chai_pa
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I haven't gone geocaching in a long time. Over a year, in fact. So long that I forgot why I stopped. That all changed last Friday. My little girl asked me why we hadn't gone geocaching in a while and I really couldn't come up with a good reason. I mean, after all why wouldn't you be geocaching if you value family togetherness, the outdoors, finding treasure, and all things high-tech? Ok, let's go! I figured with gas prices the way they are we could hit some local caches on our bicycles so I downloaded some waypoints and clipped my little yellow E-Trex onto my handlebars and off we went. The first cache was right on the side of a backroad. In a hollow tree stump. Surrounded by blackberry bushes. I immediately remembered why I quit caching. This area was supposedly historic but there was absolutely nothing at the cache site to demonstrate this fact. To me, it was just a friggin' stump in the middle of the stickers, with cars whizzin' by. There was a semi-quaint little dirt road nearby that went under a rustic train trestle that was safely off the side of the road but was the cache there? Oh no, it was right by the road. I hate these drive-by caches with nothing interesting. My disappointment continued once I opened the cache. No pen? No pencil? How am I supposed to sign the log book? I didn't have one because I didn't have my caching pack with me and I figured what cache wouldn't have a pen or pencil? Oh, look someone put a bottle of bubbles in here that leaked out all over this wallet chain which is now a useless, rusty piece of garbage. Oh yeah, that's right, if you're not the first to find all you get is crap. I guess we're keeping our trade goodies for ourselves. Our next cache was in town but we didn't even look for it very long because it just looks too suspicious to be poking around in town nearby businesses and private property. It was my fault for not researching the caches better. I selected them based on proximity to my house, not quality. When properly researched, hunting geocaches can still be a worthwhile activity so I might hit some more this summer but at least now I remember what I don't like about it. This website has changed a lot over the years but what does the "stealth required" icon mean? Sanctioned tresspassing? I was going to go after another cache in my hometown until I realized that it was on private property in an active worksite. It had a "stealth required" icon. What is that supposed to mean? Hit it at night while wearing your ninja garb and having a get-away car parked nearby? What has Geocaching become?
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My experiece is that ticks are much more common in and near cities, and roads. In the mountains and areas away from cities we rarely get them.
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I've lived with ticks all my life and when I lived in NJ, they were terrible! That's why I don't live there anymore and I never cached there. Maybe in the north, but certainly not in the south.
I found this great devise to remove ticks. It is so easy. No digging, pulling, squeezing. It's called O'Tom Tick Twister. After removing the tick put it in soapy water, it will sink right away.
If you can't find O'Tom's, I have some.
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What an easy process. I got a Dell Axim for Xmas and when I saw Geocaching added the query feature I paid my dues. No more pages to forget in the car.. I spent last night and this morning reading discussions and started to think all the work to get cache pages on my handheld. But learning about GpxView, it is so easy. Thank you Ake.
I feel sorry for those Palm guys. -
I have a Magellan that I bought a few years ago that works really good....while your moving. Let me know if your interested. May be a way to "learn" for peanuts.
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Originally posted by kitwhit:Hey, y'all. I am newly divorced and trying to make ends meet and find some fun new adventures, and I stumbled upon Geocaching about a month ago. Up til now I have only logged on and read about how much fun everyone is having - I really want to go out and try this for myself. I've even started my own little cache-exchange box in case I ever do get to do it! No husband, no kids, no money, but a great spirit of adventure, and a love for what I've read about so far. I have very limited funds available, and feel I need only the simplest of GPS devices - I've seen a Garmin E-Trex on Ebay used for $75. Can anyone do better?
PS: My birthday is Sunday, 6/30. I will be 40. I asked my parents for the Garmin, but they think I'm crazy, so sent me gas cards and phone cards. Also I have an REI card for $50 and a $25 card for Best Buys. I would be willing to exchange.
Miss Kitty
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I feel the same as YOU. This "GAME" has degraded big time. And What the hell is muggle??????