Desert Iguanas

Oh, right. There's that link to the original article (http://www.mypersonaldrive.com/Win06_Feature.htm). Let me read it to educate myself, then I'll write something to the editor tonight. ... Okay, just looked at it. There's no mention of anti-littering guidlines, CITO, or any of that. I'll take care of it. Good ammo Team Cyberlove! I'll mention those two caches too.

I suppose I should be the one to do that, although I will probably see her long before the next issue comes out. Anyway, maybe it will benefit others. Unfortunately, I never read the issue she refers to. This is the first one I've received. I'll just try to clarify things in case the article missed something.

I can't help but wonder if she looks at it and "tsk tsk"s, of if she would do what any geocacher would do and pick it up and carry it out? My guess is not. Prolly too busy carrying her nose in the air and writing letters poo-pooing something she's never tried, and has no understanding of. All while driving her gas burning, oil consuming, pollutant spewing Subaru. Actually, most herpers cherish debris piles because snakes and lizards hide under them. It actually improves the habitat from the standpoint of a reptile. ... Not that anyone I know might actually be placing this stuff out there. Nope. Don't know a soul who'd do that!

Please don't blame all amateur herpetologists for Hanna's opinions. I too am a "herper" as well as a geocacher. They're both actually very similar kinds of people, but like every organization, our herp. society has a variety of opinions among it's members - some of whom are admittedly at the edge of the bell-curve. Sometimes bell-curve outliers make a greater effort to make their thoughts known, but they don't necessarily represent the average individual. Hanna has a strong personality and strong opinions, but I know some herpers who feel the same way about her as you do. As mentioned earlier, she may not change her outlook on geocaching, but if she brings up the topic in front of me, I'll do my best to illuminate the subject for her. BTW - I'm going to go camping this weekend to look for animals. On the way, I'll probably do some "cacheing" as well. Maybe I'll even mention it at the next herpetology meeting just to see if it gets a rise out of a particular individual there.

Thanks Stunod. Took a bit of searching but I found them all and logged them.

I forgot to log in a few caches at the time that I found them. Now they are nowhere to be seen. I assume they've been archived. Can I access them and still log my past visits? It's not a tragedy, but it would be nice to have it credited toward our cache find count.

I've seen two or three in my vicinity, but I can't figure out the instructions so I avoid them and leave them there. Maybe one day, I'll run across another Geocacher in my neighborhood who will spend the time to explain.