[Az-Geocaching] rant....?

[Randy Kinkel]

Hey, what's wrong with "slapping it under a bench?"  ;-)
If the location's good that is...
Honestly, I don't know how some of you guys do it, with hundreds
of finds and 5, 10 or 15 hides of your own to keep up with!  My
hat's off to all of you!  I've only been caching since June, but
I've seen some truly ingenious hides (thisguytim's "feed house"
comes to mind)-- these types of hides inspire me to think outside
the box with my next caches and try to place some really
interesting ones!

what are some other really "inspired" Arizona and phoenix-area
caches you've come across?

"Mozartman"

----- Original Message -----
From: "Trisha" <trisha@brasher.com>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] rant....?


> Well, Brian, (heh heh you opened yourself up for this one,
dear....)
> maybe you could put a little more thought into the hides,
instead of
> just slapping it under a bench, and we'd all have a few more
"quality"
> caches to go after. I mean, with 464 finds, (and 6 hides,
ahem )
> certainly you've seen a few good ideas you could pattern them
after....
>
> The point I have always been harping on is well known and
logical: if
> people didn't HIDE caches, then all you guys with the high
numbers
> would never had a chance to get those high numbers. There would
have
> been no caches to go find and rack up. DUH! Is this really that
> difficult to see?
>
> I agree, Quality is good....I prefer "quality" esp after a
couple
> not-so-quality locations I jsut did in Wickenburg recently---
and I
> didn't mean to harp on you, Brian....just using you as an
example
> since you fall into my earlier "category" of a top-25'er with
less
> than 10 hides (I picked that number arbitrarily)....and
obviously if
> you do the math on "hide 1% of your finds" that doesn't give
many
> caches to find either.
>
> The principle of fairness --- if you participate by finding
caches
> that others have placed for you and others....then reciprocate
by
> putting out some "quality" caches for others to find....that
seems
> reasonable, doesn't it?
>
> Trisha "Lightning"
> Prescott
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:46:22 -0700, "Brian Casteel" wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The way I see it, Arizona caches should be more
> QUALITY, not QUANTITY. If you want me to slap an altoids tin
under
> every
> car/truck/van/bus/street light/park bench/tree/water
fountain/planter,
> then toss
> some funds my way and I'll be happy to oblige so we can dwarf
Utah by
> 1000
> caches or so. It shouldn't be too hard to abide by the .1 mile
rule.
> Heck, I could probably squeeze 30 caches into Kiwanis Park
alone!
>
> A little levity never hurt anyone.
>
> BrianTeam A.I.
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From:
>   Ken Akerman
>
>   To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
>   Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 3:41
>   PM
>   Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Gasoline in
>   Payson about 30 cents per gallon cheaper than Phoenix
>
>   If you want to get out of the heat and go geocaching in a
cooler,
> scenic
>   area that is not far from the Phoenix area, I recommend
traveling up
> the
>   Beeline Highway (SR 87) towards the Payson area. Payson is
only
> about 60
>   miles from Fountain Hills and about 75 miles from Mesa. There
are
> many
>   caches near the Beeline Highway between Fountain Hills and
Payson,
> the
>   majority of them less than 1000 feet from a parking area and
> accessible by 2WD
>   vehicles. There are also more difficult caches if you like
longer
>   hikes.
>
>   Azcachemeister and I put seven travel bugs in caches near the
> Beeline
>   Highway and in the Payson area on Saturday, so come and get
these
> travel bugs
>   and move them around. Perhaps the best thing about geocaching
in
> the
>   Payson area is that gasoline is about 30 cents per gallon
cheaper
> there than
>   in the Phoenix area. Azcachemeister and I paid $1.689 per
gallon to
> fill
>   up my SUV prior to leaving Payson Saturday night. Therefore,
even
>   if you don't visit many caches, you can at least save some
money on
> gasoline
>   by filling up your vehicles' fuel tank prior to leaving
Payson.
>   Ken (a.k.a.
>   Highpointer)
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