55: Listener Feedback

March 29th, 2012

This week on the Chicago Geocacher Podcast: We respond to listener feedback, give a couple of shout-outs both domestic and international. We hit on our favorite caches, read some mail, honor some milestoners and announce the contest winner!

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Scott’s Recent Caches

Mr. Mumbles and Speed Freak Ralphmjw | GC3EP1B | Westchester
Dina Works over 2000 Geocaches Wheels00 | GC2WAJB | Park Ridge
Mushy Mushy cachyew | GC2B24F | Schaumburg

Walt’s Recent Caches

Blue is the Best Color Ever! 6 by tweetybugs | GC2JPZJ | Coraopolis, PA
kerrillb Hits 1000! by Chargeman | GC2J3YD | Catherine Chevalier Woods, Chicago, IL
The Micromanaging Challenge by mgbmusic | GC3ENX9 | Chicago, IL
This Place Needs a Bison! by shannonigan | GC2R9RA | Catherine Chevalier Woods, Chicago, IL
Your Princess is in another cache. by mcnabb579 | GC3EK9R | Camp Pine Woods, Glenview, IL

TopperCaches™

A TopperCache is a notable hide Scott and Walt have found in the past which, like the strength of the suggestion box, never goes out of style!

Scott: Trap Crackers V – Nano in a Pine Tree MGb | GC1ZY4H | Park Ridge
Walt: A Tree with Plumbing? by tskyrocket | GC1R6HW | Paul Douglas Forest Preserve, Hoffman Estates, IL

Caches of the Show

Scott: Back Atcha BAT – The Devil Went Out to Douglas by TomEagle55 | GC2A2F1 | Schaumburg
Walt: IrishCubsFan’s 2000th – Clear & Precise Directions by ICF’s Irish Friends | GC3E3HR | Catherine Chevalier Woods, Chicago, IL

Various Things Discussed

Contest Winner

Listen this week for the two winners of the log rollers donated by WyoCrewe and there’s a new contest for Walgreen’s pill bottle containing a nano cache and GONIL Pathtag donated by DinaWorks!


54: Happy 2nd Anniversary

March 15th, 2012

This week on the Chicago Geocacher Podcast: We celebrate our 2nd anniversary with green beer (St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner), Two, count ’em, two geocaching bomb scares! THUSA responds! MacWin gets a Hebrew lesson from Scott. Walt goes off on Amber Rose. Scott and Walt praise SuperDawg! And, of course, there’s the contest, emails, milestones, and the question of the show!

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Scott’s Recent Caches

Gurnee Glenn turns 4000 FlatlndsCoffeeClutch | GC2MJKN | Zion
Mind Grind: Touring Joliet Mall brijac | GC1JDAH | Joliet
Ziggy Vs I Lose My “FLY” While FTF Bonefishing ziggy1fan@aol.com | GC3CRC0 | Chicago
Operation A.P.E. – Mission 1: Splashdown Walt Grogan | GC3CR9H | Wheeling

Walt’s Recent Caches

Ziggy & Fuzz 163 by ziggy1fan@aol.com | GC2TFJP | Schaumburg, IL
My Old Stomping Ground by Greenback | GC3A32V | Chicag0, IL

TopperCaches™

A TopperCache is a notable hide Scott and Walt have found in the past which, like the beauty of Davy Jones’ voice, never goes out of style!

Scott: The DEATHTRAP Genius Loci | GCED34 | Northbrook
Walt: Monster Cache by Team Cochrane | GC1ZZ2K | Buffalo Grove, IL

Caches of the Show

Scott: A Positive Dream KodyDog00 | GC3E3F1 | Buffalo Grove
Walt: Blizzard by NightCrawler2 | GC31BKQ | Urbana, IL

Various Things Discussed

Suspicious package a prank

Geocaching Game Triggers Disneyland Lockdown

Contest Winner

Listen this week for the winner of the North Clackamas Chamber of Commerce – Oregon’s Mt. Hood Territory coin donated by FootSoSaurus and there’s a new contest for 2 log rollers (which means two winners) donated by WyoCrewe!


53: THUSA – Where are You?

March 1st, 2012

This week on the Chicago Geocacher Podcast: We razz THUSA and wonder where he’s been! Scott “teaches” us about the festive Jewish holiday of Purim. Walt has a LEO encounter with Scrappy Scout. We talk about Leap Day and the various cachers vying for a 10-Icon Day! We coin a new geocaching term! There’s a recap of Cabin Fever II and we remember Davy Jones! All this plus milestones, emails, the question of the show, and Geritol!

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Scott’s Recent Caches

Leave No Stone Unturned tea4tilrmn | GC2WQWC | Mount Prospect
From the writings of Hesiod 4xkrat | GGC3AM5H | Vernon Hills
The Kinks #1: You Really Got Me Walt Grogan | GC29Q6Z | Des Plaines
Mongoose66’s Steady Run to 1000 Tzinny & n9tog | GC36VNY | Prospect Heights

Walt’s Recent Caches

Necropolis by Doctor-Who | GC311E3 | Des Plaines, IL
Gibberish…aura zit? by CacheForager | GC27Z6X | Indianapolis, IN
The severed story of Alastair Paine by CinemaBoxers | GC144WG | Union Grove, WI
C’mon in, Have some Cheese! by CinemaBoxers | GCYAEE | Pleasant Prairie, WI
Panda II by DaFia TreTy | GC2Z070 | Palatine, IL
the M Special by heathereb | GC2PE6Z | Long Grove, IL

TopperCaches™

A TopperCache is a notable hide Scott and Walt have found in the past which, like the beauty of Davy Jones’ voice, never goes out of style!

Scott: Hiding Styles – Wooden Fence VerrueckteFrau | GC1CDMW | Schaumburg
Walt: ShazamMan & ScottBerks FTF an Unpublished Cache by EnPleinAire | GC29785 | Busse Woods, Elk Grove Village, IL

Caches of the Show

Scott: LOST Darth Leviosa | GC3850B | Vernon Hills
Walt: Barrel of Puzzle Monkeys (Chicago Geocacher 50th) by toppercat | GC3A1F9 | Mt. Prospect, IL

Various Things Discussed

The festive Jewish holiday of Purim

Davy Jones Official web site

Scripts for using Google Maps in Geocaching.com

Chrome Script – http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/126244
Firefox Script – http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/125949
Greasemonkey – https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/
Podcacher – http://www.podcacher.com/2012/02/show-360-0-geotourism-case-study/

Contest Winner

Listen this week for the winner of the Canby Area geocoin donated by FootSoSaurus and there’s a new contest for the North Clackamas geocoin also donated by FootSoSaurus!