Susan thanks for the invite for the group hunt sunday morning. How long do the group hunts usually last? I'd love to go, but with my fiance's work schedule he works every other weekend and this is his weekend off so I'm not sure how easily i can get away. I've mentioned hunting to him and he doesn't seem interested, so i doubt bringin him along is much of an option. I'll try to make it but can't make any promises at this point (would be cool to find a bunch of caches on my first day, hehe) Susan Ring <susanmring@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Welcome to the group, Sara. You have joined up with the friendliest, most fun people around. You may have noticed in the messages that there is a group hunt planned for Sunday out around Wildwood. That means we set a place and time to meet and then whoever wants to go just shows up there. Watch this newsgroup for details. Then it's off to find caches and swap caching stories (at least until Bernie says "Are we gonna hunt caches or just talk about hunting caches?"). If you are able to come along, you'll have a great time and learn a lot about GPS and cache hunting. If not, there's always next time. Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: Sara Carter To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:24 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Hello Hi everyone.......... Sorry I haven't done an intro sooner, I joined the group Sunday and decided to wait till all the "me too" hub bub died down a bit before saying anything. Anyways this geocaching concept is totally new to me, I'm hoping to get my first find this weekend, if not it'll have to wait till the following weekend. I think I'm gonna start with either Suburban Oasis or Beginning of the End since they are both pretty close to my house, might even hit them both the same day who knows. Thanks for the info on the the easier ones in St. Charles, I'm out there almost daily even though I live in Overland. Anyways, back to a bit about me........I am 23 and have a 3 year old daughter (millenium baby 1/1/01). I currently work full time (accounting area), carry a 9 hour college load, and have joint custody of my daughter. Plan to be married in the spring. As far as my other interests, they include reading, hiking, fishing, floating, biking, cooking, spending time with friends and doing the best I can for my daughter despite the joint custody deal untill it goes back to court in 2005 (after I finish school). Hopefully after the next few weeks I will be able to happily add Geocaching to my list of hobbies that I enjoy in my free time. Any thing I forgot to include or that anyone else would like to know? Please feel free to ask. Also is there someplace that I can read archived group messages? Sara P.S. Since I just found out about bookcrossing.com (releasing books into the wild) is it a good or bad idea to leave books in caches? I have a huge box of books I was thinking about doniating to the local library then thought about bookcrossing.com. Any other suggestions of good treasures for a newbie to leave in a cache?