joe schlubb

I kind of felt bad that I didn't leave a "needs maintenance" on one that I found that really did need it. Being a newb with only a couple of finds, I kind of assumed that a "NM" was some kind of negative mark on the cache owner, didn't want to step on any toes, and I also wrongly assumed that people read their logs on a regular basis, so I just left details of the issue in the "found" log. It took a little over a month before the next person found the cache, by then it had been scattered by animals. Actually, it probably would have been scattered anyway had I not found it, but I still should have left a "NM".

I have decided against looking for a few "stealth required" type caches just simply because I am not very good at looking inconspicuous, that and there didn't seem to be any good reason for a cache being placed there. I like to be led somewhere with a nice view, somewhere of historical significance, or maybe a nice quiet spot without kids running and screaming or car radios blasting. A rusty lamp post next to a sopping wet oil spot in the parking lot at the Dollar General store just doesn't do it for me.

I found one once that somebody else had lost, that is kind of how I found this place.

This is a copy/paste from the log of my first find... I have since received my GPS receiver, a Garmin Oregon 450T, and am figuring out how it works, hopefully I will start finding actual caches this week in the afternoons.