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Over three years later only 37 of the 78 caches I found in 3 states during my first three months have been archived. I think that speaks well for cache owners and their dedication to maintenance!

 

11/16/2003 Pinky's Garage Alabama [visit log]

11/16/2003 Below The Swann Cache Alabama [visit log]

11/15/2003 Chill Out! Alabama [visit log]

11/15/2003 Chief Coosa Alabama [visit log]

11/14/2003 Carson Mountain Computer Cache Alabama [visit log]

11/9/2003 Louisiana's Fall Geocaching Campout 2003 Louisiana [visit log]

11/8/2003 Booker Fowler Cache Louisiana [visit log]

11/8/2003 Scooby Doo take 2 Louisiana [visit log]

11/8/2003 ChinQuapin Cache Louisiana [visit log]

11/8/2003 Jeepers Creepers! Louisiana [visit log]

11/4/2003 Monument, Mark & Micro Alabama [visit log]

11/4/2003 Silver Lining Alabama [visit log]

11/4/2003 Shades Mtn. Cache Alabama [visit log]

11/2/2003 Goodwillhunting333's Micro #1 Alabama [visit log]

11/2/2003 "Spanish Lights" Alabama [visit log]

11/2/2003 This Cache Sucks Alabama [visit log]

11/2/2003 "X" Marks The Spot Alabama [visit log]

10/27/2003 Hot But Not Heavy Alabama [visit log]

10/27/2003 The Cahaba at Inverness Alabama [visit log]

10/25/2003 Second Annual GGA Challenge Event Georgia [visit log]

10/23/2003 The Old Walker Place Alabama [visit log]

10/23/2003 Keeping Score At Station 2 Alabama [visit log]

10/22/2003 Reindeer Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/22/2003 The "Power" Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/22/2003 Tons of Steel Alabama [visit log]

10/22/2003 Blast from the Past Alabama [visit log]

10/19/2003 Central Alabama Geocachers Meet & Greet Alabama [visit log]

10/14/2003 Cache in the "Tree Top" Alabama [visit log]

10/12/2003 Cornucopia Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/12/2003 Triangle Park Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/12/2003 Enterprise to Picard, we're moving to McCalla! Alabama [visit log]

10/11/2003 The Cardinal Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/11/2003 Coldwater TB Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/8/2003 Temptations Alabama [visit log]

10/8/2003 9-11 Memorial, Birmingham, AL Alabama [visit log]

10/8/2003 High Above The Wealth Alabama [visit log]

10/7/2003 Streamin Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/7/2003 Hoover Hideaway Alabama [visit log]

10/6/2003 Out For a Walk Alabama [visit log]

10/6/2003 It's a Drag Alabama [visit log]

10/5/2003 Up The Cahaba Alabama [visit log]

10/5/2003 Mon Cheri - Wedding Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/4/2003 Near The Valley Cache Alabama [visit log]

10/2/2003 Round and Round Alabama [visit log]

10/2/2003 Geocache Alabama [visit log]

9/29/2003 Louisiana's Fall Geocaching Campout 2003 Louisiana [visit log]

9/25/2003 Red Mountain Cache Alabama [visit log]

9/25/2003 "Rocky Mount" Alabama [visit log]

9/24/2003 Fried Green Geocache Alabama [visit log]

9/24/2003 Be Healthy! Alabama [visit log]

9/22/2003 GGA Corps of Engineers Nat'l Public Lands Day CITO Georgia [visit log]

9/22/2003 Old Dan Tucker Georgia [visit log]

9/22/2003 Mysterious Purple Egg Cache Georgia [visit log]

9/22/2003 The Path Georgia [visit log]

9/19/2003 GGA Corps of Engineers Nat'l Public Lands Day CITO Georgia [visit log]

9/19/2003 By Land or By Sea Georgia [visit log]

9/17/2003 Canoe find it ??? Alabama [visit log]

9/17/2003 Cache in the Brook Alabama [visit log]

9/17/2003 Vestavia Temple Cache Alabama [visit log]

9/15/2003 Rocky Road Alabama [visit log]

9/13/2003 Mostly Media (theme cache) Georgia [visit log]

9/11/2003 Central Alabama Geocachers Meet & Greet Alabama [visit log]

9/10/2003 The Beginnings of a Tradition Alabama [visit log]

9/6/2003 "Goober's Hometown Cache" Alabama [visit log]

9/6/2003 "Walker County Lake Cache" Alabama [visit log]

