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Blue Blazes - LAGC's FEATURED CACHER! How long have you been geocaching?
I found my first geocache in February 2005. I didn't know what a geocache was until then.
How did you choose your handle?
Besides the connection to trail markers and hiking, I remembered my mother often using this phrase when referring to me and my mischief.
How did you find your first Geocache, and which one was it?
My first find was 210 Park Cache (GCMKMG) near to home in Lake Charles. As I remember, it took some time to find. The park had lots of underbrush and tree cover. However, as a newbie, I was most impressed early on with Lonely Little Park (GCMM49) in Baton Rouge. This cache opened my eyes to creative hiding techniques.
Who usually goes with you when you go caching?
Over the years, by necessity, most of my finds have been solo shots. However, I have found a number of caches with Survivor Florida (now poosu), Junique and, more recently, with cajunspongebob. I don't really enjoy hunting alone.
How long will you work on puzzle caches before you give up?
There are very few puzzle caches around Lake Charles, but I will work on those until solved. However, when planning a road trip, I usually ignore puzzle caches and multi-caches completely.
What town/areas have you most enjoyed caching in?
I really enjoy seeing a state from end to end, and corner to corner, while doing a DeLorme challenge. You experience the cities, the farms, forests, waterways and everything else in between.
Do you do paperless caching?
I'm about 99% paperless. My Nuvi holds all of the cache info (descriptions, logs, etc.). However, I do create a summary sheet with a one-liner for every cache in my pocket query. I also create and carry a big-picture Google cache map.
What kind of geocaching rig do you use?
This may be a bit unusual, but for the past few years, I have been using my Nuvi 650 for everything. It's my automotive GPS, my handheld GPS, and finally it doubles as my PDA device. Early on, I was able to write software to load complete cache data into the Nuvi as POI (points of interest) data.
Why would you recommend anyone else to take up geocaching?
Geocaching is a great way to combine exercise, the outdoors, travel and sight-seeing into one activity.
Where are you originally from?
I guess I was a lifelong, Yankee boy from Pennsylvania, but I retired early and now enjoy living in Louisiana. And don't let anyone tell you differently, but the hot, humid, summertime, brier thicket, mosquito and cottonmouth infested caching adventures down here are as tough as it gets anywhere.
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