- You tell us what happened to the CUB! :-) Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:18 PM Subject: [GeoStL] New Cachers - Where are they Now?? > - > I was looking at the first cache I ever placed, My Little Hercules, and > noticed something... There are several people who found this cache as > their very first one. Among them was HappyKraut. In almost every log from > a new cacher, there is a statement about how they are hooked or how they > will turn this into a summer activity, etc... Then, they fade away.. > I thought I would share some of the log entries... > December 30, 2002 by Braumeister (22 found) > my first cache was a good one tnln tnx > > December 31, 2002 by twotzus (13 found) > Our first find ever. Took a few minute of wandering around and scratching > our heads but we got it. Excited to see so many names in the last few > days. > > February 1, 2003 by Happykraut (2141 found) > Just purchased my GPS and found this web site. Looked up the coordinates > for this find and knew exactly where the park was and could picture in my > mind about where the cache was. Immediately drove over there walked into > the park, turned the GPS on and was within about 20' of the cache. Great > fun. Thanks > > February 9, 2003 by bobthenailer (1 found) > Took my family for our first one. It took us two tries to find it but we > had fun. Weather was cold. > This will be a fun summer schools out activity. > > June 17, 2003 by Melone Platoon (13 found) > Found our first cache. Had the kids use the GPS to get to the area. I saw > it, then had them look in the general area until they found it. Had to > wait for folks on the path to get out of sight before retrieving it and > replacing it. Plan to do several more on our vacation next week. > > December 20, 2003 by AustieDog (17 found) > Found this this morning. GPS got us close (within .01 km). TNLN. Pond was > partially frozen. Easy to find. > Getting into Geocaching (2 in 2 days while doing a science fair > experiement on GPS) > Thanks! > > January 21, 2004 by Brawny Cub (5 found) > very cool spot very cold day my mom took me to this cache close to home. > took creepy crawler left landyard. > thanks daddy bear! > > March 21, 2004 by FourAmigos (29 found) > Our first find ever. Family had a great time, although it was a little > chilly. Great fun for the kids. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > What happened to these people? Excluding HappyKraut and Brawny Cub, they > all seemed to have had some fun but, less than 30 caches later, they have > never returned... > > Your Thoughts? > > Mike > > Tired of Spam?? > Here's your solution.. > See: http://www.spamarrest.com/affl?4001050 > > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this > list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw