One of my geocaches got blown up by the bomb squad.

[jeffy]

It was at the Solomon rest area.  If you don't know what geocaching is, hit the back button on your browser.

The note from the mod said....

The cache died today, the KHP Special Response Team blew it up. It was apparently found by a non-geocacher and reported to the Highway Patrol. They X-rayed the container and did not see anything hazardous inside, they blew it up anyway.... If you decide to submit another here, be sure to clearly mark the container and maybe we should use something clear for this one.

[steve dave]

LOL, g'job

[jeffy]

I guess I shouldn't have labeled it IED, huh?

[ew2x4]

Awesome.

[cireksu]

I hit the back button on my browser and I still don't know what geocaches are? 

[Dirty Sanchez]

Google

[jeffy]

Google

As in Let me google that for you, cire

[cireksu]

Google

As in Let me google that for you, cire

 

[LimestoneOutcropping]

I suddenly have the desire to find one of these things and take a huge crap in it.

[jeffy]

I suddenly have the desire to find one of these things and take a huge crap in it.

Now THAT would be an original idea!  There are 750000 active caches in the world and likely that many have been archived.  I'm sure you would be the first person to think of such an idea!  Go for it!

[LimestoneOutcropping]

I suddenly have the desire to find one of these things and take a huge crap in it.

Now THAT would be an original idea!  There are 750000 active caches in the world and likely that many have been archived.  I'm sure you would be the first person to think of such an idea!  Go for it!

Now I really have to do it.  Anyone know where I can locate a geotoilet?

[jeffy]

I suddenly have the desire to find one of these things and take a huge crap in it.

Now THAT would be an original idea!  There are 750000 active caches in the world and likely that many have been archived.  I'm sure you would be the first person to think of such an idea!  Go for it!

Now I really have to do it.  Anyone know where I can locate a geotoilet?

N 34° 08.767 E 071° 04.026

[LimestoneOutcropping]

I suddenly have the desire to find one of these things and take a huge crap in it.

Now THAT would be an original idea!  There are 750000 active caches in the world and likely that many have been archived.  I'm sure you would be the first person to think of such an idea!  Go for it!

Now I really have to do it.  Anyone know where I can locate a geotoilet?

N 34° 08.767 E 071° 04.026

In english bro, ENGLISH!

[Saulbadguy]

I've thought about doing this - what kind of GPS do you use?

[jeffy]

I use a garmin 60csx.

[Dirty Sanchez]

I've thought about doing this - what kind of GPS do you use?

Garmin 60csx's run about $400, but you can get one that costs half that or less and do just fine.  I used one of those little blue Legends until about a month ago and I found a ton just fine.  You could probably do it with a Nuvi, too, but they would certainly have their limitations.

The sport/hobby/game is a lot of fun and can be very addicting.  And there's enough in the area to keep you busy for awhile. There's over 100 in or within ~15 miles of Topeka.  Seen a lot of neat places and out of the way areas that usually only locals are privy to because of it.

[Saulbadguy]

I use a garmin 60csx.

Bet I could "acquire" one from somewhere around here...

 

[dr00d]

A few of us found one on top of Mt. Evans this last summer.  We didn't really understand it, but taking a crap in it was an idea (which we didn't do).

Instead we kinda sorta started our own geocache and didn't list it...aka, we left something near the mountain that someone will find some day and scratch their head.

[LimestoneOutcropping]

(which we didn't do).

 

[Dirty Sanchez]

The same one that jeffy had blown up got dumped in sometime in December.  They also managed to write "poop" on all the pages in the "log" book.  Coincidentally, that cache is at a rest area.

I found one in a rural area in JoCo awhile back that the previous finder had found a brownie in.  I was the one who was finally brave enough a year later to go find it again, still with the roll of TP that the guy who found the brownie had left in it in case the brown bandit came back.

[dr00d]

(which we didn't do).

 

hey, do you realize how difficult it is to just breathe at 14k feet?  I wasn't about to bend over at the waist.. I may not of been able to get back up without rolling down the side of the mountain.

[PCR]

Thanks for leaving your litter in our state. 

[pwrcat1]

It was at the Solomon rest area.  If you don't know what geocaching is, hit the back button on your browser.

The note from the mod said....

The cache died today, the KHP Special Response Team blew it up. It was apparently found by a non-geocacher and reported to the Highway Patrol. They X-rayed the container and did not see anything hazardous inside, they blew it up anyway.... If you decide to submit another here, be sure to clearly mark the container and maybe we should use something clear for this one.

Thats hilarious. Always wanted to give geocaching a try but have never actually done it.

[jeffy]

Got an email today through the geocaching website.  It seems one of the troopers involved signed up for an account and emailed me about the cache:

I would like to contact you about a hide you had placed at the Solomon rest area. I work for the Kansas Highway Patrol bomb squad. I have your find, and would like to ask you a few questions about it. Pleas contact me as soon as you can.

[pwrcat1]

Got an email today through the geocaching website.  It seems one of the troopers involved signed up for an account and emailed me about the cache:

I would like to contact you about a hide you had placed at the Solomon rest area. I work for the Kansas Highway Patrol bomb squad. I have your find, and would like to ask you a few questions about it. Pleas contact me as soon as you can.

[PCR]

lol getting questioned by the coppers is a &@#%ing blast, man! 

[TAFNA Dude]

If I were you jeffy, I'd stay the &@#% away from that cop.  Just pretend you didn't get his message or something.

Nothing good can come from you responding.

[Dirty Sanchez]

If I were you jeffy, I'd stay the frack away from that cop.  Just pretend you didn't get his message or something.

Nothing good can come from you responding.

Except educating him so a similar occurence doesn't happen in the future.

[KSt8er]

If you want to get in cheap, contact a Garmin distributor and tell them you want a GPS V refurb, they're selling for around $170 w/ the mapsource PC software ($100 addition to cost w/ most new units), 12v adapter, PC cable, and car dash mount, plus a certificate for one free upgrade on the S/W.   If you wait to register the unit until you are ready for the S/W update you can upgrade to the latest version out.   If you have a laptop you can interface with it while driving for location, the on-unit screen is B/W and not very big, but useable.  hth

I wouldn't contact the cop, he sounds like a gay geocache stalker. 

[jeffy]

If I were you jeffy, I'd stay the frack away from that cop.  Just pretend you didn't get his message or something.

Nothing good can come from you responding.

I've already contacted him, but he hasn't returned my call.  When I meet him, I'm going to do this:    and then I'm going to do this:    and then I'm going to go home and do this:    before I have to do this: