I have a cache in Laughlin Nevada which many of you have found. It is called Bus Stop Cache, GC47CC. In March it will enjoy its 3rd anniversary with it's original container in tact. That's a lot longer than a lot of caches that were placed and looted in remote spots. I placed this just a few months after first starting Geocaching when we were in Laughlin over Easter. At that time, there weren't more than 6 caches within 15 miles of this spot, that's why I placed it - to give cachers a little fun while they were there. I intentionally placed it on a busy corner near a bus stop that is in on Casino Drive directly in front of the Flamingo and directly across the street from the Ramada Express. It is very close to a busy mini mart store as well. I figured it would be a challenge. If you have a few minutes, read the logs from the first 6 months of the cache, you will see that there are more no finds than finds...micros were new then, and a lot of people had no experience in what is an easy cache find now. It still gets the occasional no find. I believe this is because in Laughlin it gets a lot of traffic from retiree's who may not have that many finds to begin with. This cache has lived through people finding it - or if you read the logs - trying to find it through 3 Laughlin River Run Motorcycle Events. From the description the streets are lined with people then. In the logs people have often described getting looks from onlookers and having people turn their heads when the group of people let out a great yell when they "finally" found the cache. I did put this sentence as the last sentence of the cache description: "The cache is in a very high traffic area, so please be careful and discrete while retrieving. The high traffic should not be a reason for you to refuse to do the cache". This is, however, a clue for finding the cache. This cache has given me a lot of pleasure watching and reading the logs. People swear it is missing, yet it always turns up. I have someone in Laughlin watching it for me and if there gets to be a few no finds, they go to check on it for me. Is this a great cache?...no, like I said it was placed at a time when micros were new, but if you read the logs it has given people a challenge both in finding it, and being discrete and the remarks are usually upbeat. I've had a lot more "caching stories" written in the logs of this cache than I see in most. It's probably been very lucky that it has lasted so long. But I would say that close to 3 years is a pretty good test of time for this or any other cache. I placed another cache, now adopted by TEF called Rocket Men and Machines Cache, GCB95F. This is a puzzle cache that is also a multi and involves a 1.6 mile hike with elevation to a wonderful view on two sides. People talk about wanting adventure or a challenge. The HANDFUL of people who have found this cache have all left fairly complimentary remarks about how they enjoyed it, both the puzzle, the intermediates, and the hike to the cache...except RTW & TEF who attempted it in a deluge...LOL. However in a little over 2 years this cache - very accessible in the East Valley and not that remote - has only had 8 finds. It went 20 months between finds...though I know that Lazy K has been working on it for about that long...are you ever going to complete this one Dan? This cache is one that makes me kind of laugh when I see posts about people tiring of Urban caches. If that's true, give this one a try...I originally put a lot of good things in there - however if you read this post from the 2nd log, it goes to another recent Listserve Topic having to do with the quality of things people put in caches "took mini mag light and sun glasses (needed those cause I forgot mine) left a hot wheels car from another cache and a keychain" That person took about $20 worth of stuff and left about $0.45. But because of the low number of finds, a lot of the original stuff is in it, and I believe the original contents came to about $50 or so...so the odds are high that this cache still has better stuff in it than most caches. The one thing said by a few people on this topic is that there are plenty of caches out there for people to enjoy. Enjoy them. Since I have moved up here, the hours that I spend with my job hasn't allowed a lot of time to go Geocaching. The time I spend doing it is special, especially now that my son who I used to carry on my back to most caches can walk most places that we go. That's always been the fun part of it for me, the time that I have spent with my boys doing it. Joe TeamBlunder ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roping The Wind" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:53 AM Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Food for Thought > If you have to put in the description of your cache: > > "please use stealth" or "be discrete as there may be people around" or > anything to that extent.... > > Maybe it isn't a good place to put a cache (if you want your cache to stand > the test of time). > > ?????? Comments? 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