As some know, I'm constantly working on new cache containers as you can call it.
A container by term is very broad, so take it for what you want, its more or less just a place to hold a log and possibly swag if you chose?
The latest in the line of what I call "EVIL HIDES" is almost ready for its hide.
Its location, I guess I can let it out of the bag. I have 2 spots, one is similar to BackSeat Driver, the other is close to water, but dry.
I suspect it will be more fun to find then BackSeat is, and hopefully won't take long to find. Keep your eyes open as it might get published at any time!
You wanna be a FTF? Well, the COORDS should be dead GZ on it!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
I'm stumped......
Can you figure me out? Or is this just a hint?
Lets see how many of you are actually reading this and looking for my caches.
READY?
N 40° 10.076 W 085° 16.660
Between 40 and 55 feet from me!
69 is the Wood brothers favorite number!
I'm 1345 feet (give or take a bit) from a favorite spot of IMACacher2's hides.
Can you figure it out?
Lets see how many of you are actually reading this and looking for my caches.
READY?
N 40° 10.076 W 085° 16.660
Between 40 and 55 feet from me!
69 is the Wood brothers favorite number!
I'm 1345 feet (give or take a bit) from a favorite spot of IMACacher2's hides.
Can you figure it out?
Your being watched.......
You know those 80's songs that said you are being watched, like "Private Eyes are watching you" or "who can it be now".....ya, those.
You ever been in the middle of NO WHERE and felt like someone was watching your every move?
There are several caches around here that lend that feeling rather quickly. One in a certain small cemetery that makes you feel like someone is just eyeing you up as you pull into the gravel.
Or how about the one that the neighbor just spies your every move and quickly closes the blinds when you give them a peek? Yup, that was a fun one also, another cemetery cache.
Funniest, doing a LPC and being in an abandoned parking lot, looking for the cache in the normal LPC locations and out of the corner of your eye seeing an employee of another business looking at you. Do you act like a homeless man? Do you look like your lost, looking for a contact, or just hold up your GPS and pray the know? Ya, I know. Just walk away and hold what dignity you have left. LOL, well...
So, do you freely admit your a cacher? Do you hide and act like your the local light pole inspector? Funny as it is, most won't admit they cache unless its a LEO asking.
Why? Dunno.
So next time your out and about, you feel those eyes piercing you, your probably being watched. That little old lady that lives next to the cache location doesn't know there is a cache there....or does she?
Perhaps she is a EVIL CACHE OWNER!!!!!!
You ever been in the middle of NO WHERE and felt like someone was watching your every move?
There are several caches around here that lend that feeling rather quickly. One in a certain small cemetery that makes you feel like someone is just eyeing you up as you pull into the gravel.
Or how about the one that the neighbor just spies your every move and quickly closes the blinds when you give them a peek? Yup, that was a fun one also, another cemetery cache.
Funniest, doing a LPC and being in an abandoned parking lot, looking for the cache in the normal LPC locations and out of the corner of your eye seeing an employee of another business looking at you. Do you act like a homeless man? Do you look like your lost, looking for a contact, or just hold up your GPS and pray the know? Ya, I know. Just walk away and hold what dignity you have left. LOL, well...
So, do you freely admit your a cacher? Do you hide and act like your the local light pole inspector? Funny as it is, most won't admit they cache unless its a LEO asking.
Why? Dunno.
So next time your out and about, you feel those eyes piercing you, your probably being watched. That little old lady that lives next to the cache location doesn't know there is a cache there....or does she?
Perhaps she is a EVIL CACHE OWNER!!!!!!
Maintenance? I do!
When it comes to keeping a cache up, I feel its the owners biggest obligation to do so.
So what if the cache owner lives 50 miles away? I ask this "why did they place a cache 50 miles away?" Its often made me wonder when I see that a owner lives that far away, what made them place a cache there? You know that in general, most people aren't going to be able to maintain a cache that far away. Unless you work of visit the area on a regular basis.
I won't use a real example, but one that I just crossed paths with has a owner that lives 60 miles away and I can tell the cache has never been maintained, even though the owner is still very active in caching. Several maintenance calls have gone unanswered and local cachers have taken it upon themselves to maintain the cache. This should be applauded, but it should be known also. I'm venting I know, but this isn't he first case in which I have come across like this.
