gmaxis Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 New 1/1-star cache posted at a popular regional park. The weekend morning it was posted, I go to the park and find several cars at the parking lot. Now if you were there too, how can I tell which vehicles are owned by a fellow geocacher? What are the indications that your automobile is a cachemobile? -Does your SUV have an "I'd rather be GEOCACHING" license plate frame? -Do you have MAPBLAST printouts of directions on the passenger seat? -Do you have a Geocaching sticker on the window? -a travel bug tag hanging on the rear view mirror? -ammo boxes on your car floor? -a set of street clothes and a pair of leather shoes in the backseat? Inquiring minds want to know... Have GPS, Will Travel. Quote
+georgeandmary Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 quote:Originally posted by gmaxis: New 1/1-star cache posted at a popular regional park. The weekend morning it was posted, I go to the park and find several cars at the parking lot. Now if you were there too, how can I tell which vehicles are owned by a fellow geocacher? What are the indications that your automobile is a cachemobile? Inquiring minds want to know... Have GPS, Will Travel. You'll know when you see me coming back to the car having beat you to the cache. Otherwise, you might see some print outs on the dasboard since it was too new to be uploaded to my palm. Plus, if you look, you'd see the crumpled up printouts on the floor board for the ones I had already found. george Quote
+Snowtrail Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 Yeah, I'd have to agree with the crumpled old cache pages in the floor of the car. I also have empty water bottles. But, to reduce myself as a target for break-in near an urban cache, I have very few valuables visible, and the work shoes in the trunk. Quote
mcb Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 If it was my truck then you will see a GPS mount and cigarette adapter. On the seat would be a copy of Delorme's atlas and gazetteer. Thats about it the rest of my gear will be in my pack. mcb Quote
+Macro Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 Almost always you would find my printouts of cache descriptions on the front seat. For most caches I would take all my gear with me, but for a 1/1 stroll thru a park...you will probably see my GPS belt pouch on the passenger seat. I only carry the pouch for long hikes, to carry batteries, a knife, a compass, a lighter, and small trinkets for caches. Quote
JMaxamillion Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 It would be cool though if a person could from one look see a cache sticker on the bumper maybe a good thing to hand out at cache meetings MAX MAX Quote
+sbukosky Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 Definitely the cache page sheets on the passenger seat. I had somebody leave me a note saying they were there after me and judged my lead time by feeling if the engine was warm or not. They still beat me! Steve Bukosky N9BGH Waukesha Wisconsin Quote
Eric O'Connor Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 If it were mine.... You'd find Norwegian skibunnies polishing my hubcaps, anxiously awaiting my return. Unless of course it happened to be the first Saturday of the month when I'm active in the "help an old lady find a cache" program. Which reminds me.... What are your plans three weeks from tomorrow Mopar? Quote
+Mopar Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Choberiba: Which reminds me.... What are your plans three weeks from tomorrow Mopar? Why, keeping the Norwegian skibunnies company while your helping old ladies, of course! Illegitimus non carborundum! Quote
+Mopar Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 quote:Originally posted by gmaxis: New 1/1-star cache posted at a popular regional park. The weekend morning it was posted, I go to the park and find several cars at the parking lot. Now if you were there too, how can I tell which vehicles are owned by a fellow geocacher? What are the indications that your automobile is a Well, I don't normally jump for those 1/1 caches, but if I did, my car would be easy to find. It would be the car parked right behind Stayfloopy and BassoonPilot's cars. Oh, and the geocaching.com sticker across the back window, right under the "Work sucks, go jetskiing!" one. Illegitimus non carborundum! Quote
+Web-ling Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 I drive an extended-cab pickup with a cap on the back: Old printouts on the back seatBunch of ammo boxes and tupperware in the bed of my truckProbably a little yellow eTrex on the dashboard (I usually hunt GPS-less)I'd be the guy coming back from the cache with a geocaching.com hat on my head and a wagon with two little kids holding Happy Meal toys. Quote
+oregone Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 Area cachers know that i've beaten them there when they see the honda with all the dents on it illegally parked on the curb and no visible parking pass. in the back seat is usually an inflatable kayak with paddles, life jacket, backpack that i'd be wearing if it weren't a 1/1, sleeping bag, buttload of mixtapes, and "the enigmatic cube of audrey hepburn." From the front seat, you can tell it's my car by the overflowing ashtray, jerry-rigged cd player, torn and wet cache sheets (of course), atlas of oregon and washington, empty cans of PBR, and the smell of spilled coffee emanating from inside. all rights reserved, all wrongs reversed Quote
+Tomebug Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 "-Does your SUV have an "I'd rather be GEOCACHING" license plate frame? -Do you have MAPBLAST printouts of directions on the passenger seat?" Gmaxis, have you been following me?? Quote
+Ttepee Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 "As I passed the vehicle I noticed a Geocaching symbol hanging from the mirror and grinned." My signature item is a totem pouch, containing a totem stone of an animal, along with description of that animals spirit, with the geocaching logo right on the front of the pouch. Works for me Though I'd still love to have a big old static cling that was tinted friendly!!! Quote
