[Az-Geocaching] rant....?

[Trisha]

Well, Brian, (heh heh you opened yourself up for this one, dear....)
maybe you could put a little more thought into the hides, instead of
just slapping it under a bench, and we'd all have a few more "quality"
caches to go after. I mean, with 464 finds, (and 6 hides, ahem )
certainly you've seen a few good ideas you could pattern them after....

The point I have always been harping on is well known and logical: if
people didn't HIDE caches, then all you guys with the high numbers
would never had a chance to get those high numbers. There would have
been no caches to go find and rack up. DUH! Is this really that
difficult to see?

I agree, Quality is good....I prefer "quality" esp after a couple
not-so-quality locations I jsut did in Wickenburg recently--- and I
didn't mean to harp on you, Brian....just using you as an example
since you fall into my earlier "category" of a top-25'er with less
than 10 hides (I picked that number arbitrarily)....and obviously if
you do the math on "hide 1% of your finds" that doesn't give many
caches to find either.

The principle of fairness --- if you participate by finding caches
that others have placed for you and others....then reciprocate by
putting out some "quality" caches for others to find....that seems
reasonable, doesn't it?

Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott




On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:46:22 -0700, "Brian Casteel" wrote:








The way I see it, Arizona caches should be more 
QUALITY, not QUANTITY.  If you want me to slap an altoids tin under
every 
car/truck/van/bus/street light/park bench/tree/water fountain/planter,
then toss 
some funds my way and I'll be happy to oblige so we can dwarf Utah by
1000 
caches or so.  It shouldn't be too hard to abide by the .1 mile rule.  
Heck, I could probably squeeze 30 caches into Kiwanis Park alone!
 
A little levity never hurt anyone.
 
BrianTeam A.I.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Ken Akerman 
  
  To: listserv@azgeocaching.com 
  Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:41 
  PM
  Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Gasoline in 
  Payson about 30 cents per gallon cheaper than Phoenix
  
  If you want to get out of the heat and go geocaching in a cooler,
scenic 
  area that is not far from the Phoenix area, I recommend traveling up
the 
  Beeline Highway (SR 87) towards the Payson area.  Payson is only
about 60 
  miles from Fountain Hills and about 75 miles from Mesa.  There are
many 
  caches near the Beeline Highway between Fountain Hills and Payson,
the 
  majority of them less than 1000 feet from a parking area and
accessible by 2WD 
  vehicles.  There are also more difficult caches if you like longer 
  hikes.   
   
  Azcachemeister and I put seven travel bugs in caches near the
Beeline 
  Highway and in the Payson area on Saturday, so come and get these
travel bugs 
  and move them around.  Perhaps the best thing about geocaching in
the 
  Payson area is that gasoline is about 30 cents per gallon cheaper
there than 
  in the Phoenix area.  Azcachemeister and I paid $1.689 per gallon to
fill 
  up my SUV prior to leaving Payson Saturday night.   Therefore, even 
  if you don't visit many caches, you can at least save some money on
gasoline 
  by filling up your vehicles' fuel tank prior to leaving Payson.
  Ken (a.k.a. 
  Highpointer)