Zig and Zag Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 Man did our area drop off. Hardly any activity happening around here since it got nice out. We have been geocaching since last fall, thru winter, and I figured it was the slow season. Boy was I wrong. The grass started growing and no one around here is doing any geohunting. Is this the way it is (going to be)? Im OK with it, just a little surprised. It will probably pick up next Fall. Beter to Zig then Zag! Quote Link to comment
CourtneyP Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 I think everyone could be wimping out because of the hot weather... Either that, or right now everyone's busy with Graduations, vacations, etc. The grass *was* growing around here, but it's turning brown really fast! Keep on cachin', peoples! Quote Link to comment
+Pepper Posted June 11, 2002 Share Posted June 11, 2002 Well it was a great run for me during the spring. Now that the grass has turned brown I spend more time pulling pokies out of my socks than I do getting to and from a cache site. Gaters on the way via REI.com I wish they would hurry! Team SuperGenius Pepepr Horizontals where it's at! Quote Link to comment
+Rusty & Libby Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Hey west Michigan...WAKE UP!!! There really has been a drop off in activity around here. The graduation parties have limited us to just grabbing a of couple quickies lately. Rusty... Rusty & Libby's Geocache Page Quote Link to comment
+Snowtrail Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 They're out using their GPS to mow the grass. See this thread... What have you used your GPS for? Quote Link to comment
+Harrald Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Mowing the lawn, planting our garden, pulling weeds, turning compost bins over and general outside home stuff has limited me to 4-5 hours on Sunday. As soon as the weather turns a bit hotter I'll be able to get out more. I have to take advantage of the weather to get "work" done outside. ==================================== As always, the above statements are just MHO. ==================================== Quote Link to comment
+joedohn Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 Around here (Portland) there's so much local caching activity that during the winter it's my main source of outdoor recreation. Summertime though, eveything is possible. And then there's the house repairs etc. etc. Quote Link to comment
BassoonPilot Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Alan2: Ticks? Hey Alan, I've got 27 ticks (in a ziplock) that I "picked up" in Allaire State Park last weekend. the largest and smallest ones are earmarked for a science project my daughter has due when school re-opens in the fall, but we'd be glad to send you the rest. Quote Link to comment
+newoldstock Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I don't mind the hot weather so much nor do I have an extreme amount of chores to tend to -- I just burned out. Don't get me wrong, I still love caching but I was doing it a little too much (can you believe that?!) recently. Too much clickin' on the computer, too much shufflin' of cache pages, too many trinkets in the backpack, too much hikin' the trails with sophisticated technology in hand, etc. It's happened before and I'm sure I'll shake it before too long. The interesting thing is that my caching "mood" generally corresponds to the "mood" of the area. I don't know what that means, but it's interesting nonetheless. Off topic, but Supergenius might like to know that I busted my Vista trying to locate your "Techie Cache" this past weekend. Long story short, it sailed and bounced repeatedly and quite gracefully down to the bottom of Little Yosemite. Luckily, Twinkle is still talking to me. *barefoot* Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Zig:Man did our area drop off. Hardly any activity happening around here since it got nice out. I don't remember all that much activity around here before it got nice out, either, to tell you the truth, but we noticed what looked like a dropoff in the past couple of weeks, too. That's probably because we've been watching more closely, though, because we were hoping that we'd get a few people at least hunting the first stage of Perfectly Perplexing Puzzles. What's keeping you? As for us, we've been hunting when we can, but haven't found much. This past weekend was dedicated to more mundane pursuits, but we've still managed to fit in three hunts (one found, one not-found, and one in progress) and one hide (soon to be two hides) in the past two weeks; that's better than our average (some 20 hunts, including not-founds, in about 20 weeks of caching.) By the way, we were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of "Lookout." It was our first find, and it was much enjoyed. We hope you can find a way to put something there again. Quote Link to comment
