+howarthe Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) "Cache Across America is a series of caches that will take you on a caching tour of the entire United States. One cache is hidden in each of the 50 states. These caches each contain a numeric clue that that will lead you to one final cache located in our nation's capital upon completion of the series." One cacher to complete the series (lorriebird) posted a You Tube . She appears to be having a great deal of fun, and 'm more than a little jealous that I'm not in a position to do anything like that amount of travel. (Lorriebird is an airline pilot.) So I thought it would be super-cool do exactly the same thing, on a smaller scale and call it Cache Across Oregon: a series of caches that would take us on a caching tour of the entire state. One cache hidden in each of the 36 counties. Each cache containing a numeric clue that will lead us to one final cache located in our state's capital upon completion of the series. This would be a little different from the challenge cache, Counting Counties, because you have to find a specific cache in each county rather than any cache in each county. What do you think? Has someone already tried this? Do you think we can find 37 geocachers willing to work together on such a project? We need one geocacher in each county to maintain a cache with a clue in it. We also need one geocacher in Salem to maintain a cache. I think all the caches should be in some interesting part of each county: someplace worth visiting even if there weren't a cache there. I think existing caches should be eligible as long as the owner is willing to add a clue and change the name of the cache. I think we should also create a similar description for each cache (like the Cache Across America series) maybe with a nice graphic if anyone knows how to make one. Please comment below if you have any thoughts about this project. Indicate if you would like to maintain one of the caches in this series. I will update this list as we collect volunteers: Cache Across Oregon - Baker Co. Cache Across Oregon - Benton Co. Cache Across Oregon - Clackamas Co. Cache Across Oregon - Clatsop Co. ~~~ himilecyclist Cache Across Oregon - Columbia Co. ~~~ howarthe Cache Across Oregon - Coos Co. Cache Across Oregon - Crook Co. Cache Across Oregon - Curry Co. Cache Across Oregon - Deschutes Co. ~~~ Logscaler & Red Cache Across Oregon - Douglas Co. Cache Across Oregon - Gilliam Co. Cache Across Oregon - Grant Co. Cache Across Oregon - Harney Co. Cache Across Oregon - Hood River Co. Cache Across Oregon - Jackson Co. Cache Across Oregon - Jefferson Co. Cache Across Oregon - Josephine Co. Cache Across Oregon - Klamath Co. Cache Across Oregon - Lake Co. Cache Across Oregon - Lane Co. ~~~ Dragon's Passion for Caching Cache Across Oregon - Lincoln Co. Cache Across Oregon - Linn Co. Cache Across Oregon - Malheur Co. Cache Across Oregon - Marion Co. Cache Across Oregon - Morrow Co. Cache Across Oregon - Multnomah Co. Cache Across Oregon - Polk Co. Cache Across Oregon - Series Final Cache Across Oregon - Sherman Co. Cache Across Oregon - Tillamook Co. ~~~ himilecyclist Cache Across Oregon - Umatilla Co. Cache Across Oregon - Union Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wallowa Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wasco Co. Cache Across Oregon - Washington Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wheeler Co. Cache Across Oregon - Yamhill Co. Edited July 30, 2013 by howarthe Quote Link to comment
+Dragon's Passion 4 Caching Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Sign me up for the one for Lane County! Quote Link to comment
+Logscaler and Red Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 I would do one for Deschutes County. Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 I've started running pocket queries for each county. I am emailing the owner of each cache with the most favorite points, inviting them to become a part of this. Quote Link to comment
+ow3n and friends Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 (edited) Sign me up for Hood River County! I think this is gonna be awesome! Also, do you have any plans for making maps, public pocket queries, and Event caches? Edited July 30, 2013 by ow3n and friends Quote Link to comment
+ow3n and friends Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 <span style="color: rgb(82, 0, 255);"><font size="4"> Sign me up for Hood River County! I think this is gonna be awesome! Also, do you have any plans for making maps, public pocket queries, and Event caches? </font></span> Quote Link to comment
+EZ-Ryderz Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Sign me up for Jefferson County Quote Link to comment
