I’m so lucky to have such a great community of geocaching friends who read my blog and subscribe to my newsletter! Thank you so much for all you do.
But, speaking of the wonderful “tribe” I have, I hope you don’t get too frustrated or bored with me because I am working on a series of event-planning posts. I’ll be the first to admit that this is the first major geocaching event we’ve hosted so any and all feedback is greatly appreciated!
Even though geocaching is a great game in and of itself, there are other “games” that can be played alongside. I’m really interested in this right now since ESP Boss & I are in charge of planning a geocaching event for Arizona’s Centennial Celebration in September.
We’re hosting a 3-day event and will be placing 25-30 new caches. Of course, there will be FTF prizes, prizes for finding the MOST new geocaches, and maybe the most miles logged in a single day of caches.
This will be a sanctioned event by the Yavapai County Centennial committee as part of the centennial celebration. And part of what the committee has been charged with (and by extension US) is to get people out exploring Yavapai County.
Personally, I’m looking for a mix of socializing and caching!
Another idea that we’ve been kicking around is to have a secondary game or games that could be played for prizes as well.
I was originally thinking of having a Poker Run but in my research, I’ve come across some other games like:
ESP Boss & I have been asked to plan a three-day geocaching event to help celebrate Arizona’s Centennial and I need YOUR help!
I have a quick three question survey that I want you to answer for me. I will randomly draw a name from all the survey responses to send them a FREE EatStayPlay.com tee shirt.
Survey runs from June 23, 2011 until midnight (Arizona time) June 26, 2011.
Winner will be notified on Monday June 27, 2011 and announced in next week’s newsletter.
By Steve Allen aka MO PIRATE
By now, I believe most folks know about the worldwide treasure hunting game called geocaching.
Using a GPS receiver and the satellites that transmit the signals to them, geocachers can get a “fix” on the location of over 1.3 million hidden containers around the world.
It’s been a while since I highlighted some of my geocaching designs that are available through CafePress.com. Many of my designs are for the Outdoor Princess in your life, but these designs don’t have a princess in sight!
Cache Happy Blue Baseball Jersey
This 100% cotton Baseball Jersey is a sporty hit with both men and women whether you’re in the game or just looking the part in great run-around casual-wear. Choose red, blue or black sleeves. 
This past Saturday, I participated in WWFM 2011.
WWFM – World Wide Flash Mobs – A fun and friendly way to promote geocaching around the world. Thousands of geocachers at dozens of coordinated events spanning the globe, gathering at the same time.
As geocachers, we spend our fair share of time out in the wild, hiking. And sometime during our adventures we’re sure to run into one of the great sticker-plants: a cactus! In researching this article, I’ve heard that there are wild cacti in all the contiguous states except Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont.
Saguaro are iconic cacti. And they ARE native to Southern AZ.
Glad to know that us desert dwellers don’t enjoy a monopoly in these mild forms of torture!
(Hey you Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont people: is it true? Are there REALLY no wild cacti there?)
So I wanted to share with you two tested and proven ways of removing cactus spines.
I’m lucky enough to spend a lot of time with a brand-new geocacher. This gives me a lot of perspective on what the newest of the new cachers know and what they don’t know. (And sometimes that is surprising!)
So when I was chatting with Code Wolf today about today’s geocaching article, the subject of a “power trail” came up and he asked me to write an article about it.
Now, there are people who love power trails since they can rack up a bunch of finds in a short amount of time. And there are people who think that scooting down a 10 mile long road grabbing a cache every quarter mile is just silly.
A power trail is loosely defined as a series of caches laid out along a roadway. They are usually a series of PNG caches with cache sizes being small or micro. There are some power caches that are 50 or more caches along a single route!
My friend, Kris, was lucky enough to pick up a new GPS a few weeks ago: a Magellan eXplorist. Since I’m a die-hard Garmin fan, I asked her if she would write up a review of the eXplorist for the Find Your Geocache blog.
If you’re ready to buy, or want more info, here’s a link to Magellan eXplorist on Amazon.com.
Here it in, in Kris’ own words:
I have been talking for years about geocaching and my family. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting that my girlfriend Kim of TheOutdoorPrincess.com introduced us to many years ago. With geocaching, you use a GPS, enter in the coordinates and search for a hidden treasure.
Geocaching Maintenance
It’s that time of year again. Time for my annual trip to Flagstaff to check on the geocaches I placed there.
Some new geocachers get started, get a few finds under their belt and then decide to HIDE a geocache without ever realizing that there is on-going work associated with it.
Geocaching.com simply says:
Geocache containers waiting to be hidden
But what does that MEAN? That means that as the cache placer you need to be ready to go check on your cache if you get notes saying that it needs maintenance. Notes might be that the log is wet or full. Or the cache seemed to be either too hard to too easy to located.
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12 years ago • Cache Containers • Tags: placing a cache