Tour de Cache - NJ

Thanks so much, that worked perfectly... well, except for one that is so close to the border you have to zoom in and then the border disappears. However, I think that it's on the side I want it to be! :-) 4 down... O'D we will be glad to look into a cache on the border and assist you in determining where it is. If in the unlikely event there is a cache actually siting right on the border, it will have to be claimed for one county or the other but not both.

In regards to prizes the cache page says: In regards to the personal challenges: So - prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd - nominal value - equivalent of WaWa gift card for $20/$10/$5. No prizes for personal challenges. Those are just your own goals to make the cache more interesting. What the committee wants to see is one find in each county on or after August 26 meeting the conditions spelled out on the cache page. We'll have to think about that one. Should be ok for the personal challenge since you have all the puzzle caches in those three counties. However to satisfy the overall cache requirements you still have to find a cache of some kind meeting the challenge criteria in those three counties. In regard to puzzles in other counties, there are no puzzle caches in Cape May or Ocean counties. The committee is working to place puzzle caches. However if there is anyone else who would like to get into the puzzle caching game by placing puzzles there it would be much appreciated.

Is there something that tells me what after hours is? Is it after hours when the park/area is closed or is it after dusk in all cases. If that's the case, it removes the ability to count night caches and removes one of the personal challenge: Dark Lord. Also, what's the easiest way to determine what county a cache is in? After hours is self explanatory. If you are in an area or park after it has closed for the day then it is after hours caching and not permitted in the Tour de Cache challenge. Closing hours will vary from location to location so it is not possible to make a blanket statement on what they are. We felt strongly that cachers at night with lights in parks can reflect very poorly on geocaching as a whole. It brings too much undue attention on our activities and can result in alarm with local officials. We ruled it out for this cache as we did not want to condone this type of behavior. There are some parks that are open 24/7 such as state forests and parks and caching at night there is not an issue. But other areas are not open 24/7. If the closing hours are not posted, then the cacher will need to determine what they are by checking on the internet, or asking the park or town officials etc. As for determining what county a cache is in, there unfortunately is no better way than to plot its coords and look on a map. That's how we do it. It would be nice if geocaching had a feature to designate a county for caches but that feature is presently unavailable. We thought about doing book mark lists for the counties but have not had the time to look inputting the lists and the maintenance issues as new caches are listed and old ones archived. Hope that clears up your questions. TDC-NJ

Harry, Good point - Hudson county is a little different due to the low number of caches. We are open to suggestion on how to handle this. You could either wait for another cache to be placed there - which might be a while. Or find another cache as close to Hudson county as you can get. In this case you would need to double up on one of the adjoining counties. You would then have to ask to substitute an out of county cache. This would have to be handled case by case. However, the low number of caches in Hudson county adds a twist to the challenge. So we are a little reluctant to opening up exceptions for Hudson county. Would like to here some other ideas from the community. Thanks, TDC-NJ

After hours caching is not permitted by the rules of this cache. One of the players has chosen to violate this rule. Accordingly they have been advised of the following sanction, "...(player is) no longer elligible for any of the prizes or bragging rights associated with this cache."

This thread will be used for general info and discussion on the Tour de Cache - NJ County Challenge For full details on this cache check out the listing at the above link. An important fact to remember is that the challenge starts this Saturday, August 26, 2006. Caches found before that date will not be scored in the challenge. Also there have been some ammendments to the rules to prevent some of the grief that occured at GW4 over questionable caching practices. We want this cache to be a fun experience and for you to see some of the special and hidden places in New Jersey that have cache placements. We can't think of all the possibilities but if you stick to caching basics and not gaming the game there should be no issue. Future issues can be brought up in this thread for discussion or via email to the CO. Cache safely and responsibly. Enjoy the Tour de Cache!

OOOOPS - CLOSE THIS THREAD WRONG FORUM This thread will be used for general info and discussion on the Tour de Cache - NJ County Challenge For full details on this cache check out the listing at the above link. An important fact to remember is that the challenge starts this Saturday, August 26, 2006. Caches found before that date will not be scored in the challenge. Also there have been some ammendments to the rules to prevent some of the grief that occured at GW4 over questionable caching practices. We want this cache to be a fun experience and for you to see some of the special and hidden places in New Jersey that have cache placements. We can't think of all the possibilities but if you stick to caching basics and not gaming the game there should be no issue. Future issues can be brought up in this thread for discussion or via email to the CO. Cache safely and responsibly. Enjoy the Tour de Cache!