West and Southwest

Caching in Mesa, Az.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:55:35 -0800

I will be in Mesa, Az for 10 days over the Thanksgiving holiday, and wanted to know if any of you have any caches that you would suggest I do. I don't care about diffuculty or terrain. I just want to know if there are any must do caches in the area?

Thanks,

Pissedfish

Covina Team?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:06:53 -0800

Caching is fun but the more the merrier... Is there a team in the covina, san dimas, glendora, azusa area that would be willing to take on a couple of premium, (kinda) noobies? I've got over 100 under my belt and counting. Please let me know. Trinity_91724@yahoo.com or you can just message me on my GC.com profile. thanks!

Does anyone know this puzzle cache in California?

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:33:26 -0800

I'm heading down to California next week for a vacation and plan to get some caching in. One is a mystery cache I had put aside to do if I ever get down there -- but I've lost the printout! The name eludes me and I can't even remember which city it's in! All I can remember is that you have to go into an old warehouse and look through many containers to find the cache. There was nothing to solve beforehand, as the co-ordinates were given.
Does this vague description ring a bell with anyone?

Thanks,
GordEtob

GOTTA PEE

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:08:13 -0800

[b]GOTTA PEE
Two woman friends had gone for a girl''s night out. Both were
very faithful and loving wives, however they had gotton
over-enthusiastic on Bacardi Breezers.

Incredibly drunk and walking home they needed to pee, so
they stopped in the cemetery.

One of them had nothing to wipe with so she thought she
would take off her panties and use them.

Her friend however was wearing a rather expensive pair of
panties and did not wont to ruin them. She was lucky enough to
squat down next to a grave that had a wreath with a ribbon on
it, so she proceeded to wipe with that.

After the girls did their business they proceeded to go home.

The next day one of the woman's husband was concerned that
his normally sweet and innocent wife was still in bed hung over,
so he phoned the other husband and said :

"These girl night out have got to stop! I'm starting to suspect
the worst. . . My wife came home with no panties!!"

"That's nothing' said the other husband, "Mine came back with
a card stuck to her bottom that sead... "From all of us at the Fire
Station. We'll never forget you."

FATTBOY

Greetings From Prescott Valley

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:57:17 -0800

re-Posted here since I discovered it was here!

AKA Mentor Wanted!

Hi all

New girl in town and living in the gorgeous Prescott Valley, Az. Just joined the site as a premium member so will be learning about all the functions and offerings.

I stumbled over a cache accidentally last year while checking out an historical marker/graveyard and was officially hooked, though I'd been familiar with the site and concept for awhile before then. I was given a Magellan sports trak GPS but wasn't very intuitive and had no manuals, cables or anything and couldn't figure out how to use it.

Anyway, I'm browsing Amazon ready to order something solid, reliable, and easy to use in the $300 range.

I'm seeing high reviews for the Garmin Rino, so thought I would post and ask if anyone here is using it and how it fares for a complete noob and anything I might need to be aware of, and especially if I'll end up spending more $ on back end accessories that I will need but that don't come with (and worse, aren't even mentioned).

Finally, if anyone is in Prescott Valley Az area, I would love to meet you. We're relatively new in town too and I've had little opportunity to meet people so far. Geocaching buds would be ideal!

Thanks in advance. I think the email is shown, maybe in profile if you prefer that option too.

Have a great evening!

(Note - I bought the Garmin Rino 120 2 way radio and waiting on delivery for tomorrow but if anyone uses it, I would love feedback all the same)

School Project- Would like to mail a TB to Hawaii

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:05:23 -0800

I am a teacher near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For a third grade class project, we are plotting the movements of travel bugs in the United States. We would love to mail a fellow geocacher, one or two activated TBs to Hawaii.
If you can help us out by giving us a mailing address, my students would greatly appreciate it. If you want us to drop a TB in Pennsylvania, let us know.
Thank you!
clockdoc52/Larry

Maui Caching!

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:19:11 -0800

Yay, my mom and I just booked a trip to Maui! So please let me know what caches are must-finds. I've started a bookmark list, but I'd love to hear from people who live there or who have visited to know which ones I can't miss.

And if there are non-caching must-see locations, please let me know about those too.

Aloha!

Aloha! Must do Hawaii Caches?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:52:57 -0800

We're off to Hawaii in just over a week! I was wondering if any Hawaii Geocachers have some MUST DO caches in the areas where we'll be visiting. We will be limited on time in both places, so we are looking for the best of the best!

First, we'll be on Oahu, mostly staying close to Waikiki, although we will be driving along the coast for a day (toward Waimanalo & Kailua).

