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Just a little full sized cache, placed in the city, in plain sight, ten>fifteen feet from the curb, 1 year and no one has bothered it yet. The one above is before the final paint, which "aged" it. This one was "Around the Block I", we had some really big fires here a couple of years ago, and it was last seen being used as a wheel chock on a fire Engine, when the FD left, The cache was gone. I still have four of these, but only one in the field. "Around The Block III" http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...ce-dad51b4df1d4
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if the hint says "water resistant wood used in decks" would this mean anything to you?
let me know before i set me cache!!Yeah. Redwood.
I was thinking sequoia.
And I was thinking teak.
Teak, ash, cedar, redwood, pine, birch, am I getting warm?
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I had a clue, it said Plaese do not lock your Bicycle to the cache, and then claim you can't find it.
The Cache was a 6 inch diameter bright yellow POLE stuck in the summit of a hill, right outside the windows of a Dennys.
I had several reports of people locking their bikes to it, or "finding it by leaning on it or sitting on it."
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If this were in California, all my "virtual tours" would be illegal.
three historic grave sites and one Museum.
Jeff
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I deliberately went out to hide the perfect " in plain sight" cache, and sure enough, some people couldn't find it.
One seeker came out from the Midwest, had over 3,000 finds and logged a DNF. (Now that is a GeoCacher- logging a DNF with that many finds)
Thankfully he did find it on a later trip, I would hate to think this 1.5/1.5 sore thumb would go unnoticed by such an experienced cacher.
I guess if you put it on a hill, sticking up like a sore thumb, and paint it bright yellow, it becomes hard to see.
I get laughs all the time when people tell me they couldn't find it until someone uses it to sit on. Or they lock their bike to it. Or hang their shoulder bag of swag on it...
It also amazes me that it has been there so long unmuggled, since EVERYONE for at least a mile can watch you "find" it. especially the people in the restaurant 200 feet away, who have nothing better to do than watch people on a hill and wonder "what are they doing?"
The difficulty isn't in Finding it, it is in NOT being seen finding it.
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The User pages (stats) USED to have a list of TBs owned, and that list included activated tags which had not been edited yet, is the list by SERIAL numbers of activated TBs available (to the tag owner?)?
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Svaq vg Sbby!
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there are a few places already at A$2.9999 a gallon. (Premium).
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I am sure many would summarize Geocaching in a few words, but then how many "hiking" books are out there, and how many STILL get published years after the original publication. WHY? because Hiking is more than walking. and Geocaching is more than walking with a GPS in hand.
There are always new things in "the game" and the rules are general enough to be sensable, yet specific enough to be consistantly applicable.
Having a "game" avocation or hobby that evolves, has variety, a change in scene and always something interesting to see along the way is reason enough to write about it, and there hasn't been much written in hard or soft back forms. You seem to "forget" that not everyone has the internet, a computer, or the required GPS.
Putting a book out puts the hobby in view of an audience outside the clique. It brings fresh personalities, ideas and activity to the hobby.
It can also bring MONEY to the participants, in the form of prizes offered to the community, like recent GPS hunts sponsored by Garmin and Jeep.
My personal experience is this. When I first came to this forum, I was using a Meridian 300, a very basic GPS, and was looking for a way to map cemeteries for my Genealogy projects.
It was 9 months before I went on my first cache hunt. The members of this forum were very helpful in explaining the limitations of the unit I owned, and guiding me to the proper unit, the mapping software, and generally answering 1001 novice questions. NONE about geocaching.
In the subsequent year I have FOUND 26 caches, but I have HID almost as many.
I found when I started looking that almost all the caches in my area, (southern california) were on Mountain tops, and not easily accessable to my three mobility hampered children. This is one of the most densely cache populated regions in the world, but the nearest cache was (at that time) 16 miles away, and on top of a fire trail.
I set out to enjoy the experience AND to hide some easily found caches in my area "on the flats" and to make the experience accessable, and concentrate on "different" containers to keep the hunt fresh.
I think my meager contributions are significant for my locality, there are caches in areas that were devoid of caches.
There are also several new cachers from my efforts who would not climb a mountain to find out about caching. Several are just acquaintences who wanted to know what I was doing, others became active participants, "maintaining" caches in their office, ("ask the Manager") or helping build and deploy new "original" containers.
To help this hobby stay fresh, we need new people, new Caches, and an environment of "welcome" that will stop the activity from stagnating.
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I can verify that GPSaxophone NEEDS a suburban, or perhaps a BUS... I would need a bus too with my group, and If we placed my group with his we would need a BIG van at the least.
( I have met he and his family, very nice people.)
Team Geocan
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My meridian has a first name, its S P O R T, my meridian has a second name its OUSOB!
I use the thing everyday, and if you ask me why I say-
Its because I can't afford a G A R M I N ......
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Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 . . . . . $25.42 per gallon
Wait a Minute, that is "point"7 ounces (7/10ths of an ounce), so the cost would be $1.98 per ounce, and adjusting for 128 ounces per gallon, $254.18 per gallon ( add another 64 cents for the "half cent" in the original calculation per ounce(if you don't "round down", and it is higher).
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Ever look in obscure places for geocaches?
