+WalruZ Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 A couple [of YJTBs] have been held for over a week now... not suprising. Travel bugs die every day. These will be no different. 4,000 wasn't nearly enough. I released a bug, You Can't Go Home Again and it passed through two hands before disappearing. I re-released it recently and someone (cough) carried it to Canada and someone else stuck it so far out in the woods that it'll never be seen again. Perhaps what will happen is that these will sink out of sight into the great morass that is GeoCachers, dead almost every one. Then TPTB will see that the Travel Bug feature doesn't quite work. Quote Link to comment
+bthomas Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 (edited) <snip>I've only had a handful of YJTBs pop up that were within "a quick trip out to grab one" Just about every day, I see a yellow Jeep, and smile. I'll bet one or two pop up this weekend in San Francisco or the North Peninsula. Edited June 16, 2004 by bthomas Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Holding them a week isn't out of the ordinary. I go caching on Saturday and Sunday. If I get only micros, there isn't a place to put them. I got the YJTBs at the BADGES dinner and placed them the next Sunday. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 (edited) Perhaps what will happen is that these will sink out of sight into the great morass that is GeoCachers, dead almost every one. Then TPTB will see that the Travel Bug feature doesn't quite work. I don't know what you are talking about. Travel bugs seem to work just fine to me. Here are some of our bugs we've released: 02 Scurry 2000 - 21427 mi 10 Scurry 2000 - 16940 mi 07 Scurry 2000 - 15317 mi M&J Happy 25th Anniversary Geocoin - 11658 mi Happy Hippo - 6424 mi Katie's Carebear - 6388 mi M&J Souvenir Geocoin #5 - 6183 mi M&J Souvenir Geocoin #2 - 5882 mi Cachin' Kelly - 5732 mi 08 Scurry 2000 - 5569 mi The High Flying Bald Eagle - 5301 mi 12 Scurry 2000 - 5047 mi Lunch with Scooby - 4989 mi Hitech Hitty - 4434 mi Andy's & Ricky's Peace Bear - 4078 mi 05 Scurry 2000 - 3973 mi 11 Scurry 2000 - 3663 mi 13 Scurry 2000 - 3581 mi Dogtags in memory of 9/11 - 3271 mi LilSam - 3263 mi They are all very happy. --Marky Edited June 16, 2004 by Marky Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 I know I know, and most of mine are stumbling around more or less ok too. It's just that one I'm bitter about. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 I know I know, and most of mine are stumbling around more or less ok too. It's just that one I'm bitter about. All it takes is one to get you in a bad mood. Best to get more in play so that you can forget about that one. I just got notified that one of ours was lost in a muggled cache. Time to get a copy made up and back out in the world! --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Mauison Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Hey Marky, I'll be out of town for a few days, so I'll have limited computer access but I just wanted to pre-congratulate you and Joani on your 3000th find! Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 I think it would be making me nuts being that close to #3000... But then again we're all already a little nuts. Got anything special planned for your 3,000th find? Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 yeah, are you going to pick something, or just let serendipity do it? Quote Link to comment
+beckerbuns Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 (edited) In case anyone hadn't noticed, I wanted to point out that our wedding cache has been approved. Check it out: Wedding of Beckerbuns & Nurse Dave I hope to see as many of you there as possible. We were given special permission to have an event cache for our wedding... Since we met in IRC channel #geocache! Cheers! Edited June 17, 2004 by beckerbuns Quote Link to comment
+nostrada Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 If anyone really wants a gmail account - here is an invite: http://tinyurl.com/2eh8u Have fun! Quote Link to comment
+beckerbuns Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Hey all, Clay Jar should be getting into Lathrop early this afternoon if I am calculating correctly. If any of you would like to catch up with him in Lathrop, and would like to be notified by me when I hear from him, you can call my cell phone at 408-429-0221 (and then please promptly lose the number ) ! ClayJar's AlaskaQuest 2004 Should be fun! Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Congratulations Marky and Joanie on hitting 3000! Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Congratulations Marky and Joanie on hitting 3000! Help!! 911!! someboyd stold my post! Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 ooh ooh... new statistic! FTP (first to post) Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Drat... missed the Alaska Quest thing.... Had it on my calendar and everything! I've been Mr. Mom all day at home while Darlene was in LA, and haven't gone after a single cache! Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 20, 2004 Share Posted June 20, 2004 Congrats to Marky and Joani! Between a family outing and helping a friend move, my caching today consisted of one drive-up virtual, yipee. Tomorrow probably won't be much better as far as finds go, but at least I'll be hiking. Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 So..... Who's this "WestCoastAdmin" that has been approving my caches so fast this week? Hemlock- are you retired, or just easing the work load? Quote Link to comment
