The ARIZONA thread

[+makaio]

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Just please don't knock me out of the top 50

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You have little to worry about. I've been caching for 3 years now and only have 137 finds

 

I figured out that my name is listed since I have 3 AZ finds already. It also shows my first find as 6/02 which must be my first AZ find date as my first actual find was 9/00.

 

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Matt

K7MTO

[+CO Admin]

I have a request.

 

When submitting caches for approval please do not set the terrain at a "1" unless it is wheel chair accessable. if it is not please use "1.5"

 

This is only a request, Failure to do this will NOT prevent the approval of your cache.

 

Thank you

CO Admin

 

Bureaucratic nonsense and petty power mongering a speciality

 

The Frog is my friend

[+Cactus Clan]

Is there a way to reorganize the page so the new posts are on top instead of on page two?

[+Lightning1996]

Hope to see a bunch of AZ cachers at the Prescott Breakfast Cache Event on Saturday !!

 

GCGW7T

 

Come on up and enjoy the mountains, cooler weather, the Yavapai County Fair and the company of a bunch of other addicted geocachers.

[+Cactus Clan]

Just hooked my sis as the newest geocache team around. We are headed to Vulture Mine Road to pick up a bunch over the weekend. Still no one knows how to rearrange the page so first is last and last is first??

[+Kealia]

OK, my hat is off to all AZ cachers. I'm a CA boy and live near the coast near Santa Cruz. I'm used to fog protection and shade (albeit horrible signal) from the Redwoods here. The last few days the temp has been right around 100 and I don't feel like having my laptop on me heating up my legs more or less hiking around and caching!

 

I've was in AZ 2 years ago visting a friend (before I was a cacher) and I couldn't imagine hiking around daily in that heat. The recent heat wave over here made me realize what daily caching must be like for you guys.

 

I'm cracking open a cold one right now. Here's to you!

[+Team Lightfoot]

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The recent heat wave over here made me realize what daily caching must be like for you guys.

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Not all zonies have it that bad. We've made it all the way up to the high 70's around here this week.

 

[+makaio]

Cute trees. Below is typical of what we had to deal with in Oregon

 

 

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Matt

K7MTO

[+Kealia]

OK, where'd you get the picture from??

 

No cactus = not Arizona

[+Kealia]

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Originally posted by makaio:

Cute trees. Below is typical of what we had to deal with in Oregon

 

http://img.Groundspeak.com/cache/23809_400.jpg

 

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Matt

K7MTO

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Yeah, the Sequoias and Redwoods make reception 'interesting'. At least we know that we're going to be looking in a half-burnt out tree stump for our caches so getting close is good enough.

[+Lightning1996]

I have found that most folks who have not been to AZ think that it is ALL flat (relatively), desert, cactus, etc...

 

About half the state is higher elevation, either high-desert ranchland or forested pines. We get SNOW in the winter too! The highest mountains are above 12,000 feet near Flagstaff (sorry, no cactus up there).

 

Around Prescott, we live at 5,100 ft. and the mountains are up to 7,900 feet. We have 4 seasons (winter snow/rain, beautiful spring, partly HOT and partly monsoon-thunderstorm rainy summer, and gorgeous fall) and yes, even some cactus amongst the pines! (See 'Baby Barrel Cactus' cache SW of Prescott)

 

No, I don't work for the Chamber of Commerce!

[+Team Lightfoot]

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OK, where'd you get the picture from??

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It was taken at the trailhead leading to my latest hide: Lakeview Vista

 

Here's another picture to dispell the Arizona=cactus myth. It was taken on a cache hunt we did yesterday, we searched for over an hour and never found the ammobox, but I think you'd have to agree we still came out winners.

 

[+Lightning1996]

Wow, what a gorgeous canyon, Lightfoot. It looks alot like West Clear Creek. Which canyon is it?

Trisha "Lightning"

Prescott

www.ycjp.org

[+Team Lightfoot]

It's the west fork of Oak Creek Canyon. The picture was taken from Buzzard Ridge. I'm thinking of placing a few caches out in that neck of the woods as an excuse to explore the area. It's realitivly cacheless right now.

[+CO Admin]

I know Im going to regret this, I hope.

 

I havent had any caches to aprove from Arizona in 4 days. COme on guys, this is the time to get those caches in before the busy season. Im offering 20% off for each cache approved

 

CO Admin

 

I work for the QOFE that works for the Frog

The Frog is my friend

[+makaio]

I'll be moving down from Oregon in 10 days. I'll see what I can do when I get there

 

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Matt

K7MTO

[+TV-dude]

CO Admin....When it is below 100 degrees again, I plan on climbing the rock mountains around here and put out another cache. I'm too outta shape to be climbing now. But in about a week i will have something for you to go track down.

