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So Lead Dog , when ya gonna get busy and Find some more caches if you are out of Ideas to place them ?
PS , Started this Thread so as not to annoy BigMike . Sorry BigMike.
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#2
Posted 17 November 2004 - 07:36 PM
I just wish I could get off probation and get back up in your area. I have a couple up north that need some babysitting.
#3
Posted 17 November 2004 - 11:32 PM
Torry, on Nov 17 2004, 07:36 PM, said:
I just wish I could get off probation and get back up in your area. I have a couple up north that need some babysitting.
rugh row. Did you git in trouble..
How close are they to k'ville I mean.
Maybe we could help out..
#4
Posted 18 November 2004 - 03:55 AM
Tell us which of your caches need babysitting, maybe we can help you out, Torry. Star, we've about found all the caches around here we want to except for FT. Wayne urban trash caches, that we don't particularly care to do.
This post has been edited by SixDogTeam: 18 November 2004 - 03:57 AM
#5
Posted 18 November 2004 - 07:55 AM
Thanks guys. There have been no problems so far. I just got used to checking on them about every other week or so. I'll keep my fingers crossed.
(My company turned in an accident report to their insurance for a parking lot incident with a pole. Small contact but big damage to a flimsy fiberglass fender. Went on my record as my second accident in 1 year and got me parked for 90 days.)
(My company turned in an accident report to their insurance for a parking lot incident with a pole. Small contact but big damage to a flimsy fiberglass fender. Went on my record as my second accident in 1 year and got me parked for 90 days.)
#6
Posted 18 November 2004 - 09:02 AM
Well Torry if you do need any caches maintained we would be happy to help you out .
Just let us know which ones !
Sorry to hear that Lead Dog there are loads of great caches around , but you may have to do a little traveling to get to them . Have you ever been up to Potato Creek State Park its just south of South Bend , or Chain O' Lakes State Park in Albion Indiana , how bout Pokagan in Fremont Indiana ? The caches that are in Pokagan would take ya about a day to get them all , and loads of nice hiking , plus there are other caches just outside the park you may enjoy . Then there are Bluegillfishermans caches that are in a Forrest Preserve in Lagrange/Stuben County, I highly reccomend them as they are great fun . None of these are urban . However it would be a slight bit of a drive for you .
Star of Team Tigger International
Just let us know which ones !
Sorry to hear that Lead Dog there are loads of great caches around , but you may have to do a little traveling to get to them . Have you ever been up to Potato Creek State Park its just south of South Bend , or Chain O' Lakes State Park in Albion Indiana , how bout Pokagan in Fremont Indiana ? The caches that are in Pokagan would take ya about a day to get them all , and loads of nice hiking , plus there are other caches just outside the park you may enjoy . Then there are Bluegillfishermans caches that are in a Forrest Preserve in Lagrange/Stuben County, I highly reccomend them as they are great fun . None of these are urban . However it would be a slight bit of a drive for you .
Star of Team Tigger International
#7
Posted 18 November 2004 - 09:11 AM
Ok Lead Dog and Patrick. Ma said that I have to do this. What about the Tri-county fish and wildlife preserve around syracuse? Try there. there are alot of caches in there. I have one in there. You should come try it.
syrro utoba eht spieling.
syrro utoba eht spieling.
#8
Posted 18 November 2004 - 10:53 AM
Oooooh, good ideas for a caching trip! If I ever can convince someone here to go with me.
Jenna just told me last night that her boyfriend had heard about geocaching and he thinks it sounds like fun. I told her that's it. Joe and I are going caching!! Jenna hates doing it.
Jenna just told me last night that her boyfriend had heard about geocaching and he thinks it sounds like fun. I told her that's it. Joe and I are going caching!! Jenna hates doing it.
