ptplacecacher

Unfortunately I had this happen to me last Spring 2 caches in a row. The first encounter the cache was at the local Library which each library in the county has a cache. It took me a while but I found it and made a stop at the local Dollar store on the way home to pick up some items. When I came out I had 2 squad cars blocking my car in. They started questioning me and I asked tem if they knew what Geocaching was they said they did but they were lying. How did I know? Just by talking with them about the hobby they would say something like a cache??? As if whats a cache? They ran my license and wanted to know where the cache was but they put it the treasure and item I was looking for so they could go look for their selves to verify it. Then they told me they had quite a few calls about people Geocaching, I live in a small suburb and the one I was at was the only one in the immediate area at that time. The second encounter went a little more smoother, a lady cop and her partner rolled up on me and asked me if I found it? Before I could even say anything. After that I took a very long break from caching and recently started back up. I still get that feeling are they going to roll up on me again??? Hopefully that feeling will pass over time. Two in a row on different days. What are the odds?

Here is the number to the cache GCWF9D so everyone can see what I'm talking about. The eatery mentioned is a high end place I would take my dates to on special occasions when I was in high school/ college. That's why it caught my eye in the first place ! A cache at a well to do restaurant? The reason I do the SQ is I find the cemeteries to be very interesting. I did a cache in Walled Lake Michigan part of the SQ and found graves going back to the 1800's. The large head stones I'm assuming someone either wealthy or important to the area. This place did have a lot of Smiths there!

I guess maybe I posted wrong maybe I should have posted the wording as where can I find information on solving stick people puzzles. I did do a Google search and came up empty. As a newby I only have 20 caches under my belt and still learning. I'm currently pursuing spiritual quest caches and the clue I'm trying to solve is for one of them! Sorry for the confusion!

I found the puzzle you are probably looking at. The first one like it that I came across took me some time to find the solution. Actually, finding solutions to puzzles is sometimes an evolving (learning) experience. I enjoy working the puzzles, however I found that trying one and if the solution isn't found within a certain amount of time (when your head starts hurting), put it aside and look at another one. As time goes on, you will find solutions to puzzles you have worked on previously while looking for a solution to another one. I have had some puzzles laying around for a couple of years that I couldn't solve and then something on another puzzle triggers a path to the previously unsolved puzzle. Lots of Google searches are usually involved. Some will find one type of puzzle easy, because they have a background in the area, while others would find the same puzzle all but impossible to solve. OK, enough rambling. The point is to just plug along at them. I have even solved puzzles in other parts of the country, (knowing that I will probably never get anywhere close enough to find them) just for the experience and fun of solving them. In fact while looking for the one you were referring to I solved "Say Cheese" or something like that. Ha!

Thanks everyone I think I will go along with niraD's suggestion I'll read up on it and hopefully solve the puzzle !

There is a cache near by I would like to find however the owner put the last digits of the co-ordinates in a stick people puzzle. How do you solve these things? Mike

Thank you everyone! I do wear the boots and long pants everytime I go out! Sometimes I just get so frustrated after all that bushwacking only to find the trail just feet away. Other times I just laugh but either way its well worth it! I'm totally hooked on the hobby!

I'm very new to Geocaching and have found myself facing a problem! When going caching I always seem to find myself bush wacking only to find....that when I do find the cache usually theyre is a trail extremely close by! How can I avoid this? ptplacecacher/mike