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Caching Name: Delaware Dude

Real Name: Tom Keating

1. How did you become involved in geocaching?
I was the driver for Delaware Girl (my wife) and her sisters, who have cached for
Years. Gradually I got interested, then hooked.

2. How did you choose your caching name?
My wife, Delaware Girl, picked the name, Delaware Dude.

3. What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, and puzzle, virtual?
I like traditional caches, but I’ll try any type.

4. Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?
The caches we got in Alaska were very challenging. We were on a cruise, so
Time was always a problem. Every cache in Alaska was a good hike, and the
The terrain was always an issue. In Juneau, Alaska the roads went straight
Uphill. We also cached in Skagway and Ketchikan Alaska.

Another fun, but challenging cache we did was on a trip to Italy. While in
Florence, Italy we came to a cache that was 10/12 feet up on a sign. We looked
All over until I spotted it on the back of a sign. We weren’t to let it go, so I
Climbed up on Delaware Girls back and got it.
The locals either knew it was there or just figured we were crazy Americans.
Another cache we loved in Italy was at The Leaning Tower of Pisa. It was a
Virtual, and the information was on sewer grates, and you completed it with
Pictures of the tower. It was a beautiful place.

5. What are your current geocaching goals?
Our current geocaching plans are to do New England, in the fall. We are both
retired so there are plenty of future trips coming.

6. Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t?
We are going to do all of the states and as many foreign countries as possible.

7. What is your most memorable caching experience?
There was a rock wall cache in Asissi, Italy that was a trip. Asissi is a town on a
Mountain, and all the roads, walkways, and paths have rock walls around them.
The paths and roads wind up the hills, and are very close to each other, so your
Dealing with millions of rocks, and the coords weren’t too good. We wound our
Way up to the top and found it. The challenge wasn’t over yet, because now we
Were totally lost, hungry, and in need of a bathroom.

8. What do you like about geocaching?
I enjoy the challenge, and being outside in beautiful places. I’ve learned there are
Caches almost everywhere.

9. Do you have some favorite caches in the area?
A favorite cache is the one in Ocean city Maryland, right off the beach. I found a
$20 bill next to the cache.
Another favorite, Needful Things, is in Fresh Pond Park near Ocean View De. It’s
way back in a beautiful park, that you should bike to, and it has a wonderful old
farmer’s story.
We also love the trails in Florida. They all have tons of caches, wide trails, and
bathrooms. Some trails even have drinking water, and they are all kept up nice
Of course a lot of trails in Florida have alligators and snakes.

10. Do you have any other hobbies or interests?
My other hobby is running. I run three times a week, and have competed in
everything from 5Ks up to a full marathon. Running has also taken me to
new geocaching areas.

Caching Name: 2B’s

Real Name: Bill and Betty Andrews

1. How did you become involved in geocaching?
Our son got a Magellan as a Christmas present from his employer in 2002. During Christmas we went caching with him and his family and had a great time but did not log any of the caches. In July of 2003, he gave us our own GPSr and we started caching around Sussex County.

2. How did you choose your caching name?
We use the initials of our first names.

3. What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, and puzzle, virtual?
Each category has a lot to offer. We wish Groundspeak would bring back the virtuals.

4. Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?
Any cache at the top of a mountain.

5. What are your current geocaching goals?
Nothing really; we just enjoy the hobby.

6. What is your most memorable caching experience?
We were on a cruise and went to look for a cache near the port in Cozumel. The cache was in a beachside bar. When we walked in the owner saw Bill’s Lewes hat and when he said Lewes correctly, we knew he was from Delaware. The CO was raised in Dover. Also on that cruise, we logged a virtual as we cruised through the Panama Canal.

7. What do you like about geocaching?
The people we have met and the interesting places we have visited. It has been fun learning about Delaware through caching. And we always try to do some caching while we are on trips.

8. Do you have some favorite caches in the area?
Being retired, Betty likes to work on Rehobch’s puzzles. I can’t solve many of them but it keeps the brain working. Bill liked the Ancient Mariner by Hart612. It took three trips to gz and it was the first creative cache we found.

