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Using IE, one try, no problems, got all 3.03GB in about 3 hours while browsing and streaming CFNY as well. I have yet to install it, but the download went fine.

Yup, I was think of "in the rocks too" but diddn't want to hog all the good ones. Also, I saved the pine tree one for you Ted...I know that's your favorite! Yeah, how many times now with the non-pine trees eh Mike? Great topic BTW!

"It's in the obvious spot". Oh really? If it was that obvious, I wouldn't need to bother to check your stinking hint!

"In the rocks." grrrrrrr....

"Call Mr. Plow,That's my name,That name again,It's Mr. Plow. Boom-chi-cha-boom-chi-cha-boom-chi-boom I'm Mr. Plow, and I'm here to say, I'm the plowin'est guy in the USA. I got a big plow and I'll move a lot of things, Like your cow if you have one..." It was obvious that the cache was on the plow, but it was a devious hide. I found this hint less than useful.

"I'm pining for you"... and it's in a spruce.

Wouldn't caches per area be a better indication of that type of saturation? The number of people per cache as per your stats can be an indicator that there are some very active hiders in the area or there are a lot of hiders in the area or a combination of both. If I want to find a bunch of caches in a day, I'll head for a spot that has a lot of caches - the number of people per cache wouldn't have any bearing on this choice. Keith Watson's lists show this in a better way, albeit, for much larger areas.

Are you sure? By your numbers, Cranbrook (118.9) has a lower ppl/cache ratio than Fredericton (216.9).

My furthest was out by about 1.5km. We were going for a FTF and the description and hint were enough to nab it anyways. It was in front of a llama/alpaca farm and we happened noticed it as we drove past to find that the posted co-ords were in another farmer's field on a different road.

I'll guess "dot" as I've only ever heard it called that. However, I don't think the last 2 questions follow the intent of the original post: "Here's how it works. I'll ask a question and the person whom answers correctly will ask the next question and when that's answered correctly will in turn post another question etc. To keep it within topic I suggest the questions fall into one or more of these loose categories: - Geocaching - Navigation - Geomatics/graphy/physics etc - The Canadian hiking experience - Cycling, Canoeing, Kayaking or any other means of arriving at a cache. - Camping No cheating now, that includes Googling for the answers!"

Sadly, I have found this to be the norm with all Garmin manuals for the units I own. Thank goodness for formus and other Garmin users!

Now recall that you are misquoting me... I said "For Geocaching, the Colorado is light years ahead of anything out there"..... When used for caching, it is. For "other" uses it is not much different. All of the cache information right there a click away WHILE navigating. When you get home, two seconds and all the logs right there on the computer in order ready to input. No searching for cache pages ever. You're right. I was looking at the unit as a whole and I haven't really used one extensively for caching. Another thought is that I'd still need my PDA for field logs. If it were as quick to input text on the Colorado as a PDA, I could drop that piece of hardware and that would tip the scales for me. How do you find that entering text with a scroll-wheel works for you? That, combined with bringing up all the cache pages automatically, ready to log sounds pretty cool.

I think that "light years" is a bit of an overstatement. There have been more issues with this handheld GPSr release than others. Just check out this Wiki. I own a 60CSx and I really wanted to buy the latest and greatest from Garmin, but after checking out a Colorado in a store, there were enough things I didn't like that kept me from making the purchase. What I didn't like: The dark screen - it was difficult to see without the backlight. That scroll-wheel...arrgh! Buttons, give me buttons! So, you can enter field notes into a Colorado - I just can't imagine doing this with a scroll-wheel. That is better left to a PDA and CacheMate or something else. The carabiner clip. While many people thought the clip system of the CSx was a bit flimsy, it works well for me. I can clip it to my belt or pack and it hangs solid without swinging around. What I did like: Faster processor (for panning etc.) Higher res screen - very pretty. My comments are based on an in-store experience only and not a real field test, so my issues so far are with the look and interface of the unit. While I thought I'd never want a touch-screen in a handheld GPSr, I would certainly consider it over that scroll-wheel (or rock'n'roller or whatever). If the Colorado had buttons like my 60CSx, I'd probably get it and hope that that future firmware updates would resolve the rest of the issues.

I received a call from the Public Health Office on Friday and they confirmed that the tick I had brought in was an American Dog Tick and it was free of lyme disease. I wasn't really worried, but it was nice to know.

Hey Chris, I use the Garmin bike mount and it seems pretty solid. The main body is the same as the auto mount and you can snap it in and out from one to the other. If you have the auto mount, you can just buy the part that clamps onto the handlebar.

I took my little friend to the Public Health Office today (Environmental Health & Lifestyle Dept.) and they will be sending it off for testing and call me with the results. They thought it would take about a week. Correspondence with others that were along for the hike on Saturday revealed that some found ticks on their clothing, in their cars and in bathrooms where they disrobed.

Well, it's finally happened to me too. I was out yesterday with the "Challenge Caching 2" group in the Grimsby area and came home with a tick attached to my right knee. I was wearing long pants, so the critter must've crawled up my leg at some point during the day. Using tick tweezers (the first time I've used them for what they were intended) I grabbed it at the head and pulled straight out. I was surprised at how well attached it was. It didn't look like any mouth parts were left behind. I've saved the tick and will call my doctor on Monday for further instructions. Here is what the tick looks like and here's an image of the tick bite. A couple of other cachers have emailed me saying that it looks like a dog tick. It appears that way to me too.

I had to look that one up but LOL!

What was the previous rating? Rule 4 specifically excludes changing the rating of an existing cache. It was a 4.5/3

I've got 69 out of 81. My 5/5 is a fake. I still need 1/4.5, 3.5/5, 4/4.5, 4.5/1, 4.5/4, 4.5/5, 5/1.5, 5/2.5, 5/3.5, 5/4, 5/4.5, 5/5.

It looks like the download worked for me as I have ver. 1.31. I had stopped the download twice and the next time I ran the updater, it seemed to resume where it left off without any problem. Sorry I don't know the tile #s, but here are co-ords (approx. centre) for the missing tiles of interest: N45°22.000' W080°15.000' N45°38.000' W080°45.000' N45°52.000' W080°45.000' N46°08.000' W081°45.000' Thanks Dale! Ted.

Will the Uranus Burger be incorporated into the Tri-force of Horrors this year?

I ran the procedure, but the tiles that were missing in Ontario (Parry Sound, Killarney) are still missing. I only ran 'MapUpdate' and clicked 'Check for Updates'. Did I miss another step, or are these holes yet to be filled? Thanks again. Ted.

Woo Hoo! Congrats on 3 smilies Cathy!

I'll have a look at it. I have no experience with anything like this, but I'd be happy to lend you some CPU time. Ted.