Sissy-n-CR

I think it's cool beans that we are getting a new size choice! I was wondering if the name "mini" is locked in. If not, could you do those of us who use size abbreviations in our waypoints a favor and use something with a different initial than "m," "r," or "l?" Is there any opposition to "small?" CR Opps! Posted with our joint account...

Reduce, Reuse , Recycle, right?

Ya'll are giving me a headache!

UALvolar, I will add that to CR's 'honey-do' list, right now he has two stamps to cut, so you should see a proof of it Friday or so.

We sell them (among other things for geocaching) at Sissy-n-CR.com They range in price from $2.00 to $5.00, depending on what you get. I will try to post a link, forgive me if I mess it up. CR's store Sissy Edited to add: Most of the time I add a log sheet to the order (no charge).

Personally, I think I would have e-mailed the cache owner directly with my concerns before making any kind of public noise about it. The property may be owned by the placer, or someone the placer knows, or the placer may have gotten permission from the owner. Even if not, direct e-mail would clear up the issue before any assumptions or accusations are made. Might not be the right answer, but it is what I would do. Sissy

We have a 5/5 cache out there, and IndianaLee was kind enough to let us modify his disclaimer: Please do not limit the rest of us to lowest common denominator caches. Keep the challenging one and realize that it cannot be your responsibility to babysit other grown-ups. (Besides, isn't that why we have the Darwin Awards? )

My favorite DNF was Bradley's Bottom. Months later we turned it into a find. Here are the logs: November 16, 2003 by Sissy-n-CR (532 found) WOW! What a great place! We had one heck of an adventure, and never came more than 100' close to the cache! We decided to do some extreme caching while in the area for a geocachers meet (in Spartanburg, SC). I picked out this one. I wrote down the waypoint and left the rest to CR. He did not realize the cache is actually in NC, so when he loaded up the GPS and the palm, he missed it. We realized what had happened on the way to Spartanburg, so we popped into a library when we got there and printed the pages out. Now, I had glanced at the site, and CR had never seen it, so we missed the very helpful pictures posted by the last cachers. We located the parking easily, and crossed the mentioned stream. There is a very nice picture of an eye where the unprotected waterfall sign should be, so we knew that couldn't be the right trail. We went down a trail to the overlook and down another trail that led to a rock chimney. We went to the end of the main trail and saw a way down. We ended up sliding most of the way down on our butts. When we reached the bottom, we found a sortof place to cross, so we did and then went upstream. We couldn't get closer than 500' feet from the cache, so we crossed again there (I am a chicken, so I took off my shoes, socks and jeans and waded at this crossing, but CR just hopped across.) We got directly across from the cache and saw no safe place to cross. We were blocked by a rock wall from getting any closer to the falls. So we went downstream and upstream and were thoroughly thwarted. We found a place where a hammock and firering were set up, so we stopped to eat lunch. Rather than cross the stream twice to get back, we bear-hugged the side of the hill above the escarpments and found the trail. When we got to where we had slid down, we realized there wasn't much to hold onto for the climb back up, so we went about 100' further to an area with a lot of small saplings and underbrush. We climbed back up, sometimes on our hands and knees, lunging for the next sapling to pull up with. We finally reached the main trail, and met a man who was out with his dog. This freindly fellow explained that the 'eye' trail leads to the base of the falls, and said there was a rope. He also told us we could ford the stream fairly easily at the base. We decided to save that hike for another day, as we had already spent 6 hours and did not want to run out of daylight while at the bottom. I must say, this was the absolute best time I have ever had caching. It was so much fun and such an adventure, that I don't even mind not getting the cache! And then: December 25, 2003 by Sissy-n-CR (532 found) Merry Christmas to us! This was CR's Christmas present to me. A return trip to our most favorite cache. This time we did it the right way and had success. We arrived at the parking area at 7:42am. Air temp a cool 25 degrees. We were dressed appropriately in layers and gloves. We were even carrying spare socks and I had a towel, because I knew from last time that I was more than likely going to get my feet wet. Upon reaching the first creek fording, CR hopped across with no problem (again). I, on the other hand, am a big Sissy, and could only think about falling into the freezing water and breaking bones. After being cajoled by CR and having him offer all sorts of incentives, including a piggy back ride across, I gave up and took off the shoes and socks, rolled up the jeans and long johns, and quickly splashed across. THAT WATER WAS COLD!!! My toes did not regain their feeling until we reached the eye sign. We went down the right trail, being careful in the icy areas. Lots of icicles where usually there is just a wet seep. The rope was frozen stiff. I had packed in our rope ladder against CR's advise, but we were both glad to have it at the rock. The rock face was icy in many spots, and having something easier to grab onto was a help. Sorry guys, we packed it back out. Once at the bottom, It took us a few minutes to figure out the best way to cross. Wading was not an option, as there was no shallow place to cross, and the water was moving at a pretty good clip. CR, being part mountain goat, found the best crossing and encouraged me across. I made it, but only by blocking the sight of all that rushing water between the two rocks I was trying to traverse. Scary stuff, if you ask me. Once across, the rest was cake. Found cache at 9:44am. Took a travel pack of tissue and the Crumpbug TB, left 'Alive', an appropriate book registered at Bookcrossing.com. The trek out went a little faster than the trek in, but I still waded across the last crossing. Boy, that car heater felt good on my toes! We are going back to that general area for a week next month. I cannot wait! Sissy

Nearest unfound 20: 1) 3m Fairly recent and in a place I know well, no need to rush out and grab it. 2-20) 40.3 m-61m away, most are micros. We mainly wait til we can make a week-end of it and spend the night out of town. We have gotten pickier as well, concentrating on the 3 and above terrain caches. Sissy

