This is the closest I've gotten to doing that. At least I got the cache!Quote:
Originally Posted by cano
http://www.geocachingmaine.org/galle...ndMtnTower.jpg
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This is the closest I've gotten to doing that. At least I got the cache!Quote:
Originally Posted by cano
http://www.geocachingmaine.org/galle...ndMtnTower.jpg
AHHH NO!!!!:(:(:(:eek::eek::(:(:(
What that photo doesn't show is that he's holding on for dear life. :D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by JustPJ66
(You don't see Lee on the ground behind him, saying "It's OK, Dave. Come on down".)
Heh, Lee climbed about 10 feet, then watched me from below. I don't think she really wanted me to go up there. Anyone that goes up in the future, look around - I stuck a photo marble under the angle iron around the top. ;-)Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
Was that the tower on Round Mtn. ?Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
Yeah, that's the one! And probably part of the reason Lee didn't like me up there. That place is a million miles from nowhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by Mainiac1957
Ah - have a nice climb - Ekidokai will tell you - heights on towers hollora does not do!
Oh oh.....she's channeling Yoda.Quote:
Originally Posted by hollora
I found a couple of those marbles and a little red bird on a stone in a cache someplace just the other day. I already had on but those are cool. It might be worth it to risk life and limb to climb up and get one.
Sheesh! It's too bad, but it seems that very few people are putting out signature items these days. Yeah - you see a few path tags - but I don;t think they're the same. Geocaching has changed... :(:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekidokai
I put cards out and the unlit campfire all the time. People must be getting lazy.
we put out signature items...and collect some too
I pushed and promoted sig items for years and think I was actually accomplishing the task, but once the micro-spew started coming, there were too many caches too small for sig items and too many people more interested in the numbers than adding a personal touch to their cache finds.Quote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
I still try to push them when I can and try to place my sig items in caches that are worthy and big enough, and hope that some like the idea and continue the tradition.
I'm bringing my "signature" spaghetti sauce with meatballs and if I can get the time homemade corn beef hash for the Saturday breakfast. Hopefully this thread will remain about the event and not caching the way it was before the war. Events like this one are some of "new" activities that happen in the caching world that offer a positive experience for all!:)
Just how do you sign spaghetti sauce?
As usual we never stay on topic. And I did intend to mention in my post that all change is not bad. Obviously if not for change, sig items would never have been part of caching; they certainly were not the norm when it started! Good people and good food have always been the norm around here though! That's the change I don't want to see come. The first person that holds a vegetarian event better watch out for the war cries then! :D:eek::DQuote:
Originally Posted by dubord207
I left my signature in my batch of meatballs at the Cashe Bashe. Chopped the end of my thumb off while cutting the peppers. Did anyone find it? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JustKev
Thumb??? Sheesh! Did you check all of Ekidookey's turtles??? :eek::eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
Pathtags make great signature items and they fit in film canisters. Nothing fits in nanos, and even pathtags won't fit in match holders.Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
With your DNA :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JustKev
They do make a great "store-bought" sig item. But just like food at an event, something homemade is often more appealing than something bought. The advantage of pathtags in that argument is they do have a personal touch despite being commercial, there are many very nice ones. It's amazing the detail that can come on a small item.Quote:
Originally Posted by kayaking loon
Perhaps part of the idea of pathtags came from the need of an item that would fit into film cans.
Lee and I are considering a joint pathtag that represents both of us, but we will keep our regular sig items as well.
Unless of course, you have food allergies, then 'store-bought' is definately preferable (that way you can read the lable and make sure you don't end up not able to breathe).Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
One reason it is nice to put recipe contents on a card with your dish.Quote:
Originally Posted by we3beans
CACHE REPAIR Need - anyone going to Eustis thinking about doing the WWII POW Cache? - It appears the log is still there but the ammo can container is missing. I emailed the owner - here is what he wrote - "hollora, This is Ernie, owner of WW II POW Camp cache near Hardscrabble Mtn off Rte 201 towards Jackman.
Got your note. I live in MA and hunt this area for nearly 40 years, but for last 2 years have not been by cache. Several times over it's life the container went missing only to be found. If you are in the area a tupperware container with cache name would suffice until I can get there to provide a new ammo box.
