Cache Mania

Online WorldCaching Store Sold

teamvoyagr — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:10:30 +0000

It has come to my attention that Nina has sold her WorldCaching Store to someone in BC. Nina is returning to her studies. After 5 years of running WorldCaching she was ready for a change. From what I’ve heard she wants to have the transaction completed by September. That doesn’t leave a lot of time for the new store to open.

Ottawa Geocaching

teamvoyagr — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:13:06 +0000

I’m not sure what is going on up in Ottawa but it appear there is a new website for Ottawa Geocaching. The old site appears to have been summarily shut down. I hate it when this kind of thing happens. There are better ways to transition to a new website. Hopefully I’ll get the full story soon.

UPDATE

From what I have heard it appears that there is a bit of a turf war over Ottawa Geocaching domain names. It’s because of stuff like this that I believe in formalized associations. It’s all fun and games until someone gets upset and takes their ball home.

I love the kind of places geoc…

teamvoyagr — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:28:33 +0000

I love the kind of places geocaching takes you to “SlabyFam” – Peru http://flic.kr/p/7LrGtV

On my way back from http://coo…

teamvoyagr — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:03:33 +0000

On my way back from http://coord.info/GC11H9M http://flic.kr/p/8oofF1

Mosquito Repellent Patches – Do they Work?

teamvoyagr — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:11:58 +0000

Mosquito Repellent Patch

Mosquitoes love me, they really do. I can’t go out for more than 15 minutes without getting bitten at least once. Well that was before the Don’t Bite Me mosquito repellent patch.

A few months ago I saw a commercial for mosquito repellent patches. I couldn’t believe something so simple could work so well. I’ve been a long time user of DEET based Cacher’s Cologne. I hate using sprays but I didn’t have much choice if I was going to to out geocaching in the woods. I knew I had to try the patches.

I have not been out caching three times and I can say that I have returned bite free. At one point yesterday I was in a particularly mosquito infested area. Several times there were mosquitoes on my arms and legs. I thought they might have been biting me but today I don’t have any bite marks. I’d have to say the patches worked.

It turns out that I’m just over the recommended size for a single patch. This means I need to wear two patches. The recommendations say to place the patch on a hairless area of the body. Easier said then done in my case. I resorted to my shoulders or my buttocks. Applying them to the shoulder is a much more suitable if applying them in public.

You might want to give these patches a try.