SF Bay Area geocachers

[threx]

I'm a newbie and I just found out my first cache. From my early experience and perhaps my own preference, I think that my future in geocaching lies not in the hunt but in the design of caches.

 

In that regard, I am doing a little poll of my own before I set out designing caches:

 

Which geocaches are more enjoyable for you, the scenic easy one or that frustrating, climbing-that-30° hill hunt?

I will also be trying to suit my caches to the avid demographic group. So I would also would like to know your relative ages. You could give me a range if you think that is too personal a question, i.e. I am in the 18-25 age group.

 

Thanks to everyone in advance.

 

Any comments and suggestion will be taken note off and appreciated.

 

[threx]

I'm a newbie and I just found out my first cache. From my early experience and perhaps my own preference, I think that my future in geocaching lies not in the hunt but in the design of caches.

 

In that regard, I am doing a little poll of my own before I set out designing caches:

 

Which geocaches are more enjoyable for you, the scenic easy one or that frustrating, climbing-that-30° hill hunt?

I will also be trying to suit my caches to the avid demographic group. So I would also would like to know your relative ages. You could give me a range if you think that is too personal a question, i.e. I am in the 18-25 age group.

 

Thanks to everyone in advance.

 

Any comments and suggestion will be taken note off and appreciated.

 

[threx]

I'm a newbie and I just found out my first cache. From my early experience and perhaps my own preference, I think that my future in geocaching lies not in the hunt but in the design of caches.

 

In that regard, I am doing a little poll of my own before I set out designing caches:

 

Which geocaches are more enjoyable for you, the scenic easy one or that frustrating, climbing-that-30° hill hunt?

I will also be trying to suit my caches to the avid demographic group. So I would also would like to know your relative ages. You could give me a range if you think that is too personal a question, i.e. I am in the 18-25 age group.

 

Thanks to everyone in advance.

 

Any comments and suggestion will be taken note off and appreciated.

 

 

[threx]

I'm a newbie and I just found out my first cache. From my early experience and perhaps my own preference, I think that my future in geocaching lies not in the hunt but in the design of caches.

 

In that regard, I am doing a little poll of my own before I set out designing caches:

 

Which geocaches are more enjoyable for you, the scenic easy one or that frustrating, climbing-that-30° hill hunt?

I will also be trying to suit my caches to the avid demographic group. So I would also would like to know your relative ages. You could give me a range if you think that is too personal a question, i.e. I am in the 18-25 age group.

 

Thanks to everyone in advance.

 

Any comments and suggestion will be taken note off and appreciated.

 

 

[+georgeandmary]

quote:

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Originally posted by threx:

 

Any comments and suggestion will be taken note off and appreciated.

 

 

http://www.bmwmotorrad.co.za/stories/pix/geocaching_main.jpg

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Welcome to geocaching.... now some comments.

 

Find some more geocaches before you get worked up into hiding them.

 

Cool containers are great. I'm not in it for the pretty places or trinkets in the box. I'm in it for the challenge, the hunt, the test. If you want to design a clever cache container then I'm all for it. But I still say you need to find some more caches before you hide any.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

[+georgeandmary]

quote:

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Originally posted by threx:

 

Any comments and suggestion will be taken note off and appreciated.

 

 

http://www.bmwmotorrad.co.za/stories/pix/geocaching_main.jpg

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Welcome to geocaching.... now some comments.

 

Find some more geocaches before you get worked up into hiding them.

 

Cool containers are great. I'm not in it for the pretty places or trinkets in the box. I'm in it for the challenge, the hunt, the test. If you want to design a clever cache container then I'm all for it. But I still say you need to find some more caches before you hide any.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

[+fizzymagic]

quote:

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Originally posted by threx:

Which geocaches are more enjoyable for you, the scenic easy one or that frustrating, climbing-that-30° hill hunt?

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Neither. The most enjoyable geocaches for me are those with a lot of style. Clever, original caches. Go find Stumped? and you'll understand better.

[threx]

Neither. The most enjoyable geocaches for me are those with a lot of style. Clever, original caches. Go find http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=5872 and you'll understand better.

 

Will do. Have free time tomorrow after school. After this, probably do some research on other ingenious caches here, in other states and prolly in other continents as well. Will also freshen up on some literature.

 

I will probably be cacheing a sample next weekend.

[threx]

Neither. The most enjoyable geocaches for me are those with a lot of style. Clever, original caches. Go find http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=5872 and you'll understand better.

