Tri_Again

I have two ammo cans available for sale. $20 for the large one, $15 for the smaller one, or $30 takes both. In the Burlington, ON area.

It may be time to begin discussion on this topic again. I was in Fort Erie area and had a couple of ticks that I had to get off my pants before they did there thing. This article showed up in The Toronto Star recently. http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatur...ase-on-the-rise Tri_Again

I'm starting to think there are no good caches in the Hilton Head area.

Hi everyone, My finance and I are heading down to Hilton Head in early October for our honeymoon and are planning to do some caching in the area while we're there. I'm hoping that some local cachers might recommend some of their favourites for us to go after while we're there. Typically the types of caches we enjoy most involve any of the following: a nature hike, a waterfalls , an interesting or unusual land formation, or perhaps a cache that teaches about the local area history. And if it doesn't fit any of those categories but you still think we might enjoy it, please let me know. Also, while we'll be spending most of our time on the island (neither of us have ever been their before) I don't expect we will limit ourselves to the island, so if there are other caches off the island, but in the general area feel free to recommend them as well. It just might help us plan our trip. Thanks in advance to everyone for helping us out. Tri_Again

I was just looking at the policy for creating event caches and this jumped out at me: [Event caches are gatherings that are open to all geocachers and which are organized by geocachers. While a music concert, a garage sale, an organized sporting event, a ham radio field day or a town’s fireworks display might be of interest to a large percentage of geocachers, such events are not suitable for submission as event caches because the organizers and the primary attendees are not geocachers.] I'm thinking that since the primary attendees would not be geocachers...at least at our wedding. While it would be amazing to have geocachers join us, at now leaning towards the "not" direction at the moment. I would say that the majority of the feedback so far has been in support of doing it, which has been amazing (thank you) I'm I think we were just about to decide in favour of the idea, when this came along. Am I reading too much into this policy sentence? (Can you feel my uncertainty!!!!) Thanks again, Jeff (Tri_Again)

Thanks for the feedback so far, I look forward to hearing more peoples thoughts. Just as a point of clarity, the wedding itself will not be a caching oriented wedding (ie vows will not have a caching spin). This only caching related item in the service will be that we will reveal how keep_on_shinin' choose her name at the end of the service. But even that will be subtle, and you'll have to look for it. I guess when I ask about appropriate I'm thinking that since this is a religious service (which is important to Leslie and I but we understand and respect that this is a taboo subject for many) I'm just wondering if adding a caching event (as an invite) to those who share out hobby/sport/recreation is suitable. While the wedding promises to be casual in style (jeans, band, etc...) this should by no means be confused as being gimmicky. I will personally be giving the message. Working Title: Love and Marriage, Love and Marriage (A message so great I named it twice) Anyway, I would still love to hear what people think. Would dropping in for a couple hours on a wedding be a suitable event? Thanks again, I love hearing from all of you

For the past three years keep_on_shinin' and I (Tri_Again) have been caching almost every weekend. Over these three years we have gone from being new friends, to dating and now engaged. And while our relationship goes far beyond geocaching, both of us recognize the significance our time geocaching has played and is playing in the development of our relationship. When you spend endless hours with someone problem solving you learn a lot about them. Anyway, keep_on_shinin' and I are now engaged. I actually proposed to her through a continental geocaching plan that worked perfectly (but that is a different story). I have suggested to Leslie (keep_on_shinin') that since geocaching, and the geocaching community have been so instrumental in the development of our relationship, why don't we make our wedding a geocaching event as a way to say thank you for all that you've done for us. Whether we've met you or not we consider all of you our friends. The wedding itself will be casual in nature (both Leslie and I are going to be wearing jeans and T-shirts) but is going to be in a church, and very faith based. (Many of you have commented in the past on our "distinct" stamps which suggest our faith) We've got a band hired, and the plan is to rock the house down in the wedding itself. I've suggested to Leslie that if a wedding is about bringing friends together to celebrate, then why not invite our caching community (through an event) to join us. Like I said, whether we've met or not we consider you our friends. Leslie is open to the idea, but wonders if an event should be more directly caching focused and thinks that maybe people would not want to come, or this may not be an appropriate thing to do. I figure, they may be out caching, stop for a couple hours, party with us in the service, and for a brief social after and then right back out caching...no dressing up needed, no gifts needed, expected or wanted, just share in our time, and get a smiley at the same time. What could be better than that. Anyway, what I'd like to know is, what do people think. Is this appropriate or not. Please be honest, I want to do the right thing in the end, and as a result if it's not appropriate I'd rather hear that now. On the other hand if it is appropriate, then I'd like to proceed with confidence that this would be a fun unique event for all. So please, share your thoughts, ideas, suggestions and comments. Jeffrey (Tri_Again)