I hope to get up there in October, but work is busy and not sure can do it so may need winter cover with tupperware! Thanks for bringing to my attention and we'll hopefully keep it going one way or another. I grew up to all the stories as my grandfather worked there....thx,ETinaSkeeter"
I don't have an ammo can but do have a LocNLoc - if anyone is headed over let's show this fellow some Maine hospitality. I will bring a LocNLoc to the event if anyone is going over and doesn't have a container.
This cache is in a historic great area and is part of Kayakingloon's challenge, so I hope we can help the owner.
I still leave a pig here and there in caches! Kinda my signature item.
OINK!
My friend,Scott, who I was in the army with and now lives in Wisconsin, e-mailed me the other day, about something interesting. It seems he listens to Art Bell (I think that's his name) on late night radio. He is into UFOs and the such. According to him, there is a strange bat like creature that is terrorizing some of the locals in the north-western mountains of Maine!
Only seen at night..It looks like a giant bat..flies off with cats and small dogs! It has been known to attack deer and other creatures around the Sugarloaf mountain area!! EEEK!
No it's not me. I have a trap ready to set for it too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mapachi
Must be one of those chupacabra's or something....
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Originally Posted by hollora
I was just looking at the map to figure out how far the cache is from Eustis. I've been looking forward to seeing this one for a while. Can anyone tell me how long the drive is from the campground to this cache?
Setting the stage for your antics at a night cache? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mapachi
I think we have a thousand snowflakes "out there" and I guarantee that no 2 are alike because even after all the practice, I still stink at crocheting and can't duplicate the pattern perfectly.:D
That's probably just someone on the new Sugarloaf zip line :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mapachi
You head north from the campground to the Goldbrook Road, that takes maybe 10 minutes or a bit more for that part. Then you drive 16 very slow miles on a dirt road to Appleton Corner. Next you head right towards Jackman and then I'm not sure how far it is. Maybe another very slow 15 miles? But it's beautiful country. So it would take a few hours to come and go...Quote:
Originally Posted by fins2right
There are caches though! Mariah. Appleton Corner. Waterfalls. WWII POW. If you keep going you could do Loose Moose at Spencer Rips and be on your way to getting a Eustis Caching Masters Degree! But you'd need to get your Bachelors first....
I'm packed..completely. So I just dialed in the Eustis weather on the Weather Channel. Time for some chanting to the weather gods as it looks a little wet...maybe a lot wet.:( I hope not. Two wet labs in a tent is not that pleasant....even after a bunch of libations! I hope the weather gurus are wrong!
Should be ok setting up.....Quote:
Originally Posted by dubord207
Friday, on the other hand....hmmm.
Well, the gurus said rain today too, and heavy thunderstorms. And it was just clouds and some sun, nearly 70 degrees. Warm tomorrow too. And the "rain" is supposed to be "showers". A tenth of an inch to maybe a quarter of an inch. So don't panic the troops. Bring an electric dog dryer just in case...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dubord207
[QUOTE=kayaking loon;69868 Bring an electric dog dryer just in case...;)[/QUOTE]
Sheesh! You've got to be kidding me! Is there such a thing? :eek::eek:
(I'm bringing RULost2?. And she doesn't dry cats, let alone dogs!!)
We're packed, I'm ready to leave right now, but I'll leave in the morning, try not to cache on the way up and will at our site by 10. The local weather gurus painted a better picture then the Weather Channel program I have so I'm going with mostly cloudy!!!
:o I'm a little embarrassed that I haven't got my 4 year diploma yet, as this is my 3rd event and I've spent a few weeks at the Pines. I"m kinda bouncing around, grabbed all the Kennebago caches ect. I think that I'll end up putting in for my bach and masters degrees almost at the same time! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kayaking loon
HEY! LISTEN UP TROOPS! NO RAIN...MOSTLY SUN AND CLOUDS...SOME SHOWERS... REAL COOL THOUGH...... IN FACT, DOWNRIGHT COLD AT NIGHT.
THE GURU HAS SPOKEN
OOLAGORON, OOLAGORON, BOOLANAGA
(Repete this three times as you spin in a counterclockwise circle. It's a good weather chant)
BOOM, GET A CAT TRAP.
BIGER THEN A RAT TRAP.
ROUNDER THEN A CARTWHEEL.
LONGER THEN A BEAN POLE.
BOOM GET A CAT TRAP.
SIS BOOM BAH
EUSTIS! EUSTIS!
RAH, RAH, RAH!!!
Can anyone tell I'm excited?