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Hi all,

I am new to waymarking and after a day of skeet shooting I have posted my first waymark. It can be seen in the Sporting- shooting ranges catagory.

oldtool53

 

Welcome to waymarking  and your first  "Waymark" 

You will find this to be an active community of Waymarkers, some of us it's been for over 2 years already    and still learning.
If you have any questions just post them on the site and someone will help you soon or direct you to an area where the answers might be found. We all went through the learning stages with its problems and sometimes different opinions, expressed by some of us, to get  this hobby to where it is now.
... So post away as we are always looking for new "Waymarks" for "OUR" Categories.

Welcome! I'm a newbie myself, and I have to tell you that jake39 was right -- this is a very friendly group.

Congrats on Waymark #1! I think you'll find that waymarking is like eating potato chips -- you can't have just one

 Yo, I'm new to waymarking myself, I have not found my first waymark yet, but I'm looking forward to it!

Welcome to all of you new folks!  It's exciting to see (read) so many new faces in the forums. 

hikenutty:

Welcome to all of you new folks!  It's exciting to see (read) so many new faces in the forums. 

 Thanks for the welcome hikenutty, I also hope to get started in waymarking soon!

Check out my website over at Waywardwaymarking.com Emu.  There's a "wayinfo" section that has a beginner's guide as well as a lot of other info that can be helpful for people just getting addicted... I mean started.

hikenutty:

Check out my website over at Waywardwaymarking.com Emu.  There's a "wayinfo" section that has a beginner's guide as well as a lot of other info that can be helpful for people just getting addicted... I mean started.

 I just check it out and thanks for the info, I plan on getting started next week!

i am also a newbie here. i have a good website :  . hope  u would like it

Nice to meet you,everybody!I'm new here,first I'd like to wish you all Happy New Year since new year is coming.

These days I've got a very interesting website,I'd like to share it with you all especially for those who like playing games. 

Wish you all can find useful information there!

Have a nice day!

 

Welcome!  Glad to have reviewed your first waymark, I believe.  Tried my hand at skeet for the first time recently.  Fun!

I'd also recommend hikenutty's waywardwaymarking.com site for a LOT of helpful and interesting info.  And, there is a lot of help around in each category and on the forums.  Just speak up, and keep sending in those waymarks!

Another newbie to waymarking   ....

 

Happy New Year Folks!

Welcome Silver & Lucy!  Ontario is growing an impressive group of waymarkers!  So do you two geocache also or are you new to the Groundspeak games? 

'hikenutty' --- they are "old" pros and been caching since  January 5th 2002.

..and neighbours of mine (or almost) and a lot closer than  "TheBlueQuasar"

Maybe now I will get a few visits on my Waymarks.

hikenutty:

Welcome Silver & Lucy!  Ontario is growing an impressive group of waymarkers!  So do you two geocache also or are you new to the Groundspeak games? 

 

Perhaps the recent addition of some Ontario Waymarkers was an article in the Ontario Geocaching Association's latest newsletter.  And since I also update the main index page on http://www.ontgeocaching.com/ on a monthly basis, I try to slip Waymarking in there once in a while.  It's nice to be the boss LOL.

 

See page 17 of 24 at http://www.ontgeocaching.com/pdfs/OGA_Newsletter_V4_N3.pdf for the article.

 

And Jake... we've been within feet of each other and didn't know it.  You told me you were at GHAGAFAP, and I worked the grill the whole time.  If you ate a burger or hot dog, I cooked it and handed it to you unless you went to the pretty red head beside me LOL

 

BQ

I just started yesterday.  What draws me to the game is it provides a reason to get my butt off the couch and outside.  It also is a GREAT way to spend time with my son when he doesn't have a play date or something.

There are some categories that are great for getting kids involved - hunt for new playgrounds to waymark if your son is younger.  Interview him afterwards and have him tell you what he liked about the park, what he would change if he could build the park himself, what his favorite section of the playground was...  Then you can write it up and tell him he's your "Playground Consultant." 

  The "Active Rail locations" category is fun if he's interested in trains.  Finding new ice cream parlors is always a hit.   Hikes, Historic Forts, Children's Museums, great indie pizza parlors, indie bookstores, rollercoasters....  There are lots of ways to get the family involved.  We do day trips sometimes to places where my son can enjoy himself (typically near water) and my husband and I can explore, learn something, and take photographs.  We take picnics along and it makes for a cheap, fun, family outing (other than the gasoline to get there.)

In general he will probably have more fun geocaching since there's often a treasure at the end of the hunt, but in indirect ways waymarking can be fun for kids - not the actual waymarking (posting and logging), but the visiting of new places.

hikenutty:

There are some categories that are great for getting kids involved - hunt for new playgrounds to waymark if your son is younger.  Interview him afterwards and have him tell you what he liked about the park, what he would change if he could build the park himself, what his favorite section of the playground was...  Then you can write it up and tell him he's your "Playground Consultant." 

Let's not forget using the EXISTING waymarks to find playgrounds you haven't visited yet, and log visits, pretty much the same as above.

Hi and yet another new (old) hand, been caching for ever, just getting into the world  of   WAYMARKING..............wow............ ...........OOP'S

Slips.............Double Dip......OOP's

GIDEON-X:

Hi and yet another new (old) hand, been caching for ever, just getting into the world  of   WAYMARKING..............wow............ ...........OOP'S

Welcome to Waymarking.  Enjoy yourself, remember the similarities between Waymarking and Geocaching are less than the differences (both hobbies use a gps is the similarity ).  Start with categories which interest you and go from there.

I've been caching since May 2006 and have over 800 finds and 7 owned cahes. 

I have just decided to begin looking into Waymarking.  I've been visiting ones near work and home, as well as seeing if I've visited some in the course of my caching or scouting activities and might already have any photos to post.

Started when I had I was trying to see if there was a category specifically for phone booths and only found a general pay phone category.  I may persue it, but have started a cache series focused around these modern relics.

Glad to see a few famiar names from Geocaching.com here (emurock and silverquill) and on many of my local waymarks (robert, flyingmoose, jfigel).

I've already noticed some historic markers that haven't been posted yet, so will be looking to get them added.

DG

Long time cacher (six years), first time waymarker.  I liked locationless caches but because I didn't feel they were "true" caches, I logged the few I did as notes.  I always thought the submission page and search features for geocaching didn't make sense for this type of activity -- that's a big reason why I don't understand the rabid resistance to this site from people who want locationless and virtuals back.  So it's another site, it's still easier to browse than locationless caches randomly scattered around the world, never mind figuring out if a given spot was already taken.  Recent waymarking threads on gc.com and local forums, both positive and negative, prompted me to look again.  I like the changes since I last looked.  Much better search features, which is key for this.

And I've never been much for urban caching -- hate stealthing.  This is far better for those areas.

Also, I've never been a numbers cacher or cared about getting all the cache type icons.  But man, I'm in love with the category grid!

Newbie double post (I have to say, I am having forum trouble here)

dinoprophet:

And I've never been much for urban caching -- hate stealthing.  This is far better for those areas.

Also, I've never been a numbers cacher or cared about getting all the cache type icons.  But man, I'm in love with the category grid!

Welcome to Waymarking.    I also really never liked urban caching much, but with Waymarking, you are just a tourist taking photos.  Now I do feel strange taking photos of a fast food restaurant or some of the other commercial categories but historic buildings, statues, and other sites like that taking photos is a "normal" thing to do.

Careful on that grid... it can be addicting and it will lure you in