+h2o z Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Put me down for a cache in Klamath County. We have a brain trust here that would love to help me develop that hide. Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) I'm completely annoyed. I thought I would be able to continually update the top post in this thread with the names of those who sign up for each county. I participate in another forum that works that way. But I can only edit for 24 hours, so this thread is not going to be as easy to navigate as I had hoped, but here is the current sign up sheet. Cache Across Oregon - Baker Co. Cache Across Oregon - Benton Co. ~~~ JLJL Cache Across Oregon - Clackamas Co. Cache Across Oregon - Clatsop Co. ~~~ himilecyclist Cache Across Oregon - Columbia Co. ~~~ howarthe Cache Across Oregon - Coos Co. Cache Across Oregon - Crook Co. Cache Across Oregon - Curry Co. Cache Across Oregon - Deschutes Co. ~~~ Logscaler & Red Cache Across Oregon - Douglas Co. Cache Across Oregon - Gilliam Co. Cache Across Oregon - Grant Co. Cache Across Oregon - Harney Co. Cache Across Oregon - Hood River Co. ~~~ ow3n and friends Cache Across Oregon - Jackson Co. Cache Across Oregon - Jefferson Co. ~~~ EZ-Ryderz Cache Across Oregon - Josephine Co. Cache Across Oregon - Klamath Co. ~~~ h2o z Cache Across Oregon - Lake Co. Cache Across Oregon - Lane Co. ~~~ Dragon's Passion for Caching Cache Across Oregon - Lincoln Co. Cache Across Oregon - Linn Co. Cache Across Oregon - Malheur Co. Cache Across Oregon - Marion Co. Cache Across Oregon - Morrow Co. Cache Across Oregon - Multnomah Co. Cache Across Oregon - Polk Co. Cache Across Oregon - Series Final Cache Across Oregon - Sherman Co. Cache Across Oregon - Tillamook Co. ~~~ himilecyclist Cache Across Oregon - Umatilla Co. ~~~ eRoamer Cache Across Oregon - Union Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wallowa Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wasco Co. Cache Across Oregon - Washington Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wheeler Co. Cache Across Oregon - Yamhill Co. ~~~ lickthesofa Edited August 1, 2013 by howarthe Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Date for implementation: One volunteer asked when we should have our caches ready. I think its going to take awhile to gather enough volunteers. What do you think about publishing all our caches on January 1st? Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted July 31, 2013 Author Share Posted July 31, 2013 Sign me up for Hood River County! I think this is gonna be awesome! Also, do you have any plans for making maps, public pocket queries, and Event caches? No, I'm afraid I don't have any plans for making maps, public pocket queries or event caches. Do you know how to make a map? Can I make my pocket queries public? I just used the zip code of the county seat. I was going to make a public bookmark list. Quote Link to comment
+lickthesofa Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I'll start thinking about a place to put one in Yamhill county. Keep me updated! Quote Link to comment
+AKStafford Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 I maintain the CAA cache here in Alaska. This sounds like a great idea. As a CO it's been fun watching the logs from people all of the country working on the series. Next time I'm in Oregon visiting family, I'll have to remember this series. Oh, and hello to Logscaler & Red! Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 (edited) Three updates: Date for implementation: October 1, 2013. A message from a volunteer reminded me that January 1st is a terrible time to be hiding caches in many parts of this great state. Series Name: a cacher in Washington (Terrible Ts) saw this thread and decided to do an identical series in his state. He contacted Lorriebird, one of the cachers maintaining the Cache Across America series, and she recommended that we change the names of our series. She worries that cachers will confuse our series with hers, and she has an excellent point, so I've decided to change the name of this series to Discover Oregon Counties. Template: Terrible Ts has offered to work out a template for us each to use in the description field of our cache pages. His look really good. You can see them here. I'll let you know when he has one of our ready to see. To date we have 11 cachers signed up to hide a cache. We need 37, so we are 30% of the way there. Please help spread the word. Edited August 3, 2013 by howarthe Quote Link to comment
+ow3n and friends Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Sign me up for Hood River County! I think this is gonna be awesome! Also, do you have any plans for making maps, public pocket queries, and Event caches? No, I'm afraid I don't have any plans for making maps, public pocket queries or event caches. Do you know how to make a map? Can I make my pocket queries public? I just used the zip code of the county seat. I was going to make a public bookmark list. You can make a pocket query available to everyone by building a query then uploading it to site like file dropper. Maps can be made fairly easily on Google Maps. Any other tech questions you might have I can help you out! Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Sign me up for Hood River County! I think this is gonna be awesome! Also, do you have any plans for making maps, public pocket queries, and Event caches? No, I'm afraid I don't have any plans for making maps, public pocket queries or event caches. Do you know how to make a map? Can I make my pocket queries public? I just used the zip code of the county seat. I was going to make a public bookmark list. You can make a pocket query available to everyone by building a query then uploading it to site like file dropper. Maps can be made fairly easily on Google Maps. Any other tech questions you might have I can help you out! It is a violation of the terms of use to share .gpx files. What is legal though is to make a public bookmark list. The folks can generate their own PQ from the list. There is a button on the bottom of the list to generate a PQ. Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 You can make a pocket query available to everyone by building a query then uploading it to site like file dropper. Maps can be made fairly easily on Google Maps. Any other tech questions you might have I can help you out! Awesome! I will try that! Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 It is a violation of the terms of use to share .gpx files. Really?! That seems like too many rules. Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 I've created a public bookmark list, and I've almost decided where to place my cache in Columbia County. list Quote Link to comment
+3MudDogs Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I'll take Clackamas County. Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 (edited) Discover Oregon Counties - Baker Discover Oregon Counties - Benton ~~~ JLJL Discover Oregon Counties - Clackamas ~~~ 3MudDogs Discover Oregon Counties - Clatsop ~~~ himilecyclist Discover Oregon Counties - Columbia ~~~ howarthe Discover Oregon Counties - Coos ~~~ Steve 'n' Nancy Discover Oregon Counties - Crook Discover Oregon Counties - Curry Discover Oregon Counties - Deschutes ~~~ Logscaler & Red Discover Oregon Counties - Douglas Discover Oregon Counties - Gilliam Discover Oregon Counties - Grant Discover Oregon Counties - Harney Discover Oregon Counties - HoodRiver ~~~ ow3n and friends Discover Oregon Counties - Jackson Discover Oregon Counties - Jefferson ~~~ EZ-Ryderz Discover Oregon Counties - Josephine Discover Oregon Counties - Klamath ~~~ h2o z Discover Oregon Counties - Lake Discover Oregon Counties - Lane ~~~ Dragon's Passion for Caching Discover Oregon Counties - Lincoln Discover Oregon Counties - Linn Discover Oregon Counties - Malheur Discover Oregon Counties - Marion Discover Oregon Counties - Morrow ~~~ AstroGliders Discover Oregon Counties - Multnomah Discover Oregon Counties - Polk Discover Oregon Counties - Series Final Discover Oregon Counties - Sherman Discover Oregon Counties - Tillamook ~~~ himilecyclist Discover Oregon Counties - Umatilla ~~~ eRoamer Discover Oregon Counties - Union Discover Oregon Counties - Wallowa Discover Oregon Counties - Wasco Discover Oregon Counties - Washington Discover Oregon Counties - Wheeler Discover Oregon Counties - Yamhill ~~~ lickthesofa 38% Edited August 4, 2013 by howarthe Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted August 4, 2013 Author Share Posted August 4, 2013 I'm sending out more emails today. Hopefully I can reach some more cachers interested in joining our project. Quote Link to comment
+AstroGliders Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 I'll take Umatilla County. Can probably do Morrow County also if you can't get anyone else. Let me know. Quote Link to comment
HuskyHomeTeam Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 "Cache Across America is a series of caches that will take you on a caching tour of the entire United States. One cache is hidden in each of the 50 states. These caches each contain a numeric clue that that will lead you to one final cache located in our nation's capital upon completion of the series." One cacher to complete the series (lorriebird) posted a You Tube . She appears to be having a great deal of fun, and 'm more than a little jealous that I'm not in a position to do anything like that amount of travel. (Lorriebird is an airline pilot.) So I thought it would be super-cool do exactly the same thing, on a smaller scale and call it Cache Across Oregon: a series of caches that would take us on a caching tour of the entire state. One cache hidden in each of the 36 counties. Each cache containing a numeric clue that will lead us to one final cache located in our state's capital upon completion of the series. This would be a little different from the challenge cache, Counting Counties, because you have to find a specific cache in each county rather than any cache in each county. What do you think? Has someone already tried this? Do you think we can find 37 geocachers willing to work together on such a project? We need one geocacher in each county to maintain a cache with a clue in it. We also need one geocacher in Salem to