[Az-Geocaching] A different Wow

[AZcachemeister]

Any logs on your new ones, Gale? I was looking at the (waymarking) site 
and saw that they had had no visitors, and was tempted to zoom over 
immediately. I didn't 'cause I realized I'd have just as much fun there 
when I happened to be in the area sometime, and without all the frenzy. =-O

Cache On!

Gale wrote:

> You know, some of my fond memories of caching are late night raids to 
> snag a first to find in the summer, or just to grab a late night 
> cache. I recall meeting Highway Havoc around midnight at one cache, 
> Tamos Clan Destiny and 8 Feet at Patriotic Cache. Another time, we saw 
> Randman at a late night run. Magical Memories at another....too many 
> to count. Really tho, geocaching is just fun for us. Hopefully we will 
> enjoy the new website/ game groundspeak is putting out there too.
>
> */PATRICK FINLEY <Fastball50 at msn.com>/* wrote:
>
>     I think Ken has hit the nail on the head. This is a game/hobby
>     folks! I think some of you take this WAY to seriously. We too were
>     obsessed with geocaching and the numbers for quite awhile, but
>     after stepping back a little, realized that in the whole realm of
>     things, this doesn't mean squat. We now enjoy going after caches
>     that we really "want" to pursue, instead of just going after
>     caches to add to our numbers. We exceeded our personal goals and
>     realized just how compulsive/obsessive this game can be. Of
>     course, where we are located right now, we probably couldn't get
>     20-25 caches in a day, anyway. Geocaching is supposed to be "fun",
>     and I think some of you have seemed to lost sight of that. There's
>     plenty of other things to do out there, and maybe some of you who
>     spend hours on the computer everyday, should keep that in mind.
>     The best days I ever had in Geocaching have been the days where
>     myself, AJ.JR, Sprocket, Highway Havoc, Malcolm of Taylor's Tomb
>     Raiders, RTW, and various other cachers have taken tough hikes to
>     beautiful places and gotten only one cache in a day. Sharing the
>     day with your friends in the outdoors is what it's all about. It
>     seems anymore that the the majority of posts on the listserv have
>     nothing to do with caching or discussing geocaching, but are more
>     of a social nature. If thats the direction the listserv is heading
>     ,than so be it. I've never shyed away from expressing my opinion,
>     and Jeff has stated how HE feels about co-FTF's, which is only HIS
>     opinion. I'm sure Jeff has other things going on in his life right
>     now, but it's really nobody elses business. Also,Trisha has other
>     things going on in her life right now that are a lot more
>     important than geocaching and I would guess she's put things into
>     perspective. Just let it go and move on to something else, like
>     the next pizza event or whatever.............
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