9/5/2003 Ready, Aim, Fire Alabama [visit log]

9/1/2003 All "Washed" Up Arizona [visit log]

8/29/2003 Cache at the Purdy Lake Alabama [visit log]

8/29/2003 A Purdy Good Cache Alabama [visit log]

8/26/2003 Pig Iron Cache Alabama [visit log]

8/26/2003 Pond Cache Alabama [visit log]

8/26/2003 Wildwood Cache Alabama [visit log]

8/21/2003 Cost of Freedom Alabama [visit log]

8/21/2003 On the Way Alabama [visit log]

8/21/2003 Easy Cache Alabama [visit log]

8/19/2003 Cahaba Cache Alabama [visit log]

8/18/2003 Miles and Miles Alabama [visit log]

8/17/2003 The Mountie Cache Alabama [visit log]

 

EDIT to add: WOW, great memories, but reading this list what I find more interesting is that I remember every one of these and could guide you to the hide by telephone for every one of them! Funny, even after three years just the name of the cache evokes recall of the hide and trip to find it!

 

EDIT again to add: Looking back reminds me - Alabama's first event, 10/19/2003 Central Alabama Geocachers Meet & Greet Alabama, was attended by I think 11 people. We decided to start "a geocaching club" at that meeting and the resulting Alabama Geocachers Association now has over 1000 members!

 

Ed

Edited by TheAlabamaRambler
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My first three months. :unsure:

3/4/2006 GCP6Q4: The Really Cheap Seats Kentucky [visit log]

3/2/2006 Gatorade Hill Kentucky [visit log]

3/1/2006 A Tale of Two Bridges Kentucky [visit log]

1/2/2006 Let The Good Times Roll (A Mardi Gras Cache) Kentucky [visit log]

12/31/2005 Tie a yellow ribbon (Iroquois Park) Kentucky [visit log]

All but one is archived. :blink:

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My first three months are a neat snapshot of a major life change: moving from San Jose to Seattle. I started caching in January '03 in California, when a friend got a GPS for Christmas and we walked around Willow Glen (San Jose) discovering the caches there. I bought a GPS the next day and went on my first binge the next weekend, finding about a dozen in one day (I shoulda been packing). I lived a mile from Marky & Joani, so many of my first-month caches were theirs.

 

Month 2 shows my migration north, up I-5 to Seattle, with Oregon my second caching state. Then no caching for nearly a month while I started my new job and house-hunted. Month 3 shows my trip back to San Jose to sell my house, and finally my last caches near my temporary housing in Redmond, stopping right before my move into my new Washington home.

 

Neat idea, a real trip down memory lane. Also reminds me of cachers no longer around, especially Dr. Ufo Koska, one of the early evil geniuses in this area. My adventures with his caches are part of this early snippet.

 

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My first 3 months in 7 states, 120 caches were far and few in between, a little hard to do back then

 

Found it 12/9/2001 Virgin Falls Cache Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 12/8/2001 Ganier Cache Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 12/4/2001 No Mans land Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/27/2001 Grainola Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/26/2001 Lenora Park Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/26/2001 Easy Micro-Stash at Charles McDaniel Park (coins) Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/26/2001 Tribble Mill Trek Cache Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/26/2001 B.S.A. T-757 Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/26/2001 Rockdale Covered Bridge Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Candler Park aka 'Silly Cache' Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 1st Anniversary Cache -- SOAP? Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Geocache Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Woodside Cache Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Pick nick ville Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Snellville Stash Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Postcards and Pens Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Geo_4_Fun Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 If you place it, they will come... Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Cator's Place Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Get Fit! Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Henderson Falls Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 The Buckhead Dragon Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Exit the Reagan Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 Watch for flying objects... Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 This Won't Hurt A Bit Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2001 A Blast From the Past...Virtual Cache Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/24/2001 BSA Troop 75 / Way of the Cross Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/24/2001 Morgan Falls Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/24/2001 Rock On Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/24/2001 Cookie Jar Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/24/2001 Solitude in Suburbia Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/24/2001 Just a walk in the park Georgia [visit log]

Found it 11/22/2001 The Green Mile "Traditional Cache" Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/22/2001 Urban Cowgirl Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/18/2001 Land Trust Geocaching Hike Alabama [visit log]

Found it 11/18/2001 Natural Bridge Alabama [visit log]

Found it 11/18/2001 Green Mountain Cache Alabama [visit log]

Found it 11/18/2001 Jennifer and Jonathan’s Cliff Cave Cache Alabama [visit log]

