+briansnat Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 (edited) A local geocacher found this log from a state park ranger in a cache. Apparently the cache had tumbled or was moved from its hiding spot and the ranger used a GPS to replace it where he thought it belonged and even made a trade. Our state has no policy regarding geocaching (knock on wood), but the rangers in the field here generally seem to be receptive to our sport. Sometimes you'll walk into a park office with a GPS around your neck and get a friendly "going geocaching?" from one of the rangers. For the visually impaired it says: We found the geocaching treasure on the trail - we used a GPS to try to put back the treasure at the correct coordinates. We took out the hair bands and added trail maps for other parks. More places for you all to explore. - The Hacklebarny State Park Staff Edited March 4, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Nice to see it wasn't just treated as Geo-Trash although it would be completely understandable if it was in this case... Quote Link to comment
+GPSKitty Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 That is so cool. I like it when I hear of non-cachers playing the game along with us. What good sports they are. GPSKitty Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I found an entry in a logbook (I think it was one of Markwell's caches) that said a park clean-up crew found the cache and re-hid it after reading the logs and stash note. Isn't it nice to know there are some good people out there? Quote Link to comment
+ADKcachers Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Hacklebarny? What a cool name. Quote Link to comment
+yumitori Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Locals should consider doing a CITO event in the park as thanks. Quote Link to comment
Cachengrab Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 That is so cool. I like it when I hear of non-cachers playing the game along with us. What good sports they are. GPSKitty It is good to see or hear when a non-cacher treats you or your cache well. We have a cache here in Ontario that is in a Conservation area and was tripped over by 2 local mountainbiker teens. I have been to that cache a few times and on both occasions the log was signed previously by the 2 bikers. Both times they traded and the second time they just wanted to check on the cache's health. I know they traded because when I read the log what they traded was there. By the way they traded up. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Maybe somebody will go over his head and seek permission from someone higher up. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 4, 2004 Author Share Posted March 4, 2004 Maybe somebody will go over his head and seek permission from someone higher up Just a matter of time. I'm sure there is someone sitting behind a desk somewhere looking for something to do. "Oh, goody, I can make a rule!" Quote Link to comment
+wildearth2001 Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 thats really cool, the local cachers should organize a cito event for that park, coordinate with the rangers, thay usually have a trashy area they know of that can be cleaned up. I have seen a log in a cache where the owner of the land it was on found it, he signed the log and read the stash note. THe cache was nearly empty so he bought stuff to fill it with and then he even joined the game. Quote Link to comment
+SamLowrey Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Sounds like the punchline to a joke - Does a Ranger leave a log in the woods? Quote Link to comment
mpm Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 Cool. Restores my faith in both humanity and government employees. Quote Link to comment
GeoWorms Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 This cache was actually adopted by one of our local State Parks. It was placed with prior permission, then the original owner couldn't maintain it any longer, so the park staff maintain it now. I had a great conversation with the ranger about it (except that she kept calling it a "geo-spot") Quote Link to comment
+Team Grizzly Posted March 11, 2004 Share Posted March 11, 2004 There are a few caches near Omaha, NE hidden by Ranger Chad of the County Conservation Board. EXCELLENT spots only a Ranger would know from experience! Its great to have allies on the inside! Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I had a similar situation when I did maintenance on one of mine in Forest Park, a NYC park in Queens. Two months earlier a ranger stumbled across my cache. He logged in saying he thought that was kinda neat, requested we don't step on their newly planted vegetation nearby and left a couple of the new trail guides which I photographed and posted on the cache page. Nice guy. Alan Quote Link to comment
ucmike Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 as far as the CITO goes, i was in hacklbarney this weekend and i can say the park is remarkably clean. of course, anypark will have some litter, but that park is among the cleanest i hike in. Quote Link to comment
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