baileyl03

Hi folks. I am a real newbie at Geocaching. I am researching GPS that are easy to use, yet have the features I need. I thought the Garmin etrex 20 was what I want, but now I'm not sure. Screen is pretty little--I don't always have my reading glasses with me, and the learning curve seems--well I couldn't find my way around it very easy yet. Are there GPS that can find geochaches near where you are without downloading the information from a computer. I can hit--find near on my phone and bam there is a list of Geochaches that near my location. I see that I have to hook the etrex 20 up to the computer to download any geochaches. Also I see that there are photos on this gps but not a camera. Do some gps have a camera that you can then put a location on? Thanks for the help.

Great constructive addition to the conversation, NeverSummer. Let's talk about this, guys. As community members, we are all responsible for bringing up the new generation of geocachers. How can we offer our help or a re-direction when we see someone trying to figure out how to play this incredibly nuanced game? Was there someone who helped you figure out the proper caching etiquette when you started? We are asking questions like these at HQ, as well. How can we offer guidance and instruction to the new folks who want to come play? How can we support the current community with helping them educate and spread the word? To start with, we are working on more informative blog/FB posts, updating and reorganizing the Help Center, and thinking of fun new ways to inform newbies of the fine tuned, community created, social etiquette mores. In addition, I will let you know that the default log text in the Intro App was just supposed to be an example log and not something that they could use to post a log to any cache. We will be following up on this to make sure that the text is not introducing new cachers to bland/lazy logging techniques. Many of you are already AMAZINGLY helpful to the new cachers who ask questions in the forums. As a fellow community member - I want to say a big THANK YOU for that. Since we are all stewards of the game I ask the same question to the rest of the community: What are some other ways that we can guide and teach the newest players on a local level? Hi I am very new to Geocaching and I hesitated to write, because I am a free app. user because I don't know enough about the sport to become a paid or what even to pay for. My husband and I have tried a few times with a friend who geocaches, but he is pretty new at it as well. I appreciate the questions you have posted above.. because I am interested in learning the ropes, the correct way. I've searched internet sites in an attempt to educated myself on how to start and do things right, but I am floundering with finding information that is helpful and understandable to a newbie like me. Can someone help point me in the right direction to find some easy to understand information? I need to buy a GPS, I want a paperless, and don't want to spend over $200 if possible, any recommendations? I would appreciate your help. thanks Bailey