Your least favourite part?

July 18, 2011

When I'm searching GZ and haven't found it yet and the kids are hungry/tired/have-to-pee and start whining.

If I do my Momma part right, if they are fed and rested and bladders are empty then they are happy and excited to be out caching with me. But nobody is perfect (least of all me) and if we are out in less than ideal kid-conditions, the resulting whining is DEFINATELY my lease favorite part. Of course, the fact that I really REALLY don't like to give up, and often keep searching even as I say "All right, we can go back...", and sometimes just outright try to ignore their complaints, that doesn't help much either.

It has probably occured on less than 10% of our finds, but if I have to pick a least favorite part, its kid-whining, no matter how infrequent it occurs. Kid-whining SUCKS.

--Momma Caswell

5k · July 18, 2011

1. Earthcaches

2. Barking dog caches.

3. P&G caches that state, "you can park right next to it", and when you get there, the first thing you see is a 1/2 mile of curb full of "No Parking" signs. Just because the hider has bad habits doesn't mean that I should mimic them.

4. "Ship in the bottle" caches. - Caches where the next is narrower than the container, trapping the log.

July 18, 2011

When I'm searching GZ and haven't found it yet and the kids are hungry/tired/have-to-pee and start whining.

If I do my Momma part right, if they are fed and rested and bladders are empty then they are happy and excited to be out caching with me. But nobody is perfect (least of all me) and if we are out in less than ideal kid-conditions, the resulting whining is DEFINATELY my lease favorite part. Of course, the fact that I really REALLY don't like to give up, and often keep searching even as I say "All right, we can go back...", and sometimes just outright try to ignore their complaints, that doesn't help much either.

It has probably occured on less than 10% of our finds, but if I have to pick a least favorite part, its kid-whining, no matter how infrequent it occurs. Kid-whining SUCKS.

--Momma Caswell

+1 This is an all-too-familiar refrain.

3.3k · July 18, 2011

I often cache with the geokids. I hate when I am on a roll, and they start to get restless. "Dad, I am board." "Dad, I want to go home and play Halo with you." "Dad, I am hungry" ("LarryBoy3, we just had lunch 1.5h ago, and you just had a granola bar") "Dad I ahve to go pee" ("The Big Cache, you just went pee 20 min ago") etc.

I also hate that I seem to only have time for a couple of proper hikes/scrambles a year. I want to do 30+ a year like some of the other locals.

July 18, 2011

A micro or a nano cache hidden in a place where you could easly hide a large cache :blink:

July 18, 2011

being relatively new at caching- our family hasn't enjoyed the "boring city" caches as much... Why do people feel the need to stick a cache in a trash infested bush located at a HUGELY busy intersection where at least 100 people every min assume we are up to no good as we look?????? What is the point of those locations? there is nothing interesting and no real point, except to hide another cache... :mad: (can you tell I am annoyed?!)

We much prefer the ones that take us somewhere interesting or out of the way. We have discovered so many cool places in our own backyard since we started geocaching- and those are the ones we love!!

July 18, 2011

1/1 Caches that everyone else can find, but for the life of me I cant!! That a people that complain. :laughing:

July 18, 2011

Honestly, the only thing which bugs me frequently is rolling up and returning the log for a nano. It's not the fault of the caches - I like nanos - I just have very shaky fingers, making it extra hard to roll the little buggers up.

July 18, 2011

Any time that I have to act "stealthy".

July 19, 2011

Having to stick my hand in places where a cache is that I am afraid an unfriendly critter might have also moved into. I am bringing gloves from now on. :blink:

July 19, 2011

When we are having trouble finding a cache and multiple logs say how it is a quick, easy find or how their 5 year old walked right up to it.

Film cans set down right in the open against a post or telephone pole, no camo or thought given whatsoever. Over and over again.

Caches with lots of favorites in very high muggle places--had to leave one today due to prying eyes. Just visiting the area and cannot return at a better time, say six a.m.

Caches in the midst of a field of yellow star thistle--had to leave one today but Mr. Caty, who wears jeans in all weather conditions, got it.

Fields of foxtails.

Reading multiple logs of how cachers found it only after calling a friend or getting hints I have no way of getting. Or going out with super-cachers I don't know.

