mtncycler Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 I'm still pretty new to geocaching....but I was wondering if anyone has thought about cacheing for monuments? Alot of towns or cities in Canada have built something to represent their city/town. One well know example in Alberta is the "big" easter egg in Vegerville. I have since checked the website called "Big things in Alberta", just to discover that alot of places in Canada also have built monuments. So tell me what you think, is it a good idea for a cache? anyway, it was just a thought. Happy Geocaching!! Mtncycler Quote Link to comment
+Loonie Easter Bunnies Posted January 19, 2003 Share Posted January 19, 2003 I think it's a great idea! When you were researching 'BIG things in Alberta', you may have also come across: http://www.cyberbeach.net/~solonyka/LCRA/type.htm. Here on Vancouver Island a town called Duncan has the world's largest hockey stick and puck. The best thing to do with this idea in my opinion would be, once you have more geocaching experience, to make it a Locationless Cache, inviting others to post their own photos of 'BIG things in Canada' from many places where you wouldn't be able to travel. Even if you do that, if you ever get to visit these places yourself you could still make a virtual cache at an individual site if someone hasn't already. In the meantime before you started your own locationless cache, it would be useful to log some already existing locationless caches to learn as much as you can about how they work. On any cache page, click on nearby caches and above the nearby caches list you will see 'Search for Locationless Caches'. It will be a bit time-consuming to find ones you can do since there are over 300 of them listed, but should be fun for someone with an interest in photography. If there aren't many things in your area that you could log as locationless caches, reading as many of them as you can would still give you a good idea of how they work. Guidelines for locationless caches are at: http://www.geocaching.com/articles/requirements.asp I noticed you haven't posted any photos with your cache logs. I don't have a digital camera or scanner so when I wanted to post some photos I got the place where I take my films, London Drugs, to scan a roll for me. I did need to use photoeditor to size them down to 100kb, but if you don't have access to one you might try e-mailing the owner of the locationless cache and see whether they would do the sizing down for you. Happy caching!! [This message was edited by Loonie Easter Bunnies on January 19, 2003 at 10:31 PM.] Quote Link to comment
+Hard Oiler Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Just to add to Loonies response, a somewhat easier way to find locationless caches is at Buxley's: http://www.brillig.com/geocaching/special.shtml He calls them Scavenger Hunt Caches and edits the names so it's more obvious what you are looking for. One you'll find there is the "World's Biggest" http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=21958 Some of those big things in Alberta would likely qualify for logging on this cache - someone however has already claimed "The Biggest Tee Pee in the World" at Medicine Hat. Quote Link to comment
+LoneHowler Posted January 25, 2003 Share Posted January 25, 2003 Down in the crowsnest pass there is a piggybank that was claimed to be the biggest it looks like a train More to see, More to do Quote Link to comment
mtncycler Posted January 26, 2003 Author Share Posted January 26, 2003 LONEWOLF, Where in the pass is this "big" train bank? It' sounds interesting, I'd love to check it out, and get a picture of it, so it can be added to the "big things in Alberta" site. any info would be great, thanks Quote Link to comment
mtncycler Posted January 26, 2003 Author Share Posted January 26, 2003 LoneHowler....sorry wrote your name wrong Quote Link to comment
+LoneHowler Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 It's along the main highway I think it's in Colman but I can't be sure More to see, More to do Quote Link to comment
+LoneHowler Posted January 26, 2003 Share Posted January 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by mtncycler:LoneHowler....sorry wrote your name wrong that's ok I get that allot More to see, More to do Quote Link to comment
Mike09 Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Hey LoneWolf, I believe. i found 1 of your packages. I'm not entirly sure what to do/ The point of this. Do you just put something new in there or what???? Thanks Mike Quote Link to comment
+despot&smitten Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 You HAVE to check out the "World's Largest Bunnock" off the #1 heading out to Saskatchewan. Exta points for actually knowing what the heck a "bunnock" is. Quote Link to comment
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