Ish-n-Isha

I was trying for being clear and I'm not cranky by any means, but if thats what it takes to get a hug .......... No, no, no, no, no!! I've never hidden a lamp post cache! (I am, however, still repenting for hiding a Bison tube in the crown of a tree!) Whoops. He credited you in the lampost hide, instead of the crown of the tree hide. And it may be for something else, not the hide itself. But the way he worded it makes it sound like he got the cache hide idea from you. Good thing it's archived. Sorry for the mis-information there, Moun10Bike.

Sorry, Someone has mistakenly infered a lampost element. No mention was ever made of lamp post. Aureate refered to the color of gold on the bison tube. That was the reference to Moun10bike since he hid a micro in Spokane named Aureate Y, Placed on his annual mountain bike trek in Spokane. So to clairify. Color not location. K??? No, no, no, no, no!! I've never hidden a lamp post cache! (I am, however, still repenting for hiding a Bison tube in the crown of a tree!) Whoops. He credited you in the lampost hide, instead of the crown of the tree hide. And it may be for something else, not the hide itself. But the way he worded it makes it sound like he got the cache hide idea from you. Good thing it's archived. Sorry for the mis-information there, Moun10Bike.

Has anyone heard from XY lately? Is he still geocaching, or did he get Ish'd? The process of deprogramming continues. Its still up to the individual if they want to go into the geo protection programme. For some its hard. It means spending some time with people who you hardly know like your wife and extended family, friends you used to know that were never infected, also activities that you used to remember like barbeques and golf. Its like they say on TV. Your life; rediscover it for the first time.

We just did a whole Birch Mountain/ swakane trip, my son and I on our KTM motorcycles. And its not a big deal running a jobsite. I grew up on construction sites, besides, I'm a general contractor and they all work for me. Its actually a bit easier than my other buisness where I have had up to 108 employees.

Whats an Ish anyway? Well I'll be... they have Internet in the orchards..... He's been watching us. You can take the man out of geocaching, but you can't take geocaching out of the man. I'm Free! I'm a freed cache slave! I've been helping in the underground railroad for the restoration of humanity from the addictive-compulsive disorder known as geocaching. You would be amazed what you can accomplish in a day that doesnt have the geo-monkey on your back! I'm building a new house in Sunnyslope with all my free time.

Whats an Ish anyway?

So is this happening? Yes. I've not had my TotemLake hug for '06 yet. So, what are the details. I need details, man! Well, I think the general arrangement is to approach TL, square off on him while extending your arms outwardly away from your body. If TL extends his arms outwardly as well, that’s implicit permission for you to advance until your fronts are touching. At the moment of contact, close your arms around TL and squeeze gently. He will likely respond in the same manner. Repeat as necessary. Is that detailed enough for you? It's the beer man, she's obviously looking for the beer details....

So I check back into geocaching like a few days ago and I've already seen Ambrosia change Avitars 4 times! Whats up Girl? Not enough Dr. Pepper?

North side, down the bank by the flume thing. I didnt know what rate it was but I have spent alot of time wading in rivers fishing and have all the appropriate hardware including 5mm chest waders.

Just was looking over some old finds of ours and saw you guys waded out to Pinball. That one was pretty fun. I was the first to wade that one. I was saving it for our 400th. It was January 25! Had to search through snow to find it!

We will be in Spokane all day tomorrow so probably not attending the Abbyfest. With some good mixed in I hope! With a town as small as ours we probably already have met and didnt know it!

Technically, re-invaded cache-eaters

The cacheless wasteland blooms, we feed, it becomes a cacheless wasteland again. Its a cycle kind of a thing. Now if we could just finish apple harvest this month......

The local feeding grounds have populated nicely during our long sleep. A year and a half ago a 100 unfound cache query would have required a 50 mile radius. Now we can see that many between wenatchee and quincy.

It may be time to feed again

You mean you don't!? Now if I could just find a geocaching partner.....since my last one popped. Actually I do! Its just that on the days where we've done 30 caches we just dont have the energy to do it right To stay on topic, I've always wondered about your handle, Ish. I obviously know what it means - see what I do for a living. (or is it the Isha I'm talking to?) Ish, Isha has been a very gracious companion but not what WAS the driving force. She has actually been enjoying going on trips and not having to hear every so often....."We just drove within 1000' of a cache!

You mean you don't!? Now if I could just find a geocaching partner.....since my last one popped. Actually I do! Its just that on the days where we've done 30 caches we just dont have the energy to do it right

Did you miss my point? (OK, I know I can be a bit verbose) That cache would have thrilled me back in the fall of 01. The condition of the log has nothing to do with the quality of the cache, thats a maint issue. We've grown, we've matured in our geocaching. I remember a time when you'd drive the bridge no matter how crappified a cache I hid... Exactally. When you get to 900-1000 caches you have pretty much seen it all. Imagine having sex for every found log. Sooner or later it just aint no big deal anymore!

I have tried getting a new GPS, Staying ahead of the local competition, going for milestones and more. All of those aspects were OK, but I find its the caches themselves that bore me to sleep. Any hunt I went on was a boring repitition of "Well in this area it has to be either hide # 47 or a modified #66 and that was just the trads, if you can find any anymore. The real eyes glazing over factor was the 90% micros there are now. I put out some myself thinking with so many out there, they must be popular. I was wrong. The art of being sneaky has gone away and the microdot caches now require magnifying glasses and a doctors probe. The final straw was looking for my 6th or 8th micro hidden in a locomotive. I had a revelation. I was sick to death of crawling around stupid contraptions getting dirty rusty and greasy, looking for some breathstrip gizmo and even sicker since they were mostly all in very public places. I started not caring if a muggle found it or not just as long as I did, reasoning how could they find it if I knew what I was looking for and they didnt. I started not even logging the ones I found online anymore. I didnt feel bad as I heard Oregone was late logging caches too. Now I havent the heart to log them since a team has been trying to catch us for a long time has gotten close. I can barely remember what caches the last 80 were. No use in popping anyones bubble since I'm to lazy to do it right. This is the first time I have been here for a while too and I see Ambrosia has gone from low double diget posts to close to a billion! Whats with that???

How is that any diffrent than a regulart cache? Your options for the cache are the same ans any other. Move it, replace it or archive it. You must be the only one who doesnt get logs that say, "But for geocaching I never would have gone here." It doesnt matter what the attraction or site is. My sister lives close to DC. There are tons of stuff she never has taken the time to go see. You know how it is, if its in your back door its no big deal kind of thing. There are places around where I live that I knew were there and I always thought I would go there some day but never did, until we started caching. You cant have it both ways.

Kind of like 10 second Tom in the movie 50 first dates? I can see that too. But what I find very interesting is it was CO Admin that shut it down. Cant he stay out of contraversial stuff for more than a week? I read the thread and didnt consider what some percieve as a literal fact to be flaming or bashing AS. But I dont have super powers like some others do.

I have a Garmin 12XL, a Vista, a Garmin V, and a 60CS. When I do as you suggest the 60CS wins no matter the angle. The antenna is so much better than a vista its amazing. as far as holding flat, its no thing. Anyone who has experience with a regular compass shouldnt have any problem with any garmin compass.

RK for President! ju66l3r for vice! Well said.

The one my friend uses in his survey company costs 40K and they only claim a .5m-1m accuracy. 1 cm is 10 times smaller than the probe pole dia. they use.

Every time i find a cache at less than 10 mph! 60CS works great. I used to bring a compass with my V since it was sometimes a little slow updating the screen in marginal cover.