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fishfry
Mayor of River Ranch Riders
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 Posted - 03/03/2009 : 12:13:19 PM
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This will be fun for gps users.
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steelheader13
RRR GeoCaching
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Posted - 03/03/2009 : 5:02:05 PM
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Here is the link to the official worldwide geocaching website to learn more about this game or hobby. Try to find a few in your own neighborhood. They have steered me to little parks in my area that I never knew existed.
http://www.geocaching.com/
Geocaching - Is the hobby or game of using a GPS unit to search for a container placed by others that may contain fun trinkets or sometimes just a small logbook and pen to sign your name. If you take a trinket from a cache you are expected to leave an item.
We are going to follow their rules about placing, maintaining and about respecting the environment and the caches that we place, or find out at RR.
RR caches will not be posted on the official geocache website as they are only available to us RR owners.
They will only be posted on this site at this time.
I think Geocaching is a great hobby for families to really enjoy the RR property.
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steelheader13
RRR GeoCaching
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Posted - 03/03/2009 : 5:19:51 PM
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The sizes of caches
Micro - Film canister size or smaller
Small - Soup can size
Medium - Quart to Half Gallon size
Large - Gallon jug size
Jumbo - 5 gallon bucket, usually we just hide this one full of cash.
Difficulty rating - 1-5 , with 1 as the easiest, 5 as the most difficult.
TRAILSIDE vs. HIKE IN - very, very important!! With the vehicles that we have at RR, of course every cache CAN be driven to, but if there is not an established road and the cache says hike in, please, I beg you to walk that last 300 - 400 feet to the cache and do not make a new trail that will become a new road to the cache site.
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Pywacket
ADVRAGE RIDER
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Posted - 03/05/2009 : 2:12:31 PM
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This sounds like fun I think we will
give it a shot. Something different. |
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steelheader13
RRR GeoCaching
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Posted - 03/05/2009 : 6:04:14 PM
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If anyone has any questions regarding geocaching or needs assistance in hiding or finding a cache, we would love to help. Just ask, I am sure Team FishFry feels the same way.
Hints are also free if you can't find a cache, let me know. Night searches are also very challenging, if you want to turn up the difficulty level on an easy cache.
To spice things up a bit, we are going to stuff some scratch off lottery tix in some of the next caches we place.
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muddbuggy
JUNIOR RIDER
186 Posts |
Posted - 03/05/2009 : 7:36:28 PM
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| I think its cool and cant wait to try it out... |
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bwfish
ADVRAGE RIDER
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Posted - 03/06/2009 : 8:29:43 PM
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| Hey Im game. need to learn how to use the gps better anyway |
Enjoy everyday like its your last!
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fishfry
Mayor of River Ranch Riders
2009 Posts |
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fishfry
Mayor of River Ranch Riders
2009 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2009 : 6:04:29 PM
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| No FTF hunters, I will be going this coming weekend to find them all.. |
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Pywacket
ADVRAGE RIDER
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steelheader13
RRR GeoCaching
200 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2009 : 08:59:05 AM
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RRR012 and 013 have been placed, but I have not confirmed the GPS co-ords. I also like my wife to search for them with a different GPS unit to ascertain the proper difficulty rating.
I have a few more out there as soon as I double check them, I will post the info up.
NOW GO LOOK FOR THE REST OF THEM!!
I will also be out this weekend, if anyone needs any assistance with this game. |
Edited by - steelheader13 on 04/13/2009 08:26:30 AM |
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Mzbudley
SENIOR RIDER
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Posted - 03/31/2009 : 1:01:05 PM
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| steelheader 13 I think this is a great idea and can't wait to give it a try. I am hoping to try one this weekend. |
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steelheader13
RRR GeoCaching
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Posted - 04/01/2009 : 5:14:24 PM
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Have fun! Please record your "Found" or "Did not find" on the individual cache's post, thank you.
Anyone else that has found them should do the same.
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HVYMTL
SENIOR RIDER
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Posted - 04/12/2009 : 9:47:26 PM
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| Well Tim you must have hid these all pretty darn good. I'm programming them into my gps tonight.. I'll look for a few this week.. Has anyone else on the site gone looking for the GeoCaches? Post your results please... |
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fishfry
Mayor of River Ranch Riders
2009 Posts |
Posted - 04/12/2009 : 9:52:39 PM
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| Hvymtl your kids did. |
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steelheader13
RRR GeoCaching
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Posted - 04/13/2009 : 08:37:51 AM
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It is best to post your results while it is fresh in your mind, as you can comment on the caches more accurately. So please post something, it is the only way this game at RR will grow.
Yes, some people have found some of them. Including your kids.
Fish you must be in some serious geocaching burnout if you haven't searched for the RRR caches. (Fishfry has located about 200 caches on the national geocaching website and has placed 34 caches).
C'mon Fish, shake it off. Place a few RRR caches so I can go searching.  |
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GeoCaching