Micro's in Lewiston

[Hiram357]

(this is not meant to be rude or targeting any persons so don't get all disgruntled, I'm just posting my opinion) I personally don't like urban caches, I too feel like most of them are a waste of time. I would much rather climb a mountain to find a trashed cache (Bass & Drum Arena) then to walk around a downtown area (especially lewiston) where you can barely see the sky. I have done quite a few micros, and found them with no trouble, and I don't care for them much unless they take you to an interesting part of a town (like a good bar)

[attroll]

Sorry I crossed the line. I was not saying that the placer of the cache did a terrible job or anything. If you like micro's and the challenge then this would be an awesome two caches for you to do. My point is that if you have a hard time with micro's and are driving a long distance to do them then you should think twice on these two with the way gas prixes are. It would be a pain for someone driving from lets say Bangor to do these two and not finding them and the only way to get a better hint is wait until they got all the ay back home to Bangor and logged the DNF. Then have the placer send a better hint.

I am am not saying these are crappy caches. It was just suppose to be a warning for those that had to drive a ways and have hard times with mirco's. Maybe I got to deep into it. Sorry if I did. I know I was very upset that night I came home. I have calmed down since then.

[Trezurs*-R-*Fun]

If you don' like micros why don't you just block them on your cache find page, and not bother wasting your time looking for them,(especially if your not good enough to find them) rather that knock someone who in my opinion is darn creative in thinking up hides. I was FTF on two of them and will admit I had to go back twice to Park St, but I think they were great hides. It dosen't take a lot of thinking to put out (or find) a leaky tupperware container under a couple sticks that is so easy to find even with bad co-ords a 4 year old can find it. I also think it's not very nice to down someone, just because you can't find their caches. Maybe you should just stick to 1 1/2 to 2 hides and leave the 3 and 4 hides to those who can find them. Please don't try to find my 3 and 4 cache hides, I don't need the unwarrented bad press. I think your caches were great ideas Dick, and hope you don't let a sore sport get you down. John
P.S. The only ones that don't like micros are the ones that can't find them, Dah.

Sheesh, comments like these only perpetuate the derision between folks. I hope that these forums don't digress into a bunch of mudslinging.

[firefighterjake]

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Sheesh, comments like these only perpetuate the derision between folks. I hope that these forums don't digress into a bunch of mudslinging.

Hear. Hear . . . because otherwise it would be too much like being at work.

[Hoamdezinahs]

No matter how you cut it, it seems to me that At Troll is crying over spilled milk. Why beat someone up just because you can't find their cache. And whats the fun in claiming a find if you have to go with a bunch of people so that you can log a find after one of your friends finds it for you. Gob-ler is extreamly creative. Can you say that about most 1 or 2 hides? Sometimes I'm not to tactful but everything I said was the "truth".

[TwoMaineiacs]

From a personal point of view I'd much rather be sitting up the top of Morse Mountain looking at the view and being happy for the lost calories getting there than peeking under park benches. However, the micros being discussed are very cleverly hidden. Well I should say one is because we haven't yet found the other one at Downtown LA Park Street after two tries. Fortunately the gas expended has been part of our trips to BJs for groceries. I think we all have to make our choices on what type of caches we are going to look for and weigh the cost in time, energy, gas and frustration to do them.

Joe is better at puzzles than I am. I'm better at navigating than he is. We both enjoy the scenic walks especially along the ocean and lakes. Will we continue to do all types of caches, including micros? Probably mostly because we are runing out of caches relatively near our home base. I've cursed both Homeadezina for his Pez Challenge and Gob-ler for Park Street but have kept going back as the challenge is more than usual. The thought and effort that goes into some of the caches is amazing - such as "Battleship" in Bangor and "Muggletown" in Freeport. Fortunately for all of us, there are many tpes of caches and you get to pick what you want to do.

We'll be visiting family in PA and VA soon and are gathering cache sites along the way to try. Since we are going to go to the Gettysburg Battlefield for the day, we will be limited to virtuals. I know we will learn from the history at those virtual sites and thus include virtuals in our caches. Same for the ones we just did in Acadia National Park. One of those hikes behind Sand Beach kicked up my hip bursitis but I can still close my eyes and see the views along the way thus making it more than worth while.

I've been contemplating starting a new message thread on what is "kosher" for hiding a cache on public property. Might do so if I can phrase myself so that the discussion is constructive.

Anne

[WhereRWe?]

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Sheesh, comments like these only perpetuate the derision between folks. I hope that these forums don't digress into a bunch of mudslinging.

I seem to be agreeing with a lot of people lately! LOL!

And I also seem to remember a time when we respected our "elders"...

[attroll]

No matter how you cut it, it seems to me that At Troll is crying over spilled milk. Why beat someone up just because you can't find their cache. And whats the fun in claiming a find if you have to go with a bunch of people so that you can log a find after one of your friends finds it for you. Gob-ler is extreamly creative. Can you say that about most 1 or 2 hides? Sometimes I'm not to tactful but everything I said was the "truth".

Well I am not going to argue ot dwell on this anymore. Hoamdezinahs your right if I don't like them then it is my choice not to do them. Which I probably will not.

As for going with a bunch people. Well everything is more fun when you do things with other cachers. I did not mean that for the purpose of having someone else find it for me so I could log it. It was meant so as when someone else finds it then they can give me clue to help me or give me asistance. I am not good at micro's as I said. If I had someone with expereience with me then they could show or teach me what to look for. I will do these two again if I can get someone to go with me that has some experience at these. ut I am not going to drive there myself just to look for them.

I apoligize if I got down on Gob-ler or made it look that way. I was not mad at him. Like I said I was mad at myself for not finind them. I am over it now. I am sorry I even posted about it now.

[Hoamdezinahs]

AT Troll, your a big man to admit your mistake, and I for one, respect you for it. I think a lot of times we all get ticked of at one time or another at some of the caches we look for, I know I do. (Heck I looked for FTF at park street and didn't find it, and got a $10.00 parking ticket to boot)
I also apoligize to you, if I offended you in any way, but you have to understand that I respect Gob-ler a lot for his ingenious (ok devious) thinking on his hides, and very much look forward to his next one. If you tried my Alexanders Challenge, you'd know why I like his hides.
If we all liked the same kind it would be pritty boaring wouldn't it. I wish that every cache could be a (CTTYSS) "Cache that take you somewhere special", but they're not.
I also agree with you about gas prices today, my sumer ride or my truck aren't the greatest for fuel milage, and I no longer travel long distances for FTF's.
On the weekends when we do travel, I try to print up 8 or 10 caches that I feel will be of interest to us according to the cache sheet info. Some always turn out to be great, and some always turn out to be real bumers, but thats the same as a box of chocolates, ain't it.
These forums are great though, just so long as we can say what we want all be friends in the end, and if we can all learn from one another. Cache on - John

[parmachenee]

On the weekends when we do travel, I try to print up 8 or 10 caches that I feel will be of interest to us according to the cache sheet info. Some always turn out to be great, and some always turn out to be real bumers, but thats the same as a box of chocolates, ain't it.
These forums are great though, just so long as we can say what we want all be friends in the end, and if we can all learn from one another. Cache on - John

We agree on both parts of this statement. We now plan our trips to include as many caches as possible...because of the numbers...$$$ that is. and the quality varies...but it just makes it that much nicer when you find that exceptional cache. And yes...we all prefer different caches but it's nice to be able to agree to disagree.