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  1. After looking over the pics and reading the posts from the "after party" at Geobear18 & Dudeface's Pizza party Meet and Greet, I thought it might be a good idea to hold monthly Meet and Greets in different parts of South Florida. The idea would be two fold 1) you would obvioulsy meet other cachers in South Florida and 2) it would give cachers a chance to go group caching in the area afterwards. This would be rather informal, like a bagel shop or pizza place, but in a great casual atmosphere to talk and plan the group caching. We could also meet face to face to seriously discuss forming a South Florida Geocaching Association like NEFGA. What do you think?
  2. Thanks for the info. I have researched all types of locations and we are narrowing our search to Cabins and private vacation homes. The B&B just are not very receptive to children. We really like Adam's cottage in Bryson City, can anyone tell me if Bryson is a nice city and what I can expect as far as waterfalls, mountains, hiking...ect. Thanks
  3. Thanks CrowT, I have submitted an e-mail to the local office and hope to get a response soon. I did see a article in the paper about the St Johns division of FWL and how they support caches 100%.
  4. Can we place caches on property owned by Fl Fish and Wildlife?
  5. I am a female cacher & I go caching with my daughter. I am married but my hubby want nothing to do with geocaching.
  6. I have not found a cache but I did find a letterbox. I e-mailed the owner of the letterbox and now she is into geocaching & other cachers who know about/ or heard about the letterbox kindly stamp or sign their name in her log.
  7. He just missed an event in Broward County, it was held on 4/3/04. I know that there are plans for an event in Miami really soon, perhaps your brother could make the trip. Otherwise I would advise him to perhaps read the geocaching boards and invest in a GPS. He can try a few local caches and if he doesnt like it then return the GPS, since they usually have a 30 day return policy.(Although I cant imagine him returning the GPS......Geocaching is quite addictive). Best of luck!
  8. Doc-Dean placed 4 Aligator Alley caches this past weekend: 1) When Alligator "Alley" Attacks... by Doc-Dean (GCJ2P5) 2) Adventure, Entertainment & Travel on the Alley by Doc-Dean (GCJ2P4) 3) Gone Fishin' - Alligator Alley Style by Doc-Dean (GCJ2HD) 4) Road to Ah-Thah-Ti-Ki by Doc-Dean (GCJ2HB) I plan on searching for them this weekend.
  9. Barnacle Bear...I would recommend that your brother attend a Geocaching event to meet other cachers, although Geocaching is not known as a "Meat market" he will definitely meet allot of friendly people.
  10. I am planning a trip to the North Carolina's (Transylvania county) for a family vacation to see the mountains and waterfalls. I of course plan on going Geocaching and I am loooking for a place to stay near waterfalls/creeks and mountains. Do any of my fellow geocaching buddies know of a nice place to stay(wither B&B or a private home or Inn). I am not interested in a hotel or motel. Thanks for your help!!
  11. Looks like the weather will be perfect and the turnout is going to be awesome!! Two more days till the Geoevent........can't wait to see you all there! Nickie218
  12. Thank you so much for the ideas, I do like the idea of having everyone bring a trade item for a "ready made" cache container.
  13. I also researched to find a good sig item for an event I am co-hosting in Florida. I found a site that offers 250 wooden nickels for around $70 that included s&h. You can have the wooden nickels printed with whatever you want(both sides). The site is ituit.com the guy I spoke with is Steve, he was very friendly and might give you a discount if you mention geocaching. He also has pre-printed nickles in stock at a great price. Nickie218
  14. Personally I enjoyed going to a website that focused on Florida. Geocaching.com has a great Southeast site board but it covers 11 states, I wouldnt call that very "personal" to us in Florida. Several other states have web sites and I can definatley see a need or atleast a want for those sites. Cacheflorida was a very usefull tool to check on the happenings in Florida and I enjoyed reading thru the site on a daily basis. I wish I had the time and/ or know-how to operate a website but I have neither. I look forward to meeting you all at the Tree Tops event in Davie in just a few weeks! Nickie218
  15. A solo cacher? Sometimes if I can get away from the kids A family cacher? I often bring my 6 year old with me. Part of a "caching couple?" Never, nope, hubby has ZERO interest in caching A social/group cacher? no Why did you start caching?: Boredom Needed the exercise Love the outdoors Wanted to do something with my family ALL OF THE ABOVE Are you as into the "numbers" as some of the guys? Not really. Nickie 31 South Fl
  16. I am trying to plan a Geoevent in April 2004, I have been contacting the various GPS suppliers requesting any type of promotional items that they may offer for giveaways for my event. I am also looking into INExpensive custom giveaways for the day of the event but I am running into a wall. Most suppliers want minimum orders on pens,pencils, key chains ect, that I just can not afford nor need. Any ideas on what else I can do? E-mail nickie@csx.org Thank you!!!!!! Nickie
  17. After talking about it for a few weeks we have FINALLY commited to a day, time and location for the next Broward County Geocevent & Picnic. It will be held on April 3, 04 in Tree Tops Park in Davie from 10am-4pm. We are in the begining stages of the planning of this event and any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The cache page has been submitted and we are waiting on approval before it posts. Please e-mail me if you are interested in helping us out. the more help we can get the better the event will be. E-mail me at nickie@csx.org See you there, nickie218 & Objets
  18. Anyone interested in hosting/cohosting or helping out with a Geocache event in Broward County? Myself and Objets have e-mailed back and forth over where to have it/when to have it and other ideas. We thought that perhaps Tree Tops Park in Davie would be an ideal place(close to the Turnpike, 595, I75 and I95). I have never attended an event so I feel as if I am at a disadvantage in planning a GOOD one. Please e-mail me if you are interested in actually putting one together. Any other ideas on locations would be great! Sent e-mail to nickie@csx.org
  19. Ultimamind...that sounds like a great idea, it is too bad that I am just now reading your post. I know for a fact that "pinkfloyd' from this site will be at the Herald Hunt and I am sure a few others. Maybe we could all walk around with our gps's around our necks....lol If you can think of somewhere to meet let me know. I plan on getting there around 10am.
  20. The average age of most geocachers is what??? After reading this thread I would say the majority are under 18......If I happened upon a couple in any sort of act I would simply leave, I think it is the only mature thing to do, and I am sure that I would have a good chuckle whether they were two men, a man and a woman or a group of nudists!!
  21. I forget to mention that this would be a South Florida event, perhaps in the Broward/Miami/Palm Beach area.
  22. With so many new Geocaching members I think it is a good time to have a Fall/Winter Cache event. Since I have never attended an event I would like some help from others. Anyone interested??? BTW...the Miami Herald is having their annual Herald Hunt on 10/26 in Miami Beach, I think it would be interesting for most geocachers. Go to www.heraldhunt.com for more info.
  23. I would love to see another event cache, I missed the Spring event.
  24. Wow...that is really awesome! I thought what my huby did for V-Day was cute, he prepared a picnic at a local park and for weeks he talked about a secret "cache" hidden in our city, he then gave me the coords and off I went after work to find a pcinic dinner for me!
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