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I was looking at an archived cache and found this log:

 

Found it 11/03/2002

First stop on our 8 cache, 2 country, Sunday caching frenzy. A great hiding spot indeed by GranvilleIsland. Per usual, his coordinates were spot on. The hiding spot seemed reminiscent of Pier Pressure for some reason. :-) As such, it was a nice easy find.

 

An 8 cache frenzy, now you could do that in under 5 minutes.

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Hm, this looks a bit too on topic for being posted in Off Topic. I think I'll slide it over to Geocaching Topics for ya. :)

 

I pondered the idea of being on topic but usually I'm off topic, that's what gets me in trouble :laughing:

 

Thanks.

Gotta keep you on your toes. ;)

 

Definitely better than on the sidelines :lol:

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I was looking at an archived cache and found this log:

 

Found it 11/03/2002

First stop on our 8 cache, 2 country, Sunday caching frenzy. A great hiding spot indeed by GranvilleIsland. Per usual, his coordinates were spot on. The hiding spot seemed reminiscent of Pier Pressure for some reason. :-) As such, it was a nice easy find.

 

An 8 cache frenzy, now you could do that in under 5 minutes.

 

Sure, there are some places where you could do 8 caches in 5 minutes. There are also places where doing 8 caches in 8 hours would be a frenzy, but I'm pretty sure Granville Island isn't one of them.

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This is one of my most favorite logs I have read in a long time -- the first time I have heard of a near-death doughnut.

 

The log's quality is proportional to the awesomeness of the cache against which it was posted (the cache is PMO -- don't click the link to it if you are flying under the audit log radar).

 

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This cache was found on day 4 of my most recent road trip adventure. Starting off in Atlanta, GA, I put 6,275 miles on Lil' Bird (my new car) over the course of 18 days while finding around 550 caches across 16 states and 5 provinces. This journey helped me complete two special goals I'd been working on, and I can now happily say I've visited and cached in all of the lower 48 states and 10 Canadian Provinces.

 

I kicked things off by myself, making my way to Michigan where I picked up Mrs. I hunt for fun. We then traveled together for a week and half caching our way to Montreal where we were joined by my muggle husband. We spent 5 days exploring our way to Halifax where IHFF departed for home. The hubby and I continued on to Cape Breton for visits with family and friends before a 3 day marathon drive home. It was an absolutely amazing adventure that I'll surely never forget.

 

Soooooooooo. Where to begin. I guess I should just come out and say sometimes I make bad decisions. Going for this cache after a day of rain was one of those decisions. We struck out at the other 5/5 challenge along the trail so I really wanted to get this one. I put myself in some serious danger trying to get to that ammo can as every step I took was a muddy wet mess. Trying to go the last 20 feet was unbelievable. I was literally hanging onto a small root for dear life as I tried to pull myself up enough to reach the cache. After reaching it, I had to balance just so to scratch out our names. The bad decisions just kept piling up, as I decided to go UP the rest of the way to the car. I got stuck with nothing left to hang onto and luckily had enough sense not to go any further. Back down the muddy slope of death it was. After a couple of small panic attacks, I made it back to solid ground and burst out of the woods like a wild woman coming forth to civilization for the first time. Parents shielded their children, kids looked on in horror, and I trudged past them all to the car where I promptly drove to the closest Tim Horton's for a near-death doughnut.

 

My proof can be found on my profile. I did a streak of 500 days that I ended a couple of months back.

 

TFTC.

 

Even the accompanying photo is awesome:

 

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Did that change? I tried to leave a DNF on a cache without putting in any text and it would not let me.

 

(There were already a string of DNFs, so I felt that I had nothing to add, other than I DNF!)

The online log submission form used to (maybe still does) require text in the field in order to press "submit" (or whatever that button is called). I think that the API allows blank logs.

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Since we're on the topic of entertaining logs, take a look at some of the logs from this unintentionally funny cache called "Your Mom" (GC2VWAB). Looks like the most recent jokesters found it on 3/8. I actually did Your Mom quite some time ago, but always advise my caching pals that I wouldn't mind returning with them :P

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Since we're on the topic of entertaining logs, take a look at some of the logs from this unintentionally funny cache called "Your Mom" (GC2VWAB). Looks like the most recent jokesters found it on 3/8. I actually did Your Mom quite some time ago, but always advise my caching pals that I wouldn't mind returning with them :P

 

D: Your Mom is easy...

 

Just gonna leave now. :o

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Did that change? I tried to leave a DNF on a cache without putting in any text and it would not let me.

 

(There were already a string of DNFs, so I felt that I had nothing to add, other than I DNF!)

The online log submission form used to (maybe still does) require text in the field in order to press "submit" (or whatever that button is called). I think that the API allows blank logs.

 

I agree the online submission form requires text. When the apps first came out in 2009 or 2010, and some of us old schoolers were whining about getting blank logs, I believe they changed the API as well to require text. I'm of the opinion the few blank logs you see these days are spacebar logs. Or I could be totally wrong, and with all the changes over the years, you can drop blank logs on any/all smartphone apps again.

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I don't know if it's particularly good, or funny, or will make you go hmmmmm. But I was inspired to write my longest log when I found a multi-cache on Sunday, GC28H23. It's helpful to read the cache description before reading the log. But if you don't, just know that the hike to the final was a long, hard slog. Only 9 smileys in 4+ years. And yet, a 6-year-old somehow placed the cache.

 

 

"Since moving to Seattle earlier this month, I've tried to take one day each weekend for a geocaching hike. The first one took me to Mount Margaret, where I found GCD, among others. On the way back home that day, I noticed GC28H23 Moun10Bike Coin #13 near North Bend. Given that I would be starting work at Geocaching HQ a few days later, I thought it might be fun to attempt the cache, as it would give me something to chat about with the cache's namesake, my fellow Lackey Moun10Bike.

 

I made my way to the multi-cache's posted coordinates and, after a brief search, found the information for the next stage. I plugged the coords into the GPSr and realized it might be more of a workout than I had the time or energy for on that late afternoon. So, I tucked the numbers away for another time.

 

Fast forward to a few days ago. As I was planning the weekend's geo-hike, this one to Mount Si, I remembered Moun10Bike Coin #13. I took a look at where the next stage's coords fell on the map and thought, "Hey, I might be able to get that one on the way home from Mount Si." Near the stage's location, the map showed something called Hammy's Trail. That sounded nice. How could anything named Hammy's Trail be a bad thing?

 

I even imagined how Hammy's Trail might have came to be. Perhaps there was once a young boy who grew up in nearby North Bend. He was the sort of lad that any parent would be proud to have as a son. Made straight A's. Captain of the basketball team. Homecoming King. Volunteered at the retirement home during his free time. And he was aces as a ham radio operator. He enlisted in the Army during WWII and was sent into action, using his ham radio skills in his position as a clandestine communications representive. His fellow operators took to calling him "Hammy." After the war, Hammy returned to a hero's welcome in North Bend. He opened a general store, served 20 years as the town's mayor, and saved many lives as a volunteer firefighter. When Hammy passed away at a ripe old age, a town meeting was held to determine how to memorialize him. As much as the citizenry wanted to build a statue or some other monument to Hammy's generosity, they knew he had been a modest man and would be embarrassed by such a bold gesture. Instead, they chose to name a trail for him. The beautiful old trail that led to the pond where Hammy used to fish as a child. And so it was, Hammy's Trail would stand the test of time as a tribute to the man who had done so much for his town, state and country.

 

Anyway, I imagined this cache's CO (MtnMutt and his 6-year-old) enjoying a leisurely stroll down Hammy's Trail in May 2010 as they mulled over a cache placement. The elder regaled his child with stories of Hammy's greatness. It was a sweet idea to consider. And that's what was on my mind today as I parked my geomobile and headed for the next stage's coordinates.

