LadybugKids Closing in on 2000

[Forum Admin]

LBK is on vacation and racking up the finds. Currently sitting at 1802!!!

Looks like we have a horse race!!

[NorthWes]

Gee - LBK had an experience caching in St Louis
similar to mine over at the Conners Bog Park
(which led me to archive Conners Bog #2):

Bolm-Schuhkraft GCZ64Z

www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ee11b567-19d9-4382-94c6-b7e1fba9a4f2

Well, at least those of us who are 'pack leaders'
have plenty of experience dealing with this kind of 'issue'

On a more serious note - when encountering this situation,
treat the cache container & its contents as haz mat -
don't touch it with bare hands - wear a face mask -
double-bag it before putting it in your car to transfer to trash.
Wash footwear and anything else 'contaminated' thoroughly,
paying special attention to your hands and face.
Approximately 80% of our local homeless population are
infected with or carriers of one of the hepatitius strains,
which is transferred via fecal contact. Yech - avoid the
homeless camps (especially along the south side of
Tudor Rd east of Seward Hwy, and sections off the
pavement of the Chester Creek bike path...). Report
homeless camps observed to the TrailWatch link on
the muni.org website - they'll act on your report.
Human waste is even more insidious at this time of
year than canine waste along our city trail system...

[Forum Admin]

northwes said:

Gee - LBK had an experience caching in St Louis
similar to mine over at the Conners Bog Park
(which led me to archive Conners Bog #2):

Bolm-Schuhkraft GCZ64Z

www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ee11b567-19d9-4382-94c6-b7e1fba9a4f2

Well, at least those of us who are 'pack leaders'
have plenty of experience dealing with this kind of 'issue'

On a more serious note - when encountering this situation,
treat the cache container & its contents as haz mat -
don't touch it with bare hands - wear a face mask -
double-bag it before putting it in your car to transfer to trash.
Wash footwear and anything else 'contaminated' thoroughly,
paying special attention to your hands and face.
Approximately 80% of our local homeless population are
infected with or carriers of one of the hepatitius strains,
which is transferred via fecal contact. Yech - avoid the
homeless camps (especially along the south side of
Tudor Rd east of Seward Hwy, and sections off the
pavement of the Chester Creek bike path...). Report
homeless camps observed to the TrailWatch link on
the muni.org website - they'll act on your report.
Human waste is even more insidious at this time of
year than canine waste along our city trail system...

What a cheery post

[ladybugkids]

northwes said:

Report homeless camps observed to the TrailWatch link on the muni.org website - they'll act on your report.

The link to report homeless camps in Anchorage parks is here. Please help make our parks cleaner and safer by reporting this illegal activity. I reported a camp near Santa's Cookie Jar in Baxter Bog.

All in all, it was a great family trip.

We had lots of fun caching with three family generations in New York and New Jersey. Turned three more states red on the US map. Found three more earthcaches in different states to set up for the Earthcache Master Platimum pin once I create three more Earthcaches, so watch for them to appear locally.

Now, back to work to catch up on all the new local caches.