I resolved early on that I would avoid GC.com inspired political discussions (unlike someone else I could mention who delighted in them). I am not trying to stir up trouble or angst, but I must throw in my support for those who, for one reason or another do not pay to play. We became paying members early on, because I believe if you use a service and can afford to support it, you should. I support NPR a bit more generously than what was asked from GC.com. I do not look down on those who do not financially support NPR, and am glad to help sponsor a service that can benefit society as a whole. It bothers me to see that some paying members feel so little sympathy for those who do not or cannot meet their high standards, and wanted to express that not all paying members feel that way. The non-paying forum users have contributed greatly to my enjoyment of the website. I feel bad that anyone would be left out in this manner, although that is not my call to make or to rectify. Sissy

Your order was shipped yesterday... Send the artwork and then go to the website and order 1 pair of TB info tags. That will be $3. with the shipping, so you will not be charged postage for the stamp. I am working on getting CR to put mounts on the site. He can make a simple mount out of plexiglas that is about 1/2" tall for $3. The boss hasn't brought in the camera, so no way to get a pic of it.

Which caches do we hunt? Depends on the day and place. Anything that pops up close to home will be attempted eventually, no matter how lame. There is only one unfound (by us) in our 40m radius. It is a multi in a neighborhood we are very familiar with , so it has not been a pressing matter. We try not to be FTF on the local ones anymore, just to give others the opportunity. The exception is any new cache that seems hard. I hate and detest puzzle caches. Unfortunately, I am also pretty good at them. I will rack my brain to be a FTF on a local puzzle cache, but avoid them like the plague when travelling. I hate and detest micros of all sorts. Part of the fun for me is raiding Big Lots and finding cool stuff at other stores. I also look at everything in a cache just like a little kid while CR stands around bored. CR loves micros, especially if you have to be devious to avoid detection to retrieve it. So we have our share of those. Cemetaries? Poison plants? Mud? Risk? Bring it on! When we go out of town to a place with a lot of caches, I have started to check with the locals for advice on which caches fall in the 'ones I want to attempt' list. This past week-end in Raleigh, we were directed to several fun adventures. I have the scratches and bruises to prove it. CR actually has more bruises than me this time All that being said, I would never try to persuade/dissuade anyone from hiding any type of cache. As can be seen from this thread and many others, what is a turn-on for me isn't going to trip everyone's trigger.

Nice yard, shower access with notice, extension cord if you need it, no pets. 5/5 cache within 20 miles. Only problem is getting CR to go along with it. I have wished several times that we knew people well enough to be able to do this when we travel. Fortunately I found a room in one of those extended-stay lodges for $25/night for the event we are attending in NC this week-end.

Just out of curiousity- Would those of you who are grossed out by this topic feel differently if it were a female hiding parts with the cache? (AuntieWeasel excepted, of course). Most of the caches we find are covered in slime, bugs, worms, etc. Isn't that what they make anti-septic soap for? CR is more prudent (prudish?) than I am. I have gone au natural at 3 cache locations now. They were all on islands or out of the way beaches, and I waited til after we did our cache biz. Sissy

We can laser plastic tags for you. One of our multis uses them, and after a year, still look good. We used zip ties when we attached to trees, leaving them quite loose. We also sandwiched a blank tag on top of the original so no one could stand on the ground and use binoculars. The cost would be the same as for TB info tags, and we can make them any shape or size.

Okay... I suck at trying to do this kind of stuff, and CR isn't here, try this: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pagrosse/sirds.htm Hope that works better!

I had to print all af them out to see them, except for the ones on the site I linked to. The printouts were much easier to read.

These are so cool. There is a site that explains exactly how it works with free software to make your own (not just using words). He has some outstanding examples, one even uses moving dots. SIRDS link Click on the steroegram page link to see one that looks 60 ft deep.

Way back when...before municipalities ever thought about providing 'green space', cemetaries often served some of the same functions as parks do today. People would gather and have picnics and otherwise recreate on what was, at the time, some of the only available land that was common and kept up. Of course, that was when death was considered a natural part of life and folks were buried simply-no embalming, no cement vaults, and the body was laid out in its owner's bed during the wake period. My personal feelings are that the residents of a cemetary are probably not too concerned with what is going on with the land they are under, but that the living (and their grief) should be respected. We often hunt cemetary caches at night to avoid interupting any families that may be present.

How's this? And, since CR misunderstood what I was asking him to do, you get the FREE Bonus Avatar

You may want to post this in the 'Discuss Geocaching.com' forum. That way folks who can grant your request will see it.

I have been buying the liter or so size of plastic bottles of water to take to work for over a year. I immediately pop them all in the freezer when I get them home from the store. I carry two with me to work every day, one out and one in the cooler to keep my lunch cold (and by then it is thawed enough to drink.) I have never had a bottle burst. They expand a bit, but the ridges and such can accomodate this growth. We left some in 2 of our harder caches as original items along with other things such as new socks and dog toys. As for eating things from a cache-depends. CR ate a chocolate covered cricket and I wouldn't hesitate to drink water from a sealed bottle. I also ate plenty of local food while in Tijuana and drank the beer (yes, I know what they do with the bottles.) I guess it depends on how risky you think the world in general is and for us, realizing that the cleanliness and sanitization that Americans take for granted is really quite a luxury in the rest of the world, but people manage to survive there too.

We've got Zach beat--561 in 100 M radius from S'ville SC. And one is an event cache that has already occurred.

Thanks!

I see the instructions for posting a pic from a url, but how do I add an image to a forum post straight from my computer? (CR is still at work, so I can't have him show me right now, and, of course, I want to do it right now! . )