#9
Posted 18 November 2004 - 11:55 AM
My name is Lead Dog and It has been four hours since I hid my last cache and 2 days since I found my last cache (Star & Wulf &Ev's). Oops! Am I in the wrong forum? I know there are some strict rules about what you can talk about in the Indiana threads... We've camped at Potato and Chain O --But I want caches hidden around here, that I can just dash out and git. Like maaybe under the Weeping Willow in front of the house? Like I can just walk out in my bathrobe, graab the paper and log it on the way back in, in the morning! HEHEHEHEHEH!(Lazy cacher)
Posted 18 November 2004 - 11:59 AM
#12
Posted 18 November 2004 - 01:37 PM
SixDogTeam, on Nov 18 2004, 11:55 AM, said:
I want caches hidden around here, that I can just dash out and git. Like maaybe under the Weeping Willow in front of the house? Like I can just walk out in my bathrobe, graab the paper and log it on the way back in, in the morning! HEHEHEHEHEH!(Lazy cacher)
That's sounds like avirtual waiting to happen<g>
"Log a Leaddog
To claim a find on this cache, mail us a photo of you and Leaddog (in his bathrobe) holding your GPSr."
Wulf
#13
Posted 18 November 2004 - 03:27 PM
Yeah, that's the ticket! and if the lane is filled with snow, shovel out a path up to the house!!
#14
Posted 18 November 2004 - 03:48 PM
SixDogTeam, on Nov 18 2004, 11:55 AM, said:
My name is Lead Dog and It has been four hours since I hid my last cache and 2 days since I found my last cache (Star & Wulf &Ev's). Oops! Am I in the wrong forum? I know there are some strict rules about what you can talk about in the Indiana threads... We've camped at Potato and Chain O --But I want caches hidden around here, that I can just dash out and git. Like maaybe under the Weeping Willow in front of the house? Like I can just walk out in my bathrobe, graab the paper and log it on the way back in, in the morning! HEHEHEHEHEH!(Lazy cacher)
No special rules here LeadDog , this Indiana Cachers forum is for everyone to talk about anything they would like !
#15
Posted 19 November 2004 - 03:57 AM
Does anyone know if there is a mathmatical formula you can use, in the field, to translate Lat/Lon into UTM?
#17
Posted 19 November 2004 - 12:25 PM
You know what we're doing here is just plain WRONG according to the uptites in the other thread...maybe we should stop.
#18
Posted 19 November 2004 - 12:59 PM
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You know what we're doing here is just plain WRONG according to the uptites in the other thread.
If you are referring to my posts, I never said that. I simply said that chatter is ok but that the other thread was meant for geocaching conversations and the chatter was interfering with that. "Abject silliness" and "off-topic" conversations have their place and this topic ("Indiana cachers hello!") can be it. I, and others, can choose not to read it because I/we know from the get-go that there will be very little of interest (to myself, at least) in it.
What the offical moderators think about this topic is not for me to say. There is a reason why the off-topic forum was created and I suspect -- but do not know -- that they would prefer for off-topic threads to be started there. But perhaps they do not mind. I certainly do not mind because it is obvious what this topic will be about.
#19
Posted 19 November 2004 - 04:42 PM
SixDogTeam, on Nov 19 2004, 03:57 AM, said:
Does anyone know if there is a mathmatical formula you can use, in the field, to translate Lat/Lon into UTM?
http://www.hydrobhar...CHAPTER%208.pdf
Wulf
#20
Posted 19 November 2004 - 04:43 PM
We started this thread so as not offend anyone in that other thread any futher . As the OP I feel that we have the right , to come here and chat about geocaching or whatever else that may come up.
If people would have paid attention ( well the person that was offended anyway) most of the post were in fact geocaching related .
This Thread is for all Indiana Geocachers , new , old or even cachers that are from other parts that wish to come to Indiana to cache. It was not started in an effort to start bashing or to offend anyone .
It was started so we could take our Topics that were as pointed out "off the thread topic"
To a Topic of its own . ( as per requested by the other Threads OP ) and out of respect for that persons wishes.
Note to RPW : This is NOT an offtopic thread , it is about Caching in Indiana , and anyone whom wants to talk here is welcome .
One malcontent shouldn't ruin it for everyone.
