Sea_Dog

Taking a road trip into Charlotte NC this weekend. Hope to have a couple hours Sunday morning to look for a cache. Can anyone recommend a good mountain bike accessible cache? Also wanted to make a quick trip into SC to pick up some fireworks. Anyone know of a good place close to Charlotte? Mark

I can't help you with your map questions but I know a little about Danger Close. Currently for 5" Naval Guns, danger close is when friendly forces are within 750 meters of the target. I've been involved with Naval Gunfire Support off and on for 17 years. I took the below picture of a 16" Gun on the USS Iowa. It is capable of delivering a 2700 lb projectile over 20 miles with a great degree of accuracy. Too bad we didn't have GPS inputs to our Fire Control Systems back them. The hardest part of Naval Gunfire Support is figuring out where exactly on the map we are. We can't usually see our targets so spotters give us the coordinates. GPS inputs these days make my job a lot easier and Naval Gunfire Support a whole lot more accurate! http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/11668_600.jpg

I forwarded your contact information to many of the Vermont cachers I know. I don't think many of them read the forums.

I don't have the problems with the Evenflo plastic frame that Harrkev describes but I found a site that reviews the evenflo and the kelty versions. http://www.epinions.com/otdr_Backpacks_Child_Carriers-evenflo-Trail_Blazer/display_~reviews

Whenever I go caching alone I try to find caches that are mountain bike accessible. Hard to find many of them around here. Would be a lot easier if there was some way to identify a cache as bicycle friendly. One of the problems I've run into is caches located on trails where mountain bikes are not allowed. On these caches I usually push or carry my bike. The few caches I've placed can be found on mountain bike and I usually say so in the cache description. FYI, I have a Garmin 12 and use the Garmin handlebar mount. Works great!

Whenever I go caching alone I try to find caches that are mountain bike accessible. Hard to find many of them around here. Would be a lot easier if there was some way to identify a cache as bicycle friendly. One of the problems I've run into is caches located on trails where mountain bikes are not allowed. On these caches I usually push or carry my bike. The few caches I've placed can be found on mountain bike and I usually say so in the cache description. FYI, I have a Garmin 12 and use the Garmin handlebar mount. Works great!

We use an Evenflo Trail Blazer. The Kelty models are very nice but were a little pricey for me. We've really enjoyed the Evenflo. In my opinion it's a better deal. My daughter is 23 months old and weighs about 30 lbs now. It is rated for a child up to 45 lbs. With the attached back pack full, I'd say I'm carrying 35 lbs or more. Not sure how much longer we'll be able to use it. I plan to keep using it as long as she'll get in and I can still carry it. There's a picture of it in my profile with the canopy removed..

My favorite cache is still the fourth one we found. It's called "Jammer" and it was placed by Lucien in Maine. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=6255 It was this cache that got me so excited about geocaching. It was over 700 miles from home and in a place we had never been to before. The cache itself was in a pretty neat place. Then it said, "if you continue on up past the cache, you'll find an interesting natural area". So we checked it out. It was quite an adventure getting my daughters up there. They still talk about it. One of them fell and bumped her head and another lost her shoe in the brook. Once we got up there it was one of the most beautiful spots I had ever seen. Cachers only concerned with increasing their found count would have never gone beyond finding it and would have missed the whole point of this cache. Thanks again Lucien! This cache is what geocaching is all about! [This message was edited by Sea_Dog on April 02, 2002 at 05:03 PM.] [This message was edited by Sea_Dog on April 03, 2002 at 03:54 AM.]

I almost always bring the digital camera and usually post a few pictures in my logs. We met a couple new cachers on the trail once and they recognized us from the pictures in our logs. We post so many pictures that I've been accused of shameless self promotion. Mark

I almost always bring the digital camera and usually post a few pictures in my logs. We met a couple new cachers on the trail once and they recognized us from the pictures in our logs. We post so many pictures that I've been accused of shameless self promotion. Mark

Deleted my original post. Got a gentle reminder about the magazine Copyright. Sorry.

I've always been a track up kind of guy. After reading all the reasons for North up I think I'll give it a try.

I have no problem with caches in parks that require an entry fees. I don't feel you have to say there's a fee in the cache description. If you do your homework before you head out, you'll know about the fee in advance.

I have a Garmin 12 also. It's pretty easy to convert miles to feet too. .01 miles is about 53 feet. When I get that close I quit using the Go To function and just try to match coords.

More "bang" for your buck! Worth the extra money. I've never found one with water inside or so full I couldn't close the cover. You can fit large objects inside it. I've never heard of one having to be replaced because it was cracked or chewed on by a critter.