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My wife thought she would like it, and wanted to go with me. So if you don't want her to go along, then here are a few tricks for your first few times out with her. Rule #1 - Never let her hold the gps'r. Never, never, never. Don't tech her how to use it, and keep your instruction manual well out of her site. Rule #2 - You plan he cache adventure. Never, never let her decide where you are going. Rule #3 - Since you own the gps'r she has to buy the gas. Rule #4 - Never drive directley to the cache site. Circle around the general cache area for as long as you posibly can, like you can't figure out which street to turn on. She will get bored very fast. (Some times this realy happens.) Rule #5 - Never park near the cache site. Park as far away as you can and make her walk a ways. I would say at least 1 mile or more away from the cache. Rule #6 - Alays keep the windows in the car rolled down. Even if it's hot, cold or raining. Tell her it helps the gps signals if the windows are rolled down. This will make her either hot, or cold and will mess up her hair. Rule #7 - On a first outing with here never go to a regular cache. Go to a micro, with nothing in it. Or goto a real lame cache geared for kids. You know the kind, the ones with all the McDonalds toy junk and such. Rule #8 - Never walk directley up to a cache. When your in the general cache area, walk back and forth constantley. Strech the search out as long as you can. Rule #9 - Never stay on the trails. Make sure you walk through as much brush as you can find. Rule #10 - Leave all your trading items in the car, and then make her treck back after them why you wait and guard the cache. If you follow all of these rules you will be on your own again, after two outings. Take Care Rocketman1

I was back packing part of the AT in "99", and came across the same thing. A fawn curled up in a ball by a tree. Only after a closer observation, I found that the fawn ws dead. It looked like it died in it's sleep. Some how I have a feeling that the mother of the fawn you saw was probably dead, or perhaps the fawn got lost. It is not normal for a fawn to get seperated from it's mother. Even so, you did the right thing by leaving nature be. Take Care Rocketman1

"Cache All Gone... Seeeee....." Take Care Rocketman1

In stead of beggin strips, why don't you leave a pile of dog do do in the mail box instead. I wonder if the cache owner is aware that it is againest the law to put anything in a mail box other than mail? Take Care Rocketman1

Well I have only been caching since last fall, and my wife won't let me go as often as I would like. You know the honey do list that is never done. So it hasn't cost me a lot yet, but here goes.... Garmin Legend $200 Bike Mount $30 Car Mount $32 Cache Goodies $50 Cache Containers $20 gas $500 Printer cartridges and paper $10,000!! Total about $30/week or $1,280/week if you count the printer cartridges and paper. Take care Rocketman1

I voted for "No One". I think it should be left a mistery to everyone. Why would anyone NEEED to know? No one needs to know, and if everyone could see the watch list, then I'm sure there would be a few people that would be reluctant to watch caches. People watch caches for different reasons. Sometimes I like to watch one after I find it, just to see what they take, or might leave in a cache. I have also put my self on a watch list, if I could not find a cache. Other people may watch caches that have travel bugs. The way I see it there is no benefit to see who is watching a cache. If everyone knows, then the mistery and part of the fun is gone. Take Care Rocketman1

quote:Originally posted by Rocket Man:Only Testing Hi Rocket Man. I think because of you I had to be Rocketman1. I have been called Rocketman for over thirty years. Take Care

For geocaching in most urban areas, I just take a stuff bag along to carry my trading items, compass, pen, and paper. Sometimes I bring along a small water bottle that will also fit into the stuff sack. For my more adventursome treks, I just have a small unexpensive day pack, that will hold my goodies, snaks and one or two water bottles. Take Care Rocketman

quote:Originally posted by Raul:Is geocaching appropriate for adults? Hi, we were thinking about trying geocaching due to our longstanding interests in orienteering, marine navigation, hiking, and GPSing. However, we noticed that the pictures on the site main page show only children. So we are concerned that if the sport is only for children or families with small children, single people and couples like us would be an intrusion into this family activity. Can anyone advise us about this? Thanks Geocaching is for all ages. I'm 45, and I got hooked last fall. My wife goes with me now and then. She says she doesn't like it, but I know she has fun. The fun part for me is the adventure, and finding nice little parks in your own neighboorhood that you did not know were there. Many of the objects found in the caches are junk object for children, and sometimes that can be dissapointing especialy when your search takes more than an hour or so. The best thing I found in a cache was a MAP Source CD! I enjoy the outdoors, and I have found that I can combine geocaching with biking and hiking. Have Fun! Take Care Rocketman1