If people would have paid attention ( well the person that was offended anyway) most of the post were in fact geocaching related .
This Thread is for all Indiana Geocachers , new , old or even cachers that are from other parts that wish to come to Indiana to cache. It was not started in an effort to start bashing or to offend anyone .
It was started so we could take our Topics that were as pointed out "off the thread topic"
To a Topic of its own . ( as per requested by the other Threads OP ) and out of respect for that persons wishes.
Note to RPW : This is NOT an offtopic thread , it is about Caching in Indiana , and anyone whom wants to talk here is welcome .
One malcontent shouldn't ruin it for everyone.
#21
Posted 19 November 2004 - 04:59 PM
Team Tigger International, on Nov 19 2004, 04:42 PM, said:
SixDogTeam, on Nov 19 2004, 03:57 AM, said:
Does anyone know if there is a mathmatical formula you can use, in the field, to translate Lat/Lon into UTM?
http://www.hydrobhar...CHAPTER%208.pdf
Wulf
Thanks for the link, wulf.
#22
Posted 19 November 2004 - 05:05 PM
So far all the posts on this thread have been about geocaching in Indiana with the minor exception of that stupid little white dog's posts, and the posts dealing with what's a proper subject for this thread, including this one.
#23
Posted 19 November 2004 - 05:12 PM
SixDogTeam, on Nov 19 2004, 05:05 PM, said:
So far all the posts on this thread have been about geocaching in Indiana with the minor exception of that stupid little white dog's posts, and the posts dealing with what's a proper subject for this thread, including this one.
Yeah but we think that little white dog Rocks , he is after all Indiana's Number 1 Geocaching Dog !
#24
Posted 19 November 2004 - 05:46 PM
Pipanella, on Nov 18 2004, 10:53 AM, said:
Oooooh, good ideas for a caching trip! If I ever can convince someone here to go with me. 
Jenna just told me last night that her boyfriend had heard about geocaching and he thinks it sounds like fun. I told her that's it. Joe and I are going caching!! Jenna hates doing it.
Jenna just told me last night that her boyfriend had heard about geocaching and he thinks it sounds like fun. I told her that's it. Joe and I are going caching!! Jenna hates doing it.
Well Pip ! Get your daughters boyfriend interested then maybe just maybe he can help get your daughter involved as well .
Good Luck ! and if you are ever in the Northwest Indiana Area give us a shout ( well e-mail or a post here at least ) If it is on a Saturday , we might be able to join you !
Star of Team Tigger International
#26
Posted 19 November 2004 - 11:04 PM
[/Yeah but we think that little white dog Rocks , he is after all Indiana's Number 1 Geocaching Dog]
SHHHHH.. Don't say that too loud, Shy thinks she is #1.
I am VERY partial to my Shydog, but for I have to give props to Patrick. He does rule!
SHHHHH.. Don't say that too loud, Shy thinks she is #1.
I am VERY partial to my Shydog, but for I have to give props to Patrick. He does rule!
#27
Posted 19 November 2004 - 11:31 PM
Team Tigger International, on Nov 19 2004, 05:46 PM, said:
and if you are ever in the Northwest Indiana Area give us a shout ( well e-mail or a post here at least ) If it is on a Saturday , we might be able to join you !
To bad were in NorthEAST Indiana. HEHEHE:)
#28
Posted 20 November 2004 - 04:42 AM
Well Technically Ev I think we are more in North Central Indiana , ya know !
Shipshewanna area ! ... We live in a really small Amish filled community called Topeka.. no we are not in Kansas people !
Ok Team Shydog , we wont say that to loud about Patrick, I to have 2 dogs here at home and they both also think they are number one , and they are but they aren't Indiana's number one caching dogs though !
Shipshewanna area ! ... We live in a really small Amish filled community called Topeka.. no we are not in Kansas people !
Ok Team Shydog , we wont say that to loud about Patrick, I to have 2 dogs here at home and they both also think they are number one , and they are but they aren't Indiana's number one caching dogs though !
