Actually I think they do consider me an outsider.

But then I looking at the bright side. When I do finally get back to AZ I
will have a lot of new caches to find.

Team Sand Dollar

----- Original Message -----
From: <thejeepster@att.net>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Arizona Geocachers' Shame


> Okay, that's enough!  Let's get a few facts on the table.
>
> > an 'out-of-towner' breezed into the Phoenix metro area and
> > swiftly blew away the record
>
> and
>
> > We ... were appalled that a cacher from out of state should hold an
> > Arizona record.
>
> Jeez guys ...
>
> 1)   I lived in Arizona from mid 1993 until 2000.
>
> 2)   I left both my kids behind to live in Arizona ... yep, they have
spouses,
> jobs and homes, so probably won't be leaving anytime soon.
>
> 3)   With the kids there, do you honestly think my wife will let me retire
> anyplace else but Arizona?  And, don't even start with the whining about
> snowbird status.
>
> So, although I don't presently live in Arizona, I'm would argue against
the
> derogatory "cacher from out of state" label.  Do you now consider Loren
from
> Team Sand Dollar an outcast?  If so, I'll accept the title, but if not,
don't
> throw me out because I had to move to the Midwest right before the sport
was
> invented.
>
> > At the time, we heard a lot of grumbling from others like, "Sure if we
> > didn't already have so many finds, we could do that."
>
> Well, just ignore "Team Roping the Wind" ... honest, he'll quiet down
after
> awhile.
>
> > Now, who's up for spending next month in Illinois, picking up a couple
> > hundred caches? ;-)
>
> I just put out nine new ones ... will that help?  Actually, Chicago has
some of
> the best cache hunting around ... if you don't mind the dripping humidity,
> mucky swamps and mosquitoes the size of roadrunners.  Phoenix micros are
great,
> but finding a pill bottle in the middle of a hot, humid, tick and mosquito
> infested forest preserve adds new meaning to frustration.  By the way, a
> hunting trip to Chicago is about a three hundred mile round trip . humm,
you
> can fly there in the same time it takes me to drive.
>
> > Arizona cachers, we have consequently rectified that revoltin'
development.
>
> What, you took all month to move the bar up a couple of caches?  You must
> remember that I only took two weeks (14 days . not a single day more) to
find
> 160 caches.  Yes, that's 160 caches. I know the stats only show 159, but
> Highpointer was obviously so mad he changed every cache I found into a
members
> only cache just to reduce the count ... and I'm a dues paying member to
boot.
> Shame on you Ken!!!  So, Team Sprocket, the challenge is 161 caches in two
> weeks, not a whole month.  And, no more fluffing up your count with just
those
> 1/1 caches either ... one cache hunt has to be "Return to Sender" ... and
at
> least a sprinkling of five star difficulty caches.  Oh, and don't forget .
you
> probably should find all of the caches in the South Mountain Range . just
to
> make it fair.
>
> Okay, so now I've vented ... I'll go back to lurking.
>
> With tongue in cheek,
> Jeepster (Tom Clark)
>
> Oh, by the way Scott, congrats on the 162 cache finds last month and the
55
> finds in a single day.
>
>
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