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.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Finally got out!
We finally got out today. This weekend had family in and I just figured it was a lost cause to get out. But, we did make it out there and did some caching Sunday afternoon.
We made a familiar visit to one cache, that always eludes us, well it did again. I may just wait til winter time and less leaf/brush to deal with.
We headed down the road and after what I call our southern territory. We made a quick grab and head on, arriving at another location you had a nice large hill and down the other side to the cache location. It was in a large wooden fence post, but it was missing. So 1 of 3 so far.
We racked up our first virtual cache today, nice busy location, but we found the needed info and moved on. We also stumbled across our first micro coin, it was a evil micro, and it's been moved to its new home. That cache took entirely too long to find.
I finally just stepped back and said "where would I hide this thing" and wham, there it was. I also pinched my finger closing the cache.
We stumbled across a couple ammo cans, both of them today where sealed so tight that I barely got them open. The second one opened much better. I chuckled as we walked away.
I think we logged 8 or 9 caches today, and 3 DNF's... oh well.
We made a familiar visit to one cache, that always eludes us, well it did again. I may just wait til winter time and less leaf/brush to deal with.
We headed down the road and after what I call our southern territory. We made a quick grab and head on, arriving at another location you had a nice large hill and down the other side to the cache location. It was in a large wooden fence post, but it was missing. So 1 of 3 so far.
We racked up our first virtual cache today, nice busy location, but we found the needed info and moved on. We also stumbled across our first micro coin, it was a evil micro, and it's been moved to its new home. That cache took entirely too long to find.
I finally just stepped back and said "where would I hide this thing" and wham, there it was. I also pinched my finger closing the cache.
We stumbled across a couple ammo cans, both of them today where sealed so tight that I barely got them open. The second one opened much better. I chuckled as we walked away.
I think we logged 8 or 9 caches today, and 3 DNF's... oh well.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Now that isn't funny
Decided that since I hadn't been out in a while I needed to post something.
While coming home the other evening, I noticed that "Backseat Driver" had been messed with. More or less, MUGGLED accidently.
See, there was an accident at the location and I would assume that in the cleanup process that "Backseat" was accident prone and well, it had to be replaced.
So, there is a new cache, new cache container and slightly new spot. Its still within the problem limits and I won't change anything to the site page.
Just pay attention when looking. This new container and log holder have made it a 10 of 10 on the EVIL scale!!!!
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On another note, I'm still planning on placing the next set of caches out there, just haven't had the time to so far. So keep an eye open, it will happen.
While coming home the other evening, I noticed that "Backseat Driver" had been messed with. More or less, MUGGLED accidently.
See, there was an accident at the location and I would assume that in the cleanup process that "Backseat" was accident prone and well, it had to be replaced.
So, there is a new cache, new cache container and slightly new spot. Its still within the problem limits and I won't change anything to the site page.
Just pay attention when looking. This new container and log holder have made it a 10 of 10 on the EVIL scale!!!!
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On another note, I'm still planning on placing the next set of caches out there, just haven't had the time to so far. So keep an eye open, it will happen.
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