[Az-Geocaching] A different Wow

Tue Aug 23 08:07:30 MST 2005

So I'm guessing it wasn't the 'residential park' either?
Goofy caches?? GCN7H7 
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Brian Casteel wrote:

> For the record, Regan was NOT stuck inside the grill.  J 
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> *From:* az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com 
> [mailto:az-geocaching-bounces at listserv.azgeocaching.com] *On Behalf Of 
> *Brian Casteel
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:50 AM
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> *Subject:* RE: [Az-Geocaching] A different Wow
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> Same here.  I met Evilfish at a cache in a residential park stuck 
> inside the BBQ grill, and it wasn't a chilly day outside.  We met up 
> again later that day for some afternoon caching at Silly Mountain.  
> There was a cache in Bulldog Canyon that I went out for a FTF on, and 
> while walking back from another one at the top of the nearby mountain, 
> I heard some scratching around in some nearby bushes in the vicinity 
> of the cache, and I hear RTW yell "nooooooooooooo!" having seen my 
> name on the logsheet first.  I met up with him, and we talked about 
> how he saw my truck in the parking lot already, and sprinted to the 
> cache hoping I was meandering along and that he'd beat me there.  
> AZcachemeister's bus stop caches (the very pricey bus stops built 
> along non-existant routes) that I would run out the door at 12:30am 
> looking for a FTF on.  Once I got to the point of having 3 or 4 FTFs 
> in a row on those, I wanted to see if I could bat 1.000 on the entire 
> series, which I did.  As goofy as those caches were, I got a kick out 
> of the whole concept, and the FTFs just added to the fun of it.  There 
> are so many things I've gotten out of caching over the years (4 years 
> today!), that as my interests evolve, so will my caching and what I 
> choose to do in order to maximize my enjoyment of it.
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> I'll cache to my own beat.  Some days the tempo will be up and I'll go 
> for a numbers day.  Some days it will be slower, and I'll hike 15 
> miles for ONE cache.  It's all in what you make of it I've learned.  
> Worry so much about how others are involved in things (shared/co-ftf, 
> for example), and it ultimately detracts from the enjoyment of the 
> activity for that person.  Jeff and I have had our differences over 
> the years, but hey...make your way up to my stomping grounds and we'll 
> hop in the Jeep for a trip up to the Ice Caves and grab a few caches 
> along the way.  I also hear that the Beartooth Highway repairs will be 
> completed by the target of Oct 15^th , with **just** enough time to 
> get up there and enjoy the views before snow buries the highway for 
> the next 5 months.  The last time I was up there, I came across some 
> Grizzly tracks (mom/2 cubs), which was a treat in and of itself.  
> Thankfully, I didn't see the bears themselves, because I left the RPG 
> in my other pants that day.
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> *Gale
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:02 AM
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> You know, some of my fond memories of caching are late night raids to 
> snag a first to find in the summer, or just to grab a late night 
> cache. I recall meeting Highway Havoc around midnight at one cache, 
> Tamos Clan Destiny and 8 Feet at Patriotic Cache. Another time, we saw 
> Randman at a late night run. Magical Memories at another....too many 
> to count. Really tho, geocaching is just fun for us. Hopefully we will 
> enjoy the new website/ game groundspeak is putting out there too.
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> */PATRICK FINLEY <Fastball50 at msn.com>/* wrote:
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> I think Ken has hit the nail on the head. This is a game/hobby folks! 
> I think some of you take this WAY to seriously. We too were obsessed 
> with geocaching and the numbers for quite awhile, but after stepping 
> back a little, realized that in the whole realm of things, this 
> doesn't mean squat. We now enjoy going after caches that we really 
> "want" to pursue, instead of just going after caches to add to our 
> numbers. We exceeded our personal goals and realized just how 
> compulsive/obsessive this game can be. Of course, where we are located 
> right now, we probably couldn't get 20-25 caches in a day, 
> anyway. Geocaching is supposed to be "fun", and I think some of you 
> have seemed to lost sight of that. There's plenty of other things to 
> do out there, and maybe some of you who spend hours on the computer 
> everyday, should keep that in mind. The best days I ever had in 
> Geocaching have been the days where myself, AJ.JR, Sprocket, Highway 
> Havoc, Malcolm of Taylor's Tomb Raiders, RTW, and various other 
> cachers have taken tough hikes to beautiful places and gotten only one 
> cache in a day. Sharing the day with your friends in the outdoors is 
> what it's all about. It seems anymore that the the majority of posts 
> on the listserv have nothing to do with caching or discussing 
> geocaching, but are more of a social nature. If thats the direction 
> the listserv is heading ,than so be it. I've never shyed away from 
> expressing my opinion, and Jeff has stated how HE feels about 
> co-FTF's, which is only HIS opinion. I'm sure Jeff has other things 
> going on in his life right now, but it's really nobody elses business. 
> Also,Trisha has other things going on in her life right now that are a 
> lot more important than geocaching and I would guess she's put things 
> into perspective. Just let it go and move on to something else, like 
> the next pizza event or whatever.............
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