- No, I have never had a problem with security. Muggles are a different story though. --- "Gale R. Nie" <showme69@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > - > I thought of a question last night for those of you > who have cached in D.C. > Since 9/11 have any of you been approached by > security personel after > walking around with your GPS, PDA and other assorted > high tech gear? A > cacher could very easily be mistaken for someone > doing preplanning for an > attack. Someone joked at MOGA about Lava Opossums' > caching vests and > getting on a plane. I'm sure they would get a > little extra attention in > D.C. also. > > Gale > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tnands" <sydstyr@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 11:41 PM > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Suggestions needed for DC trip > > > > - > > We just now returned to our hotel in Virginia > after a Washington DC > > tourist/recon mission tonight. > > > > We didn't stop to cache; no where to park. Most > of the parking areas were > > not only blocked off but near the White House was > a policeman/armed > > someone > > about every 50 feet. The pedestrian area was > closed. (We wondered if the > > President/VP was coming/going -- since we could > see a small procession > > leaving the area behind us, and when we made the > third loop the police > > were > > gone and the area was open to pedestrians.) > > > > > > ANYWAY ..we just drove around DC to get a feel for > things for when we do > > do > > the tourist thing next week. We had planned on > going this weekend, but > > it's > > the Cherry Blossom Festival and we're thinking > Manassas might be more our > > style instead. > > > > I ran a pocket query for 500 caches within DC and > it returned 70 caches. > > And, yes, looks like mostly virtuals of places you > might be visiting or > > near > > anyway. Although, some look more complicated than > others. I was going to > > make a simple copy and paste page of cache names, > waypoints and what is > > needed in order to log each one. Normally we work > off the laptop, but > > parking appears to be at a premium and once out of > the car, we'll be out > > for > > a while. Although, we were talking about being > real tourists and trying to > > get a bus or trolley tour. > > > > And, it just so happens Kyd and I are going into > Baltimore tomorrow (about > > an hour and forty minutes from where we are in > Virginia) to the > > Aquarium/Inner Harbor Area and I was just starting > to look at caches in > > the > > area. Do you know what area you're heading too? > If so, I'll try and take > > a > > look around. > > > > Gettysburg is on my "wish list" -- maybe this > weekend. (We're here until > > next weekend) I'll report back on that too. > Although .. Jamestown is > > having the 400 year celebration. > > > > Hey -- you could be our new east-coast "RGS" lol. > For a while every time > > we'd head out of town, within a few months Rich > was following along behind > > us and in some cases signing logs not to far > behind us. > > > > Nancy > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Steve Bromley > > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:43 PM > > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [GeoStL] Suggestions needed for DC trip > > > > - > > Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="us-ascii" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I am accompaning my son's 8th grade class on their > field trip to the > > northeast. We will a day in Washington DC, an > evening in downtown > > Baltimore > > and a day in the Gettysburg area (not necessarily > in that order). Are > > their > > any easy caches that anyone would recommend that > could be a quick walkup? > > I'm not sure I can break away to get any caches > but if the opportunity > > presents itself, I'd like to be able to do so. I > know we will be in > > Arlington, and on the Mall in DC along with the > Vietnam wall and the WWII > > memorial. We will be at the Gettysburg > battlefield and in Hershey PA for > > a > > short time. 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