STNolan

Ry Dawg, If you scroll down the earthcache page we actually created a thread for this a while back! Hope this is helpful! -STNolan

Just booked a small European vacation for the Mrs. and I; our honeymoon (though delayed two years) will also net me four new Geocaching Countries (though only one of those is actually a new country for me). 1) UK 2) France 3) Italy 4) Vatican City. Looking forward to getting out of the US again - it's been too long!

I own an Earthcache in the frigid south... I'll add my own two cent to this as well: the Geoaware I worked with was exceedingly thorough and wanted some proof that you had been to the location. No issues there, but make sure you're ready for that. Additionally if your'e setting up an offshore Earthcache while it's POSSIBLE to do, you'll also have to prove the uniqueness of that location. That was one of my biggest hurdles to my cache publication - how was this one location unique in the geology/cryology vice a location 2 miles distant? Just things to think about... feel free to join us over in the earthcaching forums if you want to discuss it even more! Also, welcome to the Polar Explorers club!

While rarity is certainly a factor, at the end of the day it's more about the story you have. Anyone can fake a find and "fake" a souvenir; but nobody can 'fake' the memories!

Easy D1T1 Guardrail hide. Cache logs report that no container has been in play since June. Logs state that a “piece of paper” was slid into some slats without a container since then. Logged needs maintenance. Owner log recieved 25 minutes later. ??‍♂️

Maybe there's a tie? GSAK might place you at the top of a 5 way tie and Project-GC could put you at the bottom of one. Just a thought.

If you make it there be sure to grab my Earthcache!

Huh; this was an interesting statistic! The numbers are much lower than I might have guessed. I'm sitting at 935 counties. I figured there would be at least a couple thousand people with more than me (based on general interest in the hobby) but I'm sitting at 176. New goal for 2020... break into the top 100!

Technically not its own country, but Antarctica received its souvenir yesterday! I'm excited that the Frog is still planning to continually roll out souvenirs (and that they're retroactively given).

Out in Fall River, MA you have the infamous Lizzie Borden.... GC7B6TC

Having gone to school in that school district I can tell you even using google earth is a stretch for most people because the answer/location is fairly well known. Heck I even found the answer in about 2 minutes scrolling through old logs...

An interesting observation on yet another cache (also in Kansas, though this one is a mystery) GC1K1N0. In GC42JW9 you can see the Owner's Maintenance log where the CO decides to shift the type from "physical to virtual." Whereas in this new example, the very first logs mention the ALR/email requirement (and none mention a log!).

Prince Rupert has officially been removed from the AMHS schedule due to issues with getting further RCMP support. In general the AMHS is on its last legs for better or for worse due to a lack of funding. Which is sad because its a great way to see the inside passage for cheap!

Well Im closer on the counties now - 935 counties total. Not sure I have enough time for another roadtrip to break 1,000 this year. Completed my Jasmer this summer with a side trip to New York! Fizzy... still 3 away.

Unfortunately I was out at sea this weekend so no new earthcache souveneir for me. Though perhaps I'll work on getting one published.

Snagged Aruba this week; another nice little Caribbean country!

I hear cruises have their upsides, but having just spent two years living in a cruise port town... I shudder at the idea of taking one of those.

I'm in the process of setting up a new Earthcache (overseas!) and hope to have it ready to publish on that weekend.

Only got two caches; and stayed primarily in Willemstad; but it was pretty nice. Enjoyed some beaches, had some fairly good food and really loved walking around and viewing the architecture. It's like an old style dutch town was dropped in the middle of the Caribbean. The crime rate is a bit high but overall it's a fairly safe area. Wish I had been able to get out of the town more but it is what it is.

Just picked up Curacao!

So I realize I'm bringing up an older friend (though by no means close to "zombie" status) but I recently had a similar experience with an event. As it's an event I hosted and I'm the CO I'm comfortable sharing the GC code here - GC88RCE. This event was planned in a well populated caching area with a pretty active community, I would however qualify it as a "vacation event" as I currently live several thousand of miles away. To that end I have to agree... if no one shows up can you really call it an "event?" Now with that being said... Here's a quintessential case where you have the self-fulfilling prophecy. Just because nobody showed up to an event in this park this time, does that mean next time in Waterford I should be blocked from hosting an event here, because my last one was unsuccessful? Just food for thought.

I regularly have Earthcaches go several months to a year before being found. Granted some of them are in remote locales, and I think the lack of a physical container is off-putting to some.

Can this be retroactively added to already published Earthcaches? (In other words can I remove the word "optional" from all of my photo requirement logs on already owned and established Earth caches?)

I definitely had Liard Hot Springs on the list. I think we also are going to take some time in Carcross to see the "World's Smallest Desert" as well too. We have the Mendenhall Glacier here in Juneau. Our unofficial motto is "It used to be bigger." The rate of retreat is really quite sad and impressive.