 

What I came to realize, and the realization came not 5 minutes after parking my car, is that perhaps Hammy's Trail earned its moniker from a different source. It could be that, many years ago, a pair of incompetent fools stumbled down Mount Si Road on a cold winter's night. They'd spent the previous several hours at a North Bend tavern, imbiding for far too long, as they often did. On this evening, they zigged when they should have zagged, and found themselves trapped on a forelorn patch of land. To call it a trail would be generous. This area of thistles, steep ridges and perilous dropoffs was not fit for man nor beast. But they were too blind to see it in their states of mind. Before long, the duo found themselves lost from civilization, huddling for warmth on a tiny piece of briar-less ground. One of them pulled a scrap of paper and nubby pencil from his pocket. His hands trembling, he scribbled a few lines, describing what had led them to this horrible place, hoping someone would find the paper and know their story. He turned to his friend and asked, "What name shall we give this spot that doomed us?" The other man, barely conscious, looked up and uttered his final words, "Hammy's Trail." "Of course!" his friend thought. They would name it for Hamfred McHammerin, that awful bully who tormented them during their youth. Not only did Hamfred steal their lunch money and repeatedly trip them in the school hallways, but his breath stank of ham. He put ham on everything, even going so far as to use it as a topping for ice cream. For all of that, he came to be known as Hammy. And this is how Hammy's Trail received its name. A fitting title for an unwelcoming, thistle-filled domain.

 

This is a long-winded way of saying that any 6-year-old who can place this cache is not someone I would want to meet. Because I'm sure he could easily beat me up. And would likely enjoy doing it. Nevertheless, I survived, and I found the cache. TFTC!"

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Since we're on the topic of entertaining logs, take a look at some of the logs from this unintentionally funny cache called "Your Mom" (GC2VWAB). Looks like the most recent jokesters found it on 3/8. I actually did Your Mom quite some time ago, but always advise my caching pals that I wouldn't mind returning with them :P

 

D: Your Mom is easy...

 

Just gonna leave now. :o

 

I quite enjoy receiving logs on this one too: Susan (http://coord.info/GC430RY) :)

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A DNF log I enjoyed (banana spider = golden silk orb-weaver, body about the size of a small banana ;-) or it seems so when you're wearing one on your face

 

Went out today specifically to grab this one. The path that I took was very overgrown and hard to navigate. I then walked into a huge banana spider that took my wallet and my car keys so I turned around and scurried home. I won't be the FTF.
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Since we're on the topic of entertaining logs, take a look at some of the logs from this unintentionally funny cache called "Your Mom" (GC2VWAB). Looks like the most recent jokesters found it on 3/8. I actually did Your Mom quite some time ago, but always advise my caching pals that I wouldn't mind returning with them :P

 

D: Your Mom is easy...

 

Just gonna leave now. :o

 

I quite enjoy receiving logs on this one too: Susan (http://coord.info/GC430RY) :)

HAH! Very entertaining logs from 2/10. Love it.

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A DNF log I enjoyed (banana spider = golden silk orb-weaver, body about the size of a small banana ;-) or it seems so when you're wearing one on your face

 

Went out today specifically to grab this one. The path that I took was very overgrown and hard to navigate. I then walked into a huge banana spider that took my wallet and my car keys so I turned around and scurried home. I won't be the FTF.

Ha, that made me think of a cache in Australia where I almost wore an orb weaver on my face. They're everywhere. So I was going for a cache, walking along, and stopped just inches from a giant spiderweb bigger than my body, and a large orb weaver in my face. That would have been interesting.

 

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There have been a few times I wished I could give a favorite on a DNF. Here's a log I had fun writing for a 5/5 DNF not too long ago...

 

GC3GZP5 Loki's Island

 

Didn't find it Didn't find it 09/15/2014

Alas, 'Twas not meant to be. Moe certainly felt like a stooge after the adventure he had attempting to access this cache.

 

Our comical stooge would have been a sight to behold had anyone been around to see him. While camping with the Boys of BSA Troop 1065 to the north of the cache site, he decided to try to keep his daily find streak alive despite the unseasonably cool weather and rain. After hiking nearly a mile and a half from the camp site, following the recently marked Forrest Service logging roads and trails that meandered through the forest, he came upon the tall banks along the northern edge of the river. Now, after a rough night of sleeping on wet, uneven ground in the rain (the tent served him well, but in the rush to leave home he forgot his trusty camp pillow), his aching back creaked at the thought of navigating the steep grade down to the river.