+Hemlock Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 WestCoastAdmin is the new and 3rd reviewer for California. You guys have been hiding so many caches that SoCalAdmin and I could not keep up! We decided to bring on a 3rd reviewer before either of us crashed and burned. Quote Link to comment
+nostrada Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 ... let the guessing about his/her identity begin! Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 ooh ooh... let's start the rumour that it's Joanie again! Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 ooh ooh... let's start the rumour that it's Joanie again! ha! you're just trying to deflect the suspicion from yourself! Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 ooh ooh... let's start the rumour that it's Joanie again! If it's not her, I would've nominated her . Then again, I'm not sure I'd want to put that curse on anybody that nice Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 22, 2004 Share Posted June 22, 2004 ooh ooh... let's start the rumour that it's Joanie again! If it's not her, I would've nominated her . Then again, I'm not sure I'd want to put that curse on anybody that nice That nice, and yet sooooooooo evil.... Quote Link to comment
+KVOM Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 (edited) I'll be in SFO from Georgia for the JavaOne convention this Sunday-Wednesday and plan to get in a few caches while I'm there. I'm staying at the airport Marriott Sunday night, and downtown at the Hyatt Embarcadero Monday and Tuesday. I'll have a rental car on Sunday. I plan to hunt around the airport area on arrival, but would appreciate suggestions of good caches both there and in the downtown/Moscone area as well, and would be happy to meet up with anyone who wants to team on a few. My preferences are regular caches that involve some easy hikes (1.5-3) to get to and/or have a nice view for photography. I can also take any TB's back with me who are wanting to go East. Edited June 23, 2004 by KVOM Quote Link to comment
+workerofwood Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Just noticed we have a new member to the 4-digit club... Congratulations Motorbug on #1000! (and you had to go all the way to LA to find it?) Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 1000 for Motorbug! It couldn't happen to a nicer guy. (provided you don't get between him and an FTF opportunity) Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Congratulations Motorbug, the newest kilocacher. Looks like WoW will be joining that club pretty soon as well. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Congrats Motorbug! Now that you've been on the Power Caching Trail, you are a true power cacher. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Pepper is coming to town. After I leave Vegas the children and I will head straight for the Bay Area. I'm looking foward to seeing some old friends. I'm looking at an arrival date of July 13th. Pepper Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Pepper is coming to town. Pepper? Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Pepper is coming to town. Pepper? Team Nazgul, my bad I've been gone for a year and a half now and the SF Bay Area Thread has changed since I left. I rarely see the old timers that I started caching with back in March of 2002. On the off chance any of them were to take a look at the thread they would know I was gonna be in town. I’m hoping to get some hard core caching done while in town. Pepper Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Heh, my fault for not being perfectly clear... I just wanted to mention a local "pepper"-related cache in case you were interested. Apparently the wrong kind of pepper anyway. Doh. I'm on a roll today. I mis-stepped on a cache hunt shortcut this morning and wound up with one pant leg completely soaked below the knee. Fortunately my 10:00 meeting was a conference call and not an in-person meeting. I wonder what will happen when I try to find "Original Arches" on the way home today? If you see a headline tomoorow that reads "Local Geocacher Crushed by Fallen (Golden) Arches" you'll know it was me.... Quote Link to comment