#29
Posted 20 November 2004 - 08:23 AM
The fighting Dinardo's play Purdue in the Geocacher's bowl today, and the Gators play the girls from FSU up in Tallahassee, so Patrick's resting up for a long day of TV football , touchdown dancing and Popcorn eating. No geocaching today. I found magnetic hide a key containers at Wal-Mart Jr. (Dollar General) for fifty cents apiece for our new cache series: "Indiana Guard-Rail Quest-"- It's a theme close to my heart because for a very short period of time, I worked with a new-highway construction crew in Norfolk, Va. in the early seventies (last century)-- WE had a pile driver truck that pounded the I-posts into the ground, then we attached the guardrails themselves with power nut drivers operated by a portable generator...
#30
Posted 20 November 2004 - 09:04 AM
I just visited Indianageocaching.com, and they have my old email address which is not active anymore. In order to change your email address, they send you an email to your old address to confirm it is you. That won't get to me. Their contact me link won't work as it is attached to an old ISP provider . So Can someone contact them and ask them to change my email to postman357@hotmail.com? I refuse to start a new account with them under a new name. Thanks.
#31
Posted 20 November 2004 - 05:10 PM
Well LeadDog I am not sure if it will help or not but we sent them an e-mail with the request to change your account e-mail address . Hope it will help you
Oh and we can hardly wait for your new series of caches to start ... or maybe we can as we are still working on all of your other caches !
Please tell Patrick that Precious says hi , and no she is not seeing anyone currently. She is busy raising her adopted kitten for now .
Star
Oh and we can hardly wait for your new series of caches to start ... or maybe we can as we are still working on all of your other caches !
Please tell Patrick that Precious says hi , and no she is not seeing anyone currently. She is busy raising her adopted kitten for now .
Star
#32
Posted 20 November 2004 - 06:18 PM
Hey, Patrick.....would it be impolite to ask if you've been out to your Big Rock cache lately? We and a couple of other doofusses couldn't find it and we have this burning desire to know if it's really still there.
Thank you,
Carly the black lab and Rusty the golden retriever
Thank you,
Carly the black lab and Rusty the golden retriever
#33
Posted 20 November 2004 - 09:29 PM
Patrick hasn't been out to his big rock lately... right now he's rolling around in ecstacy because the Gators opened up a can of whupass on FSU up in Tallahassee... That cache was hidden right next to the big rock under some other rocks as I recall. We'll have to get out there and replace it, I guess.
#34
Posted 21 November 2004 - 04:22 PM
Team Tigger International, on Nov 20 2004, 05:10 PM, said:
Well LeadDog I am not sure if it will help or not but we sent them an e-mail with the request to change your account e-mail address . Hope it will help you
Star
Star
Thanks.
#35
Posted 21 November 2004 - 04:40 PM
You are right. I shouldn't allow my chain to be yanked. Think twice, post once is always a good policy. Sorry for causing waves.
Unfortunately it has been a dry caching several weeks for me due to many other interfering activies and the early sunset which is ruining after-work caching. About a month ago I started on the "Greater Lafayette Geocache" (GLG) -- a multi with somewhere between 15 and 20 steps. Some people have managed to complete it but it is turning into a fiendish adventure. Some very creative hiding places and techniques combined with travel all around Tippecanoe county. People are reporting 10-12 hour completion times with 70-80 miles of driving and a fair number of hiking miles. So it is going to be hard for non-NW Indiana cachers to join in on the fun but if any of you have a spare weekend the GLG would be something to enjoy. I hope to complete more of it this T-day weekend -- got to do something to combat the turkey/gravy/potatoes calories.
