- I like the idea of rest stop & virtual caches. It gives you something to do while travel & in most cases they are very easy which is great for me because I often have my 3 year old boys with me & they just can't handle long walks or hilly terrain etc. on the other hand the adventurer in my loves the harder to get to/find caches.However, i'm not to partial to those with creeks over the roads!!! LOL Eric Jim Bensman wrote: > - > For the record, every one of my 100 caches (with 2183 logged finds) have > been approved without a single question from an administrator (other than a > couple times pointing out an error like the wrong state). > > I like rest stop caches. When you are driving cross country it is great to > be able to stop at a rest stop for a break and a quick cache. I placed some > in rest stops. Two rest stop caches (Wetlands lost and Forest lost) I > placed to make a point about rest stops being placed in the little remaining > habitat instead of a farm field, the others were to try to encourage and > jump start rest stop caches. The rest stop caches always got a lot of > finds. Once rest stop caches caught on, I took down all my rest stop caches > but one (forests lost). I figured anyone can place one in a rest stop and > wanted to give others an opportunity to use those rest stops. > > My favorite caches are ones that take you to a scenic or special area or a > nice hike. The vast majority of my caches have fallen into this category. > The cache I get the most people telling me it is their all time favorite > cache is my Titus Hollow Cache, but my favorite view is my Inspiration Point > Cache. > > My least favorite are what seem to be the most increasing kind, a film > canister in a urban park with nothing particularly worth seeing (I call them > sprawl caches). I like something challenging about them (whoops I hope I > don't encourage RGS too much!) or a nice hike or something to see. > > But an interesting observation is the one cache I have active that I would > call a pointless cache (Glazebrook) is one of my most popular. I would have > taken it down long ago if I did not get so many logs on it. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dan Henke > > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 2:19 PM > > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: the evil Empire > > > > > > - > > WOW that was some discussion....and both sides raise > > good points. Anyone want to hammer OUR local Admin > > :-) ...Just kidding Glenn :) > > I do have a question though....What is wrong with > > putting a cache somewhere just to have a cache there? > > I mean if you look at all the Rest stop caches there > > is really nothing there worth "seeing" so the caches > > are really put there to "add points" to the total and > > give people a reason to stop other than to take a > > restroom break. I have done a number of caches that > > had no "purpose" other than getting a cacher to go > > there and find it and I enjoyed them even though there > > was nothing "scenic" about the area. > > To me the goal of caching is to get my fat butt out of > > the chair and house and into the outdoors for exercise > > and fresh air....that for me is enough reason to put a > > cache somewhere. > > > > Dan (Thunder) > > --- Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > - > > > > > http://www.tampabaygeocaching.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=114 > > > > > > Ya wanna watch geocaching in general and the admin > > > there get beaten to a > > > pulp by his "friends"? > > > > > > The friends their sure act differently when things > > > change and "they" dont > > > get elected approver. It is ugly down there and > > > getting uglier. 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