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I'm just wondering, if you use a PDA for paperless caching, what PDA do you use and how well does it work? How much do you like it? If you had to do it all over again, would you use the same PDA or get a new one? Thanks for your answers!

That's sounds awesome! I just need to run it by my parents, because otherwise they'd freak out. Do you live in the area so maybe we could meet (my parents say I have to have one of them with me and it'd have to be a public place though), or is there some other way for making the full transaction?

Umm... It's a Visor from Handspring, I think a Visor Pro, really old thing. I turn it on and it says to tap the stylus on the screen, but doesn't recognize when I do. I've tried pressing the reset button and taking the batteries out overnight to force it to do a hard reset, but neither worked.

I'm looking for a fairly good PDA so I can do paperless caching. I'm only a teenager, but I've been saving up for it a bit and hopefully can get the rest of the money needed from my parents... though they're a bit cheap, especially my dad and stepdad. Mom probably won't mind supplementing the extra cash needed to pay for it. I don't mind if it's used, just so long as it won't break down in, like, less than a month and so long as there's nothing majorly wrong with it; I was going to use a PDA my stepdad got for work awhile ago and turned out to never need, but the screen's broken on it and it doesn't recognize the stylus. Hopefully whoever has a PDA they'd like to sell lives somewhere in Maryland, I can get to DC, North Virginia, Western Maryland, and Northern West Virginia pretty easily on the weekend. Even if you don't, we can work something out through eBay probably or something. Thanks for reading this!

I'm hopefully going to be placing my first geocache(s) soon, but I was wondering if this one idea would be okay... I saw this cache and I liked the idea, but what about one that's hidden behind the counter? Some friends of the family own a book store nearby, and I was thinking maybe to either see if I could hide a geocache nearby and add that if the searcher takes a password to the store, they get a bit of a discount or something (My mom's idea, I just want a traditional cache, though their business is floundering a little bit and I want to help them out...), or you have to figure out the password and if you tell the clerk, they'll pull out the cache, but you have to be discreet about it around the other customers. What do you guys think?

My basic background before I begin asking: I'm only seventeen years old and I still only have my permit, so it's hard for me to get to different caches sometimes. I live in a small town, but it's in the mountains so when I bike places I have to remember I'm going to have to get home, which always includes going uphill at some point. My dad and mom are divorced (amicably), so when my dad visits every Sunday I try to get him to drive me to different geocaches, but I don't think he likes it as much as I do. I have a Garmin eTrex Legend, and am saving up for a PDA to go paperless, but in the meantime I have to print out the papers to remind myself of the location. Anyways, here are my questions: 1. How would I go about finding another geocacher in my area (Western Maryland) who's close to my age but can drive and may like to go geocaching/hiking with me? Preferably someone who's somewhat quirky like me... 2. My dad's interested in history and such. I try to show him the history in geocaches we visit, like when we went to the Navy Memorial in DC while I was visiting him. I was thinking he might like benchmarks, but even with my attempts to show him the history or beauty at different geocaches, he hates the drive or trying to locate the geocache. Is there any way to get him more interested? 3. I'm trying to get a PDA so I can do paperless caching, but until then I have a binder full of the geocaches in the area. How do other geocachers keep track of their papers, and keep them organized? 4. I also go hiking and biking as much as I can, but I always seem to find that I either overpack or underpack. What do you guys recommend go into my backpack? 5. If I find a place I'd like to set up a geocache, but there's another one, say, 200 yards away, is it still okay to put it there? What's the ideal distance between geocaches? 6. I'm trying to convince my mom to get me a hydropack of some sort, gloves, hiking boots and a hiking stick. I can't find any hiking stick out in the woods that's good enough. What hydropack would be recommended? What gloves are best when trying to get through thorns or dig through stuff I'd rather not touch with my bare hands? Does anyone know a website that has hiking boots that come in extra wide sizes for my big ol' feet? How do I choose a good hiking stick if I'm looking for one in the woods, or is there a website I could just order one from for fairly cheap? Sorry for all the questions, and thanks for reading this far. I'm a bit of an infomaniac and such, sooo... yeah. Help me please?