9. Do you have any other hobbies or interests?
Reading, traveling and volunteering at Cape Henlopen State Park.

Caching Name:  Boonecaching  

Real Name:  John Boone    

1. How did you become involved in geocaching? One day a friend of mine and our families got together at a local park. We were talking and she said there a Geocache over in those woods. I had heard of Geocaching but never went so she took us to the GZ and we made our first find. After that we went to a bunch more along the way back home.

2. How did you choose your caching name?  Being new to it and not knowing much about it I just went for the first thing that came to mind… my name and caching. Seems kind of silly now knowing how clever some people’s names are but I’ll stick with the original…

3. What type of cache do you prefer seeking? Traditional, multi, and puzzle, virtual? I don’t have a type of cache I prefer I’ll give them all a try as long as I can have a good time and have a story to tell after… like power trails… I’d rather do a walking one where we can enjoy being outside.
4. Which caches were the most challenging?  Either physically/mentally? I like the physically one more so if I see a terrain 5 I get excited; especially if I can bring my little cachers along for a fun filled day… We did a cache in Ky it was a 3 mile walk to a cliff (Solomon overlook)

5. What are your current geocaching goals?  I don’t believe in having goals just stories to tell at events and memories. I love the feeling of when you pass an area and you remember a cache and a fun filled day that went with it.

6. Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t? My current ambitions are to go to Canada and do that one cache that took like 2 weeks to go get… only found 1 time in the 7 years it’s been active. (Don’t know the geo code)

7. What is your most memorable caching experience? It’s going to sound silly but my lil cachers and I went to a small power trail next to the C&D canal (bike trail) and we walked it… on that walk my oldest daughter found a bamboo patch she was amazed and wanting to bring some home and my younger daughter saw an eagle… for the next week they kept talking about the trip… I just hope its days like that that they talk about to their kids (“when I was younger” moments)

8. What do you like about geocaching?  I like meeting new people, seeing the creativeness that comes with the different hides and puzzles.

9. Do you have some favorite caches in the area? GC436MB without giving too many hints about the end, those that have done this one know why it’s one of my favs. GC47GCN Really long walks on the beach.

10. Do you have an y other hobbies or interests? I have a lot of hobbies, Most can be integrated with geocaching, Camping, hiking, traveling, building crafts, sport shooting, but one thing that’s not really a hobby, it’s just being outside.

Caching Name: cacheaholic!
Real Name: Martha

1. How did you become involved in geocaching?                                            I was introduced to Geocaching by my longtime friend Lit’l Bitz (Maribeth). We had gone on one of our annual trips to NYC and since we had advance tickets for a show she asked if we wanted to go Geocaching. I had never heard of it before but thought it might be fun since had no real plans. I had so much fun that I signed up when we got home. Needless to say since I was a muggle at the time I found my first cache I had to go back and get the cache so that I could sign the log myself.

2. How did you choose your caching name?                                               This wasn’t my first caching name. My first name was Crafty SeaHorse deriving from my most favorite interests, crafting, the beach and horseback riding. I changed it to cacheaholic! because once I start caching I find it hard to stop. I found myself saying “Just this one more cache” and that would lead then to one more after that and so on. You know how that goes. It’s like eating chocolate.

3. What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, and puzzle, virtual?                                                                                                      Hard Puzzles are my least favorite type of caches for the most part because my brain doesn’t think in puzzle. I enjoy some puzzle caches that are challenging but are still solvable for me. I do really like virtual caches because they are usually in really interesting places. I pretty much enjoy all cache types for the most part.

4. Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?                                                                                             The most physically challenging cache(s) were Mike Ott’s kayak caches he put out in Elkton. Jamie, Joe, his brother and I decided to get theses as the tide was leaving. This proved to be quite an undertaking as we paddled where we could and slogging through the mud where we couldn’t.

