Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 It is seven degrees in Indiana, and 47 here on the Gulf Coast of Florida.This afternoon as it warms up, we will go caching in shorts and sandals!!! HAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 Friday we walked into a swamp cache, knee deep in water. In much of the country, the 1.5 mile walk back to the parking would have = hypothermia, or loss of toes..... we weren't even cold. Heck, once we hit the paved bike trail, I took my shoes to dry my feet on the warm asphalt. Life is good. - perhaps now is not the time to mention August? ;-) when that same cache walk will equal death by blood loss, or heat stroke Quote Link to comment
+2000wu6 Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 yeah, just keep on teasing the rest of us ... Quote Link to comment
+Monkeybrad Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 OK, you convinced me. I'm headed back to South Florida this week. Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 9, 2010 Author Share Posted February 9, 2010 Well Germany and Tennessee have snow covered mountains which are lovely, while Florida never gets higher than about seventy feet, but I'll take being a warm flatlander over being a mountain climber any day...HaHa Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 TIP OF THE DAY: If you search for a cache and can't find it, log a DNF. I know, you will be ridiculed and reviled, laughed at and derided, shunned and not invited to parties, but hey, it helps out hiders and finders alot if you do. And if you have a healthy ego and sense of self worth, all the negativity won't bother you anyway. iF IT DOES, YOU NEED TO WORK ON THAT. Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 TIP OF THE DAY: Hide a lot of really good caches. This will help you to think like a hider when you are seeking and a whole new world of quick finds will come your way!! Quote Link to comment
+2000wu6 Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Well Germany and Tennessee have snow covered mountains which are lovely, while Florida never gets higher than about seventy feet, but I'll take being a warm flatlander over being a mountain climber any day...HaHa "snow covered" and "lovely" are mostly mutual exclusive for me both hobbies more or less on ice till spring ... (cars & GC) Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 dURN THIS GLOBAL WARMING!!!It's 50 degrees this morning on the Suncoast, 20 degrees lower than normal. --But it's 10 degrees back home in Indiana!!! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 GEOCACHING IN FLORIDA TIP OF THE DAY: When geocaching at Clearwater Beach, Never put your credit card in a parking meter--It's a horrible and degrading thing and government should be ashamed of themselves!!! We are not beasts of burden on their new plantation! Cache On!! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 14, 2010 Author Share Posted February 14, 2010 GEOCACHING IN FLORIDA TIP OF THE DAY: Despite what some cachers may tell you, a nano in the woods is NOT funny... Quote Link to comment
+Monkeybrad Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I've been caching in South Florida for the past week and the weather and caching has been wonderful. A nice change from the continuing snow at home. I think I'll stay another couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Cachers from Tennessee are welcome! It's the snobirds from Canada that need to go home!!! Quote Link to comment
namiboy Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Cachers from Tennessee are welcome! It's the snobirds from Canada that need to go home!!! why do they need to go home? Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Cachers from Tennessee are welcome! It's the snobirds from Canada that need to go home!!! why do they need to go home? To take the cold weather back with them!! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 22, 2010 Author Share Posted February 22, 2010 FLORIDA GEOCACHING TIP OF THE DAY: Just because there's not a cache under that lamp post skirt within 528 feet, doesn't mean you are required to put a microscopic nano in there. Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 23, 2010 Author Share Posted February 23, 2010 ONE GREAT THING WE HAVE that only a few other states have is the "Florida Hide"! Cache on! Quote Link to comment