I know several cachers that have caches that are out of their home towns, but are in or close to their work locations, in which maintenance isn't a real issue. A cache should be something that you can maintain when it needs it.
Moving on past this. What am I getting at? Maintain or pull your cache. There might be someone close by that would hide a cache in this location that can maintain it. And if your thinking it, no, its not close to me and I don't want the location. but just put yourself in that spot. Say it was a mile or so away and you found out someone living 80 miles away hid the cache there. Hmmm, you might question that too?
So what if the cache owner lives 50 miles away? I ask this "why did they place a cache 50 miles away?" Its often made me wonder when I see that a owner lives that far away, what made them place a cache there? You know that in general, most people aren't going to be able to maintain a cache that far away. Unless you work of visit the area on a regular basis.
I won't use a real example, but one that I just crossed paths with has a owner that lives 60 miles away and I can tell the cache has never been maintained, even though the owner is still very active in caching. Several maintenance calls have gone unanswered and local cachers have taken it upon themselves to maintain the cache. This should be applauded, but it should be known also. I'm venting I know, but this isn't he first case in which I have come across like this.
I know several cachers that have caches that are out of their home towns, but are in or close to their work locations, in which maintenance isn't a real issue. A cache should be something that you can maintain when it needs it.
Moving on past this. What am I getting at? Maintain or pull your cache. There might be someone close by that would hide a cache in this location that can maintain it. And if your thinking it, no, its not close to me and I don't want the location. but just put yourself in that spot. Say it was a mile or so away and you found out someone living 80 miles away hid the cache there. Hmmm, you might question that too?
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Backseat Driver still there, but unfound...
I'm sure ol "Backseat Driver" (GC1DGZA) is getting lonely. A few visitors have stopped in but no one has said hello yet! Come on guys, its there, I promise ya.
So what is the deal with Backseat Driver? As many a local cacher knows, a local cache called "Mean Streak" (GC12Z46) lived up to its name. It was/is a mean cache, even I haven't found it yet after a few trips to find it. It took over a year to find the thing, but finally someone did find it. After several trips looking for Mean Streak, I decided that I had to make a cache that would be tough and I do mean tough to find. I wanted something that would make everyone have to really look. So what is it? I'm not telling a thing. The only bit of info is that the cache log is in a match safe. Other then that, you are left to look for the cache!
The hints? I've gotten a few emails saying the hints didn't add up. To this I have replied, yes they do, if you stop and think about it.
Today a friend and fellow cacher stopped in to finally have a go at it. He found my other cache, but when he went in search of Backseat, he couldn't get it.
When he returned we talked about the hints. Once we started talking, he finally understood and said the hints did make sense after all.
Still with said hints, I told him he probably will still be hard pressed to find it.
Funny as it sounds, while doing maintenance on this cache the first time, I couldn't find it at first. So, after several minutes I finally located it.
Yup, you read that right. Its that well hidden into its environment.
So, go give "Backseat Driver" a try and stop in on the other caches along the way. There are plenty out here and more to come!
CACHE ON!
So what is the deal with Backseat Driver? As many a local cacher knows, a local cache called "Mean Streak" (GC12Z46) lived up to its name. It was/is a mean cache, even I haven't found it yet after a few trips to find it. It took over a year to find the thing, but finally someone did find it. After several trips looking for Mean Streak, I decided that I had to make a cache that would be tough and I do mean tough to find. I wanted something that would make everyone have to really look. So what is it? I'm not telling a thing. The only bit of info is that the cache log is in a match safe. Other then that, you are left to look for the cache!
The hints? I've gotten a few emails saying the hints didn't add up. To this I have replied, yes they do, if you stop and think about it.
Today a friend and fellow cacher stopped in to finally have a go at it. He found my other cache, but when he went in search of Backseat, he couldn't get it.
When he returned we talked about the hints. Once we started talking, he finally understood and said the hints did make sense after all.
Still with said hints, I told him he probably will still be hard pressed to find it.
Funny as it sounds, while doing maintenance on this cache the first time, I couldn't find it at first. So, after several minutes I finally located it.
Yup, you read that right. Its that well hidden into its environment.
