The Snail

Shouldn't matter if I use it once a year or once a day. It was a valuable tool. I might need a hammer 4 times a year. But if someone takes it away, I'll surely realize banging a nail with a brick stinks.

opinioNate wrote: If the other options were as quick, painless and easy as GE I'd be happy. Mapping has never been groundspeaks strong point. Getting rid of the Geocaching Network KML was a mistake.

Found 4 or 5 during a trip to CO last June, never logged them. Don't know why. Loved the area, loved the caches. Some sort of mental block I think.

Garmin Legend. I'm old, but still work fine.

This is the show that started us caching back in May of '03. At the time I couldn't believe these "hidden treasures" were located all around me. I still think it's pretty cool.

I can't stand parking lot micros. Or parking lot caches of any type. For me caching is the adventure and the hike, not leaning out my car door to sign a log. My own fault though, I should know not to search for them.

'98 Jeep Cherokee Classic 116, 410 miles. Don't leave home without it.

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If we stop using the term "Muggle", I'm selling my Garmin and taking up metal detecting. Respectfully submitted, The Snail

Shouldn't this be in the Mensa forums?

In my area of Wisconsin there have been a couple of cache owners who have archived some of their caches and placed a new one nearby. It gives previous finders a new cache to hunt and perhaps explore a new section of a park they have not visited. In some circumstances I think this is a fairly decent idea. I just hope I get to find them before they're archived and moved!

It seems to me that I should be able to download caches from the search page to my Etrex Legend. As a matter of fact the site says I can. Anyone have instructions on how to do this? With pictures maybe? I'm drunk/tired/stupid/inept or otherwise unable to figure it out myself. I can Pluck and Spin into my PalmPilot but how do I get it into the GPS? Thanks for future replies. <Edit> Using my superior intellect I figured it out myself despite my defeatist attitude.

Absolutely brilliant idea!

U2's "Still Havent Found What I'm Looking For" I have climbed highest mountain I have run through the fields I have run I have crawled I have scaled these city walls These city walls But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for But I still haven’t found what I’m looking for (I'm gonna slap them with a lawsuit for copyright infringement.)

I just spent about an hour on the Oklahoma geocaching website reading through logs then clicking on profiles looking for people with alot of hides. Then I realized I was getting kinda spooky/scary. I stopped looking. P.S. I would buy the book on 'Tree Hugging Without Splinters'

I'd go out of my way to collect a rubber turd! My collection needs to keep growing!

TomTom 2 and Destinator seem to be more for navigating while in a vehicle. Unless I missed it, it doesnt look like you can enter coordinates. Both packages look to be $300 and up. You'd be better off buying an entry level GPS and use the basic map software that comes with it. For less than $100, you'd be up and hunting in no time. Just one man's opinion. Good luck.

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Here's a vote for pinning!

If "Stay on Trail" signs are placed to protect delicate ecosystems or endangered flora, I will respect their wishes and comply. However if they are concerned about insurance purposes, (a dubious excuse at best), or people getting lost in the woods, I would put on my stealth suit and find that cache. Even before I started caching, bushwacking and going off trail during a hike was more enjoyable than following the beaten path.

If I ever meet up with a fellow cacher I would put on my aluminum foil hat that I carry for such occasions, run at full speed towards him screaming about "engbert cocklespurs are loose", run headlong into a tree for good measure, then hand him a stick of Juicy Fruit Gum, while breaking wind the whole time. Then read the logs the next day.

My Legend wedges nicely on top of steering wheel column between column and dash. Right between speedometer and tachometer. Thought about duct taping to my wife's forehead, but then I'd have to talk to her so she'd turn around and face me.

I would proudly display a 'Keystone for President' bumper sticker on my Jeep when they become available. I would also be willing discuss a billboard in my front yard. E-mail me with specifics.

My goal is simply to get outdoors and enjoy the hunt. Sure I'd love to have 1000+ finds and be the top Wisconsin geo-cacher, (who wouldn't) but for ME that level of intensity would detract from what I like about the hobby.