Couch_Potato Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I've temporarily switched from hunting geocaches to hunting little metal disks. NGS benchmark disks that is. Check out the new Benchmark hunting section. It's great for those who don't have a lot of local geocaches or have already found all the nearby ones. I'm not lost! I just don't know where I am. Quote Link to comment
Bonnie & Clyde Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies - Fuzzy:By the way, we were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of "Lookout." What did happen to "lookout"? We were out looking for it once but never found it. Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive. Quote Link to comment
+majicman Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 A question for the "old-timers" in here... As a "still a newbie" I wonder, did this happen last summer? majicman Quote Link to comment
+parkrrrr Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Bonnie & Clyde:>>Originally posted by Warm Fuzzies - Fuzzy: >>By the way, we were deeply saddened to hear of the passing of "Lookout." What did happen to "lookout"? We were out looking for it once but never found it. (Note to non-northeast-indiana cachers: The cache to which we're referring is this one, which was in an overlook at a large local (active) gravel pit.) And you didn't log a 'not found'? Shame, shame shame... Seriously, as the cache page says, it's sort of a hangout for the local youth, so someone probably just took it, maybe for the magnet. Or, being youth, perhaps they tossed it into the gravel pit to see if they could hear it hit the bottom. Since it's not there anymore, I'll go ahead and tell you where it was. I assume, if you went looking for it, that you got as far as the structure from which you can view the gravel pit. If you were standing on the steps looking toward the gravel pit, there was a support post directly in front of you. Just under the roof, on a steel beam to the right of that post, was a black Altoids-type tin with a large ceramic magnet attached. That was the cache. If you looked there and didn't find it, it was probably already gone by the time you looked. I still think it should have been painted yellow. By the way, we're up to two hides now, as promised. Anyone who's close enough to have tried to find "Lookout" should try to make their way to our latest cache (which hasn't been approved yet.) Quote Link to comment
Bonnie & Clyde Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 quote: And you didn't log a 'not found'? Shame, shame shame... I know, I vow to never do such a thing again....really I'm just a newbie. Bummer about "Lookout", it is a great place to visit! And yes, we should have found it if it had been there. As for you latest cache, If your talking about the Ft Wayne gathering, I hope we can make it That is if you will allow newbie’s who have not purchased their own GPS yet. Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive. Quote Link to comment
GeoStars Posted June 12, 2002 Share Posted June 12, 2002 I've noticed too that there doesn't seem to be much activity around here (NE IN). One we're going to look for tomorrow was posted June 1st and still hasn't been found (or at least not logged as found). I'm really surprised but it could turn out to be our first *first find*. As far as our team, we never have been able to look for as many as we'd like. We have one team member that has been working WAY too much and we like to include everyone whenever possible. Can't use mowing grass as an excuse as our mower is currently on strike. Once it's back up and running, we'll be doing nothing but mowing for probably a month! Hopefully we'll squeeze in a few geocache hunts though... We did get our first cache hidden earlier this week. Had lots of fun and we are currently scouting areas for a second. As a side note to Warm Fuzzies, we'll be getting down to the Ft. Wayne area in a couple of weeks and are planning to try a few caches in that area. Not sure which ones yet but we do have your PPP cache on our watch list. It looks great! GeoMedic - team leader of GeoStars Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I've seen the opposite. There has been a sudden flurry of finds on a number of my caches, some that haven't been hit in two months. Strange how some caches can go 2-3 months without being found, then are suddenly found 2 or 3 times in a week, by separate groups of cachers. Quote Link to comment
+M-D-M Explorations Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I think a lot of people watch the "Last 200 finds" list and get reminded of caches they may have forgotten existed. Once one person makes a find and it makes it to the list, others see it and think, "Oh yeah. I haven't gotten that one yet." M-D-M Explorations MrSki and DogMa 40º 07.874'N 88º 11.647'W Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 quote:Originally posted by BassoonPilot: quote:Originally posted by Alan2: Ticks? Hey Alan, I've got 27 ticks (in a ziplock) that I "picked up" in Allaire State Park last weekend. the largest and smallest ones are earmarked for a science project my daughter has due when school re-opens in the fall, but we'd be glad to send you the rest. No thanks. I've got enough of my share of them over here in NY. Alan Quote Link to comment
