+RoyalRed Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 There will be no caching going on in the Philadelphia area for some time. I live in West Chester about 30 miles west of Philly and we are just passing 12" of snow today with it still coming down. This is on top of 27" of snow from 2 or 3 days ago. I can't remember the exact day of the last storm as everything is blending into a continuous stream of driveway snow blowing. This last storm set the all time record for snow in a single season in Philadelphia. Looks really cool and I don't have to go to work but end up spending my time clearing the driveway, removing soaking wet clothes, redressing, clearing the driveway, removing soaking wet clothes...you get the picture. What makes this storm really difficult is that I just returned last Friday from a business trip in Australia. 2 weeks of 80-90 degree temperatures, sun, great food, etc. A real kick in the teeth coming home to this! Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Hi Red. As you know I am about 60 miles NW of Philly. I monitor a fairly extensive sampling in my caching areas. It's been dead quiet today except for a virtual on the fringe of the National Mall this morning. On a normal day it could only be this dead if the notification emails were on the fritz. Quote Link to comment
+moparots Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Wow! Yall are tough B#%T*$S, I take my hat off to you Northern folk. Ive lived in Florida, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. All pretty hot most of the time, Ive been in snow, but only on vacation, not actually living, working, and functioning in it. Like I said, I take my hat off to ya, keep yer chin up. Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Wow! Yall are tough B#%T*$S, I take my hat off to you Northern folk. Ive lived in Florida, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. All pretty hot most of the time, Ive been in snow, but only on vacation, not actually living, working, and functioning in it. Like I said, I take my hat off to ya, keep yer chin up. Hi moparots: Snow is no big deal (a 4WD helps). I've been in Florida (Daytona) in February. Very comfortable in my T-shirt while the locals were shivering in a light jacket while shoveling sand. But I've also heard horror stories about Daytona in July. I loved my visits to Florida but I'm still happy to live here. Quote Link to comment
+scout_toujours Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 No you get to cache like us up here in the Great White North! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 A little snow shouldn't stop you. Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 *sigh* and still only an inch or two at my house each day. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Wow! Yall are tough B#%T*$S, I take my hat off to you Northern folk. Ive lived in Florida, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. All pretty hot most of the time, Ive been in snow, but only on vacation, not actually living, working, and functioning in it. Like I said, I take my hat off to ya, keep yer chin up. Hi moparots: Snow is no big deal (a 4WD helps). I've been in Florida (Daytona) in February. Very comfortable in my T-shirt while the locals were shivering in a light jacket while shoveling sand. But I've also heard horror stories about Daytona in July. I loved my visits to Florida but I'm still happy to live here. Someplace there is a photo from the seventies of my sister in our grandparents pool with a kid in the background in a PARKA. Quote Link to comment
+popokiiti Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 We didn't get any snow this winter Quote Link to comment
+hydnsek Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 We didn't get any snow this winter I feel your pain, as do the Olympics organizers, eh? The East got all our snow this year! Quote Link to comment
oakenwood Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 More snow possible here next week on Monday and Friday, according to the Weather Channel. Then I get to go to Houston for the weekend. I intend to fully enjoy it. Caching will be included. Look for me in Memorial Park. Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Just went out after a question from another thread... Near Stroudsburg, NE PA. Just about at the 19" mark on the yardstick from the storm last night/today, with supposedly more coming. My back's gonna suffer, but it IS good cardio. Quote Link to comment
+Worstseeker Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I so feel your pain!!! I just got into geocaching after finally getting a gps'r for Christmas. Now there is almost 4 feet of snow on the ground here in the laurel highlands of PA. On the plus side, I've spent lots of time online studying the caches that I'm going to do as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment
+slowdownracer Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Greeting to you from us geocachers here in Nazareth, PA, greater Lehigh Valley Area. You guys just to the south have gotten hammered this winter, while we missied out on several of the big ones. You got 2 feet of snow just before New Year's, we got 3-4 inches. You got 2 feet of snow last Saturday, we got 5-6 inches. I measured 14 inches on my porch last evening after the snow stopped, so we didn't miss it all this time. See you on the geocaching trails, maybe sometime in June? Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 My heart goes out to both you "haves" and "have nots". We are well below average on snowfall this year. Don't know that we are even gonna make our 287" average this season. Lots more winter to come yet though, so there still is a chance. Happy to share with you "haves" occasionally! Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 What was it, again, that that dadgummed woodchuck said? Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 (edited) What was it, again, that that dadgummed woodchuck said? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? That is what he said, isn't it? geeeeez! EDIT: Sorry. Really, I'm sorry. Edited February 11, 2010 by Gitchee-Gummee Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 What was it, again, that that dadgummed woodchuck said? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? That is what he said, isn't it? geeeeez! EDIT: Sorry. Really, I'm sorry. Its alright... its alright. I've spent winters in the U.P., too. Spring WILL come. Really it will. Time now to go back to the fireplace and reread Trout Madness for the 10,000th time, OK? Quote Link to comment
+secretagentbill Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I've been sitting at 99 finds for a few weeks. Yup, a couple of feet of snow out there and I'm figuring how I'm gonna get 100. One of these days... Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I've been sitting at 99 finds for a few weeks. Yup, a couple of feet of snow out there and I'm figuring how I'm gonna get 100. One of these days... What?!? Now is the PERFECT time to get that 100th cache milestone! Why wait 'til its easy? Get out there while you've still got bragging rights! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I've been sitting at 99 finds for a few weeks. Yup, a couple of feet of snow out there and I'm figuring how I'm gonna get 100. One of these days... You can find caches under the snow. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 What was it, again, that that dadgummed woodchuck said? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? That is what he said, isn't it? geeeeez! EDIT: Sorry. Really, I'm sorry. Its alright... its alright. I've spent winters in the U.P., too. Spring WILL come. Really it will. Time now to go back to the fireplace and reread Trout Madness for the 10,000th time, OK? We just got a new wood stove/fireplace insert so stacking and chopping firewood has kept me busy. If you're looking for other trout fishing books check out an author by the name of David Leitz. He has a few entertaining mysteries based on a flyfishing resort. One of them is called "Dying to Flyfish". I think we only got about 8" of snow from the latest storm (and nothing from the storm that hit Pennsylvania a week ago or so). I remember a long weekend long time ago with a group of people that rented a house in Lake Tahoe for the ski season. It snowed 9 feet in three days. We got up three days in the row to find snow up the door handles in our vehicles. We'd dig it the cars out, back them out to clear the driveway (we couldn't go anywhere because all the roads out of the basin were closed) then get up the next day to find snow up to the door handles again. We lost electricity the first day and it didn't come back on before we left four days later when one of the roads out of the basin opened. Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Are we havin' fun yet? Actually did get in some caches just a few days ago. Had to drive to Marquette to get them though. Not very many LPC's around when you don't have any lampposts. Quote Link to comment
+secretagentbill Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 What?!? Now is the PERFECT time to get that 100th cache milestone! Why wait 'til its easy? Get out there while you've still got bragging rights! Yeah, I've been thinking about strapping on the snow shoes Saturday and hitting a trail to see what I can come up with. I like the idea of hiking and caching in the snow...just not too sure about driving in it Quote Link to comment
+genegene Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 (edited) Wow! Yall are tough B#%T*$S, I take my hat off to you Northern folk. Ive lived in Florida, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. All pretty hot most of the time, Ive been in snow, but only on vacation, not actually living, working, and functioning in it. Like I said, I take my hat off to ya, keep yer chin up. I take my hat off to all you Floridians. I cant believe that people in Florida can't drive in a 1/4 inch of snow. We get that much in 15 minutes sometimes. I did a cache not to long ago during a snow storm that a cacher from Florida couldn't do during no snow storm. Read this log I can't drive Edited February 12, 2010 by genegene Quote Link to comment