5. What are your current geocaching goals?                                                    I can’t say that have a specific goal in mind when it comes to geocaching. Almost anywhere I go I enjoy finding caches. Right now my only real goal is to tackle the ever growing list of Delaware caches I need to still find. It would be nice to have a cache find in all 50 states and all of the Canadian Provinces but if I don’t make it at least I’ve enjoyed the journey along the way. After all for me the best part of Geocaching is just getting out there enjoying the adventure of finding great places along the way.

6. Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t?          Hmmm, that a tough one. Basically almost anywhere would be great. Although in watching other cachers videos I think the architecture in Europe and Scandinavia is beautiful and it would be nice to go caching there. I love old things, great architecture and interesting places.

7. What is your most memorable caching experience?                                I have two memorable caches. The first one was the “Thousand Steps” cache that I did with Mike Ott and company for his 10,000 find and the second one was the Bear Swamp Hill “Landing Gear” cache the Waypointed (Cush) and went out for in the Jersey Pine Barrens. There are a few more caches that are also memorable but these two top my list.

8. What do you like about geocaching?                                                      There are so many great things about Geocaching I enjoy. Some of them are the amount of history; the out of the way places it has taken me to that I probably would never have seen had it not be for someone placing a cache there; meeting other cachers along the way. For me it’s not just finding the cache but also taking in the places that this sport takes me to. I’ve been caching at a winery and stopped for wine tasting, stopped to check out a local fair and the like. These are the reasons I like Geocaching.

9. Do you have some favorite caches in the area?                                       My favorite caches are caches in the state parks or other out of the way places because I love coming across old buildings and other fun relics from the past. I also like being able to watch wildlife.

10. Do you have any other hobbies or interests?                                            I enjoy many things including reading, doing crafts, horseback riding, vegetable gardening; homesteading and primitive skills are some of my favorites. I like traveling although I don’t get to do as much of that as I’d like to.

Caching Name: LadyH
Real Name: Genie Jones

1. How did you become involved in geocaching?
Our daughter and son-in-law (dww9) ask hostanut and I to go along with them to do something they thought we would enjoy. That first day we signed logs as “Green Thumb Team” since we were heavily involved with growing (garden, hostas, alliums, cacti, daffodils, etc).

2. How did you choose your caching name?
I LOVE hummingbirds and am a Lady so LadyH.

3. What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, and puzzle, virtual?
Traditional, Multi and Virtual. NOT puzzles unless they are field puzzles.
Caches that take you on walks instead of C&Ds.

4. Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?
Along with CAM 2009 Hoyes Crest…..Tonylama’s GCTAK6 Tour de Lamahoe (now archived).were the most physically challenging.
For Tour de Lamahoe, hostanut and I were happily surprised when we arrived at Stage1 to find the CO. After chatting for a few minutes we made the quick grab and loaded the coords for stage 2 and off we went. We started on one route before deciding that we need to cross the water back near stage 1. Back we went before locating a tree bridge.
What an adventure!
OK, we were across the water but now we had a cross country trek-bushwhacking part of the way with the CO tagging along.
After making a quick grab of the coords at stage 2 (with the sound of guns shots nearby and even hunters a few yards away), I made the find.

5. What are your current geocaching goals?
Continue to have fun. I hope that my next 7000 are as enjoyable as my first 7000.

6. Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t?
Las Vegas

7. What is your most memorable caching experience?
GC1NKTA CAM 2009- Hoye Crest and GC1NQWM CAM 2009- Fifteen Mile Creek with The9Searchers (they were The8Searchers then…. The little Searchers were ages 13, 11, 7, 5, 2, and 3 weeks.) At Hoyes Crest the little Searchers kept an eye on hostanut and I as we took the climb up to the top. Once there….the views were spectacular, the achieve-ment of reaching the top was satisfying but the fun with the Searchers (along with HiTech MD and Three’s Company) was even greater.
At Fifteen Mile Creek it was a blast crossing the water 10 times with the 10 of us. I had the pleasure of being escorted by 2 of the younger Searchers along the dry parts of the walk. We also enjoyed making up stories about the car we spotted up high on the side of the hill.