Crocodile Rock Posted February 24, 2010 Share Posted February 24, 2010 "I thank God every day for heat, humidity, mosquitoes, rattlesnakes and alligators, because if we didn't have any of those things, every human being in the world would live in Florida." --Scott Brantley Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted February 26, 2010 Author Share Posted February 26, 2010 Just discovered a snowbird with 349 finds and no hides that signs all logs with "TFTC SL" Can you say minimalism? Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted March 20, 2010 Author Share Posted March 20, 2010 It's getting too hot for long hikes anymore--will have to wait till next fall for those caches... Gators have begun spring practice. Go Gatuh! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 (edited) Eagles and Ospreys are nesting on Honeymoon Island--but don't forget the SKEETER SPRAY!!!!! Edited April 6, 2010 by Trader Rick & Rosie Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Is everybody ready for the Lost and Found Events???? Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 6, 2010 Author Share Posted May 6, 2010 fLORIDA gEOCACHING tIP: yOU DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' FORUMS!!! Quote Link to comment
+swfirefly Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 fLORIDA gEOCACHING tIP: yOU DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' FORUMS!!! Hi Trader Rick & Rosie, I think I met you at the Pinellas Geocacher's meetup a few weekends ago. Didn't you host a Lost and Found event last week? I was planning on going, but I over slept. I did manage to make it to Capt Biggin's event on Friday. It is a bit disappointing that no one local seems to use the forums. I read them quite often, but rarely post anything. Hope to see you again sometime. Quote Link to comment
+Korfus & Son Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Well Germany and Tennessee have snow covered mountains which are lovely, while Florida never gets higher than about seventy feet, but I'll take being a warm flatlander over being a mountain climber any day...HaHa We actually get up to just over 200 almost 300 feet at the highest point in Paxton, FL - but that is practically in Alabama Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Well Germany and Tennessee have snow covered mountains which are lovely, while Florida never gets higher than about seventy feet, but I'll take being a warm flatlander over being a mountain climber any day...HaHa We actually get up to just over 200 almost 300 feet at the highest point in Paxton, FL - but that is practically in Alabama You are correct. I guess I was remembering the Florida of 50 years ago, before city streets were 10-lane limited access divided highways . I guess it's gotten higher now. Mean elevation is about 100'... Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 fLORIDA gEOCACHING tIP: yOU DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' FORUMS!!! Hi Trader Rick & Rosie, I think I met you at the Pinellas Geocacher's meetup a few weekends ago. Didn't you host a Lost and Found event last week? I was planning on going, but I over slept. I did manage to make it to Capt Biggin's event on Friday. It is a bit disappointing that no one local seems to use the forums. I read them quite often, but rarely post anything. Hope to see you again sometime. yes, yes. Keep on caching!! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 16, 2010 Author Share Posted May 16, 2010 OYSTER ALERT: Probably only a few weeks left for Appalachiecola Bay raw oysters to be any good... get 'em now! Or wait until September! Quote Link to comment
+swfirefly Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 OYSTER ALERT: Probably only a few weeks left for Appalachiecola Bay raw oysters to be any good... get 'em now! Or wait until September! Thanks, but I'll pass on the oysters! Hey! I just noticed you have a multi right by where I live. I'm going to go find it today! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 SUMMER FLORIDA GEOCACHING TIP: cARRY WATER AND MOSQUITO REPELLENT WITH YOU ON THE TRAIL. rEST FREQUENTLY. WATCH OUT YOU DON'TCUT YOUR FINGERS LIFTING THOSE LAMP POST SKIRTS!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 FLORIDA GEOCACHING STATS: The top 20 Florida Cachers in terms of finds all have over 5,000 smilies--Their hides numbers range from 24, 25, 35 to 391,392, 1006... Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 MORE FUN FLORIDA FAX: There are 22 cachers in Florida with over 1,000 finds and 0 hides. 4 of them have over 2,000 hides. Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 21, 2010 Author Share Posted May 21, 2010 FUN FLORIDA FUN STATS FAX: Who has the most HIDES in Florida? It may be ICECREAMMAN who has 1,006. Is the second HAPY HUNTER with 526? And then four with over 300 and eight with over 200??? Does anybody know of a list? Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted May 30, 2010 Author Share Posted May 30, 2010 Is hiding a nano the size of a thumbtack on the side of a comm ercial building even remotely related to Geocaching? Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Here's hoping all Veteran Geocachers had a great holiday!! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted June 14, 2010 Author Share Posted June 14, 2010 Proudly fly your flag today!!! Quote Link to comment