+Ttepee Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 the logo in the window is supposed to be a deterint from acually looking in my car. Sure shot burgalar alarm... who the hell would want to look through that crap to find something of value ;-)...hey do I finally have an excuse for that too ;-) Quote
+Hawk-eye Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 *Green Suzuki Grand V with Logo on rack wind deflector*Logo decal in rear window *Cache sheets and topo print outs in seats *Del.Topo atlas in seat *Fast food bags/wrappers/cups in various places *Last but not least ... and most important ... vehicle is perfectly aligned with Satellite #35 (nah, not really) Quote
+yrium Posted March 15, 2002 Posted March 15, 2002 If I'm caching locally they'll know the name on the license plate, If I'm out-of-town you'll know its me cuz you'll have passed me passed out on the way to and from the cache. --- yrium --- Quote
gmaxis Posted March 15, 2002 Author Posted March 15, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Tomebug:Gmaxis, have you been following me?? A geostalker, I am. Have GPS, Will Travel. Quote
+Rich in NEPA Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 _ You'll know I'm there when you see this: Cheers ... ~Rich in NEPA~ === A man with a GPS receiver knows where he is; a man with two GPS receivers is never sure. === Quote
+pater47 Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 You'd see a geocaching.com decal in my window, printouts of other caches on the front seat, and if it was a 1/1, my backpack is probably on the back seat. Then again, if it's a 1/1, I'm probably in sight myself. Stamp out and eradicate superfluous redundancy Quote
+geospotter Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 Always thought it would be nice to know if any of the cars in the lot belonged to cachers. I have some software that prints signs shaped like the "Do Not Disturb" signs on hotel doors. I printed a Geologo on one to see how it looked hanging from my rearview mirror. Hang it there when you leave the car. Looks good, easily to see, but I've never used it. I guess I just don't want people to know I'm going into the woods for a while; car will be unattended. (But I guess they already know that don't they!) Maybe I'll use it today Quote
+Rangertrek Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 Geocaching.com sticker on back window. Cache toolbox (items to place) in the back and a few cache logs on the front seat. Will upload a photo when I learn how! Quote
+rdw Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 1. Empty GPS V dash mount. 2. DeLorme Illinois 3. New cache sheets in the front seat 4. Old cache sheets in the back seat 5. Geocaching.com decal on the back window rdw Quote
Steak N Eggs Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Rich in NEPA: _ _You'll know I'm there when you see this: http://goombah.home.att.net/pics/subie_logo2.jpg Cheers ..._ _~Rich in NEPA~_ http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/1132_1200.jpg __=== A man with a GPS receiver knows where he is; a man with two GPS receivers is never sure. ===__ Is that you driving away from a cache I am going too? "My gps say's it RIGHT HERE". http://www.geogadgets.com 1240 plus miles and only 8 caches? Quote
+TheBeans Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 You'd know us because our license plate (not the frame...the plate itself) says: GEOCSHR oh...and the GPS stand on the dash...and the Washington Geocaching sticker on the front window... Quote
+Rich in NEPA Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Steak N Eggs: Is that you driving away from a cache I am going too? In northern California? I wish! What's your weather like right now? ~Rich in NEPA~ === A man with a GPS receiver knows where he is; a man with two GPS receivers is never sure. === Quote
+bunkerdave Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 You can tell it's me by: 1. Geocaching.com window decal 2. Cache On!! Bumper Sticker 3. GPS HUNT license plates 4. Back of Subaru stuffed with camping/hiking gear 5. Walking stick wedged in roof rack 6. Wrecked lower front bumper from getting a bit too anxious to "get there" 7. GPS Cradle on dash, cig plug adapter box of trading items on the floorboard 8. This time of year, muddy car, since I have always either just got back from, or just heading out for another one, and I seldom can "find time" to wash it. Gotta wash in good weather, and we ALL know what good weather is REALLY for. 9. If I am in your neck of the woods, you will probably see my big box on top of my car stuffed with MORE gear. I like gear. Except when I am backpacking, then I HATE it. bunkerdave Quote
+T-storm Posted March 16, 2002 Posted March 16, 2002 quote:Originally posted by gmaxis:What are the indications that your automobile is a cachemobile? STOP FOLLOWING ME!! But seriously, some of this indeed applies! 1) My SUV has a "I love my ferrets" license plate frame which might, to local cachers, call to mind our signature ferret pins. 2) Cache listings, maps, aerial photos and the like will appear in the front seats and floorboards. 3) The logo portion of one of the Geocaching.com cling stickers is on the front window above the registration, etc. stickers. 4) There is an ammo box cache ready to go in the floorboard. 5) There are sets of extra clothes for each family member in the back, complete with shoes, so that a misstep with mud, creek, etc, doesn't end the caching day! 6) In cooler months there are a combination of full water bottles and empties. In warm months there are also coolers with extra water. 7) If the hike isn't tough, there are a pair of hiking sticks in the back. 8) If the trail is not suited for strollers and the like there is a kiddo wagon in the back. http://www.cordianet.com/geocaching Quote
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