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Will be around for a week in July. I have been looking at some caches and have seen the snake icon. I am used to keeping my eyes out for ticks and poison ivy. So I was wondering what sort of precautions I should take when in your part of the world. Also, what are the caches I should look at to get. I am looking forward to visiting SD, and grabbing some caches in the hills. thanks again Brian

WOW! that was fast. Thanks to everyone who responded. I got one on order, so consider this thread closed.

Way back in the day I saw one of these coins: GeocacheOhio 2006 Geocoins It is the shape of Ohio, with all the canals on it. I have recently become interested in canals, and would love it for my collection. I would be happy to buy it from you, and it doesn't need to be unactivated. (although that would be very cool) So if you have one you wanna part with, please PM or e-mail me. Thanks Brian

Last night I dreamt a geocache was trying to find ME. with a nod to Seinfeld: http://www.hark.com/clips/qtjzhvrqls-had-a-dream-last-night-that-a-hamburger-was-eating-me

For writing on metal pretty permanently, I would suggest using a Deco brand Paint pen. You can find them in art supply stores, or craft stores. The Sharpie brand is ok. Get the Deco brand, it really is better. Once you get either one, you must first shake it up, like spray paint. Then you have to 'activate' the paint by pressing on the nib in an up and down fashion (use a different piece of paper or cardboard for this) to get the paint to start flowing. Once its there, you might need to shake it or repress on the nib once and a while if you are working on a large project. Remember that it is paint, so it will take a minute or two for it to dry. But once it is dry it is pretty hard to remove. BTW, they also come in three line sizes, you would want an extra fine nib. Good luck with your project

I think that is is a pretty good idea too. I almost always use the maps to plan a day of caching, so seeing a frowney would keep me on my toes.

A few more thoughts from an artist. Be sure to clean the tire cover real well before you paint it. That will help the paint to 'stick'. I would also recommend using a higher quality paint, not the cheap acrylic in squeeze jars that are 99¢. Get something like Liquitex acrylic paint in the tube. Much brighter color and much better adhesion. I would also let it dry for a day before I coated with Crystal Clear from Krylon. While the paint will seam dry in an hour, it still needs a full day to really be set into the fabric. I wish you good luck with your project! Brian

one thing I noticed: If I was connected to internet via wi-fi, it would crash. So I connected via 'wire' and it worked out fine, BTW I'm on a Mac.

I too like to keep an analog copy of my finds, so this is what I do. After I make a log on a cache (found it, DNF or just a note) I go back to the cache page and down load a 'print with 5 logs'. That gives me a record of the cache and my log along with a map. Now when I am out caching I take a field notebook in which I record what ever I want to about the cache while I am there. Each cache gets it own page there. Next I put the printed cache pages with the log in a 3 ring binder, and then I tape the page out of the field notebook somewhere on those pages. Next, since I take so many pics when I am caching, I then add prints in between. All this work gets me a real nice scrap book of my caching adventures. But it takes lots of work, and lots of space. I am at 449 finds (in 8 years!) and they all fill up about 20 three ring binders, and two whole shelves. In fact i need to get a bigger shelf! I am sure you can come up with some suitable solution. It is nice to just run back and grab a notebook to show someone, or just to look back too. Happy caching

try updating the ap to version 4.5.6 in itunes. before I updated it didn't 'work' at all.

I might have had the same thing happen. I would try to have it look for caches, and it would come back with 'none'. What I did was up date my Ipod's OS to 4.1 (do this in Itunes) and then I updated the geocaching app to 4.5.6 (it's a free update) then everything was fine. I hope this helps brian

I got to find one SW9, back in 2007. It was near a cache, http://coord.info/GCYYVW it was pretty cool!