I'm not sure I'm good enough to call myself a musician. I stum out a few songs on the accoustic guitar. I play mostly on my own as a way to relax, plus my fiancee loves to listen to me play. I'm far from band material, but would always love to stum a cord or two in an attempt to get better. That's what happens when you don't start learning until your late 30's.

One of the things I learned very quickly is that everybody has there own unique tastes and preferences to caching. And that's part of what makes it so great. Personally I despise parking lot caches, I find them repetitive and uninteresting, but for some mysterious reason some people just love them. Go figure. But just because I don't like them, doesn't make them bad caches...just not my cup of tea (as they say in England). It appears you have two choices. Choose not to do them...which is perfectly acceptable, or suck it up and do them somehow. (Others have offered a lot of good suggestions to get help). As for me, my fiancee and I are cache crazy, we do them all including the ones I don't like. Fortunately she doesn't have the same opinion of them so is willing to get in their with the muggles and get the cache. As for puzzle caches. Some are easy, some are tough. I had one that was in Oakville that I must have spent hours trying to figure out. Others kept writing that they solved it quickly. Pig headedness made me refuse to ask for help. Finally when I figured out the trick I was kicking myself it was so simple. In my defence, this was a puzzle cache that was also difficult to find once you solved the puzzle, and when we got there I had it found in less than 30 seconds. One of my favorite caches ever!!! I currently have one puzzle sitting in the middle of my no cache zone that I can't solve. Every couple of weeks I look at it, review any new notes and see if it looks any different. One day I will get it solved...without any help. Final not on puzzle caches. It's true res2100 has put out many puzzle caches, and to that end I say this. "The bunny, the bunny, Oh I hate the bunny!!"

Well, We made the trip, I made the proposal, and she said yes!!!. Thank you to everyone for all your help. We didn't make it to all the caches that were recommended, but we made a few. Off the top of my head I remember doing Anniversary Cache and Balancing Cache (that was cache #1700 for me!!). We also did another cache near Anniversary cache that we likely should have approached from the same parking location, but instead went down the rock face from a pull-off about a 1/2 mile away. We loved the rock climbing, and what a beautiful bay. I can see why it was recommended. Thank you. The road along the top ridge of the mountain was a bit freaky!! Also, we did some mountain biking on the East side of the lake along Flume Trail(?) (I think that was the name). It was 4 miles of amazing views of Lake Tahoe. No caches, but not everything has to have a cache at the end....or does it!!!! The highlight for me was when we went to do "Stream Profile Nature Walk". We had heard that the Salmon were beginning to spawn, but what we ended up seeing was a black bear cub trying to catch dinner. It was the first time I had seen a bear (in the wild) and I was just facinated. This is truly one of the most beautiful areas. We loved everything about it, including getting engaged. That you to all, but I especially want to thank Green Achers and his wife for there assistance in make my proposal to my fiancee so memorable. Blessings to you all, Jeff (Tri_Again)

Thanks everyone for all your support. The two of us are off to Lake Tahoe in a few days. The "proposal" cache is in place. Thanks to Green Achers for his help. I'll give you an update when I return home. Jeff Tri_Again

What if we put the medals in the cache, and the FTF gets gold, the STF gets silver and the TTF gets bronze. Of course you have to include the $5 Timmy certificate or else!!!!!!!!

Well, the plan is well under way to propose to my girlfriend. The "fake" cache is being hidden this week, and in two week I'll be in Lake Tahoe proposing. Until then, if there are any further suggestions for real caches that are must sees, I'd very much appreciate the suggestions. Jeff (Tri_Again)

As you correctly determined....we are already locked together!!!!!! I do most of the caching prep work, and to the best of my knowledge she has never gone into the forums sections....so I think I relatively safe. J.

