[Az-Geocaching] A different Wow

[Trisha Brasher]

Hey, I think I've done that BBQ grill-cache-in-a-residential-park!

(Unless there are alot of them......)

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Brian Casteel"
  To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
  Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] A different Wow
  Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:49:48 -0600

Same here.  I met Evilfish at a cache in a residential park stuck inside
the BBQ grill, and it wasn’t a chilly day outside.  We met up again later
that day for some afternoon caching at Silly Mountain.  There was a cache
in Bulldog Canyon that I went out for a FTF on, and while walking back
from another one at the top of the nearby mountain, I heard some
scratching around in some nearby bushes in the vicinity of the cache, and
I hear RTW yell “nooooooooooooo!” having seen my name on the logsheet
first.  I met up with him, and we talked about how he saw my truck in the
parking lot already, and sprinted to the cache hoping I was meandering
along and that he’d beat me there.  AZcachemeister’s bus stop caches (the
very pricey bus stops built along non-existant routes) that I would run
out the door at 12:30am looking for a FTF on.  Once I got to the point of
having 3 or 4 FTFs in a row on those, I wanted to see if I could bat
1.000 on the entire series, which I did.  As goofy as those caches were,
I got a kick out of the whole concept, and the FTFs just added to the fun
of it.  There are so many things I’ve gotten out of caching over the
years (4 years today!), that as my interests evolve, so will my caching
and what I choose to do in order to maximize my enjoyment of it.

I’ll cache to my own beat.  Some days the tempo will be up and I’ll go
for a numbers day.  Some days it will be slower, and I’ll hike 15 miles
for ONE cache.  It’s all in what you make of it I’ve learned.  Worry so
much about how others are involved in things (shared/co-ftf, for
example), and it ultimately detracts from the enjoyment of the activity
for that person.  Jeff and I have had our differences over the years, but
hey…make your way up to my stomping grounds and we’ll hop in the Jeep for
a trip up to the Ice Caves and grab a few caches along the way.  I also
hear that the Beartooth Highway repairs will be completed by the target
of Oct 15th, with *just* enough time to get up there and enjoy the views
before snow buries the highway for the next 5 months.  The last time I
was up there, I came across some Grizzly tracks (mom/2 cubs), which was a
treat in and of itself.  Thankfully, I didn’t see the bears themselves,
because I left the RPG in my other pants that day.

Brian
Team A.I.

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From: az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of
Gale
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:02 AM
To: listserv at azgeocaching.com
Subject: [Az-Geocaching] A different Wow

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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