TeamAnnan

ps. am impressed though, slidegear - I hadn't thought about using mine about the apartment...

I've built a couple of them and love them for the kids or for hauling gear. Better than a backpack if you're traveling over flat terrain (eg. frozen lakes) and have a decent load. Big hint if you have kids - get the folding camp chairs (the simple ones that are just a seat and back) and bolt them into place along the sides of the sled. Kids' slippery snowsuits on plastic sled = kids all over the trail. Also, some extra hook bolts along the sides always help for lashing things in. It's truly easy to build them, and mine were built for <$35 (excluding camp chairs) in a short time. It's amazing how often I get stopped when out snowshoeing or skating by people who want to see how I did it.

Ubuntu 8.10 user for a few weeks. Still using my work laptop to talk to my Garmin eTrex Venture HC, which I have also only been using for a few months. I'm a noob squared. Installed GPS Babel and GPSman and am gong to download QLandkarte and fool around with them all and try to figure things out. I miss sending caches directly to the GPS from the cache sites, since that was how I was mostly doing things. Will have to find a bit of time to really dive into it all. Thanks to the users on this thread and so many others for providing so much helpful advice.