Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Buddy Holly Shrine virtual

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After visiting the virtual cache " Holly Shrine " on Aug. 11, 2002, I've kept it on my watch list. I'm always interested i...
Saturday, March 18, 2006

Are you sure you want to say that?

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Over the years, I have seen many cache owners add a statement like this to their cache page descriptions: "Please put the cache back ex...
Monday, March 13, 2006

Not so much

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Well, Windchill and I both overestimated how many new caches might be submitted yesterday. The grand total was (drumroll, please) 0. That...
Sunday, March 12, 2006

A day for hides?

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Looks like snow and rain over the western half of the state today, but there may be geocaching activity in the east because of milder temper...
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Monday, March 06, 2006

Further clarification on the 528-ft rule

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Hydee (from Groundspeak) recently posted a clarification for reviewers about applying the 528 ft. spacing rule for waypoints of multicaches ...
Saturday, March 04, 2006

Greetings from Tucson

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Greetings from sunny Tucson, where we're spending a few days geocaching and rock climbing. I just spent the past hour reviewing Iowa cac...
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

2 strikes: cemetary vacation cache

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There was a cache submitted for review this week that had two strikes against it -- either one of which was enough to disqualify it from bei...
Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Geocaching Event Guidelines

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My thanks to a fellow geocaching.com reviewer, WGA (from Wisconsin, aka GrouseTales) for posting this in the WGA forums . The information is...
Saturday, February 18, 2006

Creativity in Iowa

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Last October I had an out-of-state geocacher launch a personal attack against me because I didn't approve a listing for a cache they pla...
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Thursday, February 16, 2006

How to use the Additional Waypoints feature

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One of my fellow reviewers, gpsfun, posted this "cheat sheet" about how to use the new Additional Waypoints feature of the geocach...
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Dead week

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After a flurry of a geocaching activity last weekend, this has been a slow week for new cache submissions, undoubtedly because of the weathe...
Monday, February 13, 2006

Busy weekend for February

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A look at the activity There was an unusually high number of caches in Iowa submitted this past weekend. Here's a look at my log of post...
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Saturday, February 11, 2006

A thank-you for a cache denial

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IowaAdmin's Geocaching Blog It's rare that a geocacher will thank a reviewer for turning down a new cache listing, but that's ex...
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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Before you place, make sure where nearby caches are

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The 528 ft. rule This evening I had to post a note to the owner of a cache who placed it too close to an existing cache. The geocaching.com ...
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Saturday, February 04, 2006

Not sure? Just ask.

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Geocachers ask in advance before placing and submitting. Recently I received email from a geocacher who was wondering whether caches are all...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Out-of-state reviewers

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Question raised about Minn. reviewer In the ' comments to one of my January 27 posts, welch asked if Minnesota has a "local" r...
Sunday, January 29, 2006

Sunday evening reviews

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2 for 4 With less than ideal weather today, I didn't expect many caches to review on this Sunday evening. There were four in the queue s...
Friday, January 27, 2006

One at a time, please

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Let's get one approved before another is submitted Today I reviewed a second cache from a geocacher who still hasn't answered my que...
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Thursday, January 26, 2006

Be careful with the state dropdown menu

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When submitting a new cache... Tonight I went to the Iowa review queue and saw a new cache submission. Right away I could see there was a pr...
Wednesday, January 25, 2006

How much time?

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IowaAdmin's Geocaching Blog fishpounder said... Just out of curiosity- How much time do you spend out of your day doing the reviewing p...