Originally Posted by
WhereRWe?
Each of our caches is placed for a reason: scenic spot, historical significance, interesting geography/construction. None of them was placed at a stop sign or guardrail "just because". They're traditional caches with swag, real log books, and are big enough to place most travel bugs. And we maintain our caches.
Yes, we could put out more caches, and we intend to one of these days. But we prefer quality over quantity.
You could also argue that geocachers should give back by sponsoring a geocaching event once in a while. You could probably count on your fingers how many GCM.org cachers have sponsored events. Well - at least on fingers and toes both. Which makes about 20 people - less than 1 percent of GCM.org members.
To me it's not a quantity vs. quality type of thing . . . I simply find it hard to believe that someone can not find one single unique place to hide a cache in all their travels.
And you're right . . . I would rather someone not hide a cache vs. hide a cache in a lamp post or guard rail . . . but that said there are so many beautiful views along roads . . . so many public parks . . . so many interesting areas.
I have always felt that to the folks with a bazillion finds and no cache hides that the issue is simply that they do not want to take the time to find and hide a cache and maintain the cache . . .
P.S. For the record . . . I enjoyed the historical location you brought us to at your micro cache in the woods. Neat bit of history.
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