GeoCache. . . Build it and they will come

Over the time I have been Geocaching I have found that I get just as much fun out of creating and placing caches as I do hunting for them.  I never saw it coming, in fact, when I first started Geocaching I never gave any thought to placing caches.  One winters day it was too cold to go caching I found myself checking out Google Earth and started thinking of interesting places caches could be placed.  Well, it wasn't, long before  placed my first Cache, a Camo taped pill bottle in a spruce tree.  When Geocachers started finding it and leaving comments about their journey and find, I was hooked.  I then started contemplating how I could make the Caches more interesting and fun.

The next thing I knew I created a James Bond 007, theme of caches.   There are so many movies and characters that I have just scratched the surface and I have even drawn from a YouTube video called "the Duck does James Bonds dirty work"  http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jH7HrsXf48k  , yeah it's a duck, a decoy floating in a ditch in the country, I get lots of fun comments on this one.  Another called Miss Money Penny, which is filled with pennies and while it is not too difficult too find I have been asked for hints.

All in all, the many facets of Geocaching make it a most rewarding hobby, so if you haven't already, start putting out some caches of your own and try being creative you'll love the comments.


James Bond - GOLD FINGER

The Duck is doing James Bond's Dirty Work

James Bond - Man with the Golden Gun

Miss Moneypenny

For Your Eyes Only


Keep Cachin'
  Bill

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3 Little Geocaching Letters that say “I Care"

Log Your DNFs

You’ve looked. You really have. The geocache is not a container magnetized under the park bench. It’s not that funny looking rock, and of course it’s not under the lamp post cover. You’ve checked the previous logs and the hint. The geocache could be there, but you can’t seem to find it. You give up (for now). Geocaching doesn’t stop there though. Here’s what you do. You log a DNF on the geocache page. It’s “Did not find” and it means, “I care.”

When you log a DNF, you’re telling geocachers that the geocache may be more difficult to find than anticipated or may even be missing. You’re also letting the geocache owner know that they may need to double check that their geocache container can still be located at the posted coordinates.

If you’re a geocacher who logged any of the more than nine million DNF’s posted to Geocaching so far, thanks from the geocaching community. It’s a small way to help ensure the quality of geocaching. Plus, you can always go back and search again. Who knows, maybe this time you’ll catch a break and log a “Found it!”

Add a comment below and share your DNF strategy with other geocachers. When do you log a DNF?

* This is a Repost from Latitude 47

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Sharing the Geocaching Hobby

I have met a number of business people at a local business lunch group I attend each week to share ideas and business leads.  At each luncheon someone takes a turn at doing a talk to the group about their business, they are always interesting and informative.   I also take my turn at doing these 30 minute talks but I am not always talking about business, I also talk about my interests which never fail to introduce others to hobbies they had never considered.
Not long ago after hearing about my interest in GeoCaching one of he members asked for more information on how to get started, which as you can guess, I was more than happy to share.  It's been a few months now and she has managed to get her daughter out GeoCaching and ding one more Geocacher to our hobby.   Last Tuesday she was telling me that her parents had expressed an interest in GeoCaching and she was going down to visit them in Arizona, then they were taking a road trip to San Diego.  She asked, if I would help here put together a pocket query with he caches along the route from Phoenix to San Diego.   I was so pleased that the interest is still there and that she is introducing even more people to GeoCaching that of course I was glad to help.   I have even loaned her my Garmin GPS for her trip since she was just using her iPhone.   I am sure they are goig to have a blast and some great stories to share when she gets back.

Bill

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