andariego

I would not expect someone to intentionally close their account, (as the note implied, at least) if they still wanted their cache listings. ---If I was suddenly ill or had an accident I would never be thinking about my geocaching account *at all* during that time, obviously:) This user had a basic account so there would not have been any issue of paying the renewal. I do not know if Geocaching has any policy on keeping basic accounts open that have not been logged into for X amount of time --(like you, I hope not --but I really don't know if it's ever been an issue) Anyway, TNX for the reply. Looks like I gotta wait for "nature to take its course" and it gets archived...

I have noticed this too. My "micro" finds percentage is going up and up, only because that is what most of 'em are now. There are some good reasons for them (urban, muggl-y areas, and --as in one of my hides-- a desire to make it a special challenge to find. But, I also have some larger containers out there too, because I like the ones with "lotsa stuff in 'em" as much as the next cacher! In the woods especially, there is usually room for something that will hold some stuf. The biggest problem, though, is that its getting harder to move TB's along now! I really enjoy that part of the game, and it has gotten frustrating when I have a large TB that I just can't find a home for, for weeks at a time:)

I have a similar question but with a different situation: There is a cache nearby to me that has become decrepit and not maintained in some time. I looked up the owner, and it told me the owner had "invalidated their account" --suggesting that the CO has long since left the game... Here's the question: This happens to be the very first cache I ever did, so I sorta-feel attached to it... is there any way I can adopt it, with the original CO now just gone??? I would really like to preserve this one!