Peconic Bay Sailors
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Way to go Spidey!!!
You've earned the BOOBY PRIZE!!!
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Yet another excellent Avroair Event!!!
You are the master eventer Mark!
With the most beautiful new baby girl! (insert the Barney theme song here, repeat 1000 times)...
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Great to see you again at Pirates of Harriman V!
Sorry, I misspelled hallycat in the post title...
You get the BOOBY Prize!
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I use RW Smith's Garmin Maps for the Caribbean when we go there...
He has great instructions for making your own here also...
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The only people who say "Joisey" are from Brooklyn & the Bronx...
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Systems Engineer.... Mainframe Software Geek... whatever...
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Systems Engineer.... Mainframe Software Geek... whatever...
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Dual milestones are soooo kool!
Excellent cache choice for #1500!
You guys definately earned the BOOBY Prize!!!
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I have come acros many hides in a certain area. I know for a fact that they are placed there without permission. is there someone i can contact to maybe get this person to maybe move their caches. there are posted no trespassing signs all over where this cache is located. i am afarid that if this person continues to put "illegal caches" out geocaching will be banned in this area. Im not sure if that can be done but its possible. Im not trying to be a trouble maker. but someone is going to get hurt or arrested for trespassing.
I'm wondering... if you have come across many hides in a certain area...
How come you have NO logged geocaches?
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The events we've been to have generally involved a bunch of cachers sitting at decrepit picnic tables while eating potluck and talking about caching. Then we raffle off an ammo box and maybe a coin. No money or anything...just comraderie, tasty food, and (hopefully) a couple of new caches to find on the way to the park. I don't think we'd be interested in a glitzy, competition oriented event, though probably others would be.
We have done some competition type events at NNJC...
Mostly like FTF's at event caches... First group to complete the event caches, etc...
That type of thing.... with prizes...
and we have had raffle type things...
BUT the prizes were never cash...
usually along the lines of a nice hiking stick, ammo cans, compas', a GPS'r or two, maybe a tent or geocaching coins...
That type of thing...
Now if the $5000-$10000 was going to a charity, that would probably be an acceptable exception...
I would think it would have to be carefully and well documented for approval...
But I cannot say for sure, as I am not an approver...
Good Luck!
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Have a representative (or two or ALL) attend any of the above listed events, and you will find a wealth of information from some very seasoned cachers...
You are all more than welcome, and encouraged, to attend!
The "NNJC Spring Event - Tiki Stomp Party (GC19YTT)" at the Watchung Reservation is also very close to Watchung Hills RHS...
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It will be up to your local approver, but I think he will say it is a "commercial" event, as the Chambers of Commerce are involved...
They probably would take exception to cash prizes also, but that I am not sure of...
I would think that "individual and team events...making it a weekend event" would be fine...
That is done all the time for Caching Events...
But the involvement of The C of C & $5000-$10000, and cash prizes I think would be a show stopper...
You can have it further reviewed by Groundspeak if you have valid reasons, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that...
I have a cache, that was eventually approved...
But I had to remove references to the Harbor Master and his phone #
for docking at the Town operated Marina by the cache, simply because there is a nominal charge to dock there...
if docking was free, there would not have been a problem...
Because it made the cache a Commercial Cache...
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Hello all,
My dad and I are thinking of going to our first GC'ing event, problem is, no campsites left. Dad wants to stay in a hotel, is anyone else who's going staying in a hotel? If so, please post here or PM. I don't want to be the only person outa 250 who stays in a hotel
.Avroair & Mrs. Avroair always stay at a motel...
You can always tell who they are at a camping event...
They are the ones that don't stink, and are in clean, dry clothes...
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I've only had one snake encounter here in NJ. I was putting a cache back under some logs, and a snake, about 3 feet long came from my right, sorta behind me. I just stood still and he slithered between my feet and out of sight. I think it was a pine snake. I think not moving was the key.
Watchung Reservation in Central NJ... late last Fall... about 5-6' long...
There were two of them...
The dogs barked at them, but wouldn't go near...
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The 2008 NNJC "Kiss Me I'm Irish (V2008.R3.15)" EVENT was published yesterday...
When: Saturday March 15, 2008
Time: Noon till 3(?) p.m.
What: Geocaching Meet and Greet
Where: Black River Barn Restaurant, 1178 Route 10 West, Randolph, NJ 07869
Restaurant Phone: 973-598-9988 URL: www.blackriverbarn.com
Why: To celebrate the first green of Spring and grab some 'O The Luck of the Wee People (LEPRICHONS, No Bad Jokes required).
Please RSVP on the cache page so we can tell the pub a final tally...
for cache page... Please click HERE...
Bring TB's... and coin collections to discover & trade!!!
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Hm.. Thanks for the warning!
You just have to be aware that a lot of the open land shown is now new roads, condos, corporate parks, shopping centers, developments, etc...
It does not render the topo contour lines inacurate,
so just for an idea of the terrain in a specific area, for caching, they still will work just fine...
actually, with few exceptions (i.e. the Millington Quarry near us, the whole hill is now gone), the contour lines in my home area look pretty accurate...
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All of New JoiZs topographic maps are available online for free at the following webpage
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/geodata/dgs99-1.htm
The maps are black and white, no color.
Those are VERY OLD Maps...
I'd say at least pre 1965...
at least the Bernardsville map #49...
It says 1983 on the webpage,
but still shows the old Somerset Hills Airport in Basking Ridge...
and that was buldosed about 1970-1...
and there are lots of roads missing that were there in 1965...
That's when I first moved there...
The map does not show my house, which was built in 1960...
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Looks like the one in CAMDEN (GC1899C) has not been approved yet...
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I am located in Almere, the Netherlands. After a day of searching I finally figured out a way to locate any and all caches in my area. Searching is not the easiets thing to do here. Only half of the cache is actually searchable. Turns out there are 2687 within a 100km (mi?) radius. Now I am trying to have a look at these caches. I have to open 135 pages with 20 caches per page. When I am finally done crashing my computer I try to download the caches I like (say: 100 of them to get me started). I am forced to click 100 times on a "loc waypoint file", I have to rename 100 files because they all have the same name, and to top it off, I have to load 100 loose .loc files manually into my gps- software...
Why worry about loading 100 caches at this point in in your geocaching career???
or do a PQ if u become a premium member... that will give you 500...
it is only $30/yr... or a little less than 8.25 cents a day...
and if your PC crashes... then you have more problems than the geocaching site...
100 caches is a pretty ambitious immediate goal for someone with only 4 caches to his name...
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I have to agree with briansnat...
farther is better...
If you have to make it a bushwacking cache...
we try to avoid them if possible...
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Well, Chuck Norris is also an actor.
I would hope his caching skills are better than his acting skills...
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IMSpider hits 5000 caches in 24 months!
in Northeast
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