8. What do you like about geocaching?
At vacation destinations hostanut and I agree on what to do (caching). We get to see more places because caches are at places that we might not know existed if there wasn’t a cache there. We have met friends who we now socialize with…..both caching and non-caching activities.

9. Do you have some favorite caches in the area?
GC3TVPR Feeling blue? On the eastern shore of Virginia near Eastville, This was a tree climb. I reached the cache but dropped the log. Hostanut had to put the log on the end of his walking stick to get it back up to me.

GC51NTF WGD 2014 Courtyard for several reasons. I had fun with hostanut and Hitech….coming up with idea to use for the cache, designing the cache container and getting our friends the Scrapple-ers to build the final container.
Later I was thrilled with this cache was voted “Best Hide of the Year Eastern” by the Maryland Geocaching Society!

10. Do you have any other hobbies or interests?
CHRISTMAS!!!! It’s Christmas year round at the house…..I have several trees that stay decorated all year. I even have a room dedicated to Christmas which contains many collectible Pipka Santas.

Reading (hostanut swears he needs to get another job just to pay for all the Kindle books that I purchase.)

Jewelry: Getting beads and creating my own bracelets and finding several beautiful hummingbird earrings.

Caching Name:  G’dayCutter

Real Name:         Pat Hackett

1. How did you become involved in geocaching?
I was walking my dogs in White Clay State Park and came across a mother and son poring over some paper. Thinking they might be lost I asked if I could help. They told me that during the summer when school is out they do Letterboxing. I asked what that was and they gave me the website. I became intrigued that there were things hidden in the woods for people to find. My son then said “If you like that, then you would probably like geocaching.” Never were words so fateful. I laugh when I remember I did all my caching for one year with just the auto Garmin which was bulky and often ran the batteries down before I reached the cache area.

2. How did you choose your caching name?
G’Day was a black and white border collie and Cutter was a Pembroke Welsh Corgi. They came with me on almost all my early caching trips. They are both gone now but I am happy to have an awesome pathtag depicting their faces thanks to my husband who designed it for my last birthday.

3. What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, and puzzle, virtual?
I prefer traditional but learn so much from virtual and earth caches that I will include them in a run if there are any nearby. .

4. Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?
I keep plugging away at puzzle caches and will ask the CO for help whenever I get stuck. They are my nemesis since now more and more of my unfound caches are puzzle. My map is becoming filled with those :( blue question marks.
Since I am on the short side, physically, caches that are hidden high up present challenges for me as well.

5. What are your current geocaching goals?
I remember when I first started caching, I ran into MikeOtt on a trail and he asked
that exact same question. At that time, I had no goals except to find a cache every
now and then while out on a walk with the dogs. I am not much into numbers but every now and then a challenge comes up and I try to find a way to do that, like the Centum challenge.

6. Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t?
I would love to get a cache in all fifty states. This will be hard since my husband is not a cacher ( but is supportive.) Whenever we travel I try to get at least one cache if it is a new state or even country. This past spring I was thrilled to get a large number of caches in the UK.

7. What is your most memorable caching experience?
Well I will never forget finding my very first cache, Dam Trolls Could Have Lived Here, GLIZDZTY. I was with my husband, sister and three dogs on that walk, and actually my sister found the cache but we had a lot of fun. That was November 2008. I have always been inspired by other cachers who do very creative things with their caches. I will not name names because I may leave someone out but high on my list of creative hides are the caches of the “Gadget Trail” in West Virginia.

8. What do you like about geocaching?
I love finding those little parks nobody knows about. Caching has taken me to breathtaking views, serene ponds, stunning overlooks, and even clever hides in very urban places. What is love most is finding a way to put out a cache of my own that no one has ever done before. I like finding things left as trash and then turning it into a cache. I like to put out caches that will make people smile.
Most of my caching friends know that if there is a geotrail with a coin at the end, off I go.