[+CO Admin]

youngster, When I was growing up in Tucson, back in the olden days, we were happy when it was 115 in the shade.......uphill both ways, by cracky. get ou there and place some caches so I cna approve them for you. Under 100 deg! you kids are soft!

 

Gramps

 

I work for the QOFE that works for the Frog

The Frog is my friend

[+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking]

We'll place them when we're good and ready. Sheesh. We are not *soft* out here. Some of us have gone caching in 111° after a root canal. Piece of cake.

 

Regarding the new note for approvers. This question was asked and never answered in another thread. I want to know the answer so if you please...

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Originally posted by Keystone Approver:

The next time that you go to fill out the form to submit a new geocache, you'll see a new text field near the bottom of the form. The instructions say:

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Note to Reviewer

In order to expedite your new cache approval, please provide any details for the cache listing, such as final coordinates for a MultiCache, _whether you received permission_, or a description of the item for a virtual cache. The reviewer will delete this note before approving your listing.

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When someone answers No, will the cache be approved?

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[+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking]

Never mind, I've got my answer.

 

Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes

On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:

"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --

"Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"

 

Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898

[+Brian - Team A.I.]

I have a cache I'm looking at placing very soon, so watch out for it, and all will be well in the land o' COAdmin.

 

[+CO Admin]

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Originally posted by Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking:

We'll place them when we're good and ready. Sheesh. We are not *soft* out here. Some of us have gone caching in 111° after a root canal. Piece of cake.

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O yeah??? 113, in Mesa, with a hang-nail AND while being pursued by those 2 guys with the bikes and the back-packs

 

I work for the QOFE that works for the Frog

The Frog is my friend

[Devil Dog]

Hello all. Relatively new to the site and searching for caches. I am having a lot of fun, so far. Took my wife, sister in law and mother in law. We have found about 8, I think. Thanks to everyone who makes this possible. Semper Fi, Devil Dog (aka: Al Whitney, Yuma, AZ) I forgot to mention, got my son (mwhit069) and his wife in Maryland interested. They are a Navy family. Thank you to all our servicemen and women who are doing an outstanding job! Oooooorrrraaaaahhhhh!

[+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking]

That cache I went after after a root canal...It was in a cholla forest and I was wearing sandals. Not a single cactus needle pierced my delicate foot. The only thing chasing me were rattlesnakes and fist sized spiders.

 

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to take a bubble bath with my rubber duckie. (LOL)

 

Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes

On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:

"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --

"Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"

 

Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898

[+CO Admin]

You Win!!!!

 

I work for the QOFE that works for the Frog

The Frog is my friend

[+TV-dude]

root canal?? been there, done that...and it went south...No way am I climbing the mountains here in 105 looking like this. http://www.members.cox.net/ghogue8/sinus.jpg lol...maybe ina week when this goes back down to normal..

[+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking]

You have my sympathies.

 

I've had 4 root canals now. Take motrin to reduce the swelling. Reduce the swelling, ease the pain at the same time.

 

Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes

On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:

"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --

"Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"

 

Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898

[+TV-dude]

That wasn't the root canal totally, They cut open an artery in my sinus taking out the root. Cheek full of blood..Well the swelling is down and the bruising is about gone...Percoset...Ask for it by name....LOL..I plan to get out next week and give the CO Admin something to do...Look for a new South Mountain Cache in a couple of weeks..

[+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking]

Cutting an artery.....

 

Who was your dentist? I live in the Phoenix area. I had a bad experience 2 years ago with a butcher of a dentist. I don't want to ever go to another bad dentist.

 

(Cowers in fear.)

[+Team Finn]

Hey Arizona cache hunters, there is going to be an event that the organizer is calling "Cache Clash" on May 7,2005 just north of Phoenix.

 

Check it out at: Sierra Aventure Sports

 

Looks like a lot of fun.

[+geodarts]

My wife and I will be visiting Sedona in April. I know that there are a lot of caches in the area -- but she is not into caching so I have limited opportunities. Does anyone have a recommendation for caches in the area that noncachers might enjoy (good views, moderate hikes, interesting locations)?

 

If you email me directly, I would appreciate it. Thanks!

[+Furnas Hooligans]

Greetings from Sierra Vista, AZ... Just noticed the AZ forum and thought I would drop by and say hi to all the fellow Arizonans.. If any of you are ever in the S.V. and Tombstone area, I would be happy to give some details on some good caches!! Hope to see you out here soon!