This is not a completely thought out idea yet, meaning yes I know I want to propose to my girlfriend, and I know (99.9%) that she'll say yes, but I would like to do it in a very memorable and special way. My girlfriend and I love geocaching together, we do it for hours at a time so it has crossed my mind that I might want to do something with a cache in the South Lake Tahoe or surrounding area as part of the proposal. This is where the idea kind of looses clarity....I'm not exactly sure what to do, or how to do it. I'm wondering if someone reading this was inspired and was willing to talk about what we might do to make this a very special and memorable moment. Thanks, Jeff (Tri_Again)

Hi Folk, My girlfriend and I will be heading to South Lake Tahoe the last week of September and will be doing some caching in the area. Can anyone recommend any interesting caches to do. We are most interested in caches nead beautiful landscapes (rock formation, or waterfalls as examples) or caches that teach us about the local area. Also, can anyone fill me in as to anything special consideration to take into account while caching in this area...(for example dangerous animals, or snakes that we need to take precautions against.) Thank you in advance for you help. Jeff (Tri_Again)

I love stats, so this is really interesting to me. Thanks for the info. Tri_Again

Girls, I'm curious, how did you discover that you had Lyme Disease. How long did you have it before you knew, how long did it take to recover from it? Did it hinder your caching desire? Do you think you could have avoided it if you had prepared differently? Sorry for all the questions, but keep_on_shinin' is in my opinion starting to border on irrational fear (sorry honey!!) about this. I say, we have to live our lives. I think we need to be smart about it, but I don't want to stop doing something that I love just because of this risk. On the other hand I want to understand and support keep_on_shinin' and her concern. Thanks, Tri_Again

In my case the tick was on the back of my left calf muscle. I didn't do a visual inspection right away as I didn't even think about it. I'm estimating it was on my leg for about 7-14 hours. Everything I've read so far tells me that it needs to be on for about 24 hours before there is any real danger (but don't quote me on that!!). Anyway, I actually thought that I was having a small muscle spasm. It felt like a pinch, nothing more. When I went to go to bed I took a look, and there it was. I too heard that the only area that has ticks that we should be concerned about are along the north shore of lake Erie, of course about a month ago we did a trip along there and didn't know...fortunately it was uneventful. I'm not trying to create any type of panic, just create a discussion chain where people can get informed so that their caching can be more enjoyable. Tri_Again

I'm pretty sure I picked up the tick will caching in Brantford, although there is also a small possibility that I picked it up in the morning when we were caching in Hamilton. Keep_on_shinin' and I are planning a trip to Vermont in the summer and have discovered that ticks are even more of an issue there. We are trying to figure out what to do. I'm more of the...don't worry about it, we'll cover up and everything will be fine, but I think she's starting to think she wants to cancel. I guess the part that I'm still not certain of is how often people are bit and it leads to something more serious? Thanks to everyone who's responded already, especially M3J who had some great information. Thank you, thank you. Tri_Again

Has anyone had any problems with ticks in Southern Ontario? I didn't even know that they were much of an issue in this area until I was bit by one on Saturday. I'm hoping to set this forum up to share information about them. I know very little, but I'm learning fast. The Ontario Government is currently doing a study on ticks in this area. If you are bit, after removing the tick (please find instructions on how to properly remove a tick) put it in a container (old pill bottle for example) and take it to the public health office. I dropped my "friend" off this morning and should hear back in a couple of weeks. I know that my girlfriend (keep_on_shinin') is very concerned about ticks now. I can't imagine it is a big issue, but I would like to know what others know. My guess is, if we take all the proper precautions the chances of contracting anything (like Lyme Disease) is slimmer than being in a car accident on the way to the cache...but I just don't know. Please let me know what you know, or any recommended sites about ticks. Thanks and cache on....I hope!!! Tri_Again

I'm sorry that I never had a chance to meet Tony, but I'm very familiar with the caches that he had placed out there. (I've done 10 of his to this point). My condolences to his family and friends. It's always sad when a person passes untimely like this, and yet as a person of faith (as I am) I have great hope for the future. Blessings to the family. Jeff & Leslie Tri_Again