+Snowtrail Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 quote:Originally posted by majicman: A question for the "old-timers" in here... As a "still a newbie" I wonder, did this happen last summer? http://www.geocaching.com/subscribe/ majicman In a word... "Yup." In fact, I remember about this time last year the same discussion being pondered... Quote Link to comment
+The GeoGadgets Team Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 It could be phase of the moon... Maybe the planets aren't aligned right... It could be too hot... It could be too windy (here)... It could be lack of interest (NAW!)... Too much work... Too little time... Too much reading and responding to forum threads... Yep, that's the ticket! Quote Link to comment
+unclerojelio Posted June 13, 2002 Share Posted June 13, 2002 I haven't found a cache in over FIVE days. I think thats a record. My problem is that I've been working on some interesting new caches of my own. ... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, ... unclerojelio Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 ----------------------------------------------- I've got 27 ticks (in a ziplock) that I "picked up" in Allaire State Park last weekend. ----------------------------------------------- What, are you nuts, putting those poor little ticks in a ziploc. They're gonna suffocate in there. You had better poke some holes in the bag so they have air. Quote Link to comment
vagabond Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 HMMMMMMM Lets see 4am 6/8/02 pulled out of drive way ElCajon Ca. heading to Temecula to pick up grandson (Alias Vagrant) 5 am parked in driveway 5:20 am vagrant enters car heading to Orange County, make detour to San Juan Capistrano for new Calcutta Bamboo walking staffs. 7:26 am log first cache find of the day 7:04 pm log last cache find of the day Total Finds 17, non finds 4 8:35pm drop off Vagrant 9:45 pm pull into driveway Total mileage 398.7 Slowing down???????????????????? All who look are not lost Quote Link to comment
+Erwinia of B & E Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 We have been very disappointed lately with the overall lack of activity in our area. There is hardly any caching going on at all. It seems that there are about 5 or 6 of us who are placing caches for each other to find. There are lots of new people (since Christmas), but with the coming of summer, they have become almost totally inactive. We have 9 caches hidden in this general area, and we are lucky to come home on Sunday evening and find even 1 hit for the whole week-end. What a bunch of wimps! Everyone is afraid: Poison Ivy, ticks, snakes, heat..... Oh, well, we sure don't let it slow us down. We have pulled off at least 30 ticks each this year, have each had a BAD case of chiggers, and have gotten completely drenched with sweat. We have loved every minute of it. Can't wait 'till this weekend, so we can go out and get some more of it. Seems like everyone around here is waiting for that perfect 72 degree day, with no bugs out, so they can go outside. Guess we'll be seeing them again about November. In the meantime, we'll be out getting dirty, sweaty, and pulling off ticks, finding a geocache. Quote Link to comment
+Web-ling Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 It's been in the 90's, with a lot of humidity, lots of poison ivy, mosquitos, snakes, and ticks. Plus, I'm starting to run out of nearby caches again. So, I've mostly been hunting benchmarks (33 found, 15 more not found, a couple of thousand to hunt within 100 miles...), virtuals, and a few locationless. I do have a hefty list of caches planned for my trip to Indiana and Ohio in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment
+The_Mariner Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 I guess that's one characteristic that geocachers share with everyone else ... they sure do bellyache. I know I do my share. When the caching is hot, I complain about all that cache maintenance (or how the hunters don't put my cache back just so). When the caching goes cold, I complain about 100-day old caches. And if we look hard enough we can find something in each of the four seasons that prevent us from geocaching. But after a couple of 18-hour days at work with a software rollout, I realize I'd much rather be in the woods geocaching. And if all goes well Saturday at work, then Sunday I'll be hunting trinkets. At the risk of sounding like a commercial ........ JUST DO IT! Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted June 14, 2002 Share Posted June 14, 2002 I prefer to cache hunt when the weather is crappy. The worse the better.......does that make sense? ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< What is the price of experience, do men buy it for a song, Or wisdom for a dance in the street................. Quote Link to comment
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