DareGuy

Had to add my two cents worth...I use the term "Geo-Skulkers".

EMT in the 70's; LEO since 80; DARE/GREAT/SRO; GeoSkulking the last 1 1/2 yrs. Loving it all. Thanks to fellow LEO/Med/Fire brothers & sisters, God bless you all.

Ducks, Geese, and Ants, amongst other of wildlife, can make great guards for caches.

I agree with XopherN71, I imagine most any PDA will work, but you can always search the forums and FAq's on the GSAK site. They may have something more specific. I took a quick glance, but couldn't find any details for you. Happy caching, DareGuy

jplimages, I see you are still waiting for a reply, and though I am pretty new, I will tell you what I know until a veteran comes along with better information. First, I have been here about two months +/-. I have a Garmin GPSMAP 60 CSx, and have been pleased with it. I have both Mapsource TOPO and City navigator. I also have an old Ipaq PDA (pocket pc). I tried easyGPS, and it just wasn't my style. I downloaded GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife) to use on my computer and Ipaq. Here: http://gsak.net/ Its totally free but you'll get a nag screen after 21 days use. Still free, just annoying. What I do is create a Pocket Query and request gpx files (which arrive as zip files in e-mail). I load the gpx into Mapsource then download into my 60CSx for geocaching. I have GSAK on the computer, and then import it into my Ipaq. Everything I would have had on paper is in the Ipaq, and easily organized. GSAK allows you to make notes, read recent logs, decryot hints, and keep track of lot of stuff. More stuff then I may ever use, I really like it. I don't think you can put mapsource on a PDA. The PDF is not paperless, just a nice means of having details about caches on paper, in hand. If you don't go with a PDA, having the PDF's was the next best thing (for me). Hope this helps a little. DareGuy

2.2 miles, but fortunately there are about 650 others within 45 miinutes.

I have the Garmin 60CSx. Have had it fior a few months now, and have both the City Navigator and TOPO Giude. So far, for the purposes of Geocaching, I find I use the City Navigator almost exclusively to get close, and the compass to take me in. The turn by turn directions and routing are very handy...I think I would miss them if I had topo only.

I'm 48, wife is 47, son just t urned 18. I started geocaching a month or two ago, and just recently started cruising the forums. I've seen a few posts here that this topic may get buzzed because it has been asked before. That would be a shame. I know it is boring for some of you folks who have been around here a while, but reading old posts with old information is like reading last months newspapers. It may have been news once, but just isn't fresh today. Anyway, I like reading the posts, and am not trying to complain, just sharing an 'old' noobies perspective. Love, Peace, Rock'n'Roll fellow cachers.

We spent a Saturday recently to find 23. Traveled about 110 miles cruising around southeast Kansas. New to this hobby, really having a blast.

For me its not a game, but a fun hobby. It has become a way to get some exercise (physically and mentally, depending upon the challenge of the cache). It has been a great way to spend some quality time with my wife, children, extended family and friends (not all at once...I might have to smack one of them if they were all around me at once...note to self, edit this comment out). (edit for spelling...was there something else I was supposed to fix???, Ah well...)

You could leave a gift card to a store that sold things useful to a geocacher.

I know some folks who are unable, due to physical impairments or other issues, to get out and experience real world geocaching. Second Life geocaching looks like a nice alternative for them to examine. Not my thing, but I am blest to be able to get out and move around. I just hadn't taken advantage of those blessings like I should have... As simpjkee said, geocaching got me moving. I have found ti to be fun "exercise", a word I would frequently cringe at normally.

While it may sound like a boneheaded excuse to contact you, theft of building materials, particularly valuable ones like copper, are on the rise. He/She was just doing the job they are paid to do. They (we) mean no harm. Like the folks above said, just be honest, you may introduce them to a new hobby. And you may prevent the next geocacher from the same incovenience you experienced. (Edit: forgot to add the last sentence the first time.)

I have been involved in public safety for years now, but make my fun money on the side. Make DVD's for folks, educational talks here and there. My spouse is a paraprofessional working with special eneds students in elementary school. Mmm...How can I work it out so I can get paid to be out Geocaching...the million dollar question!

Its what I do for the last 17 years, and what the people who know me call me.

Count me in... I am in LE in southwest Missouri for the last 27 years...into geocaching for the last couple of months. My wife and I love it, and have scoped out, and gotten permission for a few caches we plan on placing over the next few months.