Minor irritations, I still love the game!

July 19, 2011

Competitions at events. This seems to bring out cliquishness.

July 19, 2011

I think the best and worst part of geocaching is mother nature in Minnesota. It's my first year of geocaching. I like the wooded trail caches. Beautiful scenery, free of muggles, and a good source of exercise, are all reasons I like the hikes. The weather here lately has to be rivaling a rain forest climate. On one occasion, I had to pull my teenage daughter back down from the mosquitoes that were carrying her away. It has been hot and wet and too buggy. I haven't cached for two weeks now. I'm at the mercy of mother nature, and she seems to be %#^(@*.

The Minnesota government shutdown made me crabby too. I did a cache on the 4th of July that was in a state park directly across the lake from my parents' lake home only to find out later that the cache had been made unavailable because of our state shutdown. I took the boat over and tied up to the dock. The signs did not say closed. They only said the park was not being supervised or maintained. I found the multi cache, took it from the mosquitoes, and boated back across the lake. I went to log it online and that's when I found it was unavailable. <_<

Hope I don't get into trouble when I do log it.

July 19, 2011

For me it's the mosquitoes.

Also, consecutive DNF's. A DNF every now and then is okay but when you get 3+ in a day...

September 2, 2011

- Sock puppets who like to insult large groups of geocachers.

September 2, 2011

I don't like bugs. ;(

8.3k · September 2, 2011

Micros in pine, or spruce, or cedar, or juniper trees.

Don't ever cache in Vancouver, WA. That is about all they have. Getting pretty good at finding those suckers. Oh, yes, for variety they have guardrail caches.

Edited September 2, 2011 by jholly

8.3k · September 2, 2011

It hasn't been mentioned, but I really don't like the dog poop. A real pain, my caching boots have poop magnets on the soles. Last pair also had them. Can you buy boots that don't have the dog poop magnets?

4.2k · September 3, 2011

Where to start...

. . .

Not to mention, . . .

Traditional caches - you actually have to spend time looking for these things. How much fun is that? My least favorite part of caching.

Multi-Caches - you have to look for something at least twice and only get one smiley?

Repetitive Trails - you look for the same thing a thousand times

Smileys - Aren't emoticons irritating?

FTFs - Especially when they use added smileys and add a whole lot of "wahoos" to the log..

I guess the only thing that is left to do are Challenges.

Edited September 3, 2011 by geodarts

September 3, 2011

I hate having to wait for an event to bubble over with excitement over an adventure that I had while geocaching. Any time that I have tried to tell my friends about something even remotely related to the sport, they get that zonked out look and I end up changing the subject.

I don't like areas where it looks like some mad micro maniac flew over and dropped a payload of film cans along a highway. I'll hunt them regardless...I just get bored after a while. I like a challenge. Give me a micro that is cleverly disguised among the twenty previous camo film cans...and I can continue happily.

I HATE it when the other half starts to whine. If I leave him at home he whines and if I take him on a hike that even remotely uphill or one that is more than 1/4 miles he whines. I'm starting to really dislike telling him that I'm going "shopping" so I can snag a few of the more strenuous caches.

I absolutely go out of my mind if we're broke and we have to be careful with how much gas we use. Being stuck and knowing that it's beautiful out without transportation is enough to send me into fits.

September 3, 2011

Trackables..I always forget them.

September 4, 2011

Micros in pine, or spruce, or cedar, or juniper trees.

Amen to that brother! I won't even attempt these.

September 4, 2011

These are all great! I'm laughing while reading the list because I can relate to so many of these (as I'm sure we all can).

Have a great day!

-- John

September 5, 2011

Guardrail Mini or Micro Caches, where you have to pull off the side of a busy highway. Not Safe at all, if you are placing Minis or Micros just to help with numbers, at least put them in a safe place. To me the side of a highway is neither interesting or scenic.

September 5, 2011

Another one I thought I'd add:

When I can't find an access/parking area.

THIS. My vehicular / driving GPS is old and awful. On more occasions than I'd like to admit, it has asked me to pull off a busy highway and climb a cliffside instead of getting me into accurate parking.