+Juicepig Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 120cm was our largest snowfall so far this year (roughly 4 feet) Slowed me down.. i suppose.. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Wow! Yall are tough B#%T*$S, I take my hat off to you Northern folk. Ive lived in Florida, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. All pretty hot most of the time, Ive been in snow, but only on vacation, not actually living, working, and functioning in it. Like I said, I take my hat off to ya, keep yer chin up. I take my hat off to all you Floridians. I cant believe that people in Florida can't drive in a 1/4 inch of snow. We get that much in 15 minutes sometimes. I did a cache not to long ago during a snow storm that a cacher from Florida couldn't do during no snow storm. Read this log I can't drive It's all in what you know. What your personal experience prepares you for. I learned to drive in a tow truck in Buffalo. I can drive in the worst of blizzards. One of those summer rainstorms in Florida? No thank you! We work and play in a whole winters full of snow and don't think too much of it. Down south they have summer heat and humidity that would prevent me from leaving the house. All a matter of what you are used to. Quote Link to comment
+genegene Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Wow! Yall are tough B#%T*$S, I take my hat off to you Northern folk. Ive lived in Florida, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. All pretty hot most of the time, Ive been in snow, but only on vacation, not actually living, working, and functioning in it. Like I said, I take my hat off to ya, keep yer chin up. I take my hat off to all you Floridians. I cant believe that people in Florida can't drive in a 1/4 inch of snow. We get that much in 15 minutes sometimes. I did a cache not to long ago during a snow storm that a cacher from Florida couldn't do during no snow storm. Read this log I can't drive It's all in what you know. What your personal experience prepares you for. I learned to drive in a tow truck in Buffalo. I can drive in the worst of blizzards. One of those summer rainstorms in Florida? No thank you! We work and play in a whole winters full of snow and don't think too much of it. Down south they have summer heat and humidity that would prevent me from leaving the house. All a matter of what you are used to. You can keep your snow and stop sending it towards me. I see what you guys/gals get out there and I want no part if it. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 We work and play in a whole winters full of snow and don't think too much of it. Down south they have summer heat and humidity that would prevent me from leaving the house. All a matter of what you are used to. We're blessed with both in NJ. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Wow! Yall are tough B#%T*$S, I take my hat off to you Northern folk. Ive lived in Florida, Greece, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. All pretty hot most of the time, Ive been in snow, but only on vacation, not actually living, working, and functioning in it. Like I said, I take my hat off to ya, keep yer chin up. I take my hat off to all you Floridians. I cant believe that people in Florida can't drive in a 1/4 inch of snow. We get that much in 15 minutes sometimes. I did a cache not to long ago during a snow storm that a cacher from Florida couldn't do during no snow storm. Read this log I can't drive 15 minutes? That's an eternity. We've gotten whole snowstorms in one second! It comes down like, "WHOMP!!" Seven inches, just like that.You do not want to be out in a multi-whomp storm, believe me! Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Wouldn't feel right if'n we couldn't use our X-C skis for more than six months out of a year! A good snow, by that I mean a layer of about three feet on the ground, makes it much easier to grab some of those "in-the-tree" caches. During the summer, they can be 6 - 10 feet over your head! I hate climbing spruce trees! Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Wouldn't feel right if'n we couldn't use our X-C skis for more than six months out of a year!A good snow, by that I mean a layer of about three feet on the ground, makes it much easier to grab some of those "in-the-tree" caches. During the summer, they can be 6 - 10 feet over your head! I hate climbing spruce trees! I heard this many years ago, and I trust that its true: When the first French fur trappers that arrived in the U.P., they thought there were giants living there, because of the blaze marks they'd see way high up in the trees. Turned out that those blaze marks were put there in the winter by natives of normal height. Quote Link to comment
+The Zachalope Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Call me crazy (YOU'RE CRAZY! ), but some of my favourite caching is done in the winter. You just have to be prepared for it. Extra socks, extra batteries, trail food, etc. Granted, 12" of snow will up your difficulty and terrain rating just a bit, but it's wicked fun. You get to use a caching skill you didn't even know you had. One of my favourite caches, Got Milk? GCVN3V, which is no longer there, was a winter find. Hiking 4.5 miles is a little more difficult in the snow. Especially since when I started the find, there was 36" of snow, and it was still coming down at quite a good clip. By the time I finished (several hours later), I got back to my truck, after doing the Managed To Find dance and measured 52" of snow. Quote Link to comment
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