Spoondoggled & Co.

Now see, if the coordinates led us to this structure, we'd look all around, behind, under and so forth, but would never open it... unless there were specifics in the description that it was indeed a prop, and clearly no cables entering it. I hang out around electricity on occasion, I've seen some pretty bad stuff (working in safety/training), including death by electrocution at 345kV. That brings up another interesting place to hide... gas stations. I've never seen one with a cache in it.

Good for you! If and when you decide to hide any caches, you certainly won't mind if someone/anyone takes exception to them and removes them, will you? I've found many caches that I would just as rather toss into the desert...I'm not quite sure what it is that stops me from doing so... You realize that as an employee of the power company that removing caches from the power company's equipment is no different than you removing a geocache someone has placed on your front porch without asking permission, don't you? Spot on comment Geobain. I (Mrs. Spoondoggled) also work for a large power supplier. I've found and logged some caches hidden in the right-of way. GPS is used routinely on line patrol. I've never found a cache actually on a structure or too close to a substation perimeter, but I would do the same as the tech above with the encouragement to the CO to change the location away from energized equipment. I'd never toss it away though. I can guarantee you that our company has never given nor will ever give permission to anyone to hide on our privately-owned equipment and never will. The NERC rules that utility companies must abide by certainly apply here. Back to the OP's observation though, seems an overreaction. I know you're stepping out of the conversation, but if you see this, remember you only saw these containers for sale, you didn't actually see one being used in a dangerous scenario. So don't jump to too many conclusions and also, common sense should rule when you're out seeking anyway. I would think that a switch box or service panel put confusingly close to the real thing would automatically solicit responses from cachers anyway, thus causing the cache to be pulled.

It's been a while since we've done much caching but yes, we have driven specifically to areas and then hiked in for miles on top of that. There's nothing like the sky and air at really high altitudes, it's all good.

Welcome to Colorado Grandpa, glad you had a good time seeking and yes, Summit County is a scenic place. On your way back down (if you're still up there) check out Georgetown (I-70 not too far below the tunnel) for caching if there isn't too much snow.

Wow. Hopefully it will be dropped where you can retrieve it without having to travel too far.

Excellent! I wish I had thought of that with those dang Legos...

We shop at REI on occasion — in fact we ride our bikes down into Denver when the weather is warm and always stop there to look around and enjoy a Starbucks that is within the building. We feel the quality of their items is first rate and the customer service cannot be beat. The flagship store in Denver has one of those walls but it's a little wimpy for my rock-climbing spouse and kids (not me, though). Have one of those Garmin Colorados got it about a year ago... haven't used it very much, so far it has been okay... am starting to panic at some of those posts about those that returned theirs.

Spoondoggled comes from the days when spouse Bill used to restore damaged higher-end quality stainless flatware and sell it to people online so they could replace their stuff that had gone down the disposal or gone missing... He starting placing some of those nice Oneida Community or Towle (or whatever) spoons into the bigger caches - jest fer fun, 'cuz ya never know when you might need a spoon, after all. The swag-bag is still full of some really nice spoons just waiting for a new home in fact.

Good idea here about simply ignoring unless something seems particularly relevant‚ especially for pictures @ location – I wish there were some of those. We weren't even aware of a visited log until we started to study the coin's journey. We actually starting geocaching in 2002 when our twins were little but didn't join anything official til a couple of years later. We'd like to get back into it at a more active level, as we've been really out of touch (obviously!). Well, hopefully the thing will find higher altitude, then go back down to sea-level. Maybe that was a dumb goal to set for it, I dunno. We thought since we live at altitude in Colorado and dropped it right at sea-level in Hawaii it would be appropriate. It did follow that goal in British Columbia then shot straight to Europe where things seem to have become more vague from what we can tell. Appreciate your thoughts/comments, all.

I tend to 'visit' trackable into the caches I find while in possession of the trackable. I always thought it was a good idea since it let's the owner know: I still have the trackable. I am aware that I have the trackable. Your trackable is still moving, and gaining mileage. I guess I could just contact someone at the destination, and mail it to them if you'd rather. Finding a cache that is large enough and secure enough for a trackable isn't always an easy task. Finding such a cache that is at least in the proper direction the trackable wants to go is even more difficult. Well hmmmm. Those are all valid reasons and I think it's good of the holder of the trackable to let the owner know of it's whereabouts. Great points! In this case there are 4 or 5 pages of those visits, all to caches within a very short distance of each other and spread out over a two week period of seeking. Thinking about this in a little more depth, when the next geocacher takes it caching, conceivably that person could start the visited log process all over again to mostly the same caches on multiple cache locations if that person lives in the same area as the first person. More and more pages of visits to wade through and the locations becoming less interesting to follow because there are so many on top of each other. Does that make sense? My niece lives in France and while she doesn't do geocaching, she has a friend that does... I was thinking of asking them to grab it if it gets close enough to their location and send it along in a brand new direction. I wonder if that would be cheating though? Thanks for your thoughts, they are much appreciated!

We'd like to get back into caching again, schedules have gotten too busy. Many years of GC and not even 100 finds to show for it (hanging heads in shame). We think it's time to step back, find the fun things in life and get out seeking again. We also have a whole bunch of very unusual caches we devised that we'd like to put out, intending to do that in 2012. Hope to add a head-scratching, fun twist to the hunt.

Ah, I see. Hadn't thought of the accumulated mileage angle, not that it matters. It's original "mission" was to travel from altitude to sea-level and back again. Thanks for your thoughts and thanks to Keystone for moving my question in the correct forum topic. I don't post much, obviously.

Seasons greetings to you all! Best wishes for safe and fruitful seeking and hiding in 2012! Quick question. We planted a Geocoin in Hawaii in 2009 that has eventually made it to Europe, specifically it is in France at the moment. Since the initial find, the same geocacher has logged it into and then removed it from several caches (ranging from about one tenth of a mile apart to slightly more) 41 times and all on the same day too. We've had to put our geocaching on hold due to life getting in the way right now and maybe we are out of touch, but is this a normal activity? When we would find a trackable, we always move it to a new cache then leave it alone for someone else to find. We know everyone is really busy this time of year, but if someone sees this and can give us some insight on why someone would do that, we'd sure appreciate it. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?guid=b7f39fba-b638-4113-92c8-b10018cb3a51 Happy trails! Spoondoggled & Co.

We are preparing caches and I was reading about this very thing today because we want to make sure we get it right the first time. See this link: http://www.geocaching.com/about/guidelines.aspx Under the heading Cache Saturation. 'Additionally, within a single multi-cache or mystery/puzzle cache, there is no minimum required distance between physical elements.' You can point this out to your reviewer if questions arise. Good luck!

1. Adhere sandpaper to it using Super 77 glue to camo it, then use a velcro'd strap to lash it to a saguaro or other desert flora maybe? In plain sight but out of the approach direction... 2. You can buy fake barrel cacti online (they are made from foam), use a hole saw to wallow out the underside, add something to give it weight to keep the wind from knocking it over... We are just getting back into gc-ing after a (very) long hiatus and are preparing several caches unlike nothing we have run across yet. No expert here though... we have never hidden a single cache, save the ones we set for our kids, and are dipping a toe in in the next few months to see what kind of response we get.

OK, count us too. Not worried about someone knowing our ages... our team consists of two 51 YOs and two 13 YOs.