Unfortunately it has been a dry caching several weeks for me due to many other interfering activies and the early sunset which is ruining after-work caching. About a month ago I started on the "Greater Lafayette Geocache" (GLG) -- a multi with somewhere between 15 and 20 steps. Some people have managed to complete it but it is turning into a fiendish adventure. Some very creative hiding places and techniques combined with travel all around Tippecanoe county. People are reporting 10-12 hour completion times with 70-80 miles of driving and a fair number of hiking miles. So it is going to be hard for non-NW Indiana cachers to join in on the fun but if any of you have a spare weekend the GLG would be something to enjoy. I hope to complete more of it this T-day weekend -- got to do something to combat the turkey/gravy/potatoes calories.
This post has been edited by RPW: 21 November 2004 - 05:04 PM
#36
Posted 21 November 2004 - 04:56 PM
RPW how about a link to the cache you are refering to ? If nothing else we would like to have a look , don't know when we would be able to get to trying it however.
#37
Posted 21 November 2004 - 04:57 PM
SixDogTeam, on Nov 21 2004, 04:22 PM, said:
Team Tigger International, on Nov 20 2004, 05:10 PM, said:
Well LeadDog I am not sure if it will help or not but we sent them an e-mail with the request to change your account e-mail address . Hope it will help you
Star
Star
Thanks.
Let us know it it worked ! *scritches Patrick's ears*
#38
Posted 21 November 2004 - 05:09 PM
TTI: Good point. The Greater Lafayette Geocaching is waypoint GCKWBQ. The four groups who have managed to complete this monster since it was posted about a month ago (10/19/04) have been uniformly enthusastic about it. I am only up to step 8 with many more to go. I find myself thinking about it at work and describing it to non-geocachers. I may have even found a convert who will be able to go with me this weekend. Yea! Now if the weather will only cooperate.
#41
Posted 22 November 2004 - 02:59 PM
Congratulations to Buddaman for jumping into first place , completing his 54th thru 72nd of the 73 Indiana Spirit Quest caches! 
#42
Posted 22 November 2004 - 03:21 PM
Congrats to budaman !
RPW that looks like it would be a real challenge and much more then we could accomplish in a day trip down that way !
RPW that looks like it would be a real challenge and much more then we could accomplish in a day trip down that way !
#44
Posted 23 November 2004 - 05:37 AM
SixDogTeam ! I think or at least I hope your problem with indianageocaching.com is now solved ! I received a reply from them today ! Let us know if all is well know ! 
Star of Team Tigger International
Star of Team Tigger International
#45
Posted 23 November 2004 - 11:30 AM
Ok I got a question for all you Indiana people.
On your gps do you people use WAAS or leave it off?
i was wondering because xmass is comming and Buddaman's wife might get him a new gps for xmas(I hope
)
so I it worth it or not to turn on the waas? I'm looking at the garmin GPS-60C Color.
On your gps do you people use WAAS or leave it off?
i was wondering because xmass is comming and Buddaman's wife might get him a new gps for xmas(I hope
) so I it worth it or not to turn on the waas? I'm looking at the garmin GPS-60C Color.
#46
Posted 23 November 2004 - 02:13 PM
You'd have a wider audience for that question in the regular forums, Buddaman! BTW, folks, he finished the ISQ series today, has all 73!
#47
Posted 23 November 2004 - 02:57 PM
Again Congrats BuddaMan ! about the gps question , I dont have wass enabled gps . so I cant answer the question .
Star of Team Tigger International
Star of Team Tigger International
#48
Posted 23 November 2004 - 03:32 PM
Wulf of Team Tigger just bought that GPS the GPS-60C . Perhaps he will be able to tell you something about it !
Star of Team Tigger International
Star of Team Tigger International
#49
Posted 23 November 2004 - 04:55 PM
I got the WAAS turned on, but I can't tell if it helps or not. I think I'm gonna have to try using both the 60c and the emap at the same time, see if there's any real difference.
Wulf
Wulf
#50
Posted 23 November 2004 - 05:37 PM
Team Tigger International, on Nov 23 2004, 06:32 PM, said:
Wulf of Team Tigger just bought that GPS the GPS-60C . Perhaps he will be able to tell you something about it !
Star of Team Tigger International
Star of Team Tigger International
Do you like it? and is the geocaching mode worth it?