maintain a cache. I think all the caches should be in some interesting part of each county: someplace worth visiting even if there weren't a cache there. I think existing caches should be eligible as long as the owner is willing to add a clue and change the name of the cache. I think we should also create a similar description for each cache (like the Cache Across America series) maybe with a nice graphic if anyone knows how to make one. Please comment below if you have any thoughts about this project. Indicate if you would like to maintain one of the caches in this series. I will update this list as we collect volunteers: Cache Across Oregon - Baker Co. Cache Across Oregon - Benton Co. Cache Across Oregon - Clackamas Co. Cache Across Oregon - Clatsop Co. ~~~ himilecyclist Cache Across Oregon - Columbia Co. ~~~ howarthe Cache Across Oregon - Coos Co. Cache Across Oregon - Crook Co. Cache Across Oregon - Curry Co. Cache Across Oregon - Deschutes Co. ~~~ Logscaler & Red Cache Across Oregon - Douglas Co. Cache Across Oregon - Gilliam Co. Cache Across Oregon - Grant Co. Cache Across Oregon - Harney Co. Cache Across Oregon - Hood River Co. Cache Across Oregon - Jackson Co. Cache Across Oregon - Jefferson Co. Cache Across Oregon - Josephine Co. Cache Across Oregon - Klamath Co. Cache Across Oregon - Lake Co. Cache Across Oregon - Lane Co. ~~~ Dragon's Passion for Caching Cache Across Oregon - Lincoln Co. Cache Across Oregon - Linn Co. Cache Across Oregon - Malheur Co. Cache Across Oregon - Marion Co. Cache Across Oregon - Morrow Co. Cache Across Oregon - Multnomah Co. Cache Across Oregon - Polk Co. Cache Across Oregon - Series Final Cache Across Oregon - Sherman Co. Cache Across Oregon - Tillamook Co. ~~~ himilecyclist Cache Across Oregon - Umatilla Co. Cache Across Oregon - Union Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wallowa Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wasco Co. Cache Across Oregon - Washington Co. Cache Across Oregon - Wheeler Co. Cache Across Oregon - Yamhill Co. Quote Link to comment
HuskyHomeTeam Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Do you want to use an existing cache, or start a new one? I've got a very popular one in Sherman County I'd be glad to add to your list, if that works for you. Quote Link to comment
+howarthe Posted August 5, 2013 Author Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) Do you want to use an existing cache, or start a new one? If you would like to convert an existing one, I am totally OK with that. Just add a clue and change the name and description to match the others in the series. We are going to have a description template available soon. Discover Oregon Counties - Baker Discover Oregon Counties - Benton ~~~ JLJL Discover Oregon Counties - Clackamas ~~~ 3MudDogs Discover Oregon Counties - Clatsop ~~~ himilecyclist Discover Oregon Counties - Columbia ~~~ howarthe Discover Oregon Counties - Coos ~~~ Steve 'n' Nancy Discover Oregon Counties - Crook ~~~ geogold Discover Oregon Counties - Curry Discover Oregon Counties - Deschutes ~~~ Logscaler & Red Discover Oregon Counties - Douglas Discover Oregon Counties - Gilliam Discover Oregon Counties - Grant Discover Oregon Counties - Harney ~~~ geogold Discover Oregon Counties - HoodRiver ~~~ ow3n and friends Discover Oregon Counties - Jackson Discover Oregon Counties - Jefferson ~~~ EZ-Ryderz Discover Oregon Counties - Josephine Discover Oregon Counties - Klamath ~~~ h2o z Discover Oregon Counties - Lake ~~~ geogold Discover Oregon Counties - Lane ~~~ Dragon's Passion for Caching Discover Oregon Counties - Lincoln ~~~ geogold Discover Oregon Counties - Linn ~~~ geogold Discover Oregon Counties - Malheur Discover Oregon Counties - Marion ~~~ geogold Discover Oregon Counties - Morrow ~~~ AstroGliders Discover Oregon Counties - Multnomah Discover Oregon Counties - Polk ~~~ geogold or Mac*5 Discover Oregon Counties - Series Final ~~~ HuskyHomeTeam Discover Oregon Counties - Sherman Discover Oregon Counties - Tillamook ~~~ himilecyclist Discover Oregon Counties - Umatilla ~~~ eRoamer Discover Oregon Counties - Union Discover Oregon Counties - Wallowa Discover Oregon Counties - Wasco Discover Oregon Counties - Washington Discover Oregon Counties - Wheeler Discover Oregon Counties - Yamhill ~~~ lickthesofa 59% Edited August 6, 2013 by howarthe Quote Link to comment
+Mac*5 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 If Geogold doesn't mind, we'll take Polk county. It sounds like a fun project. Quote Link to comment
+pastorlamar Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Yes, I would be honored to host the cache for Coos County. Quote Link to comment
+pastorlamar Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Oops. Just noticed that Steve 'n' Nancy picked it up. That's cool too. Quote Link to comment
+globaltreckers Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) cool Edited August 6, 2013 by globaltreckers Quote Link to comment
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