TrekkingTurtles

Heck Yes!! Love the Puzzles, Love the Hikes! What is a bummer... spending time solving a puzzle - only to find the hide in a LP in a chain store parking lot. Too Sad! I will do either puzzles or hikes alone - but together, total bliss! Bring me the Puzzles!! Bring me the Hikes!!

I've had this very frustrating problem for quite some time... I just (per message above) turned off the phishing filter for an hour - before turning it off, the same error... now it seems to be working fine. woo hoo! Please tell me operating system: Windows XP browser and version: Internet Explorer 7 URL which causes the error: - any cache page when using: For online maps... Geocaching.com Google Map Do you use Norton Antivirus?: yep! thanks the_toothfairy! better than a quarter under my pillow!

OR.... do something like this... I don't know how it works... but get the right answer and the coordinates appear: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...2f-1c390311cc07

I tested some previous emails this morning, and they now open fine. I haven't received any new ones... so keeping my fingers crossed. R

Oh Yeah... I also called Comcast yesterday... no help... didn't know what to do, gave me a ticket number to escalate the issue. waiting... waiting.... waiting..... (Klossner - thanks for that info - I don't know what it means... but I'm sure it's helpful to someone. Sorry to say, I'm kind of glad you are having problems with the rest of us (besides slowing you down ) we've got a top notch 'geek' on our side. I almost emailed you the other day for any helpful hints or suggestions. R) 'geek' - the highest form of flattery!

Ditto everyone else - Comcast user... started middle of last week. Regular emails seem to be fine, but NOTICES/WATCH LISTS/BOOKMARKS are blank. I've been clicking on the box (not opening the emails) and hitting the 'forward' button. This is taking many minutes, but the email will open up... the links are gone, but the addresses and information is there. Funny, I checked the forums last week, and didn't find any one complaining - so I thought it was just little old me.

In actuallity - jips When it finds the cache = it's "My Precious" When it does the satellite shuffle, compass swirl = then it's "Dirty Rat B#$^#&d"

They aren't rules ..... they're guidelines.....

If you've ever used It's not about the numbers - you would find it would track you finds by the order you log them.... so the 100th find, is your milestone..... why? because in GC the logs are numbered (which we cannot see)... so why can't they just be sorted by log number... then, whether you log them in order is up to you. I don't have that many milestones yet... but I know who they are, and I log in order... and INATN knows who they are. I personally don't care... but don't think (what do I know) it would be a huge programming issue. Sort by date - or by that 'log number'.

Lost cell phone.... for some reason I had it in my jacket pocket, while looking for a cache. We were looking high and low. I believe standing on our heads may have occured also. DNF! OK - so on to the next cache - about 10 miles away. And for some reason, I decided to look at my cell phone... YIKES!! Missing!! At both places there was a lot of bush whacking going on. Something made me think the 'standing on head seaching' may have been it's downfall. So, back to the first location - search, search, search - nothing. Luckily - there was a hiking/biking trail & a road nearby. So I start flagging people down. Do you have a cell phone? Would you call me? There were a lot of walkers & bikers with no cell phone. Then a car came by... please call me??? The lady agreed - but boy, the look on her face. It was like she thought she was getting 'punked'. WOO HOO - Phone is a ringing and hubby was able to find it, before voice mail kicked in. whew

Well, I've done a couple library caches, which were most delightful. I would think you could add something, somewhere that would require the gps.... even if it is the starting point of the library door. I believe that one of the ones I did was like this. As for proximity... you can always add another 25 to 30' or more, depending on how high the parking structure is... as you cannot really judge on straight distance. You'd need to go from existing cache, down two flights, and then to library.

