[Az-Geocaching] Other Congratulations

Bill Tomlinson listserv@azgeocaching.com
Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:34:20 -0700


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No, we certainly didn't do it in under 8 hours.  That's less that 12 =
minutes
a piece including drive, park, find, log time.  I can see why that =
wouldn't
be fun.  No, we do this first and foremost for the fun.  We completed =
the
tour in about 15 hours.  Started with flashlights and ended with
flashlights.  We had a BLAST!!
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Picture us, two techie geeks, all decked out.  In the truck, we had the
power inverter running saving the laptop batteries.  On the laptop we =
had
Microsoft MapPoint.  We had spent about a week selecting caches, solving
puzzles, and optimizing our route.  We kept my GPSr in the truck, linked =
to
the laptop.  We used his GPSr in the field.  We knew where we were =
going,
how we would get there, and when we should get there.  We had estimated =
how
long each cache would take to find.  Our plan ended up being fairly
accurate.  With all of this prep work and supporting technology, we were
able to just cruise around following the pre-defined route and enjoy =
each
and every cache we found.  We ran into a cache owner and spent time
chatting.  We played tricks on each other at some sites.  Most =
importantly,
we took our time, enjoyed ourselves immensely, AND REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE
CACHE.
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Although we had our eye on that record when we planned the trip, we did =
not
let it distract us from the reason we geocache in the first place... to =
have
fun exploring.
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CacheLess

-----Original Message-----
From: On Behalf Of WOLFB8
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:05 PM


aaa but the question remains did you do it in 8 hours or less???
Well having done the 41arizona cache but a total of 45 for the day. I =
know
that your 44 could not have been much fun...they all just blend
together...but congrads
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We will be known by the tracks we leave behind


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<DIV><SPAN class=3D679562004-03032003><FONT size=3D2>No, we certainly =
didn't do it=20
in under 8 hours.&nbsp; That's less that 12 minutes a piece including =
drive,=20
park, find, log time.&nbsp; I can see why that wouldn't be fun.&nbsp; =
No, we do=20
this first and foremost for the fun.&nbsp; We completed the tour in =
about 15=20
hours.&nbsp; Started with flashlights and ended with flashlights.&nbsp; =
We had a=20
BLAST!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D679562004-03032003><FONT =
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D679562004-03032003><FONT size=3D2>Picture us, two =
techie geeks,=20
all decked out.&nbsp; In the truck, we had the power inverter running =
saving the=20
laptop batteries.&nbsp; On the laptop we had Microsoft MapPoint.&nbsp; =
We had=20
spent about a week selecting caches, solving puzzles, and optimizing our =

route.&nbsp; We kept my GPSr in the truck, linked to the laptop.&nbsp; =
We used=20
his GPSr in the field.&nbsp; We knew where we were going, how we would =
get=20
there, and when we should get there.&nbsp; We had estimated how long =
each cache=20
would take to find.&nbsp; Our plan ended up being fairly accurate.&nbsp; =
With=20
all of this prep work and supporting technology, we were able to just =
cruise=20
around following the pre-defined route and enjoy each and every cache we =

found.&nbsp; We ran into a cache owner and&nbsp;spent time =
chatting.&nbsp; We=20
played tricks on each other at some sites.&nbsp; Most importantly, we =
took our=20
time, enjoyed ourselves immensely, AND REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE=20
CACHE.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D679562004-03032003><FONT =
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D679562004-03032003><FONT size=3D2>Although we had our =
eye on that=20
record when we planned the trip, we did not let it distract us from the =
reason=20
we geocache in the first place... to have fun =
exploring.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D679562004-03032003><FONT =
size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D679562004-03032003><FONT =
size=3D2>CacheLess</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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  face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original =
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  Behalf Of </B>WOLFB8<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:05=20
  PM<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>aaa but the question remains did you do it in 8 =
hours or=20
  less???</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Well having done the 41arizona cache but a total =
of 45 for=20
  the day.&nbsp;I know that your 44 could not have been much fun...they =
all just=20
  blend together...but congrads</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV>We will be known by the tracks we leave=20
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