Last Lap Gang

Oh had to throw on a picture of my wife with our gang while caching this winter. Neat to see so many greyhound cachers. http://community.webshots.com/photo/49791688/71238618vPbsio Wags, Russ & Erin

We are owned by for sighthounds (3 greyhounds and a borzoi) so it is strictly exercise for our bunch as caches are well hidden out of "sight". Wags, Russ & Erin

As a smoker for 18 years and non smoker for the last year and a few months I defend the smokers. If you smoke repsonibly outdoors and extinguish the flame properly. Jeez smokers are running out of places to smoke. I have a few friends that still smoke and I don't think one way or the other. I quit because it was my choice and I feel that it is anyones right as long as they do not harm others and that is the fine line that causes the political argument. By the way nobody better pick on Kentucky or I will have to whip out my West Virginia or Tennessee jokes. Wags, Russ & Erin

We walked up on a gaggle of about twenty or so Garter snakes last Sunday and they fled one direction and we walked slowly off in the other. I know whimpy compared to Rattlers, Mocassins, and Copperheads but thi sthread does remind one to poke with a long stick carefully and not bend with a head or hand first. Wags, Russ & Erin

Being a member I thought it was very cool to see the good press. Good job to the officers who participated in the intreview. I feel priviledged to live in a state where there is good communication between the parks and the cachers. A lot of gratitude is owed the MGS for that. Good deal! Wags, Russ & Erin

Now that was worth the read! Wags, Russ & Erin

Not sure who it is but you Jersey cachers are a fun rea. I can't wait to cross the Delaware on one of my trips up and cache in Jersey.We are getting closer. Wags, Russ & Erin

Way to go!!! Good job Dam Trolls. We were so tired last night from a Pennsylvania 2 day marathon we screwed up your state sign virtual cross the border (No L/L coords taken). I magnified the pic and refined it for an hour of the GPS and the state sign (LOL). We'll get it next month. Good job! Hope to see you at the MGS April Meeting. Wags, Russ & Erin

Generally I am level headed. Hey I am a tekkie and so is my wife and my son falls right in place. We were caching in the Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Saturday and hit a cache to trade bugs at dusk. Cache was isolated and down a long path near a cliff edge on the Delaware River. The beginning was fine as we petted two labs whose trainer was walking them back to thier truck parked next to us at this isolated spot. We continued on for another half a mile when I was cutting up with my son and my wife turned and looked up taken back. We turned just as a kid locked up the brakes of a mountain bike. I said "Wow you scared us" and he smiled and biked off down the trail in a hurry. We kept on walking and shrugged it off and laughed at how he almost hit us. As we approached the cache spot we saw the kid down the trail staring off at the river in deep thought. He was blond and pale and wore a black T-Shirt with a spinal chord print and khaki shorts. He paced as he looked up at the path at us and we paced awaiting this stand off and avoiding the cache. We finally sat down on a log and about ten minutes latter he silently walked by us never looking. You could have heared a pin drop. Now we were all just trying to act normal but all felt the hair on our neck rise. He walked a hundred yards down the path and walked back and fort across a bridge that crossed a ravine. Same long off forlorn look on his face. We were contemplating what to do as we were worried he was going to jump or something and wondered what happened to the bike. He finally walked off up the path and we shook our heads and immdiately took care of our cache duites with one of us on the look out. We all were busy on the hike back trying to rationalize this strange characters appearance when we all looked up and suddenly saw him walking towards us again! Afterwards none of us can remember seeing him a moment before but our freak out button was getting pretty high and darkness was setting in. We kept walking towards each other and this time he wasn't happy and I tightened my grip on my walking stick just in case. He mumbled something at us as he walked by and went down the trail into darkness. We continued on another half mile to the truck occasionally looking back just in case. The engineering logical side took back over in the truck. We think he may have stole the bike and was racing to hide and ditch it and was mad we were around. That's it right...... or is it! Wags, Russ & Erin

Nope actually it was one in Pennsylvania that my mom, Grandmom Last Lap, prepared. She was really disappointed as she has a hard time getting around but loves to read all about caching and wanted to give something to the hobby. She vows to put another one together. Wags, Russ & Erin

It is sad to see but I have personally had one had taken and have read of disappearances of others caches as well as most all ietms of a theme taken from cache and the cache left empty with only paper work. I am new top the hobby since December and love it tremedously and cache as responsibly as I can. It is just a shame that it seems others read the disclaimers and do the exact opposite. Has this happened in the other years? The Spring brings out all the crowds and I guess certian people who like to destroy others games at thier whimsy. At least in Pennsylvania I had a ranger contact me and save my cache as it was a borderline plant where the rules were not clear. He cleared it up for me but was very nice about the whole deal and respected the hobby. Sorry to be so dour but I have noticed the trend in the past few weeks. Wags, Russ & Erin