Yeah - one of my pet peeves!!! IMO - I think responses should be given. They do not need to be lengthy or encourage further chatting. Just a 'thanks for the info.' Whether the owner goes on to solve problem or not, is an entirely different matter. We've been on vacation (where none, err most of the hides were pretty obvious at first glance). One, on the beach near our hotel was elusive. We emailed the owners with a question, as it hadn't been found for a while. Nothing! Nada! Zip! We looked for it a couple more times during the week, and then posted a DNF. Subsequently - many people have looked for it... still nothing, and no response from owners. At home, there was a tricky puzzle, and once solved a tough location. Right off the street, but with lots (and lots) of potential hiding locations. We searched and searched. As the puzzle was difficult and has not had a lot of visitors - we emailed the owner - are we in the right place, these are the places we looked - were we warm or cold. Nothing! About a week later I was looking at the cache page again, noticed it was disabled. hmmmm Then, when it came back up, there was a finding clue with it. I guess the owner got my email... but an acknowledgement would have been nice. Then, on the bright and happy side - there is one cache hider here - every time you visit one of his caches, he sends an email: 'thanks for visiting my cache - hope you liked it!' It's a nice touch, and I'm assuming he does this for all visitors... and not just me (although we are pretty special ourselves). How hard is it really - just to say: got your email????

Big Buzzard - How far out in Eastern Oregon??? Do it, do it, do it!!!! And (please) send me or post the coordinates when you get it done. I'd make a trip over there (from PDX) just to do it. woo hoo - splunking & caching!!

Yes - This would be a better wording! IMHO - all the caches in the world could be un-buried & yet one cacher finds a existing hole in a public area - and makes the best cache in the world..... praised by many, adored by all - and the 'land manager' finds it, has issues with it - and a**uMEs that ALL caches are buried - and has an agenda to ban them in all Public Areas. Not realistic - but it could happen to some degree (and has some places). If you love geocaching - why would you do anything which could jeopardize it. DO NOT use anything (pointy shovel or pointy finger) to bury a cache - then maybe someday, all the people who think we 'bury treasure' will get over themselves. oh yeah.... Gen Santa Ana 2 - one can also buy Crack - - - but that doesn't make it legal or right!!

MUST KEEP PUZZLES ALIVE!!!! As a puzzle addict - um, I mean Puzzle Lover - we must keep them! They engage the mind, whilest the hikes engage the body! And sometimes, we just have to do something, while the blisters, scrapes & scratches heal.

On the other hand, you could always mark the car before you leave it. I manage to do that about half the time. It depends on how fast I want to get to the cache. On an FTF, all bets are off. Yeah - I cannot recall how many times we are off and running - -- - and 10 / 15 minutes into the woods - remember that we "should" have marked the car. DOH!! Thank goodness one of us has a VERY good internal compass. I sooooooo don't want to be the people found lost in the woods WITH a gps in hand.

We used to delete just after finding.... once we went to a cache - through some apartment complexes to a trail, around a hillside, through a forest. By the time we were headed back to the car - we kind of lost track where we exactly started. Got back to the apartment complex, then the street - and no car!! Hmmm, where or where did we park?? Had to look at the paperwork for "suggested parking", and put that back into the GPS to know what direction to go. NOW!! I try to remember, no deleting until we are safely home.

Completed Survey - Good Luck!

Just had to put in my two cents worth. I (wife) am addicted to caching. If life allowed, I'd cache every day. I would love to figure out how to get paid to cache. My husband loves to hike & be outdoors (as well as I do). But he (silly boy) would hike just to hike. What's with that??? But, he bought the first GPS, and upgraded me on my last birthday (and I also got a new GPS!!) He always tells me that I'm the addicted one... but he is diffinitely the enabler! I'm the one which solves the puzzles (98%), plans the day, the caches, the routes, the swag. He drives & is excellent for on-site recon. AND the reason you guys are supposed to put the lid down... is you put the lid on the mayo jar when done, yes?? You close the car door, and house door yes?? Then CLOSE THE TOILET when done!! I explained this one time to my husband - many years ago - it's never been left 'open' since.

Good Morning! I'm also in Portland - and have done Bovine Rock - it is not in a field. Maybe we can meet if you still need help?? email me if you need help. R

Me - wife - loves, adores - is addicted to caching.... loves the outdoors, camping, hiking, kayaking, etc Him - husband - loves the outdoors and long hikes in the woods, camping, hiking, kayaking, etc. He will hike, just to hike - I'll hike, just to find a cache. Perfect Partners!!

Easy, Seen it done before.... of course... when one knows the answer - it is alway eaiser...