+Alan2 Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Most of mine are within 10-20 miles but I have some that are outwards of 100 miles or so. One I hid 1200 miles away on vacation. The ones that are 100 miles away have had maintenance, but admitedly it's a pain. The 1200 mile cache was plundered. I decided to retire it, well, permenantly. Alan Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 1 adopted cache, about 90 miles in the mtns. 2 virtuals about 120 miles south 1 traditional in my front yard And the rest from .5 mile to 36 miles. Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 The farthest one is about 190 hwy miles, with the majority of ours being in the 30 - 40 mile range. The 2 we had hidden in town were muggled so we archived them. Our multiple cache requires about 250 miles driving if we would do maintenance on all of the caches at one time. The last one we placed is about 100 hwy miles away. John Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 I placed Manawaipueo Gulch while on vacation. It was placed back in the day when vacation caches were allowed, or at least not disallowed. It has been plundered a couple of times. I get to Maui every year and I have a couple of friends who have replaced it for me when it goes bye bye. A couple of times I got frowny faces on it and then my buddy goes out to check only to discover it's still there. Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Oh it's 2500 miles away Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Moving this thread from "Getting Started" to "Geocaching Topics." Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 (edited) I have 4 that are around 200 miles away, however the vast majority of mine are within 10-15 miles from my house as the cow flies. The 4 (one is a virtual) that are 200 miles away probably get more maintenance than many of my closer ones, because they are near roads on the way to my brother's house and the ski slopes of VT. Most of my closer ones require at least a mile walk. Edited May 11, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+beejay&esskay Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Under 5 miles. (You need some data points at the other end of the scale. ) Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 I have 4 that are around 200 miles away, however the vast majority of mine are within 10-15 miles from my house as the cow flys. Wow, and here I thought that the cows could only fly in Nebraska. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 (edited) [personal attack, profanity and graphic sexual references deleted] Edited May 11, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
Find Now, Log Later? Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 (edited) I have 4 that are around 200 miles away, however the vast majority of mine are within 10-15 miles from my house as the cow flys. Wow, and here I thought that the cows could only fly in Nebraska. I saw "Van Helsing" this weekend. Great "flying cow" scene in Romania, which is also outside of Nebraska. And to answer Alan's question, two of my caches were 60 miles from home. The other 17 were all within 10 miles of home. Edited May 11, 2004 by Bassoon Pilot Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 as the cow flys. I am missing two cows. I wonder if my fences are too short. How high can they fly? Quote Link to comment
OuttaHand Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 My longest drive was about 250 miles. Tucked-A-Wayis at our cabin in northern WI and we live in southern WI. My folks live closer and can do checkups on it, if need be. That hasn't been needed yet, though. Quote Link to comment
+JMBella Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 Most of my caches are within my county. One is in CT with my mainenance go-to person being the one and only Planet, Thanks Planet! One is about a 1 1/2 hour drive upstate NY. That one gets visited about once or twice a month and hasn't needed mainenance yet. We usually make a trip to the area once a year. Ammo cans=Less maintenance. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 I am missing two cows. I wonder if my fences are too short. How high can they fly? Cow's can't fly silly, it was only a figure of speech. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 My furthest is a maintained vacation cache about 750 miles away (driving) in California Quote Link to comment
+Lazyboy & Mitey Mite Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 I am missing two cows. I wonder if my fences are too short. How high can they fly? Cow's can't fly silly, it was only a figure of speech. The next thing you'll tell me is that I can't milk a crow. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted May 11, 2004 Share Posted May 11, 2004 800 miles with help in an area I get to about once a year. 250miles where I make it to several times a year. I've got some closer I'm going to archive and pull because I won't be stopping there on the way to my 250 mile location. 120 miles is another spot I make it to several times a year. A town 50 miles north I won't place a cache in at all. No urge. 100 miles north though I'll be placing one soon. Locally I've only got a few. Quote Link to comment
+Alan2 Posted May 11, 2004 Author Share Posted May 11, 2004 (edited) Every time I park my car crows cr-p all over it. Good thing cows can't fly. Edited May 11, 2004 by Alan2 Quote Link to comment
+Team Thompson Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Being somewhat of a noob here - I thought that geocaching.com frowns on putting a cache out that isn't someplace in your general vicinity so that you can go and maintain it when necessary? Quote Link to comment
Find Now, Log Later? Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Being somewhat of a noob here - I thought that geocaching.com frowns on putting a cache out that isn't someplace in your general vicinity so that you can go and maintain it when necessary? As I understand it, TPTB pretty much allow people to place caches in areas they can demonstrate to be "within their stomping grounds," meaning areas they frequent on a regular basis. (I believe the individual's history of finds is used to determine this.) Caches of the dreaded and much maligned "vacation cache" variety are permitted if a local cacher is enlisted to serve as a surrogate for cache maintenance issues. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 Being somewhat of a noob here - I thought that geocaching.com frowns on putting a cache out that isn't someplace in your general vicinity so that you can go and maintain it when necessary? BP is right. If you show that you frequent an area and will be able to maintain a cache, they will let you place it nearly anywhere. One critera they use is finds. If they see you have a number of finds in an area over a period of time, that's often proof enough that you're able to maintain a cache. This is how I was able to place 3 caches in VT, 200 miles away from my home in NJ. What they are trying to stop are those who go to somewhere for vacation and drop off a cache, with no intent of ever coming back. Quote Link to comment
+worldtraveler Posted May 12, 2004 Share Posted May 12, 2004 8165 cow miles. I still maintain it, but it takes a long time to get there with cows flying so slow now. Quote Link to comment
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