 

Will do. Have free time tomorrow after school. After this, probably do some research on other ingenious caches here, in other states and prolly in other continents as well. Will also freshen up on some literature.

 

I will probably be cacheing a sample next weekend.

[+Mr. Vic]

Welcome to our obsession!

 

Your enthusiasm is understandable and appreciated, but I would have to echo George. Get 20+ different caches under your belt and read the forums for a few weeks before placing your first cache.

 

As far as the types of caches I like, my own preference is a good 2-3 mile hike where I'm rewarded with a great view or unusual geologic feature. I also appreciate caches which are clever or imaginative. But everybody is different, the easier caches get more hits and are more popular with families.

 

I also recommend that you visit "Stumped," and "Stumped Again." Also, any of Fizzy's or Hot Foot's caches are clever if you enjoy math and puzzles. Pepper (Team Super Genious) has several caches that are very creative (Speckles is a good example).

 

Again, welcome aboard! Have fun, be safe and I look forward to running into you on the trails.

 

-Mark.

 

Will cache for food

[+Pepper]

Well hello there young man and welcome! Watch out, if your not carefull you'll have a new addiction before ya know it and being addicted to Geocaching is GOOD thing.

 

All...I have finally finished creating one of my NEW sig items and have 8 ready to be placed. I think there neat and hope ya'll will like them as well. I am going caching today, not sure where yet, but will be dropping them off at each cache I visit.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

 

[This message was edited by SuperGenius on October 04, 2002 at 05:15 AM.]

 

[This message was edited by SuperGenius on October 04, 2002 at 06:30 AM.]

[+Pepper]

Well hello there young man and welcome! Watch out, if your not carefull you'll have a new addiction before ya know it and being addicted to Geocaching is GOOD thing.

 

All...I have finally finished creating one of my NEW sig items and have 8 ready to be placed. I think there neat and hope ya'll will like them as well. I am going caching today, not sure where yet, but will be dropping them off at each cache I visit.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

 

[This message was edited by SuperGenius on October 04, 2002 at 05:15 AM.]

 

[This message was edited by SuperGenius on October 04, 2002 at 06:30 AM.]

[+fizzymagic]

Well, folks, I'm off to the Netherlands for a week. I hope to find at least a few caches while I'm there. It might be a new challenge since many of the cache descriptions are in Dutch, which I do not speak.

 

At any rate, I'll bring back a few style points, and give a couple of travel bugs a whole lot more mileage! With any luck, I'll find a travel bug there and bring it back, too!

 

Have fun!

[+Marky]

I hope the twins like the Cachin' Kelly outfits. Thanks for the cool sig item. I've already put up (next to my Venture Pass).

 

--Marky

[+Marky]

I hope the twins like the Cachin' Kelly outfits. Thanks for the cool sig item. I've already put up (next to my Venture Pass).

 

--Marky

[+Pepper]

also a pleasure meeting you. Yes, the twins loved there there new Kelly outfits, they dressed and played with them all evening. Picture this all the Kellys sitting around there computers while playing 'Unreal Tournement 2003' death match with the rest of the family! Little Lila informed me last night that she wants to go caching with me and pick the cache where Tommy will start his adventure to find Kelly! Tommy is dressed and ready to go all he needs is a tag, and hopefully that will arrive Monday.

Heading out shortly to go caching

 

Joani you did a great job on the outfits and the twins are just thrilled with there new caching friends. Little Lila told me her Kelly will go caching with her from now on. Something so little sure put alot of joy into the twins day! Your a charm can't wait to meet ya.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+Pepper]

also a pleasure meeting you. Yes, the twins loved there there new Kelly outfits, they dressed and played with them all evening. Picture this all the Kellys sitting around there computers while playing 'Unreal Tournement 2003' death match with the rest of the family! Little Lila informed me last night that she wants to go caching with me and pick the cache where Tommy will start his adventure to find Kelly! Tommy is dressed and ready to go all he needs is a tag, and hopefully that will arrive Monday.

Heading out shortly to go caching

 

Joani you did a great job on the outfits and the twins are just thrilled with there new caching friends. Little Lila told me her Kelly will go caching with her from now on. Something so little sure put alot of joy into the twins day! Your a charm can't wait to meet ya.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+MartyFouts]

How about Ed Levin Park in Milpitas on Saturday November 2?

 

I'd pick an earlier date, but I'm out of town the next three weekends, and it'll take at least a month to get everyone to agree

 

Marty Fouts

ae6ip

[+MartyFouts]

How about Ed Levin Park in Milpitas on Saturday November 2?

