TeamTotoro

There is a well-traveled mundane freeway between 2 major cities in our area that is 300-500 miles long (depending on where *exactly* you are coming from). There are some caches at various rest-stops already, but we were recently thinking about how to make a virtual cache while driving- such that cachers could just play along while driving and wouldn't have to stop & get-out, but could continue on their way and have a pleasant diversion to pass the time (and stay awake). *Would this be better as a cache series or as a single multi-cache? (it would span at least 300 miles- every 10 miles or so) *Or should it be a puzzle cache and in order to solve the puzzle, you would need to catch features about every 10 miles or so...? ...Thinking there shouldn't have to be a physical cache at the end-- you just log it once your answer is deemed "correct." Also thinking the clues or "features" would have to be easily spotted from the road so the driver wouldn't have to slow-down and there'd have to be a disclaimer about the series being better & safer with a passenger. What do you guys think? Cheers...

What are people's feelings on McToys- they seem convenient because they're small and come in a sealed bag, but it does have limited appeal... Also- just curious, we recently got bubb-a-loons-- y'know the plastic tube of gunk that you put on the end of a straw & make bubbles out of? Although sealed in a ziplock, I just wonder if there would be issues with leaking or flammability... Any thoughts? Ah yes- and I have seen "survival packets"- like paquets with pain reliever, band-aids, a sampler tube of antibiotic ointment & blistex. Any thoughts on that? Especially curious about the medications angle and if a sampler tube of Blistex would still be as annoying as "lip balm"?

We're admittedly newbies, but have recently noted a real disparity between the difficulty & terrain ratings for a lot of caches- especially in different areas. Today we went on a hunt with 2 preschoolers, a stroller carrying a 4-month-old, a grandma and 2 able-bodied adults. We targetted 1-star terrain & 1-star-difficulty caches, yet some had us scrambling into canyons with low brush that our 5-year old couldn't manage (let alone someone with a stroller!) or crossing streams and crossing over fences. It could sound like newbie mistakes, but in the 10 previous caches we found, a 1-star was often a drive-up cache and paved. I saw the system on geocaching.com for rating terrain & difficulty. Why don't more people use that-- and why does it seem to depend on area? (In the area near our home, 1 stars are usually paved and 2 stars are manageable with small children yet here on vacation, we're finding that 1 stars are often located in canyons and CERTAINLY off pavement!) We try to scan the logs in advance so we know what to expect, and we're certainly not trying to cache out of our league, but what else can we do-- especially when we're in an area we're not familiar with? Interested to hearing what you have to say, TeamTotoro

Curious about sig items... What are some examples-- Is there a great deal of appeal to them-- Are they popular or desireable items to place in Caches? Also is it annoying to place small/paper items in "sign only" micro-caches? TIA