[Re: [Az-Geocaching] Why very few new caches lately in Arizona?]

[Trisha]

And the problem is...?

Hey, aren't there already more caches than Circle K's and Walgreen's
combined in the Phx Metro area?? It's the pretty, beautiful, cooler
RURAL area that needs more caches, right Ken? (ha ha)

Trisha


On Tue, 09 Sep 2003 13:45:45 -0700, Mark Heitowit wrote:

> 
> If every team with 100 or more finds were to place 1% of their finds,
> there
> would be more caches than Circle K's and Walgreens combined here in
> Phoenix.
> 
> "Trisha" <trisha@brasher.com> wrote:
> 
> > OK, not to belabor my point (but I guess this will) I just checked
> the
> > AZ caching stats. Of the top 25 teams, all with over 350 finds,
just
> > over half have hidden LESS THAN 10 caches. I'm not picking on
anybody
> > in particular, but maybe if those who are benefitting the most
(most
> > finds) would step up and put out a few more caches (no more
excuses!
> > you have over 350 finds!) then it would make Ken happier....?
> > Trisha "Lightning"
> > Prescott
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:02:18 -0700 (PDT), Ken Akerman wrote:
> > 
> > I've been looking at the list of new caches, and it appears that
> there
> > is very little new cache activity in Arizona during the past
week.  
> > There have been only two new caches approved in Arizona since Sept.
> 2,
> > while in Utah there have been 19 new caches approved in the past
> seven
> > days.
> >  
> > There are many great places to put caches in the high elevations of
> > Arizona.  There are still many regions of the state of Arizona that
> > don't have many caches. I may make one or two new caches and hide
> them
> > this weekend, potentially near the Mogollon Rim.  Don't complain
> about
> > the heat in the Phoenix area - the high elevations are less than
two
> > hours away and the gasoline is less expensive in towns like Payson
> and
> > Prescott than it is in Phoenix.
> >  
> > Why does Utah continue to outpace Arizona in cache activity?  Utah
> has
> > less than half the population of Arizona, yet Utah has 1,893 caches
> as
> > of today, while Arizona has 1,733 caches.  We really should have
more
> > caches than our neighboring state to the north.  (This has always
> > irritated me that Utah has more caches than Arizona.  Why should
Utah
> > be a better geocaching state than Arizona?  I would like to
challenge
> > Arizona to become the best geocaching state in the USA).
> >  
> > Ken (a.k.a. Highpointer)
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