 

Still, the draw of the cache was strong. Hither and yonder, he made his way down to the river wondering just where the access would be had he had his kayak with him in the first place. And just HOW would he have gotten it down here with the roads blocked?! He made his way along the fisherman's path until he found a likely crossing. The downed trees would help him in this attempt. He steadfastly made his way along nature's bridge and set foot upon semi-solid ground on the other side.

 

Thick brush soon posed an additional challenge and set him about a halting pace as he fought his way through, until... Left foot forward, and down, down, down. To the knees. The chronic rains of this summer certainly added to the swamp's character and threatened to swallow him. He thought about Luke and Yoda in the swamps of Dagobah. He nearly turned back but remembered the wise words of the Jedi Master: "Do or do not. There is no try." "Ah well, I'm already in it, won't get clean by going back" he told himself. Our stooge dug in his elbows and set about dragging himself forward through the swamp. He soon made it to drier and slightly higher ground. Nearing his assigned coordinates, he thought about the rivers he'd conquered in the past and about how this time he lacked the appropriate attire for such a task. He soon found himself within 147 feet of his goal, and on the bank of yet another branch of the river. Had he gone too far? No, a quick check of his navigational equipment showed that he had yet to cross the intended portion of the river to acquire his find.

 

Seeing no plausible way to safely cross at this time of year (the thought sorely tempted him) and knowing that he could endure well enough but had only the boots on his feet to see him through the next few days, he was forced to turn back. He made the struggle back through the swamp, up the hill, and the long , sluggish trek back through the woods to his camp site where he resigned himself to defeat.

 

Grateful for the needed exercise and the warm rays of the sun poking through the canopy, he vowed he would return some day and add his name to the chosen few that completed the journey.

 

Short version: I didn't research this one enough before attempting. I won't make that mistake again

 

Thanks for the adventure!

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This appeared as a FTF on one of my caches.

Saturday was a bit of a blur for me, a wasted day thanks to consuming 3 x Pints, 16 x Vodkas (neat, no mixers), 1 x Vodka & Cranberry (one of the girls left early and hadn't touched it - I couldn't let it go to waste) & 1 x 300ml Promotional Bottle of Beer (can't remember the name of it, but it was free) after our Professional Development Day on Friday when I eventually rolled into bed around 4am on Saturday morning. I'd zero finds yesterday when I would have normally cleared off somewhere and thus I was determined to get out for a geocache or two today!

 

Feeling much better this morning, I got up at the same time as Mrs Sgtzara who was working and took the motorbike out. I prefer a circular walk to a linear one and the same goes for motorbike rides too. I went from home to Belfast, Belfast to Newry, Newry to Tandragee, Tandragee to Portadown and Portadown to home and stopped off during the ride to nip into work to grab my running shoes. I've full intentions of heading out with the dogs for a wee 4.5m this afternoon to try & work off some of the damage I did on Friday night.

 

I managed to blag 4 finds in total, 3 of which were First To Finds and 1 of which ticked a box on my DT grid. That's 78/81 boxes on that thing filled now, only 3 more to go!!

 

Anyhow, this was my second find of the day and my first time in Falls Park. There's other caches in same that I've still to get but I only hand eyes on this one this morning as FTF appeared to be up for grabs for same.

 

Parked the motorbike in the lower car park nearest the road and walked up to GZ where spot on co-ordinates made for a quick find. Enjoyed the wee container here travellingsilently, very cute!

 

Duly recorded my FTF and returned all as found for the next cacher to enjoy.

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The FTF log on Safe in the Fire Swamp, a Princess Bride-themed mystery cache, is absolutely awesome. If you haven't seen the movie, it will lack context.

 

This is an excellent example of quality caches precipitating quality logs.

 

FTF 4:40

I was mostly dead after a long day dealing with SOUS (spreadsheets of unusual size). I walked away from my cube and when I came back there was this puzzle on my computer. I said to the puzzle, I challenge you to a battle of wits.

