jangirl

Thank You Both Gitchee-Gummee and whh0.. Your comments mean a lot to us. I think I'll keep working with my etrex20. I am sure that in time it will all come together.

Being new I can only say a lot of what I have found has been toys.I have never taken anything but I always leave something nicer then whats there. If it toys then we leave nicer toys. If its trinkets and such I will leave tool sets and such or nice trinkets to keep it interesting and fun for others. I told my kids that if you take something to leave somthing of greater value. And my grandaughter found a rubber bracelet from PCB. She took it however she choose 2 nice gifts to give. I was proud of her choices. In this same cache was a coupon for 2 free dinners at a nice local restaurant( the best gift I've yet to see in a cache). We left it for someone else. If everyone leaves something interesting it keeps it fun and even more interesting.

We are new to GEOCACHING and have really been enjoying what we have done so far (19 in our area). I have my kids enjoying it immensely. I bought a Garmim eTrex 20 and have found that I get more help from my Samsung 3s smart phone. I do enjoy the fact I can load the caches in for the day and it saves them. However I find myself using my phone for directions. My phone will put me 30ft from it then alert me. When I look at my Garmin its directing me to go the opposite way. Not totally sure if its the Garmin or me the operator.. I am wanting to purchase a good easy to use inexpensive GPS with a big enough screen that one can actually view, if that's even possible. But good enough to put me on a geocache and be paperless. Even a small screen is ok if the GPS is correct. Once I find that right GPS I do intend to do more and go further out from my local area, as well as some difficult Caches. I am looking forward to the Smoky Mountains while hiking this spring-summer but I am not comfortable with just my phone. Any advice would surely be appreciated to us Newbies. This forum is the only place I know to seek advice since we know NO other Geocachers. BTW, I have actually considered the GEOMATE JR.. Again Thank you jangirl