Ry Dawg

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I'm getting ready to release my first travel bug

Good to know, thanks! I am planning on making my own "chain" with some cable and a spot-welder. I think that should do the trick!

I found ammo can that was shot. The contents streaming from it were needles, can & broken class. My guess is someone deposited their garbage in here after a bonfire or something. I emailed the cache owner told her; she ended up letting me replace it & sending here coords to where it was until she could get out there. I carry a couple extra cache containers in case I find a cool area I'd like to share by placing a cache. Worked out well for this too though.

I usually only have freetime at night. It usually minors me to roadsides or hiking. There have been times I've just waited until 430 (when our parks open for the morning) and logged those before bed. It takes some getting used to, and a really good flashlight.

There's one that starts in West Millard county Utah & wraps its way thru canyons and eventually into the Utah county area. It's more rural than "desert" because it's mainly cliff canyons & cultivated fields. I've yet to do it myself. Edit: East not West, sorry.

Any cache on the Northern Shores in the Arctic Circle. It's beautiful up there, but very expensive to travel!

Wow, thanks for the quick responses! I checked out the travel bug longevity pin; very helpful! Just an idea, to get an opinion on: I have a plastic toy scorpion. I was thinking about drilling a hole through him, and attaching the bug via sturdy chain/cable of some sort. The goal of this bug would be to travel around the deserts & take pictures (he will be launched somewhere is southern Utah or eastern Nevada). Is this a "fair" bug/quest? He's not too big, and not very "cute" at all to want to keep as a toy. Just a thought thanks!

I agree with toolson. I don't see a problem with it, but it frustrates me when you cannot access a certain bug you want to help move along. For instance, last fall somebody put one on a cache on a mountain pass near me. The snow didn't melt enough to find the cache until late AUG. Consequently, that bug was "frozen" there from OCT-AUG.

I'm too old for cougars, unfortunately. bahahah, thanks for the chuckle!

10-4!! best sign ever

This may have already been discussed, but apparently my search bar is not agreeing with me today: I will soon be receiving five new sets of bug tags, I plan to set out within the next year, depending on when I come up with goals. I've never owned a bug, but I find the concept fascinating. Does anybody have any advice for a newbie? What to expect, pro's/con's, disappointments, etc.? Thanks in advance!

You could just work with the reviewer to make a traveling cache. Not the exact same concept, but it could work.

I like the idea. It seems around here, private property caches are larger and also get muggled less. <edited to fix typo>

I've also seen some cougar warning signs outside of salt lake city, in some public parks. those ones are pretty entertaining.

I've also found one that said "DUGWAY PROVING GROUNDS - NO TRESPASSING - USE OF DEADLY FORCE AUTHORIZED" but I didn't feel the need to hang around that one long...

Cougar... =/

+1 completely agree

There's an area here, that is a public park right next to the school grounds. The cache is actually on school property, but I don't think the CO or Reviewer knows this. I think a detailed map would be useful in knowing this. I don't think it's supposed to be on that property.

I don't think I would like that. I wouldn't want to be responsible for somebody else's cache. What if it really wasn't missing, & I had replaced it, thinking it was? I personally would think it was in bad sense to leave something, anything, with the intent of not maintaining it. If somebody can't maintain a cache any longer, that is one thing to transfer ownership; it's completely different to plan it that way from the beginning.

Great topic! I like to cache on trips to new places. I cache around home, to get my "local" caches in between adventures. My favorite way to cache is riding, camping & hiking. Especially in the mountains & desert. A lot of history in the West Desert out here, & caching sometimes brings me to new things I would have never seen before: such as old mining equipment, ghost towns, pioneer wagon tracks, etc.

Thanks for posting! I'd really like that attribute also; I love going to caches that introduce me to a new, unique or historical area

Buahahaha. That is amazing!

You make an excellent point on too many attributes! Some I don't think I would ever need to use. Glad you liked my quicksand

^ I completely agree. It's nice to glance and see the immediate area conditions. Especially if you are traveling to the area for the first time.