If you hide a cache in a non-urban setting, parking coordinates are always appreciated.

September 5, 2011

Kids having to go potty...yeah. Our caching bag has TP in it, but sometimes there's nothing to do but leave.

Poison oak. Ugh....

One of my least favorites is when someone has found a Grade A Awesome spot for a cache, then they put a micro there. My only hope is that they're "saving" the space for a really great cache someday. Seems like such a waste of a great spot.

And micros in general. We usually skip them, even when we find ourselves 32 feet from GZ by accident (hey, it happens!) My kids hate them, my husband hates them, and if I can't find them in under 5 minutes, then I hate them too. Someone once said that you hate to look for micros but love to find them, that pretty much describes me.

September 5, 2011

I hate pine/evergreen trees with a micro. I am allergic - meaning I have difficulty breathing, if it was only as easy as wearing gloves. I have found some in pines, but if I can't find it quickly, I have to give up. It would be nice for CO's to add a warning. Mosquitoes have driven me away a couple of times.

September 5, 2011

TICKS! Had to remove over 40 of them on the last cache I found . The only bad thing about caching along the coast of the southern Norway.

2.7k · September 5, 2011

T F T C logs.

Edited September 5, 2011 by Tahosa and Sons

3.2k · September 5, 2011

3. "Needle in the haystack" micros. i.e. Somewhere in a thick evergreen border, among the rocks in a drainage pit, nano tucked under a set of bleachers..etc

2. High muggle infested areas.

1. =3+2.

September 6, 2011

POISON IVY!!!! and my reluctance to where pants in the summer, I guess that's my own problem but I still hate it. Also, driving/hiking to the cache location only to find the inevitable geocaching trail leading directly to GZ. Kind of defeats the purpose.

September 6, 2011

A month from now it will be snow and cold; now it it Mosquitos. I don't like not knowing what size cache I'm looking for.

I really enjoy a good hide.

September 6, 2011

"Grumpy" cachers.

September 6, 2011

I tend to over-think the easiest caches. Today I did one that was located in an old style out house (the ones people used before they had modern plumbing). When I entered the "shack," my first instinct was to lift the lids on the old toilets, thinking someone was dumb enough to hide it in there. After opening one, I saw the cache in plain sight behind the toilet box.

Other than making the easy ones harder than they are, the one thing I hate is underestimating what footwear I'll be needing...

September 6, 2011

LPC

September 6, 2011

That feeling when you hear a large crack in the bush nearby

September 6, 2011

"Grumpy" cachers.

This.

September 6, 2011

Poison oak. Well, not really poison oak, but poison oak combined with my insatiable need to stick my hand in there and get the cache anyway when I know I shouldn't because I'm so allergic but it's right there and I really want to get it.

And sap. I've ruined too many shirts and pants by not looking where I'm sitting/leaning/climbing when caching. (But that's probably my fault too. )

3.7k · September 6, 2011

Any time that I have tried to tell my friends about something even remotely related to the sport, they get that zonked out look and I end up changing the subject.

+1 My friends run the other way if I even mention geocaching. What's up with that? Maybe time for some new friends. :unsure:

3.7k · September 6, 2011

TICKS! Had to remove over 40 of them on the last cache I found . The only bad thing about caching along the coast of the southern Norway.

You must be very dedicated.

September 6, 2011

When your at GZ and you have spotted it but can't get because:- There are just too many muggles about to risk it and your on a time limit.

2.4k · September 6, 2011

Hint: None Needed

+ 1 Also dislike "not at this time" and "shouldn't be necessary." At least now, I don't have to decrypt manually. I hated the long non-hints....don't see as many of those fortunately.

September 6, 2011

DNFing when the last 5 people said QEF.

LoL drives me nuts!

September 6, 2011

The mosquitoes and the muggles. And the worst thing ever is the ticks.

1.9k · September 6, 2011

Caches where there is no safe public parking nearby. I don't do 'just pull off the road' parking, I want a lot or a non-busy street within reasonable distance.

September 8, 2011

Most of the time for me it's writing the online logs...

Ditto... I've got 15 tabs open right now, caches needing to be logged, yet I'm procrastinating reading the forums :lol:

Edited September 8, 2011 by ptniff

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