Google maps link, and from there, switch to the arial photos. Too cool!

I'm a real "tick magnet". I also hunt morel mushrooms in the spring and pick up a lot of ticks. I've learned that, despite the name, you seldom pick them up in thick woods. They climb to the top of tall grass and lie in wait for an animal or human to walk by. I always check my pant legs after walking through tall grass.