9. Do you have some favorite caches in the area?
If you have ever done it, who could ever forget “Your Key to Cache”- GC3DYYT. Each cache of the “Hobbit” and “LOTR” series was also clever and different.

10. Do you have any other hobbies or interests?
I have two new dogs now that are in training to become agility dogs. My last two were agility champions so I have great hopes for my new pups. In addition, I love to study native plants and wildlife. I am always stopping to admire a rare plant I may find in the woods. Most people do not realize we have native orchids in the woods here. I have spent many years planting rare and native plants in my own yard and now have a certified “Backyard Wildlife Habitat” awarded to me by the National Wildlife Federation.

Caching Name:  Waypointed

Real Name:         Cush Walton

1. How did you become involved in geocaching?
Bookworm3 and my brother asked me if I’d like to go geocaching with them in January of 2010. I enjoyed the walk through Carousel Park that day. I think they let me find one so I wouldn’t feel bad. A couple of years passed and I got a smart phone. I saw and downloaded the available app and didn’t find a cache for a month and a half. The next year I was caching nearly every day, smitten as it were.

 2.  How did you choose your caching name?
My original choice, a chat name from the late nineties, was lengthy and a mouthful to pronounce. A couple of hundred caches into it I decided Waypointed was appropriate since it implied my usual state of being while geocaching.

 3.  What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, and puzzle, virtual? 
I’m hardly picky. It would depend on the day but overall I believe I like unknowns most of all. The satisfaction of having solved a puzzle or having met a challenge often trumps the find itself. There being no lack of mind melters available, I find that I learn a lot even if I don’t solve the puzzles.

 4.  Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?
Mentally, Frank and Lola (GC1MNEZ), a traditional cache in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, gets the nod. Caching solo that day, I went through stages of anger, denial, loathing, boredom, calm, and insight before I found this cache. It is one of the cleverest hides I have seen. Everything I needed to know was right there in front of me. I didn’t time it but I was probably searching about forty five minutes before I found it.

Physically, the unknown cache 6 X 6 Challenge – One Crazy Busy Day (GC48TNN), would fit the bill. Having to get six different cache types, each in a different state, requires a lot of driving. Then there is the cache itself, which I logged with a group of South Jersey cachers in a snowstorm.

5. What are your current geocaching goals?
My main current goal is to reach and maintain a caching karma rating of above one. Since I plan to maintain or exceed my present find rate, my approach to attaining this goal is by placing more hides.

I find BadgeGen to be a great motivator. Getting the black belt is a long term goal. Attending a Mega Event is another of my goals. That should happen at Hagerstown, MD. Ultimately, I would like to visit Seattle and Groundspeak

 6. Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t?
I look forward to caching in and around Marble, Colorado where a friend of mine lives. The area offers a wide range of caches including extreme ones such as Stone Pony (GC6DC7).

I’d also like to spend some time caching in the Florida Keys. The Thunderbird geoart in Idaho is intriguing. Closer to home, I have yet to cache in New York state or city. WVTim is calling, too.

 7. What is your most memorable caching experience?
Two experiences come to mind. The first was Forgotten Monument (GCBB59) in Valley Forge. That virtual cache affected me deeply and in a way that no other cache has duplicated.

The second was my thousandth find, Bear Swamp Hill “Landing Gear” (GCC70B). That day’s events involved more than I could have imagined which included nearly colliding with a six point buck, encountering a couple dozen dour search and rescue officials on a mission, and making an unplanned two mile addition to the hike since my car handles two foot deep puddles rather poorly. My partner that day, cacheaholic! gets a lot of credit for helping me achieve that milestone.

 8. What do you like about geocaching?
Geocaching offers people the freedom and liberty to make it what they want it to be. I enjoy being outside and meeting new people. I have lived in Delaware almost all of my life and have spent a good deal of time outdoors. Geocaching has shown me so many places in the state that I did not know existed, sometimes only a mile or two from where I live.

