[SEMOG WWFM III (Missouri]

Feel free to come to Jackson Missouri for the wwfm III event. Your old buddy Paul Konopacki will be down for the event. GC19G9K

Spankyjoe

[Yahoo top 10]

I got excited today when I looked at the yahoo website and Geocaching was number 8 of the top ten searches forthe day.

[What's Your Best Muggle Story?]

I was wandering thru a wooded area in Sarasota Florida, at the Seista Key beach, when a young man, Man I sounded old just then(I am 32) asked me if I was a Biologist. I replied yes that I was looking for abandoned Alligator nests to tak back to my lab, and he went about his business without asking another question.

[Interesting "things" from a cache?]

recently found a new cache and found x3 empty shotguns shells in it! ummm..... caches are to be fun, a game..... so i removed them. I do have some concern with hand sanitizer or ANY liquid in a cache for the risk of not knowing is that the liquid that is suppose to be in that container or something else? I hate to say but you can not trust everyone & there are people out there who might think it's fun to switch something. I never leave liquids or take.

That point about the liquids is really good. I hadn't thought of that. I used to hold cachers to a higher standard but someone made the same point that they are just like everyone else.

 

I never really thought about it but that is a good point about my hand sanitizer, I may have to rethink putting those in there. I trust myself, but I am not sure I would trust it if I found one in the container. But I also don't do real well with germs in the first place so that alone would keep me from touching a strange bottle

Instead of a bottle of hand sanitizer, you could leave some antibacterial wipes. You can get a travel pack of them for $1 at Target or a box of 24 individual foil packed ones for about $3.50.

 

There you go I have found a new item to leave, as soon as I get rid of the last of my germex bottles i'll be purchasing antibacterial wipes for a dollar, thanks

[How Did You Get Hooked On Geocaching?]

A guy I work with always talked about geocaching, and I mentioned it once in passing to my wife, I wasn't really interested, but I was making conversation. A few months later, she saw a GPS on sale, and mentioned we should try geocaching. We bought it, and 87 caches later she hasn't been on one hunt yet. But My son and I enjoy it

[Travel Bug Etiquette]

Generally what I do with travels bugs in my caches, is I take some out when I go on trips, amd then I replace them with new travels bugs when I get back home. That way I keep travel bugs moving from my containers

[Interesting "things" from a cache?]

recently found a new cache and found x3 empty shotguns shells in it! ummm..... caches are to be fun, a game..... so i removed them. I do have some concern with hand sanitizer or ANY liquid in a cache for the risk of not knowing is that the liquid that is suppose to be in that container or something else? I hate to say but you can not trust everyone & there are people out there who might think it's fun to switch something. I never leave liquids or take.

That point about the liquids is really good. I hadn't thought of that. I used to hold cachers to a higher standard but someone made the same point that they are just like everyone else.

 

I never really thought about it but that is a good point about my hand sanitizer, I may have to rethink putting those in there. I trust myself, but I am not sure I would trust it if I found one in the container. But I also don't do real well with germs in the first place so that alone would keep me from touching a strange bottle

[Interesting "things" from a cache?]

I always leave a small container of hand sanitzer when I find a container. I figure its more useful than a burger king toy

[Cache Finds]

I always leave at least one bottle of hand sanitizer

[Pictures - Cool Cache Containers (CCC's)]

I dont have a picture of it because, I never have my camera, but My first micro container I made was a receptacle box with a light swith, and receptacle, I placed it outside near a water feature at our church on a standing piece of electrical conduit , so if the a muggle see it they wont think anything of it. I will post a picture when I get one

 

heres a link

 

and then the fish could see

[Geocaching puzzle idea]

I am testing out a cache/puzzle(maybe) idea wanted to get some opinions on this idea, ther few people who have done them around here seem to like them.

 

 

The view from a cache 1

 

the view from a cache 2

 

the view from a cache 3

 

the view from a cache 4

[whats in your geocaching bag ?]

n my backpack I have

 

25 bottle of hand sanitizer(my signature item)

1 pair pliers

a screw driver set

15 micro containers

10 log books

20 or so pencils and pens

1 pair of binoculars

1 notepad

first aid kit

bug spray

poison ivy cream

a few "what is geocaching" papers

a word lock

a pack of baby wipes

1 pda for paperless caching

and a gps(sometimes)

and probably a couple other things