Puzzle: for the coordinates? (yes) To the death?

Me: No – its been a long enough day already – how about to the pain.

Puzzle: OK

Me: then pour the WINE (Where Is the Number Encoded). All I have to do is divine from what I know of you - are you the sort of puzzle that would put the coordinates near to the ? Location or far away. Now a clever puzzle would put the cache near the ? Location because only a great fool would look near the ? Location. I am not a great fool, so I should clearly not look for the cache near the ?. But you would have known I was not a great fool – you would have counted on it so I can clearly not choose the WINE in front of me.

Puzzle: Perhaps you should skip the next part where you insult the entire city of Brooklyn Center.

Me: Good point. Where was I, oh yeah. You put photos on the cache page, which means you have technical skills which means I cannot choose the WINE in front of you, but you also put in some movie quotes which means you are truly cultured so you would have put the WINE as far from yourself as possible.

Puzzle: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.

Me: It already has worked. You've given everything away! I know where the cache is!

Puzzle: Then enter it into the checker.

Me: I will – and I enter... What in the world can that be? (quickly enters some numbers)

Checker: Have fun storming the castle.

 

I headed out after getting FTS on the puzzle knowing that nobody in Golden Valley had solved the puzzle and no one in Coon Rapid could have gotten here so fast. When I got there, it still was a bit like the fire swamp with last nights rain. After searching for a bit, I see where it is likely located. Sure enough – there it was. I signed, took the TB and headed out. Thanks for the well done puzzle based on a great movie – I think I probably have watched it the 50 times suggested. Not only did I recognize all the lines, I said them in my head with the proper accents.

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I really liked this one.

 

Coolcat21 found Way Out There

 

"He's out there. He's REALLY out there…."

- The Photographer (Dennis Hopper) speaking about Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.

 

COOLCAT (v.o.)

 

Edmonton, crap. I'm still only in Edmonton. Every time I think I'm going to wake up walking back in the Blackfoot. When I was home after my first hike, it was worse. I'd wake up and there'd be nothing...When I was here I wanted to be Out There. When I was there, all I could think of was getting Way Out There.

 

I've been here a week now. Waiting for the hike, getting softer, left eye getting fuzzier, if that's even possible. Every minute I stay in this city I get weaker. And every minute the cache hides in the bush it gets stronger, like Dyno Lodge. Each time I look around the walls move in a little tighter.

 

Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a cache Way Out There, and for my sins VP gave me one. Brought it to me by e-mail like room service.

 

FTF and only got the cute hint after the find. I was on so many new trails today: Winter, Baker Springs, Running Dog, Swan. Isn't that just that way? Once you get Way Out There, you want to get Wayer Outer There! In the end the trail took me 22.2 km in total from the southernmost boundary of Blackfoot to the northernmost. I loved it, although it seemed like I was walking sideways as much as I was forewards by the end of it. Thanks for luring me out, yet again, further and further to find new areas to explore!

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I took a friend of mine Geocaching and explained to him how to log the caches. When i logged on the next day, here's what I came across

 

Hey Ya'll!! I just got back from my all expense paid trip to Paula Deen's family reuinion! Bring on the butter! Thanks Price is Right!! When arriving at my front steps this morning full of cholesterol and happiness I was inspired to venture into the great known with my good accomplice KaRue and try my luck at finding a new geocache. After finding this unique piece of art, I later went to the town of Olives to visit the fire station. (We don't know why it is smoky.) tftc!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here is another one I read that was really awesome

 

My Wife, my Nephew and I found this one, after possibly saving some farmer life; he/she had set their field ablaze and then may passed out in their SUV letting from smoke inhalation, allowing the fire to burn out of control. We had called 911 on our way to the cache, and on our way back, Lebo Fire Rescue and the Coffey County Sheriff was working the scene.
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I took a friend of mine Geocaching and explained to him how to log the caches. When i logged on the next day, here's what I came across

 

