shadango

My folks always said "It aint the DEAD people you hafta worry about hurting you, it's the LIVING ones."

I have been taking my 5 year old (actually 4 years, 10 months) son with me on our Geocaching hunts.....he LOVES them! He is also a whiz at handheld games and such.... So, I started thinking (Uh oh!) and thought: Maybe I could get him a GPS for his birthday?? I know I know..."A hundred dollar gizmo for a 5 year old!?!?" But I guess what I am wondering is, has anyone else gone thru this and what is your thought?? He loves using mine when we cache....following the arrow, etc.....and he always asks to carry the GPS (A Garmin V).......Would it be a mistake to get him one of his own?? And which one?? Thanks all! shadango

I hate people who dredge up posts from like 2 years ago and reply to them.... Oooops...THAT'S ME! Sorry folks! Just a newbie checking out the forums!

I'll say "AMEN" to that and up you one.....Feminine hygiene ads that come on while we are eating dinner! (No offense ladies...but COME ON!)

That's wrong in SO many ways....

This seems like a neat idea! Is it legal?? I could someone build a cache out of an electrical box and stick it somewhere??? In other words, the box itself is its own disguise? Is that OK by the rules?? THAT would be neat!

You could hide it in a "vault toilet".... eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwww! To be sure, it would add to the "difficulty" level, and it would be a highly prized win....

I, too, am sharing the numbers thrill as a newbie.... I did 11, along with my 5 year old son, this past weekend, over 3 days......up to a whopping 17 now! We also found our first travel bug, and it was an unregistered one, meant for us to start fresh! Fun stuff! I think the clip will slow down though..... It can certainly be addicting!

I am new to the GPS world (cool so far!!) and new to the forum, and have many questions: I just bought a Legend and am wondering if the 8mb is enough space to load enough Metroguide 5 maps to suit what I want to do. I plan on using this on motorcycle rides and on vacation...so I would want to load my local maps and then my destination maps and maybe one or two in between....I am a realist in that I know I cant get 1.5 gbs of data onto an 8mb gizmo...But, is 8mb enough space to load enough maps?? For instance: I live in Pittsburgh PA and want to load maps for my vacation to the Outer banks, NC.... I went to garmins site and it looked liek I will need to load two "blocks" for the outerbanks, 3 or so for my local maps and one or two in between.... Generally speaking, is this gonna happen? I can take teh legend back within 14 days and exchange if I need to...I was looking at the eMap but was concerned about the waterproof/durability issues....and the Vista which has 24mb but also costs $100..... So, for those using Metroguide with a lgened, how many maps can you load in before it is full?? I know they are all different sizes, but I would liek to get a general consensus...is 8mb enough space. Thanks all!