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For all of the stat-hounds: Caching ego For the "roamer" caches: Cache going For the "meets:" Cache gig on If you have a REALLY big ammo can: Caging echo A Texas Geocaching signature item: Aggie conch To plunder or leave a mugggle-found inner-city cache: Gang choice

I'd send an email tonight and bring a replacement log unless he responds that he'll replace it tomorrow.

I stand corrected - The Vista has the icons too. I must have just scrolled right past them.

As I've said in other posts, my first GPSr was a GPSMap 176. It's great in the boat and car, but it's a litttle big to carry on trails. I looked at all the options you're looking at and chose the Vista. I love it. It's perfect for my style of caching. I should have got it earlier. I've reached the point where I don't even bring the 176 - the screen on the Vista is fine for the car or the trail for me.

The following is from snopes.com: Even if these photographs are genuine, they create an exaggerated sense of the danger posed by brown recluse spiders. As Phillip Anderson, a Missouri physician who specializes in brown recluse spider bites, explained in an article for the medical journal Missouri Medicine, "Almost all brown recluse spider bites heal nicely in two to three months without medical treatment at all. Also the long-term medical outcome is excellent without treatment." Furthermore, says Anderson, "We are not aware of any verifiable deaths caused by the bite of the North American brown recluse spider." (He noted that several deaths from such wounds "had been reported in medical journals, but none of the reports is convincing.") He also reported that out of "about 1,000 credible recluse spider bites," he was only aware of "about a dozen cases of impressive, sustained hemolysis." In fact, just about the greatest danger of a bite of this nature is not the direct effects of the venom, but rather the introduction of secondary bacterial infection due to the patient's continually scratching the site (spider bites can itch terribly!) or otherwise failing to keep the wound clean. If these photographs truly depict the effects of a brown recluse spider bite, they represent a very rare occurrence. Quite possibly they are genuine photographs of some completely different medical ailment (unrelated to spider bites) with similar physical symptoms (such as pyoderma gangrenosum or necrotizing fasciitis), and someone who came across the pictures outside of their original context mistakenly assumed them to depict the effects of a brown recluse spider bite.

Since the Garmin units are the GPSr's for geocaching , everyone who owns one should request of Garmin that they add a "cache" icon in their next software upgrade (I just did).

I'm an Assistant Scoutmaster of a local troop, and can tell you that any troop (even one with only 10 boys) could raise enough to buy a couple of Yellow eTrex GPSr's if it's something the scouts really want. Not only would they then have a sense of accomplishment, but they would also feel some ownership of the units and would tend to take better care of them. When is the easy route the best to teach to kids, afterall?

I also considered the 75s. However, since the main reason I wanted a second GPSr was for trail use, I opted for the smaller size of the eTrex line. I let my dad use my 176 over this past weekend and I had to use the Vista on the boat. I sure missed having the larger screen on the water. However, I love the Vista on land. The controls/menus on the eTrex are completely different than the 176 (and I'm assuming 76). The eTrex screens are simpler to navigate, but I wouldn't really say they're better. The eTrex buttons would be harder to manage with gloves. Overall, I don't think you could go wrong with either unit.

I've been using a Garmin GPSMap 176 that I've had on my boat (still use it on my boat, too). However, since it's bulky and there is no practical way to carry it except in your hand, I bought an eTrex Vista yesterday. I was torn between the Vista and the Legend. For me, the deciding factors were the extra memory in the Vista - 24 MB vs 8 MB - and the compass. If the Vista had only had one or the other over the Legend, I would have just got it. After a day of Caching with the new unit, I have to say that I love the compass. I'm sure it eats batteries, but it's a very nicely implemented feature that really makes caching easier. If you need an excuse to justify getting a model one step above one you're looking at, this feature would be it IMO.

One way to include a logo would be to use this site:the selector.

quote:Originally posted by brad.32:... so a TB with a goal in FL is a bad idea? FL is a big state, and while the Gainesville area is somewhat central, it does not mean the entire state is unsafe.

I'm glad they do what little they can (maps/aerial photos/etc). I had a typo in my first, and currently only, cache. My latitude was 7 degrees off - it put the cache in Jacksonville instead of Pensacola. Doh! It might make sense for them to have someone else just review for typos and such.

I left a Lord of the Rings DVD as the FTF prize in my first cache with a note to the FF that he didn't need to worry about trading up. I'm probably going to do a hyper-micro next with a $50 FTF prize - I'll place it in a very challenging location and relocate it to an easier hiding place in the same location after it's been found.

just a test

It's explained on one of the FAQ pages... Look here

I have a GPSmap 176 that I use primarily on my boat (it can be powered by 12v or batteries). It's significantly larger than the typical handhelds, but the screen is also much larger (2.5" x 3"). It's got one screen that's VERY easy to read. In fact, the main reason I got this instead of the GPSmap 76 is the larger screen. With my old handheld, anytime I tried to get close enough to read it while underway, I'd bang my head against the dash every time I'd hit a wave. It's not a problem with this GPS. It is, however, less wieldy while hiking, and it's significantly more expensive than many of its smaller cousins.

"After a very pleasant hike, I found the cache without too much trouble. I have to say that this location is amazing. I've lived here my whole life, and never knew this was here. What a view! TN, left blood sample, right thumbprint, and hair sample for DNA testing."

It's not really a bug, but I believe the time of a visit isn't recorded when adding a log item. I visited a cache after two others had today, and my log entry is below theres on the list. It looks like it's sorted by day but not time. Not really a big deal, but in this particular example (look at 9/13 entries), someone might believe there's still a TB there when in fact it was picked up earlier in the day.