Hey Ya'll!! I just got back from my all expense paid trip to Paula Deen's family reuinion! Bring on the butter! Thanks Price is Right!! When arriving at my front steps this morning full of cholesterol and happiness I was inspired to venture into the great known with my good accomplice KaRue and try my luck at finding a new geocache. After finding this unique piece of art, I later went to the town of Olives to visit the fire station. (We don't know why it is smoky.) tftc!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here is another one I read that was really awesome

 

My Wife, my Nephew and I found this one, after possibly saving some farmer life; he/she had set their field ablaze and then may passed out in their SUV letting from smoke inhalation, allowing the fire to burn out of control. We had called 911 on our way to the cache, and on our way back, Lebo Fire Rescue and the Coffey County Sheriff was working the scene.

 

Wow! Those are both very interesting logs, AND they may have saved a life!

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I took a friend of mine Geocaching and explained to him how to log the caches. When i logged on the next day, here's what I came across

 

Hey Ya'll!! I just got back from my all expense paid trip to Paula Deen's family reuinion! Bring on the butter! Thanks Price is Right!! When arriving at my front steps this morning full of cholesterol and happiness I was inspired to venture into the great known with my good accomplice KaRue and try my luck at finding a new geocache. After finding this unique piece of art, I later went to the town of Olives to visit the fire station. (We don't know why it is smoky.) tftc!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here is another one I read that was really awesome

 

My Wife, my Nephew and I found this one, after possibly saving some farmer life; he/she had set their field ablaze and then may passed out in their SUV letting from smoke inhalation, allowing the fire to burn out of control. We had called 911 on our way to the cache, and on our way back, Lebo Fire Rescue and the Coffey County Sheriff was working the scene.

 

Wow! Those are both very interesting logs, AND they may have saved a life!

I know! I got to meet the guy who posted the second. He served in the army for ten years and is teaching nephew orienteering through Geocaching.
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I got this as an answer to one of my EarthCaches.

 

So... was that the correct answer? :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

 

(nevermind... I was answered in the very next post. Rats!)

Nope! It wasn't the right answer.

 

I dunno... he sounds like he knows what he's talking about. Are you sure you're not the one with the wrong answer? :lol:

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I just got this log on one of my caches today.

 

We found it!! We took a million dollars and left a few dental hygiene items. Thanks for the fun find! Hope and Katie Casner, Argonia KS

 

It was a new cachers very first log. I thought it was great for a newbie.

 

LOL!!! Dental hygene items... gross!!! :P

 

But funny!

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I just got this log on one of my caches today.

 

We found it!! We took a million dollars and left a few dental hygiene items. Thanks for the fun find! Hope and Katie Casner, Argonia KS

 

It was a new cachers very first log. I thought it was great for a newbie.

 

LOL!!! Dental hygene items... gross!!! :P

 

But funny!

Well, it is a dentistry themed cache.
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I just got this log on one of my caches today.

 

We found it!! We took a million dollars and left a few dental hygiene items. Thanks for the fun find! Hope and Katie Casner, Argonia KS

 

It was a new cachers very first log. I thought it was great for a newbie.

 

I had a bunch of those fake million dollar bills that I used to leave in caches and posted a found it log with something about the cache and "took golf ball. left a million dollars". There are a few sites that will create custom fake million dollar bills and I thought it would be a great signature item but I never go around to ordering them.

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I just got this log on one of my caches today.

 

We found it!! We took a million dollars and left a few dental hygiene items. Thanks for the fun find! Hope and Katie Casner, Argonia KS

 

It was a new cachers very first log. I thought it was great for a newbie.

 

LOL!!! Dental hygene items... gross!!! :P

 

But funny!

Well, it is a dentistry themed cache.

 

Found it!

 

By the way, I like what you have to say on your profile page:

 

I take great pride in each and every hide I make. Whether it's a micro hanging on a fence post, or a regular container hidden cleverly next to a sidewalk (Hint hint), each has a touch of my personality and creativity attached.

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I got this as an answer to one of my EarthCaches.

 

So... was that the correct answer? :ph34r: :ph34r: :ph34r:

 

(nevermind... I was answered in the very next post. Rats!)

