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Cust, Great story! I have to deal with a lot of Poison Sumac bushes here in New England, this may come in handy!

Space Invaders! Good one!!! At first I was thinking of the 1980's video game, but I guess they both invade your "personal" space. Why not add those old video sounds while you move closer: Weet Wot Weet Wot, Whaat Whaaat [laughing - thanks I needed a good laugh today]. Yes, I find it amazing that some people think that every response is to be taken so literally - I guess that is what makes this forum so fun!

I'm not. Please stay on topic. Thank you mtn-man! I agree, lets please stay on the subject

Wow! That was fast. Yes, I will try to post a photo later tonight. I am heading out now to hit a cache. Thanks for the reply

I was visiting Connecticut from New Hampshire and my good friend gave me the coordinates for a cache because it was near where we met for lunch and I needed a good find to place a travel bug. The area is in a public conservation land park that is sorrounded on 3 sides by private residences. You also need to drive down a road that is marked simply "Private". I parked right where the page described and took the short walk to the site. I found the cache, opened it up and realized that I left the travel bug in the car. Since it was a sort 1 minute (time) walk and nobody was around, I left the cache open and uncovered. When I got back to my car some guy wrote down my license plate and gave me a hard time. I didn't need any hassle from the Westport Police - they can be real “Boy Scouts“ at times. He took off, so I ran back to the cache to throw in the travel bug and to hide the unit (before the cops showed up). In all of that, I bumped my brand new GPS unit against a rock and put a knick near the center of the screen! Now I have a constant reminder of this experience. Although this is a beautiful site, I suggested that the owner may want to move this cache because the neighbors are jerks. See "Colonial Marshland" if you want more. Anyway, just a thought... If locals ever give you a hard time in a situation like this, maybe you could tell them something like the following: “Hello, I am with a land development firm. We work with the government in determining new low income housing areas. The government gives us subsidies to locate low income families in various neighborhoods to further diversify our communities. Westport currently does not meet the per capita for this and we are in the process of purchasing properties in this area.” These people are such snobs that they would actually believe you! Oh man! I can now just see them all running down to the Town Hall! [laughing] By the way, I never said "which" government! BTW: A private road of this nature means only that the local residents maintain the speed bumps and snow plowing. This road is partially maintained by the town (city) of Westport and you have the right to visit the park as it is indeed a Public Area. The locals know this, they figure you don’t. What do you think? [view/edit logs/images on a separate page] [upload an image for this log]

My GPSr is designed for the car not for GeoCaching, so when the internal battery runs low there is no way to replace the battery (unless I take the whole thing apart ), so I usually have to call off the hunt and recharge in the car or at home. Being an Electrical Engineer, I was able to adapt my hand cranked AM/FM/SW radio to supply power to my GPSr. With parts from Radio Shack (I didn't want to wait overnight for a Digikey order), I made a simple cable to connect from the radio's power selector switch (by way of a connector I mounted on the radio) to my GPSr. Now, I can power my GPSr from its internal batteries, from the radio disposable batteries, from the radio Nicad rechargeable battery, or by hand cranking! I velcroed my GPSr to the back of the radio (so the radio's built in flashlight faces forward). Now I can crank and walk (even at night) and never have to to worry about loosing power again. If you would like more tips on this, please feel free to respond. Or just tell me your tricks in the field!