[Az-Geocaching] How about some URBAN caches up north?

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Well....since I am the one who brought up the subject of "us" Prescott
cachers "going out of our way" to put out some accessible caches, esp.
for the heat-weary Phoenix folks (sorry, I ran out of time today) I
will answer your question as to why there are not alot of "urban"
caches in our towns....in my opinion, it is because we have such
gorgeous country around us, most everybody would rather have the
caches out in the forest!
The three I planned today (and will try to put out after I get back
from Reno) would all qualify as "urban" ("suburban?") caches that
would be at least a bit challenging and interesting, hopefully. And I
have a couple more ideas too. 
Have a safe weekend, everybody....
Trisha "Lightning"
Yavapai Co. Jeep Posse


Mike Schwarz wrote

> 
> At 18:26:55 -0700 5/23/02, Trisha wrote:
> >
> >Hmmm....maybe we Prescott cachers should put out a few caches that
are
> >not on National Forest Land....may not be quite as nice an area as
the
> >PNF, but...would that help with y'alls' withdrawl symptoms???
> >How 'bout it Ken? Should we see what we can do for them?
> >Trisha
> >
> 
> In the past 24 hours, I checked for Caches in the areas around
> Prescott, Flagstaff, Sedona, and Payson.  I did locate ONE "urban"
> styled micro-cache in Prescott.  Congrats to Team C.H.U.M.P. for
> placing that!
> 
> Otherwise, there was just ONE virtual cache each in Prescott and
> Sedona.  There are NO urban caches whatsoever in Flagstaff or
> Payson.  In these "severely-restricted" times, we need a lot more
> of the urban-styled micro caches in the towns of northern AZ.
> 
> I'm talking small containers, like Altoids tins, or similar plastic
> or tin boxes, maybe with magnets or velcro glued on.  There are
> quite a number of these in city parks in the Phoenix metro area.
> Why have so few of these been placed in urban areas up north?
> 
> It seems like almost all of the caches around at least these 4
> cities, are out in the surrounding woods and mountains somewhere.
> WHich means they are almost certainly in a national forest which
> is closed to public access now.  The only exceptions would be some
> lower elevations around Sedona.
> 
> I could hide such a container in Flagstaff or Prescott myself, but
> we had a heated discussion on this listserv a week ago, about people
> taking responsibility for their own caches.  If I did place such a
> container, I would very often not be able to check on it within 24
> hours of it being missing or causing a problem.  After the
> acrimonious debate we had, I don't think I want to place any more
> caches over 25 miles from where I live in Phoenix.  (I have one
> cache in California now.)
> 
> Could some of the people who LIVE near Prescott, Flagstaff, Payson,
> Sedona, etc., place some of these urban micro-caches, especially 
> during these troubled times?  The national forest closures will 
> probably extend into early July.  Good places would be city parks, 
> museum grounds, or the property of any public building.  Private 
> property should be avoided, unless the property owner condones the 
> cache (eg, "Go Postal"). (Note: We have had a couple caches on 
> restaurant properties in Phoenix and Tempe, and those were not 
> proper placements.)
> 
> What does everybody think about this?
> 
> Mike
> 
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