That is a good story, calling out "Found It" at the same time. That will probably never happen again. (And I thought my story was good.) I have only been caching since last fall, and find it amazing as to how many caches there are in my area. Many of them are not placed very well though, you probably no the kind. Many of the caches seem to be placed without much thought. And if I would have placed a cache in that location by the other cache, then my cache would have been no better. Shame, shame on me. Live and learn I guess. Take Care Rocketman1 quote:Originally posted by MarcusArelius:March 30th I was doing a rather long (5 hour) http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=12729 and was searching with my sons and a fabulous viewpoint. Suddenly my son and I both called out quote: found it at the same time. What was weird is that he was 20 feet from me. It seems two different geocachers wanted to show off this http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=58628&log=y&decrypt=. The cache my son found was fairly new. The second cacher was not really at fault because the web site doesn’t show the intermediate waypoints in a multi. We had a good laugh over it. Marcus

Well actually we have so many it's hard to find a place that doesn't alredy have one. quote:Originally posted by Nurse Dave & LKay:Dang, sounds like people in your area don't do much research before hinding caches. http://www.sprecher.us/smiles_63.gif ---Real men cache in shorts.

Has anyone ever found a geocache by accident? I have a cache hidden in an old pick up truck in the woods. In February I was trecking through the woods, and I saw another old pick up truck. I didn't have time to check it out at the time, but I thought it would be cool to place a cache in this one as sort of a sequal to my other cache. I finally got around to checking it out this past weekend, with a new cache in hand. I was looking around and in the old truck for a good place for the cache, and as I peered under one of the front fenders I saw a 30 cal ammo box staring back at me! Another time I was looking for one cache, and ended up finding anotherone, located about 100 feet from the one I was looking for. Take Care Rocketman1

Has anyone ever accidentley found a geocache that you were not looking for? I have a cache that is hidden under the dash board of an old pickup truck. In Febuary I was trecking through the woods and found another old truck, and thought might be a good place to hide another cache as a sequal. I finally got time to get back out there this past weekend with a new cache to hide. I searched around and in the old truck for a few minutes looking for a good hiding spot, and as I looked under the front fender, I saw a 30 cal ammo box staring at me. I was in shock! Another time I was looking for a certain cache, and ended up finding a different cache located about 100 feet from the one I was looking for. Take Care Rocketman1

Traditional!!!! I like traditionals the best. I HATE virtual caches!!! Further more I don't like micros very well either. I like caches that are away from people, hidden in the woods. Living in a big city there are so many caches that are hidden in neighboor hood parks, that are very difficult to find with out being seen. So many caches are just placed randomly around, with very little thought as to traffic in the area. A lot of these caches don't last very long and they seem to fill up with junk rapidly. Why can't people put a little more thought into placing there cache? Take Care Rocketman1

HI, I don't know if that has been done before or not. But I don't think it would work very well. The way I see it a CD with coordinates to another cache would have to be a travel bug, otherwise it could and probably would get lost. You would have no way of knowing if the CD still existed or not. Also, most cachers don't like caches that you an't log. If you decide to do this, you should at least log the cache to the web site with fake coordinates (Marked claerly as fake), so you could see if it was being found or not. I have seen caches with coordinates to another cache, but they are usually a pernament fixture of the cache, or they are clearly marked as to "Leave In Cache". Take Care Rocketman

Is it possible for you to post the name of the virus. If Norton detected it, then you should be able to get the name of the virus. There are a lot of viruses out there that are self executing. There is a voulnerability in outlook ecpress called the mime voulnerability. If you do not have the patch from Microsoft, then you can get a virus just by previewing the message. You do not have to open it, and many do not even have attachments. As well as having good anti-virus software, you have to goto Windows Update every month or so and check for up dates. Take Care Rocketman1