+bob393 Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Hey: Does anyone else hang out on this forum when they just can't get out caching? Or is it just me. Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 When its cold, or I am on call and can't go out, I haunt the forums to get a little taste of the action. Quote Link to comment
+Smitherington Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 What you do is plan that trip to Florida next month. Gets you in the mood. Helps allievate the geocaching blues. Makes winter bearable. Come on Florida!!! Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Pretty much all the time! I stayed in today because we're getting freezing drizzle and it's causing all kinds of accidents (including one fatality already just outside of town). We're supposed to get up to a foot of snow by late Sunday night. I just hid a new cache yesterday, and wonder if anyone will brave the weather to try to find it! Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 (edited) We're supposed to get up to a foot of snow by late Sunday night. Have fun, we had 15 inches last week. We might get that again too, they are unsure if it will get this far north or not. Anyway, I am actually off to find a cache in the snow because it has a TB in it that I really want to get. And hey, it is actually warm today, 14 degrees! Beats the negative numbers we had earlier in the week! There is another cache I considered trying today out in the country, but then I read the cache page closer and it said the last mile was on a minimum maintenance road. So my guess is the road is still under that 15 inches of snow. Edited January 31, 2004 by carleenp Quote Link to comment
+rover-r-us Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 when its cold i do very little caching. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 We're supposed to get up to a foot of snow by late Sunday night. Have fun, we had 15 inches last week. We might get that again too, they are unsure if it will get this far north or not. Anyway, I am actually off to find a cache in the snow because it has a TB in it that I really want to get. And hey, it is actually warm today, 14 degrees! Beats the negative numbers we had earlier in the week! There is another cache I considered trying today out in the country, but then I read the cache page closer and it said the last mile was on a minimum maintenance road. So my guess is the road is still under that 15 inches of snow. When I hid it yesterday, it was around 13 degrees with windchills dipping to 10 below.....I've got to drive into Wichita later and rescue my wife from her part-time job....she won't drive on snow and ice. This is what I found earlier this morning when I tried to go in. This was the third of three accidents in 3 miles (one was a rollover right in front of me). This one was a fatality. Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Actually, now that I am back from the store, stocking up on enough groceries to last a month or two, I'll be heading off to get a realy physical multi. I just hope it is not totally buried....... Quote Link to comment
+rover-r-us Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 man i hope the person inside was ok. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 man i hope the person inside was ok. Nope....notice the sheet in the back window? He was killed because he wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and was partially ejected out the back window....the truck then rolled over his head. Most likely would have survived with just a few cuts and bruises if he had been wearing a seatbelt. Quote Link to comment
+The Blind Acorn Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 Some of the dumbest people in the world are behind a steering wheel. My favorite MVA recently was the drunk who hit a telephone pole head-on, never hit they brakes (no skid marks on the road). Her adult daughter was turned around and talking to back seat passenger. The daughter's head went through the windshield. Head lacerations bleed like hell. Quote Link to comment
+DustyJacket Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 (edited) Actually, now that I am back from the store, stocking up on enough groceries to last a month or two, I'll be heading off to get a realy physical multi. I just hope it is not totally buried....... Just returned from a cool (cold) 3 legged mutli in the snow. And, I don't have to worry about my footprints giving it away as the big storm is coming! Edited January 31, 2004 by DustyJacket Quote Link to comment
+T10X Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 It was 3 below zero this morning, warmed up to 19 when I went to our club Winter Feast Event Cache this afternoon along with about 30 other geofools. Quote Link to comment
+Imajika Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 15 here and snowing. I don't mind caching in the cold. But I hate going for caches when it's snowing and the plows haven't cleared the main roads yet. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 15 here and snowing. I don't mind caching in the cold. But I hate going for caches when it's snowing and the plows haven't cleared the main roads yet. That's the perfect time to break in that new Geobuggy you just bought! Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 I don't mind caching in the snow. I've gone caching a couple times over the past week. Despite the snow, the mind numbing cold, and everything else. The fact that the only one I found was a micro on a pole is starting to get to me though... Looks like I'm finally going to miss that 2 week TB window. Quote Link to comment
+2qwerqE Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Ony found 2 out of 5 today, but it was fun anyway. The snow is fresh and very pretty; deer and rabbit racks are everywhere. One search had me crossing a floodplain that had frozen; and the sheets of ice riding atop the underbrush were so brittle, I'd crash through it up to my knees in places. No water underneath, just shrouded underbrush hiding perilous pitfalls. So, I followed the deer tracks and learned that even if I can't see the trail, the deer know where it is; they're the ones who put it there in the first place, and they travel these trails to the river every day. I didn't hit anymore pitfalls. Then I stood on the edge of the river, and my GPSr said the cache was 100 ft directly in front of me, evidently on a small island in the river. The river was partially frozen, but not enough to attempt the find. Here's a pic. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?lu...E-D00B66FD417B} Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 2qwerqE, If you ran real fast, you could make it across. Thanks for the pic, looks like a good hiding spot over there! Quote Link to comment
+KiltCacher Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Suprisingly found 3 out of 4 caches today. Near white out conditions, 10+ inches of snow. Must have passed 2 dozen accidents in the 3 hours I was out. Can't wait until I can see the ground again. Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 No snow, 40 degree weather. Near perfect caching conditions in my opinion. Every body else was watching the game. Spent the day moving stuff from garage to storage and re-grouting tile for the new owner, arghhhhhhhhghrh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eplitive deleted. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Ok, I got bored with the forums, and went for a drive....didn't do any caching, because it was just too yucky out. So, here's a couple of pics for those of you in the "warmer" climates! By the Ninnescah River Near Cheney Lake On the Lake Bridge out....can't get there from here! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 There is no such thing as weather too bad for geocaching, only improper clothing. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 There is no such thing as weather too bad for geocaching, only improper clothing. But I....but...but you....but.....oh, heck...you're right. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Our weather has been pretty bad here, but it looks to be improving in the next few days: Today 45/27 increasing clouds Tuesday 47/29 PM rain/snow Wednesday 41/26 Few snow showers Thursday 39/24 snow showers I hope we actually get a decent amount of snow out of this. It's awful having it cold everyday with no snow. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 2, 2004 Share Posted February 2, 2004 Our weather has been pretty bad here, but it looks to be improving in the next few days: Today 45/27 increasing clouds Tuesday 47/29 PM rain/snow Wednesday 41/26 Few snow showers Thursday 39/24 snow showers I hope we actually get a decent amount of snow out of this. It's awful having it cold everyday with no snow. We only wound up with 4 or 5 inches, instead of the 12 they were predicting. It's drifting up to 5 and 6 feet, though! That's cool! Quote Link to comment
+Damgiz Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Fortunately, Geocacheing hadn't been found yet. And some still wish for the "good ole days" Quote Link to comment
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