Found it 11/18/2001 Mallard-Fox Creek Cache Alabama [visit log]

Found it 11/18/2001 GPS4FUN Alabama [visit log]

Found it 11/18/2001 The Arabian Cache Alabama [visit log]

Found it 11/15/2001 Happy Booger's troll challenge Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/11/2001 Meriwether Lewis/Natchez Trace Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Falls of the Ohio Indiana [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Silver Creek Cache Indiana [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 micro-GEORGE (version 4.0) Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 micro-JOHN (Version 2.0) Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Ultimate Optimist (10/22/2001) Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 micro-PAUL (Version 2.0) Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Climb the Fence (10/4/2001) Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Tie One On (10/4/2001) Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Magnet Cache Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Cherokee Park Cache Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Tom Sawyer Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Better Pizza Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/10/2001 Better Photo Spot Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/4/2001 Black Mountain Cache aka Bookcrossing Zone #M723 Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/4/2001 Rocky Road (Center Hill Lake) Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/4/2001 Bug Juice of the Mossy Field Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/4/2001 Sunset Rock Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 11/3/2001 Lusk Creek Cache Illinois [visit log]

Found it 11/3/2001 Bell Smith Springs Cache 1 Illinois [visit log]

Found it 11/3/2001 Pilot Rock Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/3/2001 View the Past #1 Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 11/3/2001 View the Past #2 Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 10/28/2001 Three Monkeys #2 Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/28/2001 Mt. Zion's Valentine Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/28/2001 It takes a Village Creek Arkansas [visit log]

Found it 10/28/2001 Mustard Devil's Stash By The River Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/28/2001 Three Monkey's #3 - The Stacks Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/28/2001 Three Monkeys Stash #4 - In da Woods Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/28/2001 Graham Cracker Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 HugoNaDie #1 - "Empty Tombs" Arkansas [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 Pot of Gold Mississippi [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 LPS001 Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 LPS002 now maintained by Mustard Devil Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 LPS006 Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 The Caboose Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 Jailhouse Rock Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 Stanky's Cache Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 Lickey's First Stash Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 Off The Beaten Path Arkansas [visit log]

Found it 10/27/2001 A Grand Treasure Mississippi [visit log]

Found it 10/15/2001 Down the drain Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/13/2001 Jackson Microcache #2 Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/13/2001 Jackson Microcache #1 Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/13/2001 Coon Skin Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/11/2001 Pirate Treasure! Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/7/2001 Fortress Rosecranes Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/7/2001 Jonjaben Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/7/2001 GoBigOrange_I Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/7/2001 GoBigOrange_II Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/7/2001 Train Wreck Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 10/6/2001 Geocache by Imperitus Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 9/30/2001 China Ball Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/30/2001 Wolftever Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/30/2001 The Giving Tree Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/30/2001 Hawg Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/30/2001 Route:Canal Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 9/27/2001 The Murfreesboro History Tour Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/25/2001 Hadley's Bend Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/25/2001 Star Trekker Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/22/2001 All locked up Kentucky [visit log]

Found it 9/22/2001 Geocache Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/22/2001 Mountain Bike Heaven Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/22/2001 Gone Fishin' removed Dec 9,2001 Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/22/2001 Eiffel Tower Cache Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/16/2001 Wade Mt. Preserve Alabama [visit log]

Found it 9/16/2001 Monte Sano Preserve Alabama [visit log]

Found it 9/16/2001 Geocache Alabama [visit log]

Found it 9/15/2001 Xterra Plant Tour 2001 Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/15/2001 Skunk Hollow Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/14/2001 Geocache Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/13/2001 They Might Be Giants / James K. Polk Geocache Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/12/2001 Cumberland River Cache Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/9/2001 Battle of Franklin Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/8/2001 Go Atlanta Braves Tennessee [visit log]

Found it 9/8/2001 The Troll Tennessee [visit log]

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Bandwidth-friendly version, compliments of fizzymagic and GSAK:

 

FindStats v.0.2.1

Analysis of file 3months.gpx

 

Cacher ID: 259626 Name: budd-rdc

364 unique caches.

366 finds logged.

2 DNF logs (on found caches only).

Centroid = N 37 25.557, W 121 43.585

Avg. Difficulty = 1.85

Avg. Terrain = 1.46

Avg. Challenge = 2.00

66 hard caches (18%)

1 countries

2 US states

1 multiple finds (0%)

105 (28.8%) archived

First log: 07/31/2004

Last log: 11/9/2006

Most finds: 19 on 10/31/2004

Maximum one-day distance: 191.3 miles on 08/9/2004

From N 39 34.056, W 119 47.858 to N 37 24.983, W 122 01.481

Oldest cache: #1208 (GC4B8)

Newest cache: #182429 (GCKXKQ)

Found 0 of the first 1000 caches.

