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what happens to old log books?


brad.32

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I have a cache whose logbook is nearly full, and I've been wondering what I should do ... add a new logbook and leave the old one for a while, or leave both in there permanently, or just swap them out. Maybe some of the more prolific cache placers (hi, mtn-man!) will have a good answer.

 

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Scott Johnson (ScottJ)

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It's not something I've ever thought about, but in recollection, it seems to me that most cache owners simply replace the book.

 

I guess it would be kinda nice to keep the old book in the cache, though, or, if you have time, type it all up and upload it to the site.

 

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I know of at least two logbooks that were turned into travel bugs and are roaming the country. Here's the link to the Bright Sea Geo-Log Bug. I believe the same owner has turned the logbook from his other archived cache into a Travel Bug, as well.

 

My daughter and I had visited the Bright Sea cache, so it was sort of amusing to come across the logbook as a travel bug in a cache I visited months later.

 

[This message was edited by BassoonPilot on March 05, 2003 at 06:53 AM.]

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quote:
Originally posted by '68 Dodger:

Why doesn't somebody make a "log Book Cache" ?


 

Mtn-man started one out that way ... I think it was "Water Wheel". Original contents were a dozen or so homemade logbooks. Neat idea, there are probably a dozen or so caches around with his logbooks in them now! icon_smile.gif

 

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Scott Johnson (ScottJ)

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I have a small cache out there that can really only hold one logbook. The last time I checked on it, I placed a new logbook inside. I wrote the names and dates for the FTF, STF, and TTF on the first page of the new book. This was a compromise - some of the history stays with the cache, but not a lot of space is used. icon_smile.gif

 

"Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground."

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It's on my desk. I read it sometimes when I wish I was in the woods like my cache and not in a windowless box in front of a PC....

It was cool to read the entries of people who did not post on line. Someone found my cache on Dec 31, 2000 at 1159PM (yes, drinking champagne).

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Living in the pacific northWET, I'm currently in the process of doing periodic cache maintenance to dry everything out. I'm finding that all my non-ammo-can caches wind up with soggy log books, I suppose due to the ziploc holding the log not being sealed correctly so they're not things I'd put back into a newly dryed out cache.

 

I just replace the log books and try to remember to note the first finder and the date on the new book, but I suppose the first finder's normally pretty easy to get from the web site.

 

I was reading through some of the recovered log books last night, and was surprised to be very re-energized by seeing people's words in handwriting. That doesn't come across in logs online.

 

I know I'll be writing more and typing less when I have future finds....

 

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