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Hello!

 

So my fiance and I cache together, but neither of us are able to drive/will be able to any time soon.

 

There is a bus system in my city, but it only runs from about 9-7 on weekdays (doesn't run on weekends) and we're usually in classes.

 

Does anyone have any tips for us about how to get out there and look?

 

Thanks!

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Hello!

 

So my fiance and I cache together, but neither of us are able to drive/will be able to any time soon.

 

There is a bus system in my city, but it only runs from about 9-7 on weekdays (doesn't run on weekends) and we're usually in classes.

 

Does anyone have any tips for us about how to get out there and look?

 

Thanks!

 

I have a car but prefer not to use it because I hate driving in town. When I cache (which isn't all that often these days) I do it by bicycle. I chalked up hundreds of finds using my trusty mountain bike. Now I mostly ride on the road, which is why I don't cache so much because I'm really not interested in stopping every half a mile to find a film pot behind a sign and the bike doesn't work off road the way the mountain bike does.

 

When I ride the mountain bike I tend to take in the muddy bridlepaths (simply because I can) and so I can find more interesting caches.

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Here we do not have the train system like that in England, so that is not really an option for these folks.

 

I agree with those saying a bike would be a great investment

and finding friends who might enjoy a search.

 

Visit the regional forum here ( scroll down... Pacific Northwest) and see if you could hook up with cachers in your area who might be going out to do a day of caching ( on the weekend) I have joined up for Cache Machine events and find cachers a very friendly and welcoming group. Offer to pay some gas money, bring tasty snaxs

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I also like to cache on a bicycle. Here in the UK you can take a bike on a train for free, so take a train trip somewhere, then onto the bike and can easily cover 20-30 miles, then back to the train to go home.

 

... except the walk-on train fares are often silly, you can't take the bike on trains around London during the rush hour, and unless you're going a fair distance it's often just as quick to ride as it is to take the train anyway.

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I have lived in a few places over the years, and the public transportation buses I have noticed are becoming more common with having a bike rack on them for those with a bicycle.

 

I would say that a bike would be an investment that would be well worth the money spent. It can serve you on many different levels and reasons.

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