So, go give "Backseat Driver" a try and stop in on the other caches along the way. There are plenty out here and more to come!
CACHE ON!
A cache that makes you go hmmmm....
Ya, I know we all have those. It seems of late however that we have come across a few of these. The type that you just stare at and wonder "what could be there, or there, but is it there?". Then you realize you are probably over thought the entire cache and suddenly you stumble upon it.
Example, a simple LPC could stump me. YES, it happened. Turned out I was over thinking it. Yes, it happens. But in the end, it too was gone, muggled for the time being. We shall return.
Another example was a cache that would have taken some several minutes, we just pulled up and I grabbed it. Nice hid, inside a guy wire protector. I like those type hides that make you think.
Another example of a "not today" cache was our arrival at the location and the GPS bouncing all over. The first settle brought me to a large dirt pile, but after I walked about a little, it settled on a large patch of poison ivy. This patch of poison ivy was also the location of the hint. So, ya, you guessed it, neither of us would go after it.
That cache that just aggrivates the piss right out of you? You know when you arrive, know the location and yet the cache is gone. Ya, those. The ones that owners never maintain. So you know what, if you don't want to do the hobby anymore, pull your containers, donate them, or archive them. Simple as that. I hate going after a cache that hasn't been looked after in some time. Its at the point now that I have a certain cache owner that I look at 50/50 on it even being there anymore.
I learned a while back not to trust the logs either. Some cachers are just flip flop through the weeds and say DNF=muggled. I've found a couple now that other cachers have just flung off saying they aren't there.
Oh well.
Saturday evening we added 6 more finds, a couple DNF's and even a couple nogo's due to muggles.
Example, a simple LPC could stump me. YES, it happened. Turned out I was over thinking it. Yes, it happens. But in the end, it too was gone, muggled for the time being. We shall return.
Another example was a cache that would have taken some several minutes, we just pulled up and I grabbed it. Nice hid, inside a guy wire protector. I like those type hides that make you think.
Another example of a "not today" cache was our arrival at the location and the GPS bouncing all over. The first settle brought me to a large dirt pile, but after I walked about a little, it settled on a large patch of poison ivy. This patch of poison ivy was also the location of the hint. So, ya, you guessed it, neither of us would go after it.
That cache that just aggrivates the piss right out of you? You know when you arrive, know the location and yet the cache is gone. Ya, those. The ones that owners never maintain. So you know what, if you don't want to do the hobby anymore, pull your containers, donate them, or archive them. Simple as that. I hate going after a cache that hasn't been looked after in some time. Its at the point now that I have a certain cache owner that I look at 50/50 on it even being there anymore.
I learned a while back not to trust the logs either. Some cachers are just flip flop through the weeds and say DNF=muggled. I've found a couple now that other cachers have just flung off saying they aren't there.
Oh well.
Saturday evening we added 6 more finds, a couple DNF's and even a couple nogo's due to muggles.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Long time, no cache
Ya, I know. We haven't had the time of late to get out and grab one.
This being the holiday weekend, I would have figured on getting a few. Thus far, nothing. I looked at the blog today and realized its basically a week since anything was put here and an update was needed.
So what is the latest? My latest cache container is setting in the garage waiting for the local reviewer to review my coords to see if I can place anything there. Its been over a week now, I will give it a few more days. I'm not going to drive there and place it, then hear "your cache is too close to another cache". Again, not my problem.
I have a few things to talk about other then the latest cache plant.
I found a couple features on google maps that allow me to measure distance and actual Lat./Long. to pinpoint locations. If you haven't seen these features, check them out! At Google of course.
This being the holiday weekend, I would have figured on getting a few. Thus far, nothing. I looked at the blog today and realized its basically a week since anything was put here and an update was needed.
So what is the latest? My latest cache container is setting in the garage waiting for the local reviewer to review my coords to see if I can place anything there. Its been over a week now, I will give it a few more days. I'm not going to drive there and place it, then hear "your cache is too close to another cache". Again, not my problem.
I have a few things to talk about other then the latest cache plant.
I found a couple features on google maps that allow me to measure distance and actual Lat./Long. to pinpoint locations. If you haven't seen these features, check them out! At Google of course.
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