Rock Chalk

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It didn't occur to me that someone would publish a Wherigo on Wherigo.com and not link it to a geocaching listing. My bad on that. But for the purposes of GC.com, a Wherigo-type cache requires a container. I'm pretty sure that's what the OP was getting at by asking about the possibility of a Earthcache-type logging requirement.

A Wherigo does require a physical container. Perhaps you could find someone to maintain the container for you?

Welcome to the game! Yes, it's absolutely normal to not be able to find a cache that someone else has found. As you find more and more caches, and learn about the various kinds of hides, you'll be avenging those DNFs in no time. Have fun!

I see there was a cache submitted for review at those coordinates in spring 2012. Though the listing does not describe the container explicitly, your friend's description (and date) seem to match up with the unpublished cache. Unfortunately, it sounds like the CO didn't remove the container after the listing was not published.

I've edited your post to remove the photo showing the TB number. Feel free to post a new photo with the TB number not showing.

This is an excellent point. A group of us recently found a puzzle cache that required us to walk past a makeshift tent set up by the gentleman who panhandled at the nearby highway ramp. I messaged the CO, who was appreciative of the information, because the area was not like that when he placed the cache. It has since been archived.

Do you happen to know what kind of container it is, and/or whether the log had been signed?

Mrs. Rock Chalk and I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day 2014 in Columbus, GA, attempting to complete all 31 caches in this official GeoTour along the 15-mile Chattahoochee RiverWalk. If you complete 10 caches, you're eligible for a bronze coin. 20 caches gets you a silver. And 30 caches is good for gold. (Coins are non-trackable, but very cool.) Unfortunately, we came up one cache shy of a gold coin. One of the caches is a T-5 on a small island that requires either a boat or waders most of the year. We visited the area 6 times during our visit and the water was never low enough for an attempt. And one of the other caches was missing during our stay. But we got the 29 others, and had a lot of fun doing it. Many of the hides are standard, but a few are tricky and especially creative.

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This is a riot. Thanks for the chuckle!

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It's all better now. Sorry for the inconvenience, and have a great weekend!

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Welcome to the game! When you say southeast, how far south and east are you talking? SLAGA in St. Louis is an outstanding group, but might be too far north for you. I might recommend an Arkansas group if you're closer to the state line, though.

Just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone happy holidays and a wonderful New Year!

I attended four Mega-Events this year and all were very different from each other. I know some people fear that they'll just be lining up to sign logs as groups move from cache to cache (which I would not have enjoyed), but that wasn't my experience at all. Here's a blog post where I shared some thoughts on Megas.

It's my experience that no matter how many attributes you list or how specific you are with your description, some folks don't read the whole listing before heading out. After reading your listing, the only suggestion I can offer is to specify the hours when you feel it's OK to search for the cache. I do that with my hides that are located in parks (I simply list the park hours). I've also seen people say "search during daylight hours only" or something to that effect.

I can't speak for all COs of "high" caches, of course, but I can tell you that it can be frustrating when the container isn't returned to its intended position. I detail that in my cache descriptions, but it doesn't stop many folks from knocking the container down and returning it to where they think is a suitable location. (The exact verbiage I use is: "Please don't attempt to retrieve the cache if you're not sure you can return it to its original hiding place.") I checked on one of my tree hides after a recent windstorm and couldn't find it. Assumed it had blown away. Installed a new container. Came back a few weeks later (after another windstorm) and saw the replacement had held up. And then I saw the original, several feet lower in a different part of the tree.

Hi there, I spoofed into your account and saw that the query had run a few hours ago, but was surprised it wasn't in your Pocket Queries Ready to Download section. After fiddling around with it a bit, a query was successfully generated. One possible problem was that you had checked "I own" in the filter list on that query. If you don't own any geocaches along that route, then the query would not have found any results. In any case, you should have received an email with a link by now. If not, you can download the query straight from your Pocket Queries page. Chris

An airport virtual was my first Georgia smiley! (Though it was the one in Atlanta.) Here was my log from Aug 2013: Whew, that was a close one! I won't soon forget the experience of finding this one. Arrived at ATL and rushed to try to make a connection...only to find that the plane left 10 mins early. (How does that happen?) Anyway, it left me with about 70 mins till the next available flight. Not being familiar with the area, I didn't know how far I'd be from the cache. But I decided to give it a go. Went from terminal B to the baggage/parking area, then started asking around to find the bird's whereabouts. (Very nice employees at this airport!) Found the bird, snapped the pic, then bolted back upstairs and prayed that the security line would be short. It was, relatively. But I still had to book it back to terminal B, where I arrived at the gate 5 minutes before boarding. All worth it for the Georgia geobadge. TFTC! It was truly one of those very memorable geocaching experiences. I share it to illustrate what people are missing out on when they couch log. In the end, they're only shorting themselves. Even if you change the question, they'll eventually learn the new answer. So it goes. For every one of those, I imagine there are many more experiences like mine.

We had an issue in my old town where a new cacher was vandalizing some containers. A lot of us changed our listings to PMO so that he couldn't easily access the listings. And it worked for us. But that's obviously not a foolproof method.

I bought an Oregon 600 last week (upgrade from the 400), and had a tinge of buyer's remorse when I saw a Montana in the store a few days ago. The larger screen was pretty attractive. But I run and hike a lot while caching, and I think the bigger unit would be a bigger pain to haul around. So the Oregon is probably best for me.