 

I'd pick an earlier date, but I'm out of town the next three weekends, and it'll take at least a month to get everyone to agree

 

Marty Fouts

ae6ip

[+Pepper]

ELP sounds good to me the date is also good.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+Pepper]

ELP sounds good to me the date is also good.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+Marky]

ELP @ 11/02/02 sounds good to us as well. BTW, I've never been to that park before, even though it's close by. Sounds like a blast.

 

--Marky

[+Pepper]

Visited a Corn Crop Maze in Fremont today armed with my GPS, no way was I gonna get lost or have to back track, well I found out very quickly that was untrue.

 

The only good info I came out of that maze with was that I had walked .88 of a mile and my GPS art was a BIG let down.

Crop Maze

 

That's all my GPS did today, no caching cause it was to hot, but it was cool inside the maze.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+Pepper]

Visited a Corn Crop Maze in Fremont today armed with my GPS, no way was I gonna get lost or have to back track, well I found out very quickly that was untrue.

 

The only good info I came out of that maze with was that I had walked .88 of a mile and my GPS art was a BIG let down.

Crop Maze

 

That's all my GPS did today, no caching cause it was to hot, but it was cool inside the maze.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+Marky]

I came up with this new word today to describe what our geocaching adventures are: Daycation. We find that while we are geocaching, we aren't worrying about the trivial and boring details of our lives and are just outside having a good time. Today was no exception.

 

We found 9 caches which pushed us past 150 (including virtuals). We hid a cache in Santa Cruz (Ocean View, which I haven't reported yet). Got skunked twice, both because of newbies (2 finds) messing things up, which was humbling. We smashed 17 pennies (10 at Cannery Row and 7 at Fisherman's Wharf). We just got back and now I need to log the finds and not founds and report the newly hidden cache.

 

--Marky

[+Marky]

I came up with this new word today to describe what our geocaching adventures are: Daycation. We find that while we are geocaching, we aren't worrying about the trivial and boring details of our lives and are just outside having a good time. Today was no exception.

 

We found 9 caches which pushed us past 150 (including virtuals). We hid a cache in Santa Cruz (Ocean View, which I haven't reported yet). Got skunked twice, both because of newbies (2 finds) messing things up, which was humbling. We smashed 17 pennies (10 at Cannery Row and 7 at Fisherman's Wharf). We just got back and now I need to log the finds and not founds and report the newly hidden cache.

 

--Marky

[+Marky]

This seems like a good price. We came across these at the paintball and survival store at the corner of highway 1 and Stuve Road, the road that leads to Zmudowski state beach (and the Z-Sandy Cache). We bought ten. There were plenty left. They had lots of other interesting army surplus-ish stuff there, that I hadn't seen at other surplus stores.

 

--Marky

[+Marky]

This seems like a good price. We came across these at the paintball and survival store at the corner of highway 1 and Stuve Road, the road that leads to Zmudowski state beach (and the Z-Sandy Cache). We bought ten. There were plenty left. They had lots of other interesting army surplus-ish stuff there, that I hadn't seen at other surplus stores.

 

--Marky

[+hotfoot]

Ed Levin Park on the 2nd suits us just fine.

 

Never been to this park and a quick look at the map shows Calaveras Road going South from Sunol right to the park. Can this be so? Has anyone ever used this road?

[+hotfoot]

Ed Levin Park on the 2nd suits us just fine.

 

Never been to this park and a quick look at the map shows Calaveras Road going South from Sunol right to the park. Can this be so? Has anyone ever used this road?

[+Pepper]

Yes it is so, check out this cache GC82A4 you can drive all the way to it with only a few hundred feet to walk. It is a very nice park and would be great for a picnic.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+Pepper]

Yes it is so, check out this cache GC82A4 you can drive all the way to it with only a few hundred feet to walk. It is a very nice park and would be great for a picnic.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+MartyFouts]

Well, such overwhelming interest.

 

There does seem to be enough interest to make it worth doing, so I'm going to create an event cache for it -- maybe I can get more people from this side of Sunol grade interested that way.

 

Details to follow.

 

Marty Fouts

ae6ip

[+MartyFouts]

Well, such overwhelming interest.

 

There does seem to be enough interest to make it worth doing, so I'm going to create an event cache for it -- maybe I can get more people from this side of Sunol grade interested that way.

 

Details to follow.

