Times have changed, and with that comes forced obsolescence. Continue reading “Goodbye, GSAK”
Cache ownership / involvement
As we were out west, many of the geocaches that we were searching for were older Earth Caches and much older Virtual Caches. Now, I like to play “by the book” but I had to make some judgement calls as I went to log some of these caches.
There’s always next year ….
So, it has been several years now that I have been hoping to fill in the calendar grid that appears in the statistics pages of both GSAK and geocaching.com. There is just something about this time of the year. Maybe it is the limited amount of daylight that is available, or maybe it is all of the activities that seem to happen leading up to the holidays. Continue reading “There’s always next year ….”
Geocaching website makeover
Over the past year, geocaching.com has been receiving facelifts here and there. Some I like, some I don’t like so much.
Back to the old ways…
While the rest of the world is finally phasing out the last of their non-smartphones, I have given up mine in favor of the simplicity offered by the basic phone. Continue reading “Back to the old ways…”
What’s changed in the last … 3 years!
It has been quiet here for far too long!
We have not been caching as much as we would like, life has definitely gotten busy now that both kiddos are in school (1st and 3rd grades), and work requirements are keeping me busier than I would like to be.
Life gets in the way of the hunt!
Since our surge for 1,000 cache finds (turning February from a month with 0 finds to the month with the most finds on our profile statistics page), our ability to get out and rack up the numbers has diminished. I’m busy with the book sales again, and now that Easter has passed, that should be letting up a little. Those 70+ hour weeks have occupied most of the daylight hours for the last few months, and even if there is daylight left at the end of one of those days, I’m usually too exhausted to consider doing anything other than going to bed!
Planning the route
Depending on how many caches we are going after, planning an expedition route may take up to two hours for me. I know that using a smartphone would allow me to plan the trip “on the fly,” saving a lot of prep time. I think that geocaching would be the only reason that I would want a smartphone, and I can’t justify the expense just for a hobby!
Let the hiding begin!
After breaking the 1,000 cache barrier, we figured it was about time to start giving back to the Geocaching community. I know that, in their enthusiasm, many cachers begin placing caches after only a hundred finds or less. We’ve been wanting to place some caches for quite some time now, but didn’t want to make any “newbie” mistakes. We’ve got ideas for easy “park & grab” series, and there’s also an idea or two that would translate into downright evil hides if we can muster up what it would take to create them.
What we take on the hunt
The cache list has been put together, and the GPS receivers loaded up with the coordinates. Now comes the time to load up the cachemobile. What we pack now helps to ensure a good day on the hunt!