KlawPaws

A few days ago my husband got approached by a Vermont State Trooper while he was geocaching after dark. When he mentioned he was out looking for a cache the trooper just remarked that he used to geocache and told him to continue searching. I am rather glad the authorities are checking on 'suspicious' indivuduals. Makes me feel a little safer out there

Actually I did take a picture of me holding the postcard in front of the sign for the park. I also took pictures of the front and back of the postcard. All 3 pictures are posted in my log for the cache.

I just wanted to provide an update: The Fort McHenry geocache IS a log only cache. You actually have to ask the Park Rangers for the log book. The log is kept behind the desk in the Visitor Center. The Ranger pulled it out of a drawer and watched me sign it. We even discussed the postcard and they absolutely refused to let me leave it. Also the original owner of the postcard never answered my e-mail so maybe he/she is not into geocaching anymore or something. I still have to do something with the postcard!!!

Thanks for replying MrsB. I never even thought to search for "OffTheRecord" (no spaces). The geographical location seems logical but the person has never even logged the cache that the postcard was dropped in... I am trying to e-mail him/her now so we will see what happens. Is there a way to seach for other Geo-Post Offices? I noticed that the destination cache ended in APO which I thought could mean something...or maybe the acronym is just a coincidence.

I am a fairly new geocacher - just under 100 finds under my belt - and I need some guidance on a Postcard Cache. Within the past week I picked up a postcard from GC15EAB (GTKN Cricket's Cache). The cache description states the following: <snip> This is a Geo-Post Office! It is used to swap letters and postcards between geocachers! Here is how it works: Caches are placed to hold postcards. Each postcard will have a short message and a forwarding address on it. The address will contain the person's name that you are trying to send the postcard to, their home city, and a destination cache. The idea is to move postcards between Geo-Post Offices until they reach their destination. When you move a postcard or message from one place to another, let the person who it's being sent to know where you moved it to, because they might be near enough to go and pick it up. If you move a postcard from one Geo-Post Office to another, please move it closer to the city or cache! <snip> The postcard I picked-up states the following: "Off the Record" Tryin to get to Baltimore! 6/11/10 If you can try to put it in the geocache "SSB - Fort McHenry National Park" (GC22APO) The Fort McHenry Cache description says that it is a log only cache. No trackables. No Swag. So, how do I notify the owner? I searched for "Off the Record" as either a geocacher or an actual cache with no luck. In addition I shouldn't drop the postcard in the destination cache since it is a log-only cache. According to the cache gallery there are pictures showing a large log book and I am pretty sure I can slip it in between a few pages. That doesn't mean I should though We were headed to BWI airport this evening and were planning on stopping by Fort McHenry specifically for this drop-off. Not a lot of time to determine what we should do... Suggestions? Thanks!