I also agree....I love to read good logs. Dan, you are so right, the
pleasure of reading about the experience IS the cache hider's reward.

To that end, check out my new cache "Dream Prize Cache" in the
Prescott area....waypoint GCHQAB, and point of the cache, good logs!
(and a unique experience, and who knows what one may find at the end
of the rainbow??)

It's a very good cache, you may want to try and find it, IF you can!!

Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott



On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:34:39 -0700, "RAND HARDIN" wrote:

Dan,   I agree with what you wrote.  You couldn't have stated it any
better.   I tried your link - but something's missing.   Rand    -----
Original Message ----- From: Koch, Dan Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004
11:23 AM To: 'listserv@azgeocaching.com' Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching]
HAHAHA!!!!  (Sarcasm noted but since you asked...)Think about why the
'Sloof Lirpa' and 'Da Bomb' were caches sopopular....because people
wanted to read the logs!There was a time when the online logs were
actually interesting to read.  I,and probably many others, used to
read the 'Recently Logged Visits' page ongeocaching.com or the 'AZ
Cache Activity' page on azgeocaching.com to readabout others caching
adventurers.  Or maybe it was just me... :)  But, as time went on, and
as more cachers and caches got involved, the logs,like the caches
themselves, 'devolved' (thanks Tierra Buena...love thatphrase!) into
nothing more than "Quick easy find. TN/LN/SL.".  Don't get me wrong,
there are cachers that aren't 'minimalist loggers'.  Inparticular,
RopingTheWind used to write what I called novellas and he took alot of
grief about it.  But, his logs were quite extensive and were
veryenjoyable to read.  As a more recent example, look at Sprockets
'chain logs'where he tells a story that encompasses the entire day,
even about beingaccosted by the Mexican Policia! :)  Look up a cacher
in SoCal by the nameof 'Yrium' if you really want to read some
entertaining logs.  Here's hislog for a mundane urban
cache:http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=4ce54865-1dc2-48ca-9b12-bb3562f936caNow, I
will agree that some caches are hard to find anything
interestingabout, and I myself have had many caches where all I could
do was a shortlog for my finds, especially when it's a 20 cache day. 
Heck, I usuallydon't even get around to posting my logs for a couple
of days and by thensome details have already faded.  But when I can, I
try to do some write upto so there's more than one sentence.  Cache
owners get notified wheneversomeone posts a log to one of their caches
and for the most part, this isthe only feedback the owners get.  I
know I enjoy reading the adventurersthat people have when looking for
my caches, found or not. Also, I'm sure that most cachers have caches
on their 'watchlist'. Why doesanyone put a cache on their
'Watchlist'?  To read the logs.  Either theyhave found it and use the
watchlist notifications to be reminded of it, orthey want to find it
someday and use the notifications to keep tabs on thestatus of the
cache or to read about the (mis)adventures of those that havefound
it.Another reason I try to write more than a sentence or two is that
if I goback and read my logs, I can easily remember the cache, where
it was hidden,what was going on around us and any adventurers we had
getting there.  If Igo back and read one of my logs and I can't
remember the cache, I know Ididn't write a good log.  The log that
Scott pointed out was a bitextravagant, but it made the cache
memorable for me, the cache owner and thecacher I was with both
enjoyed it (see the cache page) and obviously othercachers did as
well.I'm sure TeamAI and RtW could write some very interesting logs
about aconvertible during a recent caching trip along the
Beeline(?)... :)whew...LazyK - Dan