 9. Do you have some favorite caches in the area? 
Certainly, Your Key To Cache (GC3DYYT) is one. Watching the Ships go By (GC2QCZC) was excellent. The Hobbit #2 – Roast Mutton (the Trolls) (GC41NR9) has been one of my favorites from the start. The Patriotic TB Hotel (GC48FNK) ranks high as well. Evil Weevil (GC3EP3Z) nearly floored me.

 10. Do you have any other hobbies or interests? 
I enjoy growing tomatoes and hot peppers.  I am a devotee of astronomy and sometimes haul out my ten inch reflector to observe the celestial sights.  Other interests include numismatics, bird watching and a rather obscure branch of philately and deltiology involving parcel post postage.

I like to read novels. I have always liked rock and roll as well as most other music genres. Right now, though, geocaching tops the list!

Caching Name:  no ceiling

Real Name:    Al Stuart

1. How did you become involved in geocaching?
I bought a GPSr for planning off-road excursions in my Jeep. When I found out there was an outdoors game based on my new toy, I was hooked!

2.  How did you choose your caching name?
It’s a reference to a song on the movie soundtrack to “Into the Wild”. When I’m out caching, there’s no ceiling keeping me contained. There’s just sky and wilderness.

3.  What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, and puzzle, virtual?
I like to mix it up. I go out of my way to get virtuals, since they are an endangered species. I like a good puzzle cache when it’s creative or gets me to think differently about what a cache can be. Multis are not too common anymore and are often creative, so they’re a good target. Traditionals are always there to fill in the gaps!

4.  Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?
I think when you’re confronted with a difficult hide, maybe returning multiple times, it really forces you to expand your horizons and put yourself in the hider’s shoes. It opens up your observation skills and perceptions. So the mental aspect is definitely the most challenging.

5. What are your current geocaching goals?  
This year I’m going less for the numbers and more for geographical stats, like new states and countries.I’d also like to fill out more of my Jasmer and Fizzy grids. Power trails are tempting for picking up the find tally but leave me bored. Tracking down elusive D/T or historic caches has replaced the numbers excitement for me.

6.  Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t?
 I would love to explore Alaska and above the Artic Circle in Canada, and find some really remote caches!

7.  What is your most memorable caching experience?
I definitely won’t forget Border Frontier (http://coord.info/GCGA4T). It’s on the border of Maine and Quebec in the middle of nowhere. I took a group of friends on a 4×4/hiking/bushwacking adventure and we had a blast. We also met some unexpected Canadians along the way. This cache encompasses everything great about caching in my opinion: wilderness, remote areas off the beaten track, exploring with friends, and magnificent scenery.

8.  What do you like about geocaching?
It’s a reason to get outside. No matter where I’m traveling, even if it’s a small town, caches will probably lead to something interesting. Also, it’s a bit off-centered, which suits my personality.

9.  Do you have some favorite caches in the area?
I enjoyed Battery 519 (http://coord.info/GC1B6VZ), as Cape Henelopen is a fantastic park and my grandfather was stationed here before WWII. Lewis Cache and Dash (http://coord.info/GC5C2D) is great just for its endurance (2002) and how the term “cache and dash” changed over the years. Finally, I love boundary markers and benchmarks, so WGD 2012 – Mason-Dixon Marker (http://coord.info/GC3FJ8T) is a local favorite of mine.

10. Do you have any other hobbies or interests?
When I’m not caching, I enjoy camping with my kids, working on my cars and making pizza from scratch.

Caching Name:   JCFDelaware

Real Name:      Joyce Ford

1)   How did you become involved in geocaching?
It is all Paige formerly of TheGrahams311’s fault that I got involved with Geocaching. I was at work with her one day and she said lets go do something fun during our lunch break and she took me to my first cache and I was hooked.

2)   How did you choose your caching name?
I had to come up with a name really quick and I am not very imaginative, so I just went with my initials and the state that I lived in. After I stared caching more and saw all the cool names people had I thought about changing it, but I like it now because no one has to guess where I am from. J

3)   What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, puzzle, virtual?
I like virtual caches the most. They are usually always history related or they take you somewhere to see something that is really cool. I wish that they would let them be published again.

