+StarBrand Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Last Spring and Summer there were a number of threads about how the High price of Gas was limiting certain aspects of Geocaching. At least temporarily, that is reversed - so for all those that answered the first thread - How have things changed? Are you caching more? (We dropped to $1.35 a gallon for 87 Octane here this morning!!) Quote Link to comment
+KJcachers Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 (edited) After we get to 500 finds, hopefully by the end of the year, we are then going to push to get The Virginia DeLorme Challenge done while gas prices are low. We have a lot of driving to do so this should be a good time to do it. Edited December 8, 2008 by KJcachers Quote Link to comment
+m.austin Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Actually, the price of gas didn't alter my caching. I just bought a little car instead of the truck I had been wanting. Now that gas is cheaper than it has been in years I've had hubby take me in his truck to some of the caches I couldn't get to in my car! Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Definitely made it easier for me to justify long trips to the other end of the state. I'll be hitting Alliance next weekend, weather permitting. 350'ish miles away! Quote Link to comment
+supertbone Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 When the price of gas was rising it did not have a massive impact on my caching. Before oil hit its peak I moved to a very cache rich area from an area that I had cached out. So I wasn't having to drive as far to find some as I had been doing before. Now since the price has dropped I have found most caches in my immediate area and I am venturing out further in the new area. The price decrease is helping me save for a new GPSr though. Quote Link to comment
+plumbrokeacres Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Gas prices haven't affected my caching much the foot and a half of snow now covering the caches and the lack of new caches are what's keeping from caching at the moment. Quote Link to comment
+WRASTRO Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 The extra few Dollars that the high gas prices cost us for our geocaching really did not have any impact on what we hunted or when. Now that prices have come back down for the moment I will need to see if I can figure out a way to convince certain team members that we should be out caching more in order to take advantage of the current "deal"! Quote Link to comment
+PJPeters Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Well, the snow is definitely putting a damper on things at home. Which is why I took the week off from work, hopped in the car, and drove some 700+ miles to DC for some virts, sightseeing, and general mayhem. Quote Link to comment
+Buggheart Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 The price of gas didn't really affect my caching either as there are tons of caches in my area and I started caching pretty much during peak gas prices. Now that prices have come way down ($1.50-ish) I'm not doing much caching but that's because it gets dark at 5pm and my new job has me very busy. Oh, and it's really cold here too. That kind of puts a damper on things. Quote Link to comment
+GrateBear Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Like others have said, the price of gas had no impact. I may have thought about cutting back, but as there are so many caches in the area, it made little difference. Only the darkness at an early hour is putting a crimp in my plans. Quote Link to comment
+SSO JOAT Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Have gas prices changed? Didn't really notice. But changes in gas prices would have zero impact on my caching. Regardless of a buck difference here or there, gas is still the cheapest energy source available. At least until we all get those "Mr. Fusion" nuclear reactors on our time machines and can just use bannana peels to go whereever we want... Quote Link to comment
+nelson crew Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Minimal impact, but it makes a huge difference in our gas budget to drive to AZ (over 1400) to see my brother's new baby (and cache until we pass out). It's gonna be a sweet trip. His area is pretty well up to its gills in caches. Quote Link to comment
+FireRef Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I've found myself much more willing to go out caching now that the prices are sliding down. I do want to know where the gas is $1.35 a gallon!?!? We're still around $1.79. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 I've found myself much more willing to go out caching now that the prices are sliding down. I do want to know where the gas is $1.35 a gallon!?!? We're still around $1.79. Scottsbluff, Nebraska Quote Link to comment
+Team CeDo Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Since the gas prices fell from $4.00 a gallon to $1.61 we have been doing MUCH more Geocaching. We recently were able to snag our 1000th Geocache and that would not have been possible at $4.00 a gal. HAIL CHEAP GAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+Magnesium Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I've found myself much more willing to go out caching now that the prices are sliding down. I do want to know where the gas is $1.35 a gallon!?!? We're still around $1.79. Scottsbluff, Nebraska That's GODs country out there. One of the last bastions of real American Living... :-) Quote Link to comment
+J10fly Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 weird....NJ is supposed to be the lowest in the country. This morning I passed $1.45 for Regular which is the lowest I have seen in years! Makes driving around aimlessly so much better now! Quote Link to comment
+J10fly Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 (edited) sorry forum hiccuped Edited December 9, 2008 by jho135 Quote Link to comment
+xshooter Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I tried to do most of my caching on my Goldwing over the summer when the prices were high. Still over $20 to fill it was outragous. Now that winter has set in the bike in the garage and I'm using the truck so with the cheaper prices it all works out to about the same cost per mile. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted December 10, 2008 Author Share Posted December 10, 2008 I tried to do most of my caching on my Goldwing over the summer when the prices were high. Still over $20 to fill it was outragous. Now that winter has set in the bike in the garage and I'm using the truck so with the cheaper prices it all works out to about the same cost per mile. I know I feel a lot better about running off on a 40 mile roundtrip for 1 or 2 caches. The Jeep was needing about $64 to fill it up and now needs less than $20. Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 The only difference here in "Yurp" is that where we had a relatively blissful period of only paying twice as much as Americans for gas(about $9/gal versus $4.50 last spring), now we're back to the traditional three-and-a-bit times as much. Probably more in the UK, where the pound is not having a happy time right now. (Actually, at "twice as much per gallon", our overall gas costs were probably about the same as the average American's, what with higher population density, more use of public transportation, and generally better fuel economy.) Quote Link to comment
+The Hornet Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Probably more in the UK, where the pound is not having a happy time right now. In the UK diesel, which I use, is down to around £1/litre now, the equivalent of $5.30 a US gallon. Quote Link to comment
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