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    What is Good about Pokeman Go that could enhance your Geocaching Experience?

    in General geocaching topics

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    Not having cached in several years I find it exciting to have people out and about regardless of what it is that motivates them. Yesterday I ran into a few pokemoners and we chatted. One of the things I find interesting about it is the ease.

     

    The few times I tried hide a cache I was so bombarded with questions from the 'approvers' that I would finally give up and forget about the hide. I WANTED to hide but holy crap. They did their jobs to fullest extent of the law and then some.

     

    Finds were turning into film canisters on lampposts. Ok for those who like that but not for me. My preference (and I realize the world doesn't revolve around me) was a nice walk in the woods with a cache of cool stuff. Difficult enough to do a little thinking and searching but not so difficult it took an hour. I actually like being able to find it.

     

    The final straw for me was at an event. A cacher had 'hidden' a nano somewhere on the restaurant property. I'm sure it was with the best of intent but it was quite difficult to find. I'm not sure I ever did. But what was appalling was the length fellow cachers would go to looking. Including TROMPING through this establishments shrubbery and landscaping with no concern of someones investment. To the point of destruction. We may be good in the woods but we aren't so good not in the woods.

     

    At that point it became sort of a perfect storm for me and I just disappeared. Often I think I'd like to start again. Maybe come fall. So there's my $.02 worth.

    y love water tower

    in Benchmarking

    Posted · Edited by Floridaflamingo

    I was just sitting here watching some remodel show on HGTV and this guy in Key West (remember I'm in FL) had two cisterns in his back yard that he ended up using as the basis of a pool. Their was only one fast flash of a picture but they were almost exactly as the part of that think I think is a tank.

     

    It sent me to ny computer to see what else I could find - http://www.salvo.co.uk/images/userimgs/414...ern_39118_1.jpg.

     

    I think maybe 2oldfarts is onto something.

    y love water tower

    in Benchmarking

    Posted

    Floridaflamingo:

     

    You're kidding, right? Did you post the wrong picture, maybe? In benchmarking terms, a water tower is BIG. Noticeable from a distance. Miles away if you get a little height.

     

    That's why I liked it so much. The description said water tank and with that in my head I was looking for a tower but I was looking for the wrong (preconceived) thing. It said tank and it meant tank and I was like, DUH! It's pretty cool and has been around since 1935.

     

    Designation: GAINESVILLE WATER TANK

    Marker Type: tank

     

    Documented History (by the NGS)

    1/1/1935 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)

    NO DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AVAILABLE.

    y love water tower

    in Benchmarking

    Posted

    I found this tank last week and not having done a lot of benchmarking it is my favorite find so far.

     

    AR1492

    http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=AR1492

     

    Like you, I like finding water tanks and standpipes. While aerial photography can tell you what to expect when you visit a site, it cannot give you the "ground" viewpoint. Nor does it allow you to take a picture with your own camera, which is strongly encouraged on GEOCACHING.COM, and which is a requirement for Waymarking.COM (where a lot of water tanks are logged).

    Gw4 Hosting Invitation

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    Nope, I wasn't there.

    Know why?

    I had the means.

    I had the money.

    I had the time off from work and family obligations.

    All factors that prevented me from going to the 1st 2 GeoWoodstocks.

     

    Yet I still didn't go.

    Why? Because I didn't care for the attitudes in the planning for GW3.

    I didn't care for the hype.

    I didn't care for the commercialization.

    I didn't care for the fact that it was heavily promoted as being only about the numbers.

    I didn't feel that what I saw leading up to GW3 honored the laid-back spirit of GW1 and 2, nor did I feel that it honored the spirit of why event caches were originally created in the first place.

    Well you missed one heck of a great time. Period. The end. No other way to say it. Great time. Great.

    Walker Art Park

    in Midwest

    Posted

    THANK YOU!! This is great. My friend has only cached a time or two with me and was so impressed with this place she ran to Target and bought a GPS. She is going to try to hide there. And will most likely do the two finds you recommended.

    Walker Art Park

    in Midwest

    Posted

    Anyone know if there is a cache in this park? I'm not there but a friend is and I'm trying to find something for her to find. Using a zip doesn't narrow it down much? Or can someone shoot me co-ordinates for the park? Thanks...:D

    Virus

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I have a query set for zip code 33813 but each time I scan to download I get a virus that cannot be cleaned error. Other zips are working fine so it must be a cache in the area. How do I find out which one it is so it can be fixed? Help! I really want to cache that area at the end of the week...thanks. floridaflamingo

    Etrex Yellow, price and ease of use?

    in Canada

    Posted

    "the only thing that is a little bit tricky with the eTrex is the method for entering coordinates"

     

    I bought one of the cables that goes from the unit to my computer, installed EasyGPS and now even that little complication is a breeze. IMHO - go for it.

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