Trisha, As I recall, you've written this kind of e-mail before. I know how you feel. Although we've only been doing this since August, we're feeling a little burned out. We have one cache on state trust land that someone has decided shouldn't be there and is threatening to remove. And some caches we've wanted to go to are in areas with human fecal matter (at least three). A definite turn off to caching and not my idea of a good time. We have several new caches planned that have already taken a great deal of time and effort and they will probably have to be reworked because of gas prices, new cache rules, and new land agency rules. We'll probably change our focus to benchmarks or locationless caches for awhile, or maybe just hit some of Panda77's until we feel like caching regularly again. As far as the money...we just write it off as entertainment expenses. We don't go to the movies and we drive around anyway on Mike's days off so it really isn't that expensive. Trisha you should only hide caches if you enjoy it, and when you don't, take the time off and play with another aspect of caching. If you really feel like archiving your caches, perhaps someone else will volunteer to take them. But we hope you won't quit caching or archive your caches. We've been wanting to head up to Prescott and hit your caches and eventually to attend any event cache you may have later in the year.
FYI If you think you have problems with vandalism at your caches, read this thread.
http://ubbx.groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=4016058331&m=61760763
Or check out this problem with cache approval and the headaches Geocaching Administation face.
http://ubbx.groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=4016058331&m=76460105
Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges -- "Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"
Rudyard Kipling , The Explorer 1898
>From: "Trisha"
>Reply-To:
listserv@azgeocaching.com
>To:
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>Subject: [Az-Geocaching] sick and tired
>Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 22:44:51 -0700 (MST)
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>Ya know, sometimes I think that hiding caches for people to enjoy
>finding in this "sport" of geocaching is just tooo much trouble: the
>cost of the containers, logs and initial stuff; the time and trouble
>to pick out a spot and place the cache, and then it seems so many
>don't appreciate it, people are always complaining about SOMETHING
>(from all sides), some don't hide enough of their own caches to make
>it fair for others to be able to have caches to find....and you have
>to go and fix your placement when some idiot ruins it, and then people
>downright steal stuff. Geez! Make me want to just quit all this and
>remove and archive my 12 caches. I have given alot to this hobby for
>others to enjoy. I've enjoyed many caches. But lately it just seems
>like too much trouble.
>Trisha
>"Lightning"
>Prescott
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>"Regan Smith" wrote:
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>Was just thinking again
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>so what should be done when you find a cache that
>the owner hasn't fixed after being plundered? I mean say 2 teams visit
>the site
>a week apart both stating that the cache is in diss repair or missing
>and the
>cache owner hasn't responded to any emails or postings to the
>matter??? then
>what would be appropriate time for fixing a cache???
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