Cache Mania

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.

Tags: retail, store, Worldcaching
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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.

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

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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.

Tags: B1, mosquito, patches, repellent
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