Found 4 of the first 5000 caches.

Found 7 of the first 10000 caches.

 

Difficulty:

1.0: 89 (24.5%)

1.5: 108 (29.7%)

2.0: 77 (21.2%)

2.5: 36 ( 9.9%)

3.0: 34 ( 9.3%)

3.5: 10 ( 2.7%)

4.0: 8 ( 2.2%)

4.5: 2 ( 0.5%)

 

Terrain:

1.0: 188 (51.6%)

1.5: 87 (23.9%)

2.0: 49 (13.5%)

2.5: 23 ( 6.3%)

3.0: 9 ( 2.5%)

3.5: 6 ( 1.6%)

4.0: 2 ( 0.5%)

 

D T 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0

+----------------------------------------------

1.0 | 62 17 5 4 1

1.5 | 41 41 20 3 2 1

2.0 | 33 12 19 7 4 1 1

2.5 | 20 7 2 5 1 1

3.0 | 22 4 3 2 1 2

3.5 | 6 3 1

4.0 | 3 2 1 2

4.5 | 1 1

5.0 |

You have found 39 out of 81 total Diff/Terr combinations.

 

Cache types:

1 ( 0.3%) Letterbox HybridCache

2 ( 0.5%) Locationless (Reverse) Cache

18 ( 4.9%) Multi-Cache

283 (77.7%) Traditional Cache

57 (15.7%) Unknown Cache

3 ( 0.8%) Virtual Cache

 

Containers:

134 (36.8%) Micro

4 ( 1.1%) Not chosen

13 ( 3.6%) Other

178 (48.9%) Regular

30 ( 8.2%) Small

5 ( 1.4%) Virtual

 

Countries:

362 in United States

 

US States:

356 in California

6 in Nevada

 

Multiple or Zero Finds:

3 finds claimed on GC4A5A

 

I see I went overboard on GC4A5A, Locationless for Train Stations. :cry:

 

Only 28.8% archived, and some of them are LCs, so not too bad...

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Quote from above: I think that speaks well for cache owners and their dedication to maintenance!

 

Oh I don't know if it has to do with cache maintenance, Nearly all the local caches in my area were hidden by one person (about 25). He moved and archived them. A few of the ones that I had found are still going because a couple of us adopted them.

Besides once I've found a cache then changing the hiding spot gives me another new cache to find (especially if you're clever about it).

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Well here are mine

 

(1.5/1.5)

23 Apr 01 TECC76 by bikedog (GC7B2)

California 09 Mar 02

11 May 01

(1.5/1.5)

7 May 01 San Elijo Lagoon by Wolfen (GC8D8)

California 06 Nov 06

11 May 01

(3/3.5)

19 Apr 01 Cedar Creek Falls by Rob & Catherine (GC740)

California 10 Sep 06

03 May 01

(1.5/2.5)

17 Mar 01 Descanso Falls by Allen Walker (GC4BC)

California 13 Jul 03

03 May 01

(2.5/3)

18 Mar 01 Upper Descanso Falls by Allen Walker (GC4DA)

California 01 May 03

03 May 01

(2/2)

22 Apr 01 Fay Extension by Sig and Nik (GC789)

California 13 May 02

23 Apr 01

(2.5/3.5)

3 Apr 01 Cowles Mountain by Allen Walker (GC5EB)

California 21 Jun 03

18 Apr 01

(3.5/2.5)

23 Jan 04 Arroyo Vista #3 by David K (GC5A2)

California 29 Oct 06

08 Apr 01

(3/1.5)

23 Jan 04 Arroyo Vista #2 by David K (GC559)

California 18 Apr 06

08 Apr 01

(2.5/2.5)

23 Jan 04 Arroyo Vista #1 by David K (GC55D)

California 05 Mar 06

08 Apr 01

(2/2)

10 Feb 01 Golf Ball Hill by Tuna (GC25B)

California Today*

08 Apr 01

(1/1.5)

25 Mar 01 Tecolote Toybox by billcat (GC561)

California 07 Aug 03

01 Apr 01

(2.5/2)