Hey congrats Joe! We just hit 50 after 3 months so that is impressive! Wags, Russ & Erin

I have to agree with JoeCthulhu! Lakemaster is a trip. This guy caches till he drops plus he is a hoot to be around. A good storyteller with good storys to tell. He and his son crashmore are definitely up there for the Gung -Ho award. Wags, Russ & Erin

You look at the website to find caches. You may even print out the cache page to assist you in your search. You notice there is a TB in the cache you'd like to visit. GO TO THE TB's PAGE and read about it! If it needs to go SOUTH, and you are traveling NORTH, DON'T take it for cryin' out loud! And if you do research your prospective TB, and you DO take it LOG IT QUICKLY to at least say you've TAKEN IT! There's nothing more frustrating than traveling to a cache, expecting to find a bug, only to NOT find it there! Grant it, someone may have only taken in hours before, but in most cases, I'm assuming, it is just because the Cacher arrives home, weary from a long day of hitting a dozen caches, and then is to lazy to enter their logs! The other problem is that people will pick up a bug from ONE cache, and then drop it in ANOTHER cache on the same day, but forget to WRITE DOWN THE TAG NUMBER! So they get home, and go to log it in, and OOPS, they don't have a number! So the Bug doesn't officially get TAKEN OR PLACED. If that happens, PLEASE email the BUG's OWNER, who can easily give you the Bug's number. Problem solved. You can take as long as you want to log your cache finds... if you do so at all, but PLEASE BE PROMPT (within 24 hours) to log that you've TAKEN A BUG! How simple is that? Wags, Russ & Erin

We look forward to meeting up at the combined NoVa/MdGS event at Burke Lake. Wags, Russ & Erin

We look forward to meeting you at the combined Maryland/Northern Virginia event this Saturday. We are near a half century but have been busy with hides also as we enjoy putting out quality theme caches for others to find too. Wags, Russ & Erin

With the great weather and a bevy of new caches the attendance count has gone up for this event tremendously. The Potomac is but a little creek as us MGS'ers have been welcomed by a great group of Northern Virginian's. Erin and I are looking forward to meet new cachers and have a great time on our first Virginia finds! Wags, Russ & Erin

The never ending thread that is as hard to explain to a stranger as geocaching is at times! Wags, Russ & Erin

alan2 has two covered Bridge Tours through Bucks County Pennsylvania which are very fun, scenic, and well laid out. We completed this one: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=47142 There is also a North tour. Also two others I liked in Bucks were Lake Warren for its tranquility (such a peaceful spot and a neat climbing tree nearby): http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=19159and also my buddy yiprip's for it's awesome view called ScenicViews: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=21903 They are all nearby each other in Bucks county and would make for a great caching day. Wags, Russ & Erin

We had a small turn out for the February meeting and some of that was weather related but we had a blast. It is not the quantity but the quality and there are some really good cachers coming and you guys seem to have done a superb job getting ready. I can't wait even if we have to leave a bit early. Wags, Russ & Erin

Man they get around. They were in Virginia area on Saturday and we happened to miss them in Southeastern Pennsylvnia on Sunday at one of our own caches. We emailed back and forth this morning as they had a no find at one of our hides but it was definitely weather related as this cache is very deep in a wooded area that was probably abused by snow tremendously. They are looking to slow down and concentrate more on meeting people and putting faces to names from what she told me. They sound very nice. Wags, Russ & Erin

We had 4 inches today in Southern Maryland and more on the way. They had school and let out at 8:15 in the morning which means they generally walk to the door and left and one happened to find my car with their car and slammed into my front end sliding through an intersection. I am starting to dream of spring days during these winter daze. We planted caches on Saturday for the Maryland Geocaching Society February Meeting in a thunderstorm and this was a week after 14 inches of snow. When will it end........... Your about to see a man a foot shorter cry with you! Wags, Russ & Erin

I will contact my approver Wags, Russ & Erin

Forget the caching part. I had all I could do to get home this weekend. Made it by Tuesday afternoon but I did get a snow cache in. Wags, Russ & Erin

He posted this on February 7th. Man if he thought that then what do they think now. Anybody got an insulated snorkel I could borrow! Wags, Russ & Erin