Surfer Joe

Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Christmas!

For the record, Abra Cadaver was given the option of moving his/her/their caches to be in compliance or removing them and archiving the listing. The second option seems to be the one chosen. Also for the record, I had my own conversation with Marlene at Three Rivers Parks today. She did NOT know that the caches in question were 100 to 300 feet off of the trails and she agreed that such placements were not acceptable and thanked me for bringing the situation to her attention. Abra Cadaver, I do not "have it in for you". I have pointed out some errors and asked you to correct them; errors that could affect much of the Minnesota caching community. Obviously, a lot of people have been enjoying your hides. I enjoyed many of them. The only problem is a few of them were placed against the park districts rules. Fix those few hides and everybody is happy. Surfer Joe

No. The rules are right on the registration form. The District and the geocaching.com reviewer (me, in this case) assume that rules have been followed. If you had to wait for a park official and me to check on the cache prior to publication, you would be waiting a long, long time. Surfer Joe

wayfarer222's actions had nothing to do with the caches getting archived. I found a few of these caches to be in gross violation of the Three Rivers Parks geocaching policy while caching under my player account over the weekend. The policy requires that all caches be within 25 feet of an established park trail. This district considers anyone more than 25 feet off-trial to be trespassing. The caches in question were 100-300 feet from the nearest trail. I pointed this out to the cache owner in a private email and gave him the option of either moving the caches to be in compliance, or to remove and archive them. For several years, caching was outright banned in this district. Through a great deal of hard work by the Minnesota Geocaching Association, we are not only allowed back in, but have a very good relationship with them. Part of my job as a volunteer cache reviewer is to make sure that relationship is maintained. Surfer Joe