4)   Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?
The caches that are most challenging for me are the puzzle caches. I have the hardest time trying to even know were to begin to solve them. I don’t have a lot of free time to try to figure them out so I don’t even try.

5)   What are your current geocaching goals? 
I guess my current goal would be to reach 2,000. My long term goal would be to do a cache in every state.

6)   Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t?
I would really like to go to Europe. I have a travel bug that is traveling to all sorts of countries over there and I would like to visit some of the cache that it has been to.

7)   What is your most memorable caching experience?
There have been so many memorable experiences that it is hard to choose one and I am sure the best are yet to come. But the most recent one was when I went with Tabbikat to WVTim’s seminar and The Gadgets of Berks County Kick Off Event. We found out that there were still coins left for the Berks County Trail. So we hooked up with Corpsplow, Rynamon & Jeffs47 and spent the next 10 hours in a van. It was a very long day, but we had a blast!

8)   What do you like about geocaching? 
I love to go places that I have never been before and geocaching has done that for me. It has also giving me the opportunity to met and become friends with some really great people.

9)   Do you have some favorite caches in the area?
Some of my favorite caches in my area are the Desperate House Wife series. They were very cute.

10) Do you have any other hobbies or interests?  
My other hobbies include genealogy and scrapbooking. I don’t get to work on either one very much anymore because I rather go geocaching. During the summer I like to spend most of my time with my husband on our boat.

March – Cacher of the Month

Caching Name: mhudson59

Real Name: Mike Hudson

1. How did you become involved in geocaching?
The dad of a ten year old kid told me about it. So I got on the web and looked it up, and fell in love with Geocaching.  Found my first cache on 11/20/2012.

2.  How did you choose your caching name? 
Regrettably I didn’t give it much thought and just typed in my email address which is short for my name and year I was born. If I had this choice to make again, I would choose my old IRQ chat room name which was “Bulldog”.  Too late now, oh well. :)

3.  What type of cache do you prefer seeking – traditional, multi, puzzle, virtual? 
You know, I like the easier puzzles, and love a plan-ole traditional just as much.

4.  Which caches were the most challenging, either physically/mentally?
The harder puzzles, and there are a lot of them around here.

5. What are your current geocaching goals?   
I haven’t set any big goals, but to enjoy meeting and making new friends, going and seeing places that I have not been to.

6.  Where have you always wanted to go caching but haven’t?
Washington DC and on the Bike Trails, California, and of course Oregon.

7.  What is your most memorable caching experience?I have two that stand out. First is helping Old School Skater place the “Patriarch Tree” cache in kayaks. Second was finishing the “Gone Fishing” multi at Trap Pond.

8.  What do you like about geocaching? 
Meeting people, seeing new and interesting places, and hiding new caches. I have found that Geocaching has created an avenue for me to get out there and make new friends. I enjoy the hunt and of course the find. Preferably a FTF, but around here that’s a choreJ. I also enjoy trading and tracking TB’s.

9. Do you have some favorite caches in the area?
I suppose I am partial to my first find. I was so surprised to see how it was made. I was instantly hooked when I found that cache. (GC1XQMQ Line Church)

10. Do you have any other hobbies or interests? 
Oh yea, I love to bass fish and spend a fair amount of time in the summer doing that.I also play music, I play guitar in church and in a small band of ole buddies from way back. We just play for fun. I also am a competitive pistol shooter. Love to go to a USPSA match when I can. My wife and I love to go camping and sit around a camp fire talking. Come join us some time, I’ll fix you a burger and a hotdog. J. I ride bicycle as often as I can. My wife and I ride our tandem when we camp. Last but not least, I enjoy going to church and thanking God for the life he has given us all to enjoy. It’s my goal to enjoy every second he has given us and to help others along the way. I want people to remember me as a man who had many hobbies, loved people, and shared his faith in God with others.