30 Mar 01 Vintage: Coast PB Jar by Sigurd, Kristen and Nikolai (GC5A1)

California 6 days ago*

01 Apr 01

(2/2)

27 Mar 01 Lake Loot by Dan & Michelle (GC578)

California 01 Nov 06

31 Mar 01

(3/4)

18 Mar 01 Noah's Backyard by beeque (GC4F5)

California 19 Jul 06

31 Mar 01

(1/1)

9 Mar 01 P.F.C. @ U.T.C. in CA, USA. by Allen Walker (GC460)

California 04 May 01

17 Mar 01

(3.5/1.5)

12 Mar 01 Train creek cache by Tris, Kevin & Carol (GC46F)

California 3 days ago*

17 Mar 01

(1/1)

8 Feb 01 Lake Calaveras #2 by Willis (GC239)

California 22 Oct 06

17 Mar 01

(2/2)

8 Feb 01 Lake Calaveras #3 by Willis (GC23A)

California 18 Oct 06

17 Mar 01

(2/3)

8 Feb 01 Lake Calaveras #4 by Willis (GC23C)

California 16 Feb 04

17 Mar 01

(2.5/1.5)

31 Jan 01 Hill Of The Skull by Tuna (GC1D5)

California 22 Oct 06

17 Mar 01

(3/2.5)

4 Feb 01 The Toybox by Harlan Swanson (GC20B)

California Yesterday*

17 Feb 01

(2/2)

7 Jan 01 San Diego: Chupy 1 by Zar (GC146)

California 14 Sep 04

17 Feb 01

 

To the good old days :cry::D:cry::cry::cry::cry:

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Didn 11/15/2006 Jenning Rd. Cache New York [visit log]

Found it 11/15/2006 Forbidden Forest New York [visit log]

Found it 11/15/2006 CADYVILLE PARK CACHE New York [visit log]

Found it 11/15/2006 DamnVanns 12th New York [visit log]

Found it 11/15/2006 Tree-Mimicry New York [visit log]

Found it 3/25/2006 Healthy Lungs Fitness Trail New York [visit log]

Found it 3/25/2006 first aid New York [visit log]

Found it 3/25/2006 Bombs Away New York [visit log]

Found it 3/24/2006 Child's Play New York [visit log]

Found it 3/23/2006 Old Fort Road New York [visit log]

Found it 3/22/2006 Pumphouse New York [visit log]

Found it 11/26/2005 Mystery Monument New York [visit log]

Found it 11/25/2005 Kendo's Magic New York [visit log]

Didn 11/25/2005 GOINFISHIN New York [visit log]

Found it 11/24/2005 River View Cache New York [visit log]

Found it 11/24/2005 SUNY DAYZ New York [visit log]

 

 

Only Pumphouse is archived... It's a shame too.... Yes, that is a year and not 3 months... Full-time work and school limit availability.... :-D

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I started geocaching on June 8, 2001. Louisville had only one cache and Kentucky had approximately 10.

 

My first 3 months yielded 127 finds and 2 DNFs. 82 of those have been archived, including 16 because they crossed the commercial line (back when that line was still quite fuzzy). Because there were so few caches in my area at that time, it required 5 states to hit that 127 total. In those days, it was difficult to average less than 30 miles per cache, so my first geocaching quarter required approximately 3,800 miles.

 

Times have changed. Louisville now has 127 caches within a 3-mile radius of the center of our city, and I could probably do them in 2 days with less than 100 miles of driving.

 

"But I did it.....myyyyyyy waaaaaay".

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My first three months. :(

3/4/2006 GCP6Q4: The Really Cheap Seats Kentucky [visit log]

3/2/2006 Gatorade Hill Kentucky [visit log]

3/1/2006 A Tale of Two Bridges Kentucky [visit log]

1/2/2006 Let The Good Times Roll (A Mardi Gras Cache) Kentucky [visit log]

12/31/2005 Tie a yellow ribbon (Iroquois Park) Kentucky [visit log]

All but one is not archived. :D

Quoted myself because I had my wording wrong and I had all ready edit it.

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Broke my leg during my FIRST MONTH geocaching ( while geocaching ).

 

Still not too shabby for my first three months, considering!

 

Only TWO of these are gone now.

 

Found it 9/23/2006 The Quiet Side of the River! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/23/2006 B,G,J,R and T's Prize Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/17/2006 Westbound I-96 Howell Rest Stop Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/17/2006 I-96 & US23 Travel Bug Motel Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/17/2006 A short walk in the woods Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/17/2006 Howell Remembers Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/17/2006 QOF - Quick Office Find Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/17/2006 QOF#3 - Quick Office Find #3 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/17/2006 QOF#5 - Quick Office Find #5 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/16/2006 Lost Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/16/2006 Down the Drain Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/15/2006 Big Foot Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/15/2006 City Series - Thomas Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/15/2006 The U.S. Armed Forces Cache # 2 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/15/2006 Pyrus calleryana Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/14/2006 The Squirrels Look Hungry Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/12/2006 Halmich Hide - n - Seek Michigan [visit log]

Didn 9/12/2006 City Series #3 - Divided We Fall Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/10/2006 Thimbleberry Pond Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/10/2006 Wixom Woods !! Michigan [visit log]

Didn 9/10/2006 The Soccer Park Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/8/2006 Is There a There There? Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/6/2006 Stephany's "Pine" Box Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/4/2006 Dash to Stash Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/4/2006 The Right Combination Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/4/2006 I-75 South Rest Stop - Saginaw Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/4/2006 I-75 South Rest Stop - Clio Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/4/2006 The Bathing Beauty Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/4/2006 I-69 East Rest Stop - Swartz Creek Michigan [visit log]

Write note 9/4/2006 Metroparks Geocaching Picnic / Event Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/3/2006 When the LOG rolls over...... Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/3/2006 No Smoking Michigan [visit log]

Didn 9/3/2006 Section 32 Michigan [visit log]

Didn 9/2/2006 Heritage 1869 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/2/2006 trees of three take a look see Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/2/2006 Camel Tree Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/2/2006 Capac Rest Area - 69W Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/2/2006 Micro 69 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/2/2006 Cedar Creek Cache #1 Michigan [visit log]

Didn 9/2/2006 Cedar Creek Cache #2 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/2/2006 Home Sweet Home Michigan [visit log]

Found it 9/2/2006 Nano Octane Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/27/2006 Two Pillars- What were they for????? Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/27/2006 Carrie's Memorial Athletic Park Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/27/2006 Resting by the River Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/27/2006 TreePlanter's Central Park Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/27/2006 Giant Pole Bridge! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/27/2006 Milford's History! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/20/2006 H. P. Bike Ride #5 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/20/2006 H. P. Bike Ride #9 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/18/2006 ALWAYS Chesterfield Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/18/2006 Town Hall 4 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/17/2006 Duck, Duck, Goose! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/17/2006 ALWAYS Warren Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/16/2006 In a treated tree Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/15/2006 Old www.scramble Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/14/2006 Putting for Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/13/2006 Rage Against the Machine "Bulls On Parade" Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/13/2006 Always Very Large Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/13/2006 Pass Me Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/13/2006 AC/DC "Have a Drink On Me" Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/13/2006 In the "SHADOW" of the park. Michigan [visit log]

Write note 8/13/2006 Let's Get This Party Started Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/13/2006 Guns N' Roses "Welcome to the Jungle" Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/12/2006 QOF#8 - Quick Office Find #8 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/12/2006 QOF#6 - Quick Office Find #6 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/11/2006 QOF#10 - Quick Office Find #10 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/4/2006 ALWAYS Sterling Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/4/2006 M5 Micro Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/2/2006 Macomb Micro #3A Michigan [visit log]

Found it 8/2/2006 The Only Way Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/31/2006 QOF#2 - Quick Office Find #2 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/31/2006 GEOCACHING 101 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/27/2006 Mr. Cellophane Michigan [visit log]

 

RESUMED GEOCACHING ON BROKEN LEG ONE WEEK LATER!!!!!

 

THIS IS WHEN I BROKE MY LEG!!!

Didn 7/20/2006 METROPARKS: NATURE'S GNAWERS Michigan [visit log]

 

 

Found it 7/19/2006 Cache Don't Swim Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/19/2006 Whatever happened to Service? Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/18/2006 Michigan Travel Bug University Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/16/2006 TreePlanter's Huron River Micro- NOT! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/16/2006 Waz' Wild Wheelz Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/16/2006 Eyelady's First Cache 'O' Stache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/16/2006 Garlin's Second Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/16/2006 Maybury Hikers Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/14/2006 Stony Metroview Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/13/2006 Garlins First Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/13/2006 Geocaching Rocks! Michigan [visit log]

Didn 7/13/2006 The Karate King Michigan [visit log]

