Back again...

We did make it out last weekend, to grab a few, but only got 1. It was actually a recheck, after we logged a DNF, turned out the cache was buried under debris... Then we headed after a tricky micro, and guess what, we didn't find it either. Funny, when several DNF's go out, I would figure a check might be in order.
So I now turn this into a rant.

What is so hard about maintaining your caches? I guess I realized early on that placing a cache 30 minutes from your house in the "wrong" direction, won't allow you to maintain it as needed. Some people place caches a couple hours away and then complain about 'having to maintain their caches'....its a "WHAT THE HECK" moment from my standpoint.

I look around my area, and I often times wonder why some people placed caches that they did.
I have one cache near me that the owner lives over an hour and a half away and in their email it was said "It is hard for us to maintain this cache due to the driving distance" and "we will deal with it when we can!" Oh brother. Another cache that will lay dormant until they can deal with it.
Why bother? Leave this open for locals to use! Not that I would probably place a cache there, but others might. This best encourages people that are new to caching to start placing a cache, or gives them a place to put it.
To me, 5 weeks is long enough to get out and maintain your caches. If you can't do so, then you need to just archive it and move on! No, I'm not saying that one must drop everything and get out there, but 4 weeks in my eyes is plenty of time to deal with it.
If you have a cache that is so far away and you can't get to it, then its TOO FAR FOR YOU!

So my rant and the question comes in "how far is your farthest cache?" Simple........ 3.4miles!
Yup, I'm thinking about one that would be close to 10 miles, but still haven't made up my mind. The wife must be able to maintain them as well, so I like keeping them close by.

So, in closing my rant, CACHE OWNERS------ Please maintain what you have, if you can't, archive or adopt them out.