Nope! It wasn't the right answer.

 

I dunno... he sounds like he knows what he's talking about. Are you sure you're not the one with the wrong answer? :lol:

 

Perhaps he posted a picture of the signed log to prove he was there :ph34r:

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I just got this log on one of my caches today.

 

We found it!! We took a million dollars and left a few dental hygiene items. Thanks for the fun find! Hope and Katie Casner, Argonia KS

 

It was a new cachers very first log. I thought it was great for a newbie.

 

LOL!!! Dental hygene items... gross!!! :P

 

But funny!

Well, it is a dentistry themed cache.

 

Found it!

 

By the way, I like what you have to say on your profile page:

 

I take great pride in each and every hide I make. Whether it's a micro hanging on a fence post, or a regular container hidden cleverly next to a sidewalk (Hint hint), each has a touch of my personality and creativity attached.

Thank you :) My goal as a chase hider is to hide caches that not only entertain others, but inspire them to create something cool.
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An excellent log on the Wave the Flag webcam cache:

 

I am from Calgary and had to be in Ottawa for 2 special events this week: my parent's (dggram) 60th wedding anniversary and our daughter's wedding. I had no intention of bringing my GPS with me, but did want to grab a cache while here. This cache was the perfect choice. All I had to do was bring a flag with me, and make it to Parliament Hill at some point. In reviewing other people's webcam shots I wondered where I could get a flag big enough to be seen by the webcam. And then I remembered a special object that I own and also found a solution to a problem that had been bothering me for over a year with regard to that object.

 

Can you see our Canadian flag in my webcam shot? You should be able to see our flag because it is as big as the flag that flies on the Peace Tower (7.5 ft x 15 ft). In fact, this is the second time that this particular flag has flown on Parliament Hill. The first time was on September 17, 2013.

 

A new flag is flown each day on The Peace Tower and civilians can make a request for the flag (see the webcam site). The current wait time is over 54 years. I put my name on the list in 2003 and received my flag in 2013, I guess word has gotten out!!

 

The people you can not see holding the flag are my family, and we created quite a stir on the hill, not only because of the size of the flag but because of the way we were dressed. Our daughter was married this day (June 15, 2015) and we took time between the ceremony and the dinner to grab this webcam. Their photographer also took pictures which I will add later.

 

The day I received the flag, months after it's special day, I wished I had a picture of it on the day it was flying. It wasn't until last week when I was reviewing this cache that I thought about the flag that I had tucked away for safe keeping. I realized that I had the perfect flag to bring with me, and then I realized that I might be lucky enough to find a photo of my flag the day it flew a top the Peace Tower. With great anticipation I scrolled through the logs going back to September 17, 2013.

 

Many thanks to TheBarnSwallows, and Osa2013 and Peanut-2013 for finding this cache on that day and posting photos of my flag.

 

Speaking of photos, I will add the required webcam shot that we grabbed, but I will also post a photo and a webcam shot of my flag atop the Peace Tower courtesy of the aforementioned caches.

 

Thanks for the webcam and the memory of a very, very special day for our family.

 

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When I started Geocaching, there was a local cache at Lake Horton called "A Little Ding-E". I couldn't figure out if it was pronounced "Ding E" (maybe as a bell) or "Dingy" (some rusty place like the guard rail). And I had such a tough time finding it, the CO made a special trip out to check that it was still there. But I eventually found it:

 

Finally got into the ding'e! Thanks for the adventure! Sometimes you just gotta poke your head in thorns to reach your goal. Left compass and one thin dime, TNSL.

 

An excerpt from the epic poem, Song of Geowatha:

 

On the shores of Horto-Hoochee

In the south of Fayette Countee,

With his mighty Gar-Min-Nu-Vee

Stood Ku-Na-Ree-Ut The Newbee.

 

In the blazing heat of summer

Near the flattened Ar-Ma-Dil-Lo

Did Ku-Na-Ree-Ut The Flakey

Score at last the Treasure Ding-E,

Jump back in the Lam-Bor-Gee-Nee,

Go log in and claim the Smilee.

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