MOCache/MOGeo Blogs

It's been awhile.

javapgmr — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:03:12 GMT

I happened across the blogging link a few minutes ago and went hmmmmmmmmmm.. I came out here and read my logs. Last March, I was contemplating my 500th find. That was 800 caches ago. Right now I sit on 1300. It has been a long time.

I'm a bit crisp around the edges right now, not quite burnt out but tired. There's six inches of snow on the ground and I just don't want to deal with it. I'm staying home and catching up on all that stuff I've been neglecting while I've Geocached. There has been a lot of stuff neglected.

I think I need a good long nap.

Caching Alone

GmaLibby — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:49:42 GMT

It is not nearly as much fun caching alone as it is with Lis Sis Jo. But a woman does what a woman must do. We live so far apart that it makes it difficult to always cache together. And when the caching urge comes on, it is hard to resist.

This summer I traveled by car to Steamboat Springs, CO to visit my son Jeff. I cached a few sites with them in SB as there are only a few. I did not make the 2 mile hike to the peak of Emerald Mt. Jeff located the cache on one of his daily hikes up Emerald and reported it in good shape.

Fumbling with instruments and the PDA is not advisable while driving, especially in the mountains. I opted to clear Denver before I got serious about caching on the return trip. I cached alone for the first time in Colorado and then all across Kansas. I met some great people, took pictures, and kept a diary. Caching alone helped me to learn more about using my instruments, a Garmin eTrex Venture CX, a Garmin Quest for the car which works as a handheld also, and a Palm Zire 71. Going paperless proved priceless on such a trip with limited use of my laptop.

I kicked a lot of crusty snow for finds last week and brought my total caches up to 196. We had a snow storm last night and the kids and I plan to do Christmas together tomorrow the 24th. So Christmas Day will find me looking for four more to reach my goal. Because we have scoured the country around Columbia (MO) already I will be going to Jeff City.

As far as I can tell I will be caching alone. Not as much fun, but it has to be done :-)

The picture is of a Geopath to the oldest cache hidden in Kansas.

Love of the Hunt

GmaLibby — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:16:45 GMT

A newbie at MOGA '07, I have traversed many hills and valleys, forests and prairies, city streets and public parks in the last six months. Accompanied in all by Lil Sis Jo, who is a tiger when it comes to the hunt. A tiger with an eagle eye...... We set a goal of 100 by Christmas that short six months ago when we had found a grand total of six. We have upgraded that now to 200 by Christmas as we now have 130 plus.

I read of the hundreds and thousands found by others and am awed by the amount of time and effort that must require. I am also invigorated feeling some of the excitement of the hunt and find as the numbers mounted.

Our first search at MOGA '07 was for Rocky IV hidden by Lancelot. We did not find it but it is memorable! Just this past weekend we started talking about it and lauged until the tears came. I kept losing my footing and tumbled around like a roly-poly on the wet, slippery rocks. I very nearly went into the lake a couple of times. At that time I was so out of shape I could barely get up by myself. Reminded me of trying to get up with snow skies strapped on my feet. No way!!

Well, I have toughened up since then...to some degree at least. We just finished out Spongy's series of four Guns, Germs and Steel in Columbia. That was no small undertaking as shown by the small number of folks who have completed the course.

Now word that MOGA '08 is on its way in March. I can't wait!

500 and counting

javapgmr — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:17:09 GMT

I hit 500 caches this evening. For some of you, I know that it doesn't sound like much, but for me, it's a milestone. Not so much the number, but for the fact that when I started this game, 500 was the initial goal that I sat for myself. I felt like if I managed to hit 500, I'd have accomplished something. It was a goal, something to look forward to and something to strive for.

500 caches. Now... it simply looks like a good start.

With any luck, I hope to get all the caches up at MOGA this weekend. That will give me another 60+ and a good jump toward 700. Where should I set my next goal? 1000? 2000?. I think I'll aim for 1000 and keep it simple.

Cache on. Gee!!! I love this game.

1700th find

awhsom — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 22:15:28 GMT

Today I went caching in Leavenworth and Atchison Kansas. I Started the day 9 caches shy of 1700, and I wanted to find a memorable cache for the milestone. I picked Molly's Hollow(GCTE5F).

It was a fun cache with the final stage hidden on the side of a bluff.

I ended the day with 11 finds.

Recovering from a long day caching

awhsom — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:02:09 GMT

I have spent the day recovering from a long day of caching on Saturday. I found 50 caches in 3 states and drove over 500 miles to satisfy my cache craving.

This guy was cheering me on at around cache #15

Gotta love this weather!

WanderingMO — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:59:21 GMT

Our family had a blast today, we got a late start but went down to Cassville to take in a few geocaches and enjoy the weather. It wasn't until I got down there and my GPS lit up with all the caches in Mark Twain that I realized how many are down there!

We're definitely going to go back down with more time and have a picnic or something. There's also 3 quick and easy caches in Cassville itself that were easy for my younger kids.

This area will be a great place to rack up a bunch of caches in a short amount of time as it looks like there are quite a few and most are close to the roads, though a few are on private property or have little if anywhere to pull over.

Can anyone recommend a "course" kind of area that is contained within a park/forrest area and has a number of geocaches in it? Aside from myself and family, I'd like to take our Scout troop to such a place for a day or weekend outing. I'm not really looking for an event such as MOGA, but something like that with permanant caches... preferably in the SW Missouri area.

I have to laugh at myself...

Arthur & Trillian — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 01:09:56 GMT

Sometimes I worry too much...I worry about water level and forget the basic geology of the area. Somebody shoot me...LOL.

Crashing Blogs Pt 2

WanderingMO — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:07:17 GMT

Ok, after a couple more crashes I broke down and installed the latest build of the blogging application which is said to have the fix for the type of crashes we were having. Of course this also means that there could be NEW bugs but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

As always, please let me know if the blogs crash again as soon as possible and provide any and all details you can as to what you were doing when they went down so I can get it back up as quickly as possible. Overall I think they'll be more stable now.

To contact me when the blogs are down, go to the mocahe/mogeo home page at http://www.mocache.net and use the contact form there or email me directly if you have my email address. Thanks,

WanderingMO