+SniperTrifle 0 Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) what was the first ever 'you might be a geocacher if' souvenir? Edited December 11, 2018 by SniperTrifle Share this post Link to post
+Touchstone 486 Posted December 11, 2018 You might be able to narrow it down by process of elimination from this list: https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=29&pgid=792#uniquesouvenirs Share this post Link to post
+Isonzo Karst 340 Posted December 11, 2018 That's in the 2018 group and per the A Team's souvenir site, the first released of that bunch was adrenaline junkie, Sept 3 2018. 1 Share this post Link to post
+Korichnovui 77 Posted December 12, 2018 You might be a geocacher if you're more interested in a store's parking lot than the store itself. 1 5 Share this post Link to post
+Goldenwattle 258 Posted December 12, 2018 You might be a geocacher if a three hour drive takes seven. 1 8 Share this post Link to post
+Z_Statman 6 Posted December 13, 2018 ... you prefer to seek caches off trail, off road, ... and challenge both your intelligence and physical state - Reach: "The journey is the reward!" Share this post Link to post
+CTheExplorer 0 Posted December 15, 2018 You FINALLY get some time to yourself, but instead of resting, reading, watching the last 5 Dr Who episodes you've missed...you instead drive 40 min away and hike for 2 hrs on a 35c day to get 8 caches. 1 Share this post Link to post
+The Jester 75 Posted December 15, 2018 You ARE a geocacher if you're reading another "you might be a geocacher..." thread. 1 Share this post Link to post
+SniperTrifle 0 Posted December 25, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 2:16 AM, Goldenwattle said: You might be a geocacher if a three hour drive takes seven. i love that! Share this post Link to post
+ecanderson 45 Posted January 6 You might be a geocacher (no, you ARE a geocacher) if you plan your cruise shore excursions around the spots that provide the best opportunities for finding a cache in a new country. Share this post Link to post
+colleda 196 Posted January 6 On 12/15/2018 at 4:07 PM, CTheExplorer said: You FINALLY get some time to yourself, but instead of resting, reading, watching the last 5 Dr Who episodes you've missed...you instead drive 40 min away and hike for 2 hrs on a 35c day to get 8 caches. A couple of days ago some local cachers went out on a 40c+ day to do a 20 cache series. Whew. I did the same series a few days before but it was only 35c. Share this post Link to post
+CAVinoGal 165 Posted January 6 It's Sunday afternoon, the NFL playoffs are on TV, it's pouring rain and windy outside, you have a cold and can't breath or taste anything, but you have 372 consecutive days caching towards a 400 day challenge. What's a geocacher to do? Drive the 8 miles to the closest, easiest park n grab cache that was placed on 1/1/19 (conveniently!), and keep the streak alive! Share this post Link to post
+noncentric 676 Posted January 6 You choose a layover airport that has a Virtual cache in it, even though choosing a different layover airport would result in a shorter total travel time. 1 Share this post Link to post
+colleda 196 Posted January 6 2 minutes ago, CAVinoGal said: It's Sunday afternoon, the NFL playoffs are on TV, it's pouring rain and windy outside, you have a cold and can't breath or taste anything, but you have 372 consecutive days caching towards a 400 day challenge. What's a geocacher to do? Drive the 8 miles to the closest, easiest park n grab cache that was placed on 1/1/19 (conveniently!), and keep the streak alive! Go out and find 28 then go back to bed?😈 Share this post Link to post
+CAVinoGal 165 Posted January 6 4 minutes ago, colleda said: Go out and find 28 then go back to bed?😈 Nah, we found 1, then came home and now I'm drinking a warm eggnog spiked with a bit of spiced rum. Tomorrow is another day! We've done this whole thing one day at a time, and we'll continue barring any major disasters. Besides, logging a find on a day we didn't actually find it? Why, that would be cheating! 2 Share this post Link to post
+GermanyBert 0 Posted January 7 On 12/15/2018 at 1:46 PM, The Jester said: You ARE a geocacher if you're reading another "you might be a geocacher..." thread. Truth Share this post Link to post
+Harry Dolphin 392 Posted January 7 1 hour ago, CAVinoGal said: Nah, we found 1, then came home and now I'm drinking a warm eggnog spiked with a bit of spiced rum. Tomorrow is another day! We've done this whole thing one day at a time, and we'll continue barring any major disasters. 181 day streak since i retired last July. Yes. I've saved up a number of local C&Ds for rainy days, like yesterday. Someday,I will run out of easy local caches. Though I did do a three mile, ten cache, hike today. Share this post Link to post
+NYPaddleCacher 814 Posted January 7 11 hours ago, noncentric said: You choose a layover airport that has a Virtual cache in it, even though choosing a different layover airport would result in a shorter total travel time. Been there, done that. RWY42 cache in Frankfurt, Germany. For the return trip, instead of flying to Paris then back to the U.S (the shortest total travel time), I took a four hour train ride to Barcelona, stayed overnight two nights before flying back to the states. For a very long trip I generally prefer longer travel times, and a layover long enough that I can get out and find a cache or two, rather than fly for 6-8 hours with a 2 hour layover before getting on another 6-8 hour flight. I have on several occasions chosen a flight itinerary with an overnight layover if it's in a country in which I haven't found a cache. For a trip to Berlin, I scheduled an overnight layover in Copenhagen and Helsinki on the way home. Share this post Link to post
+hzoi 706 Posted January 7 14 hours ago, noncentric said: You choose a layover airport that has a Virtual cache in it, even though choosing a different layover airport would result in a shorter total travel time. Sounds like my one find in Illinois, found during a layover on my way from San Antonio back to Germany. I thought I was pretty clever...until the snow started. Thankfully my flight made it out! Share this post Link to post
+NYPaddleCacher 814 Posted January 8 21 hours ago, hzoi said: Sounds like my one find in Illinois, found during a layover on my way from San Antonio back to Germany. I thought I was pretty clever...until the snow started. Thankfully my flight made it out! For my first find in Illinois, rather than fly to Champaign, Illinois where I was attending a small conference, I flew to Indianapolis (which has a lower air fare) and rented a car. As a result I was able to find caches in Illinois and Indiana. I'm still kicking myself for not attempting any of IndyMagicMans Shelter caches. Share this post Link to post
+gginnj 3 Posted January 14 On 12/11/2018 at 8:44 PM, Korichnovui said: You might be a geocacher if you're more interested in a store's parking lot than the store itself. Have to admit, when I pull into a parking spot and the light has a skirt or are near a gaurdrail - I will pull up the app just to make sure..... 2 Share this post Link to post