Logging a micro

Found a micro? What should you put in your log? The best thing is just your name and the date. Micros have limited room for logs. Recently a finder of one our caches alerted us to the fact that the log was getting full. We would like to thank them for letting us know that the cache needed maintenance. We drove the 20 miles to replace it. To our amazement a geocacher visited the cache today and took up room for about 5 names and completely filled in the remaining space with a sticker acclaiming their find. It is a good thing that we had planned to replace the log today or others would not have been able to claim their find. We also found that numerous others have stamps that they use instead of signing the log. Each of the stamps took up room for about 5-7 names. Although we think that stamps and stickers are creative and fine for regular caches they might not be appropriate for micros.

One other thought about micros is that usually the owner places them to bring you to a spot and they do not expect that people trade or leave items for future finders. Even tiny trade items make it difficult to get the log in and out. This is especially true for micros that are in high muggle areas. Finders need to be able to retrieve, jot in their name and date and replace quickly.