[+Nero]

Greetings, im moving on over here from the San Diego thread, I just moved here from San Diego to Glendale area. people think im crazy, but oh well.

 

i have not done any caches yet, maybe soon. hope to see some az cachers out there.

 

Chris

[+Tsegi Mike and Desert Viking]

To all new Arizona cachers.....

 

Please go to azgeocaching.com and join our listserv. Get to know us and join our community. We would love to have you lurk or post on the topics. We are a friendly bunch, and helpful.

[+websrfr]

...Or you could try the new Arizona Geocaching Forums at GeoCrazed Arizona Geocaching Forums

[+geodarts]

We recently came back from a week's trip to the Sedona area -- I loved many of the caches there, particularly Cow Pies and Sedona Oak Creek. I even got my non-geoaching wife to go with me as we hiked past vortexes and looked at cliff ruins in the canyons. I would have loved to do others, but was pressing my luck . . . It confirmed that geocaching can be a great way to see an area. Thanks to all.

[+Chihuahua Ranchers]

Do you guys think Phoenix could support a bricks & mortar Geocaching store? I know it would be hard, with everything already available on the internet and REI and such. What would you want to see or have available at a location like this?

Thanks for any input!

-J.R.

[+graldrich]

I don't know,might be worth a try.It would certainly interest those that never heard of geocaching.

[+ohana3]

Hi all, Going to be visiting Az next month but won't have a vehicle. Am wondering if anyone is near the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix and could give me some nearby coordinates. I have done a zip code search but there are numerous caches in that area. Want to try to get a short list going before we arrive...

Any and all help appreciated.

Thanks,

Ohana3

[TeamSavage]

hello all

 

im new to geocaching

i am in arizona (mesa)

looking for people to hang with /go gaching with

 

David

[+Azcowboy290]

Hey I was just wondering if There Was ant Event caches were cachers went caming togather to swap caching stories and such... was there ever a event like this in az?

[Jake - Team A.I.]

I think this

is along the lines of what you are asking about.

[+DesertDweller]

And now for something completely different.

 

If the following question is an inappropriate use of this thread, I apologize, but I would like some suggestions about where to get a car's windows tinted. I want to do more geocaching this summer and tinted windows in the vehicle would help a lot. Anybody get car windows tinted recently and ended up being happy with the workmanship? I live in Tempe, so anything in the Phoenix area would be great. Thanks.

[+DesertDweller]

Boy, did my last post kill this thread or what!

[+souperteam]

*thread killer!!* LOL!

 

Just got back from Kauai and hit some caches out there. Now that I'm home and school is out and scouting is over for the summer we plan on working on a few placements. I have a great ammo can that we would like to use for the end of a multi so I need to find a great place where it won't get plundered.

 

It was fun doing the "It Ain't Rock Salt" cache on Kauai because the last ones to log in the book were from Tucson as well...MO&GO...that made us laugh. We're heading to NM in a week and plan on hitting some in the Alamogordo and Carlsbad area. We love geocaching...lots of fun.

[+redsox2k4]

Hello all in Arizona. I'll be travelling to Phoenix for two weeks. From the 13th of June to the 27th. Anyone interested in going caching with me can contact me through my profile. I'll try to create an event while I'm there to swap travel bugs.

[+Flag_Mtn_Hkrs]

Just saying hello from Flagstaff. If you folks need to get out of the heat it has been hot up here. I think it will hit 80 or so today which is roasting.

 

Anyway just wanted to give out a hollar.

[+ShadowAce]

Just saying hello from Flagstaff. If you folks need to get out of the heat it has been hot up here. I think it will hit 80 or so today which is roasting.

 

Anyway just wanted to give out a hollar.

Yeppers we were up there this weekend and roped an 11 month old cache for First to Find honors.

 

I have to say the couple inches of hail in my jeep was interesting if not painful.

 

We will be back, but I doubt we will do a hike like that then drive home again in the same day. We did not get to our driveway until 3am Sunday.. I did not enjoy the moments of opening the eyes to say 'Doh, I am still driving'

 

Lovely country up there, if your bored check out some of our pictures from the Sitgreaves hike we did.

 

Sitgreaves mountain. I never did figure out how this is rated as a mystery/puzzle, but the hike was enjoyable.

[BONEGURU]

any news about the white jeeps in Tucson

[+souperteam]

Well, I noticed that a fellow Tucson cacher has at least 3 in their possession. Hopefully they will make their rounds and we'll see them sometime soon.