 

Marty Fouts

ae6ip

[johnnyb5]

The 2nd at Ed Levin sounds good to me. I look forward to meeting ya'll

Johnnyb

[+georgeandmary]

A few days ago Fizzy mentioned about a cache "close" to me that I haven't gone for. Well, I went for it yesterday. It was so close that it only took a 100 miles of driving and 3 hours.

 

We got there just before dark and I had to hurry while I still had light. I finally found it just before it got too dark to see. Then the decision was, drive back the way we came, (30+ miles of canyon road) or head toward Livermore (don't know how many miles) and take the freeway back.

 

We choose livermore and I think it was the wrong choice. The section from the cache to Livermore is twistier than the sections we drove in on. It was shorter though.

 

Pretty drive, almost hit a deer, almost had a kid throwing up in a rent-a-car. Fun.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

[+fizzymagic]

Hey, everyone!

 

I've been having a fun time caching in Holland. I fly back tomorrow. There is one cache in Amsterdam that is the epitome of Ron's "Valet" series. I'll post a picture when I get back.

[+Pepper]

Hurry home I need another caching marathon in my life!

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+Pepper]

Hurry home I need another caching marathon in my life!

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+georgeandmary]

Is anyone in there?

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

[+fizzymagic]

It's quiet....

 

Too quiet.

 

Wow, George, you've been busy.

 

Need an update to your spreadsheet?

[+Pepper]

just trying to decide which way to go today North or South, hmmm decisions, decisions. Maybe I should just take the day and place the three I have ready. Or I could stay home with my family, or maybe I could talk some of my family members to accopmany me on my geocaching adventures. Nahhh, that will never happen unless of course a miracle was to happen.

I did enjoy caching in and around Tilden Park yesterday, fantastic views from Grizzly Road. Back to bed...

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[threx]

Things I like:

Geocaching is fun, good exercise, interesting, makes for great ideas.

I'm still in the midst of designing my Ultimate, Never-Meant-To-Be-Found, Brain Gouging,Curse Word Producing, Heart Attack Inducing, Turn-Around-and Go-Home HellCache that I will unleash upon all of you unsuspecting Bay Area cachers in a couple of weeks.

 

Things I don't like:

Bugs.

Prickly plant matter.

Poor coverage (no birds in the sky)

Obvious caches. C'mon people, at least hide it with rocks y'know.

Annoying hints.

[+georgeandmary]

quote:

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Originally posted by fizzymagic:

It's quiet....

 

Too quiet.

 

Wow, George, you've been busy.

 

Need an update to your spreadsheet?

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Wait until the end of the month so I can get a full months stats. I've actually not been THAT busy. I had a good weekend two weeks ago but since then I've just been picking up ones here and there.

 

I got 7 yesterday and I'll probablly get one (GeoEvent) today, but I might hide a few today.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

[+Pepper]

Welcome to the wonderful world of caching, i'm curious are you addicted yet? I am!

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

[+Marky]

quote:

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Originally posted by threx:

Things I don't like:

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Obvious caches. C'mon people, at least hide it with rocks y'know.

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threx, if you don't like obvious caches, just avoid the single star caches and stick to the harder ones. The rating is there to help you pick the caches that most interest you. Plus, I've seen some geocachers purposely re-hide caches to be more obvious so that the next finder doesn't have as hard a time. I try to re-hide as good as I found it, unless the description says re-hide better than found. In those cases, there is usually a sad face or two before the next find after I re-hide it.

 

--Marky

[+ca_surveyor]

I have a cache that I have been working on for about a year. I want to finish it up and get it going for Halloween..so the question is:

 

I can make it quick and easy like WAITING FOR THE MAIL..or I can make it a bit harder like PLAIN SIGHT and make the reward fit the challenge. Either way, it will be a different cache (and hopefully fun to solve)..

 

so, since most of you have visited both of these .. your input??

 

gil

[+fizzymagic]

Make it a little harder. Those are more fun.

[+georgeandmary]

You can make it clever hard or you can make it rediculously hard. Like burying a cache in a pile of leaves under a blackberry bush underneath heavy tree cover. That's hard, but not clever.

 

george

 

Pedal until your legs cramp up and then pedal some more.

[+Pepper]

Another succesful Manic Monday Marathon included myself, Fizzymagic, Jimswim and Hotfoot. We had way to much fun for a Monday. Looks like we will be gathering weekly for a while doing alot of cache finding together. Wow! the stories I bring home to tell my family with the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat . Looking forward to next Monday, hopefully with all victories.

 

Pepper

 

Horizontals where it's at!

 

[This message was edited by SuperGenius on October 15, 2002 at 10:51 AM.]