+Nazgul Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 On another note, I've been looking at the logs for the new Coleman Ponds cache (where I stepped in the stream this morning) that a lot of names I recognize are commenting on how it's almost in their backyard. ProTechCC and chucklesda were the latest. It's also only about a mile and a half from my place, and WoW lives nearby, and Marky & Joani live close by somewhere, and so on... Maybe we could organize a locaal pizza event or something? Nothing fancy, I just know it would be a lot easier for me to get to a local gathering after work than it is to get the time for a BADGES dinner that may be an hour (or two) drive away. I suspect the same may be true for others as well. Comments? Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Pepper is coming to town. Pepper? Team Nazgul, my bad I've been gone for a year and a half now and the SF Bay Area Thread has changed since I left. I rarely see the old timers that I started caching with back in March of 2002. On the off chance any of them were to take a look at the thread they would know I was gonna be in town. I’m hoping to get some hard core caching done while in town. Pepper PEPPER!!!!!!! How long are you going to be in town? Let's hang out and have some breakfast or dinner or something. --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 (edited) Maybe we could organize a locaal pizza event or something? Nothing fancy, I just know it would be a lot easier for me to get to a local gathering after work than it is to get the time for a BADGES dinner that may be an hour (or two) drive away. I suspect the same may be true for others as well. Comments? We've had an event cache at the nearby Chuckie Cheese. They were fine with a bunch of us occupying a row of tables on a weeknight. They didn't even require a reservation. The kiddie cachers love the place too. --Marky Edited June 24, 2004 by Marky Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Maybe we could organize a locaal pizza event or something? Nothing fancy, I just know it would be a lot easier for me to get to a local gathering after work than it is to get the time for a BADGES dinner that may be an hour (or two) drive away. I suspect the same may be true for others as well. Comments? We've had an event cache at the nearby Chuckie Cheese. They were fine with a bunch of us occupying a row of tables on a weeknight. They didn't even require a reservation. The kiddie cachers love the place too. --Marky Hey Marky, Let me know if this materilaizes. I'v emissed a number of event caches since we met in San Mateo last October and I'm anxious to get back out and meet and greet some more! Quote Link to comment
+bthomas Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Hey Pepper, hope to catch you. I'm going to be at the Portland caching thingy this weekend, so maybe I'll see y'all. Quote Link to comment
+bthomas Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Kudos and congrats: to M&J for 3000; to Motorbug, Boulter, and Bykenut for 1000, and to kablooey for almost 2000 and DavidT & Fisherwoman for almost 2500. Quote Link to comment
+bthomas Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 And wow, Beckerbuns and NurseDave !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+bthomas Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 I'll be in SFO from Georgia for the JavaOne convention this Sunday-Wednesday and plan to get in a few caches while I'm there. My preferences are regular caches that involve some easy hikes (1.5-3) to get to and/or have a nice view for photography. Have to pitch my Es Effo GCBC09 and Columba GCGH5J (print the pictures!). Can also highly recommend the Embarcadero waterfront, including Waterfront GCE731 and either of Frankenlurch's Sister Mary histories GCG8PV or GCJBBK (require stealth at final). Remember, you can hop the F-line historic trolleys from Market St to Fisherman's Wharf. Sounds by the Bay GC30CB has wonderful views of the GG Bridge. LooneyTune's WPA Lillie's GC136C has Coit Tower views and Depression Era art. The Twin Peaks triplet of GCCF74, GC46E4, and GC78A5 should be caught before the afternoon fog. Quote Link to comment
+KVOM Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Thanks for those who replied. I have 11 on my list for SFO, with the Es Effo as a first stop. so far I'm looking at: Blue Light Special Egrets Enigma Almost Home Happy Trails Yumpin'Yimminee Mom's Wild Ride BAB Picnic #2 Hill Sign And the Rest Shark Fin Slough Downtown I'd already picked the Waterfront and Frnkenlurch, plus Bridge View and Get Wired. I'll add the others to the candidate list. I may have a free half day on Wednesday to try some of the coast caches requiring a bit more walking. Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Downtown I'd already picked the Waterfront and Frnkenlurch, plus Bridge View and Get Wired. I'll add the others to the candidate list. I may have a free half day on Wednesday to try some of the coast caches requiring a bit more walking. Thanks for the advice. I highly recommend Sounds by the Bay (GC30CB). This simple traditional cache represents all that is good about geocaching. A nice walk in a place you might not normally go. A spectacular final location, with great views and and a very high cool factor for what is out there. You won't regret going! --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Pepper is coming to town. Pepper? Team Nazgul, my bad I've been gone for a year and a half now and the SF Bay Area Thread has changed since I left. I rarely see the old timers that I started caching with back in March of 2002. On the off chance any of them were to take a look at the thread they would know I was gonna be in town. I’m hoping to get some hard core caching done while in town. Pepper PEPPER!!!!!!! How long are you going to be in town? Let's hang out and have some breakfast or dinner or something. --Marky Marky I'll be in town 3 or 4 days I'm not sure yet maybe more. I have no time frame. Pleasanton will be home base. Ahhh....life is good or should I say GOOD HUSBAND. Pepper Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Hey Pepper, hope to catch you. I'm going to be at the Portland caching thingy this weekend, so maybe I'll see y'all. bt yes you will se me I'm gonna be in Portland for 4 days. See ya Friday night. Pepper Quote Link to comment
+Green Gables Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 I'll be in SFO from Georgia for the JavaOne convention this Sunday-Wednesday and plan to get in a few caches while I'm there. My preferences are regular caches that involve some easy hikes (1.5-3) to get to and/or have a nice view for photography. Have to pitch my Es Effo GCBC09 and Columba GCGH5J (print the pictures!). Can also highly recommend the Embarcadero waterfront, including Waterfront GCE731 and either of Frankenlurch's Sister Mary histories GCG8PV or GCJBBK (require stealth at final). Remember, you can hop the F-line historic trolleys from Market St to Fisherman's Wharf. Sounds by the Bay GC30CB has wonderful views of the GG Bridge. LooneyTune's WPA Lillie's GC136C has Coit Tower views and Depression Era art. The Twin Peaks triplet of GCCF74, GC46E4, and GC78A5 should be caught before the afternoon fog. I'd echo bthomas' recommendation that you include at least one of the Twin Peaks trio. If the weather is clear, the views are absolutely not to be missed. Hill Sign is good fun and good exercise. If views and photography are your goals you may want to reconsider Blue Light, however, as it's a in an industrial area. Quote Link to comment
+BuckyD Posted June 26, 2004 Share Posted June 26, 2004 In addition to bthomas' suggestions for SF caching, and Marky's recommendation of Sounds of the Bay (which I would also strongly recommend) -- as long as you're going to be heading around the wharf area to the Lombard St cache and then to Sounds of the Bay -- stop by Ft. Mason between Lombard St and Sounds of the Bay and check out YABA Treasure Hunt #2. It beats Blue Light Special for flowers right now, hands down. Quote Link to comment
+KennyHannahJacobKatie Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 (edited) I'm about to take the plunge and by a new GPSr and need some advice. Several weeks ago my last one disappeared and I've spend the last two+ weeks moping around and hoping it would show up. Those of you in multi-child homes know the story but nonetheless, it hasn't and I'm going through serious caching withdrawals. My frustration is heightened by the fact that I've spent a weekend Backpacking in the Sierra's and another hiking the Monte Bello and Los Trancos preserves near lots of unclaimed caches. My wife reminded me that the surest way to get my old GPSr to show up is to buy a new one. She may be a cynic but she's probably right. Anyway, my last unit which I've used on hiking and caching trips for nearly three years was the bare bones bright yellow E-Trex. I'd like an upgrade to a better quality screen, downloading and hopefully place names with greater than 7 characters but I don't want to spend more than $250. Walkie Talkie features, built in altimeters and mapping are probably out but they're frills for cachers anyway. Any advice? Are used models available? Should I stick with Garmin? /Lefty Edited June 27, 2004 by KennyHannahJacob Quote Link to comment
+mjp303 Posted June 27, 2004 Share Posted June 27, 2004 Thanks for those who replied. I have 11 on my list for SFO, with the Es Effo as a first stop. so far I'm looking at: Blue Light Special Egrets Enigma Almost Home Happy Trails Yumpin'Yimminee Mom's Wild Ride BAB Picnic #2 Hill Sign And the Rest Shark Fin Slough KVOM-- If it's not too late, here's my two cents on you list... 1. I'm pretty sure Hill Sign has had a fire. At least that's the way it looks from the freeway. I checked the logs and it looks like the cache is still intact though. 2. Watch out for POISON OAK at BAB#2!!! mjp303 Quote Link to comment
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