Trekkin' and birdin'

I ordered a book on a whim, cause it sounded interesting. The book is a hardcover book by Margot Anne Kelley. It's called "Local Treasures: Geocaching Across America." She herself is a geocacher, though I can't find her gc name at this point of skimming. The premise is simple.....she has a photograph of sites at or near geocaches, with the cache coordinates, and a short essay about that cache. The bigger picture, in her other essays, involves geocaching as a melding of the old and new.....people using the virtual world to explore the real one. If anyone has read "Bowling Alone in America," she touches on some of those same themes. Has anyone else ever seen this book? It's published by the Center for American Places, which is how I kind of discovered it. (Another site I like to visit sometimes). And does anyone know who the author might be at gc? If she's reading this post, please PM me. I'm loving this book and its concept!

As a storyteller by profession, I love these caches. So yes....I participate in them. If nothing else, it encourages some to write more than "tftc."

We achieved platinum sometime early last summer. We have 143 finds and own 6 EC listings. Working on a couple more. We do go to the places we put them, which is the fun part for us. I'm hoping we can make some travel plans based around the cool ECs people mentioned in my "show off your state" thread. Congratulations to all who have joined the platinum club!

We will do EarthCaches of all types, but truly enjoy those that take us somewhere remote, require an effort to reach, and ask us to do something more than just get information from a sign. Canoeing is great, provided rental places are nearby. A little bit of low level rock climbing without gear is okay. Hiking for long distances---as much as 7-8 miles, provided the scenery is cool, is fine. So, tell me about the coolest EarthCaches in your state that fit these parameters!

I've only had one turned down so far, and it was disappointing. There is a location in the Baraboo Hills of southwestern Wisconsin called "Pewit's Nest." A slot canyon with stepped waterfalls of Skillet Creek, surrounded by hemlock, more typical of northern Wisconsin than here. I was turned down because it's become a "party spot" that has resulted in trashing the pristine nature of the state natural area. Also because cliff divers like to use the place, and with the narrow nature of the canyon, there was one recent death as a result. The state biologist allowed that geocachers in general would not be problem users, but because of all the problem users, they are discussing closing off the site altogether. I headed back down this fall to do some photography, before I can't gain access if that happens. It would be such a cool spot for an earthcache, too.

Soooo....let's say a team has finished the requirements for this. And this team will be heading to get one of the caches that's listed on the master list. And that cache owner seems not to have the coins? Any way a person could purchase one directly once they've proved completion? I'm just saying. Is all!

Wow, thanks, I think we have next summer's big road trip planned!

It's very relevant to me. I'm a geocacher, started in 2001. In 2002 I found my first letterbox then started hiding my own. Collecting the stamp images, especially the one-of-a-kind hand-carved images, is more satisfying then trading swag. That's where I'm at with it, too. I do look for the non-gc.com ones as well, but Trekkin' isn't as interested then. The hand-carved stamp images are cool, and I know there are others who geocache but enjoy this particular style of hide, too. Thanks for the tips. Hmmm, Provo Utah is also Scrapbooking Central! Sorry about the double post, I don't see where I can delete the extra.

It's very relevant to me. I'm a geocacher, started in 2001. In 2002 I found my first letterbox then started hiding my own. Collecting the stamp images, especially the one-of-a-kind hand-carved images, is more satisfying then trading swag. That's where I'm at with it, too. I do look for the non-gc.com ones as well, but Trekkin' isn't as interested then. The hand-carved stamp images are cool, and I know there are others who geocache but enjoy this particular style of hide, too. Thanks for the tips. Hmmm, Provo Utah is also Scrapbooking Central!

It's very relevant to me. I'm a geocacher, started in 2001. In 2002 I found my first letterbox then started hiding my own. Collecting the stamp images, especially the one-of-a-kind hand-carved images, is more satisfying then trading swag. That's where I'm at with it, too. I do look for the non-gc.com ones as well, but Trekkin' isn't as interested then. The hand-carved stamp images are cool, and I know there are others who geocache but enjoy this particular style of hide, too. Thanks for the tips. Hmmm, Provo Utah is also Scrapbooking Central!

Letterbox hybrids seem to be rare animals, which we really enjoy. Seems that if an area has more than a couple, it's one hider who also enjoys them. So....I'm curious to know of areas in the lower 48 that are letterbox hotbeds, where a trip could be planned and a nice pile of the finds could be letterboxes. In the case of letterboxes, 5-10 in an area would be great! Thanks for any direction.

Thanks. We're traveling with friends, so plans need to mesh, but fortunately for us, we've done many of the attractions the island offers in a past visit. We spent an entire day at the fort last time, since we re-enact that era, too. Thanks for your tips. We're looking forward to doing whatever we can! We do a lot of rugged terrain where we live in the course of a normal day's caching, so we'll see if we're up to the island! Thanks again.

Your organized plan is really helpful. Do you think a two day approach would work, taking the outside and ferry landing one day, then hitting the top the next?

Uh, never mind, I found the earlier, very helpful post I missed when I searched before!

Hi, We're heading up this way this coming weekend, and wondered if anyone's done all the caches on the island, including the earthcaches. There are close to 60. We're trying to decide if we need to buy ferry tickets for one or two days. We are biking. Thanks for any insights! Trekkin' and Birdin'

We listed our DNF the other day, and it bugged us so much that we made sure to go back the next day and try harder to find it. We did. I appreciate when people do this, because it gives me a bit of an idea of the real difficulty involved. There are a couple not far from here that show a lot of DNFs. We haven't been to them---yet---but we will.

Thanks for the information. I'll try emailing her again; maybe the follow-up email got lost in the shuffle somehow. It was a book. I believe the person who released it is a publishing agent of some sort, and the book is by Matthew Reilly, called "The Seven Deadly Wonders." Several copies were released as TBs, because the storyline is kind of a treasure hunt. It's called "ReillyBug8." Kind of a silly book, not all that well written, but I enjoyed it anyway and want to move it along for someone else's enjoyment. I suppose the other option would be to make it a Bookcrossing book.

I've tried finding this answer throughout the site, but no luck. We retrieved a Travel Bug from a cache, and realized that there must have been something attached besides the note inside. (It was a book). I contacted the person who put this one out, and she described the missing tag. We went back and could not find it at all. No one had been to the cache since we retrieved it. It's not really located in a place where anyone other than cachers would be likely to look. The owner did not send me the number, so I can't log it. I've read the book and would like to send it on its journey, but can't log it properly. Ideas? TIA