NomadNurse

Thanks for the advice everyone! I think I'll leave my rating as it is (might drop the terrain to a 3.5). Thanks for the help and reassurance!

Hey all, just looking to see if I was right with my thinking about a cache I placed recently. It is a small bison tube placed up a tree in a local natural area, a bit off of a hiking trail. The container is easy to see once you find the GZ, but is a bit difficult to reach because you have to do a small amount of tree climbing. I made the cache a difficulty 2 and terrain 4. (Also added a tree climbing attribute) I recently received this log ( attatched) and wondered I'd they were right or if my rating was appropriate. This wasn't a brand new cacher, so I didnt want to ignore any potential learning experiences on my part if I had made a mistake. Also, I am a bit annoyed that they have a huge hint to the location in their log (only climbable tree in the area), but that probably shouldn't matter because I put the tree alclimving attribute on the log (not that everyone checks attributes). Thanks so much for the advice all! Just trying to be a responsible CO -nomadnurse

Please help, I can't seem to figure these out. I've looked through the website and the forums and I'm not getting very far. I use my phone for geocaching and hope to get a dedicated gps soon. Can anyone explain the purpose/bennefits of pocket queries? thanks so much.

I'm a nurse and I think Geocacheing is a nomadic hobby Plus I tend to use Nomad in my user names because I've alwasy liked the idea of traveling. My Fiance is AeroAdventurer because he is an Aerospace engineer so together we are NN&AA. I like it

Just to add my two cents and to get started interacting in the forum I am a "newbie" cacher. I've cached for a couple years but recently gotten more into it. Its a great hobby and a good excuse to get out in the middle of the woods. I am actually trying for the August collection and not because I just want to have more souvenirs. Its more of a self discipline thing. I can look and see that even with my busy schedule I was able to complete something like this. Its small and silly but a nice feeling. Right now is a hard time for me at home with my Mom recently being diagnosed with cancer. Its a welcome relief for the whole family to get out and about and do something outdoors and together before she undergoes surgery/chemo/radiation. Seeing that we made all the august caches will be a good reminder of what we came through. I know I'm putting a lot of importance in this, and that is the point. A souvenir is only as important as the memory attached and importance that you feel it has. I LOVE my Kentucky souvenir because it was a fun story involving a car ferry across the Ohio river and my Fiance saving me from a spider, not because its another souvenir. Just adding another story to the discussion. Plus I'd much rather have all of August on my souvenior page then random days that carry no meaning seperately.