- She told me that logging was too much work.. She would just find them and I could log them... :-) Mike Tired of Spam?? Here's your solution.. See: http://www.spamarrest.com/affl?4001050 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric East" <christianherper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:44 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: New Cachers - Where are they Now?? > - > 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 > **************************************** 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