Fireman78

Try around the ski area, there are some very beutiful areas and hikes up there, keep in mind, minimum elevation is at least 7,000 - 10,000 feet. good luck. Also look at Los Alamos, and Jemez areas too....

There are many caches in the "lack of luster, undesireable location" catagory. As the sport grows, we are going to see a wider range of personalities and personal boundries associated with caching. While most people would ask "why would he place it there in the first place?"; some may try to grab the cache simply for the numbers. This is unfortunate, but we humans are competitive, why do you think are near the top of the food chain? On one hand you can say, OK, place your cache anywhere you like, but warn everyone about the hazards/ on the other hand; perhaps people should really look at the whole reason for placing it in the first place? Is it an area that the common person would find interesting? Are the hazards worth the reward? It's all a matter of opinion. Going with that theme, the following are my opinions (as a Fireman, former State Police officer, and a father) I believe my opinion should have a little bit merit to it.., #1 Deleting the logs to maintain a sugar-coated apperance is wrong by any standard. #2 Placing a cache in a crime/ drug infested scumbag hangout is totally innapropriate for Geocaching. #3 Hazards are a possibility in Geocaching. (However, I prefer my hazards to be mountain lions, lightning, dehydration, falling, etc. much better than being stuck by an HIV infected neddle or being murdered for the 5 bucks in your wallet). Again, still my opinion, but last I check we all had the right to have one..

I totally agree with that, as a matter of fact, I thought that is how the contest was played. I thought you were able to enter one picture/essay PER Jeep , Jeremy let me know that in fact you only get one log per entry period. Regardless of how many Jeeps you grab. I don't believe it's stated well in the contest page. Oh well. Hey, I'm just trying to have fun and be legit about everything. I'm also "one of those guys" who picks up trash while caching-- what a bad guy! Yes, the contest rules should be stated better. This is where our misunderstanding came from. I knew you didn't need to grab more than one to enter the contest, but you didn't. We read the same rules page, I just read it a bit differently than you. I'm not mad at you for taking the two bugs, I'm mad at the people that took 2 and didn't log them. It's all good!

Got it! Thanks

Thanks for the support. and yes, I did leave a couple of trade items as well. As a matter of fact, yesterday my daughter and I grabbed a cache by the airport (spur of the moment) for us. We had our GPS, but nothing to trade, I explaind to her that we could only sign the log, and couldn;t take anything today.. hey... if I can teach ethics to a 4 year old............

I totally agree with that, as a matter of fact, I thought that is how the contest was played. I thought you were able to enter one picture/essay PER Jeep , Jeremy let me know that in fact you only get one log per entry period. Regardless of how many Jeeps you grab. I don't believe it's stated well in the contest page. Oh well. Hey, I'm just trying to have fun and be legit about everything. I'm also "one of those guys" who picks up trash while caching-- what a bad guy!

I have to defend myself to this qoute. There were supposedly 4 in the cache. When I got there, only three remained, even though nobody had logged the "missing Jeep". Yes, I did grab two, to "spread the wealth", I suppose. With the first Jeep TB I picked up a day or two before, I travelled over 500 miles R/T to a VERY out of the way, overnight cache to place it. I thought that was OK considering there are so many multiple sightings in and around the city area. The two I have in my possesion now will be given the same care, yes, they were logged right away, AND a courtesy email was sent to the cache owner advising them of the missing Jeep and missing log entry for whom ever pick it up. Now it seems that the fourth Jeep has been swiped as well. I still stand by my desision to grab two, considering the caches I have planned for them to be place in. I would be mad at the people who grabbed the other two as "souvenoiers without logging them....

Similar to "watch lists" , I would like to be able to put certain cashers on a watch list. See their activity.. I think that would be a cool "Premium" feature. Thanks guys

I am looking for a neck strap/harness type device that will hold my Meridian GPS in place, (around my neck), while hiking, so I can read and use the GPS, and basically let it dangle there, if I don't need it. Any suggestions?

I bought this unit for my Dad yesterday. I spent so long looking at comparison charts, that I think I got the wrong one. He wanted maps on his GPS., as well as a compass. Are there ANY maps loaded into this unit, or did I just wasted 200 bucks?

I am new to Geocaching, and I have a quick question::: Someone placed a Travelbug in my cache, it's headed to Michigan from Washington. I am planning on going to Missouri in one week.I thought I could help it out by getting it a little closer to its goal.. Is it appropriate to take a TB from my own cache? Thanks.