Didn 7/13/2006 Garlin's Second Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/11/2006 TreePlanter's I-96 / I-275 / M14 Travel Bug Depot Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/11/2006 METROPARKS: AVIAN ADVENTURE Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/11/2006 METROPARKS: HOLEY GROUND Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/11/2006 METROPARKS: PRESTO, CHANGE-O Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/11/2006 METROPARKS:

LIFE UNDERWATER Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/10/2006 Macomb Micro # 5 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/10/2006 METROPARKS: MORE THAN CHICKENS LAY EGGS! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/9/2006 METROPARKS: ONE FISH, TWO FISH Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/9/2006 METROPARKS: RHYTHM & BLUES Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/9/2006 METROPARKS: MARSHLAND MIX Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/8/2006 METROPARKS: SHELL GAME Michigan [visit log]

Didn 7/8/2006 The Karate King Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/4/2006 Keepers of the Light Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/2/2006 Quacker’s Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/2/2006 Bridge Out ! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/2/2006 On the WET-TO-BEE-WOK Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/2/2006 Paws and Claws Michigan [visit log]

Didn 7/2/2006 Keepers of the Light Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/2/2006 Ground to a Halt Michigan [visit log]

Didn 7/1/2006 Ground to a Halt Michigan [visit log]

Found it 7/1/2006 Summer Freeze Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/30/2006 Tip o' the Thumb Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/30/2006 ALWAYS Bad Axe Michigan [visit log]

Needs Maintenance 6/29/2006 Learning on the way...... Michigan [visit log]

Didn 6/29/2006 METROPARKS: MORE THAN CHICKENS LAY EGGS! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/29/2006 Learning on the way...... Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/28/2006 Delaware Indians 1785-86 Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/28/2006 METROPARKS: DOMESTICATED DIVAS Michigan [visit log]

Didn 6/27/2006 METROPARKS: MORE THAN CHICKENS LAY EGGS! Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/25/2006 Bark at the moon Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/25/2006 This one is for the dogs, by the Dogs. Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/25/2006 Snoop's 1st Cache Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/25/2006 Kensington Metropark Disc Golf Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/25/2006 The Sarah Anne Michigan [visit log]

Found it 6/24/2006 Bird Lovers Michigan [visit log]

Didn 6/24/2006 METROPARKS: AVIAN ADVENTURE Michigan [visit log]

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5/12/2002 Cypress Point Delaware

5/12/2002 Mason-Dixon-A3 Delaware

5/5/2002 Where's George Calvert Cliffs Cache Maryland

5/4/2002 Wye Knot? Maryland NOTE, not FIND: Mine

4/28/2002 Ice Storm!! Delaware archived

4/28/2002 Killen Me Softly Delaware archived

4/28/2002 Overflow Cache Delaware archived

4/28/2002 Where am I? Missouri NOTE, not FIND: Traveling Cache archived

4/21/2002 Blair Witch Cache Maryland

4/21/2002 Hoffa's Cache Maryland

4/18/2002 Devil's Racecourse Maryland

4/13/2002 The Three Sentinels Maryland

4/13/2002 Where am I? Missouri NOTE, not FIND: Traveling Cache

4/7/2002 The Adams Family Delaware

/7/2002 Delaware A1 Delaware

3/30/2002 Tyler's Dollar Days New York DNF archived

3/10/2002 Meteor Maven Maryland adopted 2005

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I was curious mostly about how many of your early finds are still active caches. Some get stolen, lost, bulldozed, or whatever. I had noticed that some hiders will pull a perfectly good cache simply because it doesn’t have the same draw it used to. That is something I don’t understand. If the place was considered good enough to place a cache there, why would a hider pull it only to replace it with another similar cache?

 

An example is here. I’m not criticizing the hider whatsoever, it seems like they plan to pull a lot of their caches and after minor changes, hide a similar one. While that will boost the find counts for anyone who is in it for the numbers, many cachers may beg off finding it because they’ve already seen that park/vista/bench.

 

In other words, is the permanence of a geocache important?

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In other words, is the permanence of a geocache important?

I will say yes, because it is fun to hunt for old caches. B)

I will say YES also. Those just interested in my position can move on to the next. <_<

 

I enjoy visiting old caches, as I appreciate longetivity, Geocaching or not. It's a joy to read a log book that's more than 4-5 years old with comments from people who pioneered the game. Of course, that's an "each to his own" part of my game and I don't expect others to appreciate that.