Second, we'll be in Kona for about 2 days (well, we'll be there longer, but we'll be scuba diving exclusively, only 2 days for caching). We'll be staying right in Kona, but plan to circle the island over to Hilo and back one day.

Any ideas?

--Kim

Lost our GPS

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:55:49 -0800

While hiking the Trail Canyon trail to Cave Springs at Mt. Charleston Nevada, we lost our GPS. The model was CSX60s I think.. It's in a black case with a black and blue strap. Only thing with it in the case was some rechargeable batteries. When you turn it on, it says, "hello Steve" but other than that there is no traceable info to get it back to us!
We went back the same day and looked for it.. then we went back the next day to look again.. fairly certain it's been picked up!
Hope to find it, it's like missing a member of the family... we were so sad!
Please post if you find it!
CollinsGang

Decon Containers

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 17:48:18 -0800

I was just wondering if anyone knows where to get decon containers in bulk that aren't 8 bucks each? Also, Bison tubes cheap?

lompoc caches

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:02:46 -0800

Travelling--any Favs. near Lake Havasu?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:34:57 -0700

Group of rving cachers looking for some fun hides in the area. Thanks.

Forbidden Forest ?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:37:40 -0700

Hello !
We are planning a trip to San Diego during the holloween week and just found the Cache " forbidden Forest"
in the UCSD campus area.
We are wondering if there is anyone who would like to join in in the hunt?
We are From New Mexico and have a week to enjoy SD & Cache and sightsee.
any one interested?
you can contact us through Geocaching.com username" DanTheBugleMan" or DanTBM@aol.com

Racing TB in Colorado City needs help!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:35:43 -0700

I have a Racing Travel Bug �Crapper Mobile Racing CircumConUS T.B.�
http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.as...b4-fdc0e991a573

that is in Colorado City, Colorado off Interstate 25 close to 165. It is in MOOOving those Travel bugs GC1WVAE, http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...ac-5a21e6e6613c

It needs to go to Minnesota. Any help would be appreciated.

La Quinta, CA Trails Day

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:42:08 -0700

Geocachers welcome! A great event for all outdoor desert enthusiasts. Many caches hidden, see here: Events Page (Search City of La Quinta)

Join us for a fun filled day of hiking, outdoor education, geocaching, nature walks, stargazing, and more. We have gathered a fantastic group of presenters for this outdoor event. So come on out, enjoy a hike, search for a cache, view the stars through a telescope and enjoy the natural resources that La Quinta has to offer.

Just let me know if you guys have any other questions or if you are planning on attending.

BTW - This is my 1st post and I am a Geocache Newbie...

Thanks,
Tustin

La Quinta, CA Trails Day

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:37:15 -0700

Grand Canyon caches

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:05:26 -0700

Hi folks,

I hope it's OK to post this here, I am new to the Forums, if not let me know where ti should go and I'll post it there!

I am after a little local information - We are Cachers in the UK and are about to release a TB our aim, as we are unable to get there ourselves is to get our TB to Grand Canyon (and maybe back again) a tall order but it should be fun trying.

I was last in GC in 1992 and would really love to get the TB to a Cache near the Grand Canyon Visitor Center but despite looking for it on google Earth I have been unable to locate the centre or near by caches. Perhaps caching is not OK in US National Parks I don't know, but I'd love to find the nearest Cache to visitors centre in or out of the GC park itself.

Can anyone link me to caches in that area?

Cheers

Ali M

Help Needed Moving Tb

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:25:31 -0700

Hello Is there any one near GCK4ED Big Bear Where are you. As i have a tb that is in a race and needs helping along. If anyone can help would be much appreticated.

Help needed on Route 66 near AZ / NM border

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:20:57 -0700

Hello, and greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm hoping you can help us out. A bunch of us mad-puzzle-cachers are working on a series of related puzzles that require a lot of teamwork and describe locations throughout the Bay Area, and indeed, the US.

We've been directed to find the next clue at the following coordinates:

N35 21.969 W109 02.934

I am wondering if someone from this forum will be able to assist us by venturing out to the above coordinates and reporting back with the clue. It is important to be prepared to look at whatever clue is found (generally a word or phrase written/printed on a sheet of paper) under UV light. Our friend has been known to include "extra" information.

You can follow all the antics on this thread of our forums (registration required): http://www.thegba.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4678. Your part comes in on page 27 of the thread.

If you are willing and able to help, it would be most helpful if you could chime in on the thread referenced above and let us know. Doing so would also allow you to coordinate with others if more than one person would like to participate.

Thanks for your time!
--Doug (sfodoug)

great nevada caches

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:29:25 -0700

Does anyone know of some great caches that are really worth visiting in the las vegas area. I am also wondering why there are no Wherigo caches in our area too.