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quote:Watching my caches turn to junk, feels a lot like the gratitude the birds show for feeding, by pooping all over my back yard. It's not about money, but a lack of respect and empathy for others that I find repugnant. Well, maybe if you built them a little outhouse, you wouldn't have that problem.

quote:Watching my caches turn to junk, feels a lot like the gratitude the birds show for feeding, by pooping all over my back yard. It's not about money, but a lack of respect and empathy for others that I find repugnant. Well, maybe if you built them a little outhouse, you wouldn't have that problem.

quote: "When the chips are down, the buffalo are empty." You know, I keep reading this, and all I can think is "no, it just means they've been eating birds." Uh, ya wanna unpack that one for me???

quote: "When the chips are down, the buffalo are empty." You know, I keep reading this, and all I can think is "no, it just means they've been eating birds." Uh, ya wanna unpack that one for me???

"This one was an adventure. As usual I came in the hard way, but came by a great overlook. So it was worth the effort.Took the CD and birth control pills and left Navy thermometer and Tyler State Park map." This is not the first time I've read about someone collecting birth control pills from a cache. Is this slang for something?? Am I missing a reference here? Or could someone actually be leaving real bona fide birth control pills in caches in central PA??

He sorta reminds me of someone I used to work with so, how about "Cheryl"??

I wanted to check a site I'm thinking of hiding a cache in. Drove over, parked the car, turned on the eTrex, set it down on a post, went to get water and heard a hissing sound. I'd managed to pick up a nasty bit of metal and my tire was going flat very fast. Three hours and a $70 tire I was back on my way again. I will not be heading back to that site until I have some $$$ saved up for new tires!

Are you a boyscout? Or a serendipitous wanderer? Do you have topos for every inch of your home state? Or do you just go and get there when you get there. In particular, do you know where you're going when you geocache?

"If you tell him how to drive you may have made the cache easier than what the cache hider intended." A good point. In this particular instance, the hider recommends starting at the resevoir but folks who aren't familiar with the area may not know which road leads to the reservoir. (Heck, *I* didn't know which road lead to the reservoir.) I'm not looking to make any cache too easy to find. I'm trying to save folks not familiar with the area trouble and set them off in the right direction. "Part of the fun of doing geocaching is the use of various maps. The method to drive to a cache includes the knowledge of how to read a map, and how to find the correct map." Very true. This host cache idea came to me when I went to Virginia to drop off a travel bug (Hitchy). I had a listing of caches but my maps were not good enough to get me to some of the starting places for them. (I got there, oh, I got there: but not after much hassle and annoyance.) Perhaps the host cache should be mostly maps of the area, to save folks new to the area headaches and gasoline. Or maybe I'm the only one who needs a cache like this?? Hm. Maybe I'll go post a poll about preparedness.

"If you tell him how to drive you may have made the cache easier than what the cache hider intended." A good point. In this particular instance, the hider recommends starting at the resevoir but folks who aren't familiar with the area may not know which road leads to the reservoir. (Heck, *I* didn't know which road lead to the reservoir.) I'm not looking to make any cache too easy to find. I'm trying to save folks not familiar with the area trouble and set them off in the right direction. "Part of the fun of doing geocaching is the use of various maps. The method to drive to a cache includes the knowledge of how to read a map, and how to find the correct map." Very true. This host cache idea came to me when I went to Virginia to drop off a travel bug (Hitchy). I had a listing of caches but my maps were not good enough to get me to some of the starting places for them. (I got there, oh, I got there: but not after much hassle and annoyance.) Perhaps the host cache should be mostly maps of the area, to save folks new to the area headaches and gasoline. Or maybe I'm the only one who needs a cache like this?? Hm. Maybe I'll go post a poll about preparedness.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about. I got this idea when I went to Virginia and had a heck of a time sorting out the roads and which routes to take. At the time, I would have appreciated a little help navigating the area. So, I thought I'd set up something similar here, in case any out-of-towners (or folk new to the area) wanted a little assistance. Why not just ask someone? I don't know. It just seems more expedient to have the information gathered and waiting for whoever wants to find it. The visitors center?? Hm! I'll have to think about that one.

I think it's time to place a host cache for this area. What I have in mind is a supplement to the information posted on geocaching.com for folks who are not from the area. Directions on how to get to the site to start the search, suggestions on nice places to visit, further hints or recommendations: anything that would make geocaching easier for someone not familiar with the area (for instance, "don't even think of parking illegally on campus, you WILL get ticketed!" or "One way to get to the Shingletown Climb cache is to take Mountain Road off Route 45.") Now is the time to send me your suggestions and questions. I'm not sure what form this cache will take, maybe a booklet?? I don't intend to print out any cache info, that's for the cachers to find (besides, it'd take too much maintenance) but perhaps pages 47-49, 61-63 & 75-77 of the Pennsylvania Atlas and Gazetteer? I have a couple sites I'm considering for placement, both urban. I'd welcome any suggestions along that line, too. You can respond here or contact me at pfeffera@yahoo.com. Thanks

They hang out in leaf litter and undergrowth waiting for something to brush up against them. Then they start to climb, slowly, up in a spiral. They can't jump, up or down. You have to come into contact with them. So. That means we have to start planting our caches right in the middle of wide trails, if we hope to avoid these little nasties.

They hang out in leaf litter and undergrowth waiting for something to brush up against them. Then they start to climb, slowly, up in a spiral. They can't jump, up or down. You have to come into contact with them. So. That means we have to start planting our caches right in the middle of wide trails, if we hope to avoid these little nasties.

Perhaps a central place to mail a collected TB if you find you can't place it within a reasonable time (and that time would be-- ?)? Perhaps if it was easier to-- no. If you can find out about a cache, you can log a TB. When I release a TB (which is inevitable), I think I'll *sew* the dog tag to it. That'll make it harder for others to blithely remove the evidence of their theiving actions!

Perhaps a central place to mail a collected TB if you find you can't place it within a reasonable time (and that time would be-- ?)? Perhaps if it was easier to-- no. If you can find out about a cache, you can log a TB. When I release a TB (which is inevitable), I think I'll *sew* the dog tag to it. That'll make it harder for others to blithely remove the evidence of their theiving actions!

Got it! Practically ran out of work, surprised I didn't rupture a lung! Thank you for all your helpful advice. I intend to take up smoking and will always seek out fire alarms just to be ready in case this should happen again.

Got it! Practically ran out of work, surprised I didn't rupture a lung! Thank you for all your helpful advice. I intend to take up smoking and will always seek out fire alarms just to be ready in case this should happen again.

I don't see a fire alarm anywhere... Fire alarm, fire alarm, find fire alarm... Maybe I could just shout "Fire!" That's justified, right?

I don't see a fire alarm anywhere... Fire alarm, fire alarm, find fire alarm... Maybe I could just shout "Fire!" That's justified, right?

Well, there's always his special navigation style: following someone who looks like she knows where she's going. He rarely gets where he wants to go but he always ends up where he needs to be. That seems pretty cachish.

6/27/2002 0.8mi N (1.3km) "PSU Micro Cache" by deetylong (GC695F) (Pennsylvania) 1.5/1 No one's found it yet. It's 6:25 EST. That cache is about 100 yards from where my car is parked and I can't leave work for half an hour. What would YOU do??

6/27/2002 0.8mi N (1.3km) "PSU Micro Cache" by deetylong (GC695F) (Pennsylvania) 1.5/1 No one's found it yet. It's 6:25 EST. That cache is about 100 yards from where my car is parked and I can't leave work for half an hour. What would YOU do??

C-Troop, where is that cache?? And I wonder if I could build one like that? I haven't planted any caches yet, but it's time to. I have an idea for a mini and this unusual containers thread had me thinking about, well, don't know if I should mention it... It's not a bird's nest but it's not too different from that. Better not say any more. 'Sides, I may never figure out how to make paper like those wa-- ANYway. Which state is that tree cache in???

Now *that's* dedication. I'm sure I'll be geocaching the rest of my life but I can only hope I'll reach 900+ finds. Way to go!