How about on the Desktop?
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Cache (Cash)- a storage Place, A place where supplies are left for later retrieval.
Cachet (Cash-ay)- a letter of approval, OR a small package, usually containing a perfumed powder used to deodorize.
Things are not Cached, they are encached. We all develop our own "group" specific semantics, and in this case I think we are using the terms properly, regardless of the talking heads on the Boob Tube.
Jeff
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There is always the NEXT cache, or the Neighbors' dog, or ther Nieghbor Kids, or donate them to the local park, tennis club or better yet ask THEM for any empties....
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First cache- lost an $800 digital camera with two extra flashcards...
One day I was doing a cache maintenence trip and found an Air Force ring on the road, it had my initials in it, think of the money I saved by not having to have it engraved....
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W. David Samuelson is working hard to try to get a preservation action going on a cemetery in SLC.
He is looking for a clean-up effort, and a means to assure permanent protection for this historic cemetery.
Any Salt Lake City area Cachers want to help OUT? It would be a good CITO event location. (I am in California, so it is out of my range)
David will be out of Town on CITO day, but if a local geocaher wants to pick this up for a later event that would be cool too.
Team Geocan
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David writes:
Right now I have to figure out ways to involve several groups in
rescue of Mount Olivet Cemetery, the only Federal-chartered municipal
cemetery established in 1874 specifically for non-LDS (as it was then.)
and is in Salt Lake City, right across from the Rice-Eccles Stadium
where the opening ceremonies of 2002 Winter Olympic Games was held.
Mount Olivet is in trouble because of weak upkeeping. Large number of
Civil war veterans have their markers covered by years of grass growth
already.
W. David Samuelsen dsam@sampubco.com
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W. David Samuelson is working hard to try to get a preservation action going on a cemetery in SLC.
He is looking for a clean-up effort, and a means to assure permanent protection for this historic cemetery.
Any Salt Lake City area Cachers want to help OUT? It would be a good CITO event location. (I am in California, so it is out of my range)
Team Geocan
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David writes:
Right now I have to figure out ways to involve several groups in
rescue of Mount Olivet Cemetery, the only Federal-chartered municipal
cemetery established in 1874 specifically for non-LDS (as it was then.)
and is in Salt Lake City, right across from the Rice-Eccles Stadium
where the opening ceremonies of 2002 Winter Olympic Games was held.
Mount Olivet is in trouble because of weak upkeeping. Large number of
Civil war veterans have their markers covered by years of grass growth
already.
W. David Samuelsen dsam@sampubco.com
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Gee that ALSO describes the Water Buffalo in Riverside.
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I have a SportTrak Map, what OTHER options are there for map programs for this unit?
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From the Caltrans Brochure
(California Program)
Participation can include one or more of the following activities.
• Removing litter on a two-mile stretch of roadside (frequency varies with location).
• Planting and establishing five acres of seedling trees and/or shrubs according to an approved plan.
• Planting and establishing three acres of wildflowers according to an approved plan.
• Planting and establishing a small area of wildflowers, called a “spot" wildflower adoption, according to an approved plan. (Note: Spot wildflower adopters do not qualify for Adopt-A-Highway signs.)
How Much Does It Cost?
A volunteer group that performs litter removal and uses a standard recognition panel on their Adopt-A-Highway sign will incur no costs. However, certain supplies needed for other adoption types, such as plants, tools, or paints, are usually purchased by the adopting group. Caltrans will supply the following items free of charge:
• An Adopt-A-Highway Encroachment Permit.
• The manufacture and installation of Adopt-A-Highway signs and standard recognition panels.
• A safety orientation for group safety leaders.
• Safety gear for volunteer participants (hard hats, vests, gloves, safety glasses, and litter pickers) and safety-training materials for group use.
• Adopt-A-Highway litter bags.
• Collection and disposal of filled Adopt-A-Highway litter bags and other debris cleared from the adoption site.
• Removing graffiti as needed from one or more highway structures.
• Controlling weeds on five acres of right-of-way according to an approved plan.
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Genealogy, geography, geocaching, geology am I stuck in the Gs?
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The Adopt-a-Highway program, How does that work?
Does the group fund clean-up, or DO clean-up?
let me know before i set me cache!!
Seen Any Good Full-Size Urban Caches?
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This one is long disassembled, (but I still have it).
It was constructed in three parts A 4" sewer pipe about 5 feet long, painted bright Yellow. A 3" sewer pipe with end caps, slightly shorter. Ans a manufactured cap that looked like a concrete plug. (painted to match)
As you can see it was placed on a small hill right next to the road. and just outside the windows of a Dennys. It was bright yellow because the little road it was on suddenly turned into a cliff,so I placed it there as if it was to warn people that a drop off was there. I was going to make it a multi, by placing a second one ten feet away and hanging a chain between them...
You walked to the top of the hill (about 80 feet high) and popped the top, pulled the inner container out and in plain site of the world, cached.
Strangely a lot of people couldn't find it, several did find it by leaning on it, and some actually chained their bikes to it, and logged a no-find.
The original of this burned up in the fires, it was made to look VERY rusty, and was standing up in the middle of an open field.
Just a pipe sticking out of the ground.