ashnikes Posted June 14, 2010 Share Posted June 14, 2010 im in orlando, will be heading around florida soon looking, hiding some in orlando, going to try to make them mostly large, since there are too many micros. its really hot during the day, like sometimes unberable, feels like i have a water tap on my head minues after stepping outside. lots of water needed. but at least it doesnt snow! also although you can walk around in sandles 98% of the time in florida, they are not reccomended for trail hikes, since there are tons of venomous animals, insects, and poisionous and prickly plants about here Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 Yes, rattlers, coral snakes, gators, mosquitoes, biting flies, and fire ants and fire-weed abound in mega-ton quantities. And 100 degree oppressive heat and 100% humidity, and hurricanes and sinkholes and lots of lightening and thunderstorms. Still beats living up north with grey skies six months out of the year and ice and snow!!! And: If you get too hot, you can always find some flowing water and shade, and not die. Stay out nakid in sub zero Ohio weather and you're DEAD!! GO GATUHS!! Quote Link to comment
+MightyParagon Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Hot? Yeah, I guess so. I went out today to go along a bike trail and find some along the way. I was walking tho. Tried to start early. I started at around 7:30, I think. I walked 1.5 miles to one there, then turned around. Next one was nearly a mile further, and I just could not make it. Got back the the car, and realized the heat index was 104F! Cooled off and headed in the other direction, and found one more. That was all I could take, so now I am home and showered. Gonna try to figure out how to dip my personal coin in the logs, and call it a day. The heat is just draining. Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 That's why our Audubon club schedules summer hikes at 7AM-- By ten o'clock it's so hot you can barely breathe. But still better than being so cold your fingers don't work. BTW, when TR spent some time in the tropics last century, it was 120 degrees at noon and dropped down to 80 at night, so you had to pull on a wool blanket because the forty degree difference made you cold! and the blanket was always damp due to the 150% humidity during monsoon season... So, it could be worse. Remember extreme heat may be uncomfortable, but extreme cold is DEADLY!! GO GATUH GO GATUH!! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted June 17, 2010 Author Share Posted June 17, 2010 we won't hunt nanos. Quote Link to comment
+deercreekth Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I'm leaving for Sanibel Island on Sunday morning. Next week I'll be caching on Island Time. Quote Link to comment
+MightyParagon Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 we won't hunt nanos. This is why we are over run with them! Have to cull the herd, you know! Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted June 18, 2010 Author Share Posted June 18, 2010 I'm leaving for Sanibel Island on Sunday morning. Next week I'll be caching on Island Time. Let us know how it turns out--lots of caches on the island!!! Quote Link to comment
Earthdog Zippy Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 Let's go cachin' now Everybody's learnin' how Come on a cachefari with me!!! Quote Link to comment
Earthdog Zippy Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Nanos are not geocaches. Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted June 24, 2010 Author Share Posted June 24, 2010 We're going hiding and finding on Clearwater Beach this Sunday! Quote Link to comment
ashnikes Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 ugh, it's so bloody hot outside now that it's officially summer, i dont want to do anything, geocacheing or not, but I like to go at night here around orlando, even then its still super hot and humid liek you wouldnt believe Quote Link to comment
Trader Rick & Rosie Posted June 25, 2010 Author Share Posted June 25, 2010 ugh, it's so bloody hot outside now that it's officially summer, i dont want to do anything, geocacheing or not, but I like to go at night here around orlando, even then its still super hot and humid liek you wouldnt believe Here in the Paradise that is the West Coast, we sat yesterday evening under an umbrella quaffing cold PBR's on the Patio of our favorite hangout, listening to live parrot head music, enjoying the cool Gulf Breezes!!! Earthdog Angus likes beer, too. Quote Link to comment
Earthdog Angus Posted June 25, 2010 Share Posted June 25, 2010 Good lookin' geodog!!! Quote Link to comment
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