 

Whether due to luck or design, these oldies are still there, and maybe we can learn from that. Many of the old caches I've visited are in out-of-way locations that are hard to spot by muggles. The pattern I've noticed for these is that the specific location may not be scenic or extraordinary (middle of a desert, middle of dense forest, middle of grassy hillside) but it is in a general vicinity of a nice area. There aren't too many clever ways to hide a 5 gallon bucket, or a large rubbermaid container. Interesting that many of the real old caches are NOT ammo boxes.

 

As for people who archive caches then hide a "new" one at the same location, I won't do that. I think the motive for the example mentioned is not to help people increase the find count, but that the hider is addicted to reading the logs, so he's forcing new hides to feed his addiction. Not malicious, but a bit selfish. :huh: There are other ways to induce acitivity in a cache, like Jeep TBs and Geocoins, a ploy I've used to good success.

 

I've adopted caches from people who can no longer maintain them, and kept the waypoint even if I had to change the hide a little (it's called maintenance). Newbies still enjoy them.

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Well here are mine

 

(1.5/1.5)

23 Apr 01 TECC76 by bikedog (GC7B2)

California 09 Mar 02

11 May 01

(1.5/1.5)

7 May 01 San Elijo Lagoon by Wolfen (GC8D8)

California 06 Nov 06

11 May 01

(3/3.5)

19 Apr 01 Cedar Creek Falls by Rob & Catherine (GC740)

California 10 Sep 06

03 May 01

(1.5/2.5)

17 Mar 01 Descanso Falls by Allen Walker (GC4BC)

California 13 Jul 03

03 May 01

(2.5/3)

18 Mar 01 Upper Descanso Falls by Allen Walker (GC4DA)

California 01 May 03

03 May 01

(2/2)

22 Apr 01 Fay Extension by Sig and Nik (GC789)

California 13 May 02

23 Apr 01

(2.5/3.5)

3 Apr 01 Cowles Mountain by Allen Walker (GC5EB)

California 21 Jun 03

18 Apr 01

(3.5/2.5)

23 Jan 04 Arroyo Vista #3 by David K (GC5A2)

California 29 Oct 06

08 Apr 01

(3/1.5)

23 Jan 04 Arroyo Vista #2 by David K (GC559)

California 18 Apr 06

08 Apr 01

(2.5/2.5)

23 Jan 04 Arroyo Vista #1 by David K (GC55D)

California 05 Mar 06

08 Apr 01

(2/2)

10 Feb 01 Golf Ball Hill by Tuna (GC25B)

California Today*

08 Apr 01

(1/1.5)

25 Mar 01 Tecolote Toybox by billcat (GC561)

California 07 Aug 03

01 Apr 01

(2.5/2)

30 Mar 01 Vintage: Coast PB Jar by Sigurd, Kristen and Nikolai (GC5A1)

California 6 days ago*

01 Apr 01

(2/2)

27 Mar 01 Lake Loot by Dan & Michelle (GC578)

California 01 Nov 06

31 Mar 01

(3/4)

18 Mar 01 Noah's Backyard by beeque (GC4F5)

California 19 Jul 06

31 Mar 01

(1/1)

9 Mar 01 P.F.C. @ U.T.C. in CA, USA. by Allen Walker (GC460)

California 04 May 01

17 Mar 01

(3.5/1.5)

12 Mar 01 Train creek cache by Tris, Kevin & Carol (GC46F)

California 3 days ago*

17 Mar 01

(1/1)

8 Feb 01 Lake Calaveras #2 by Willis (GC239)

California 22 Oct 06

17 Mar 01

(2/2)

8 Feb 01 Lake Calaveras #3 by Willis (GC23A)

California 18 Oct 06

17 Mar 01

(2/3)

8 Feb 01 Lake Calaveras #4 by Willis (GC23C)

California 16 Feb 04

17 Mar 01

(2.5/1.5)

31 Jan 01 Hill Of The Skull by Tuna (GC1D5)

California 22 Oct 06

17 Mar 01

(3/2.5)

4 Feb 01 The Toybox by Harlan Swanson (GC20B)

California Yesterday*

17 Feb 01

(2/2)

7 Jan 01 San Diego: Chupy 1 by Zar (GC146)

California 14 Sep 04

17 Feb 01

 

To the good old days <_<B)B):huh::PB)

 

Out of the first 30 traditional caches I found, 17 are still active.

The first day I cached, the round trip milage was about 50 miles for 2 caches. A little over 6 miles for the hike, the caches were about 1/2 mile apart

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