Mooseballs

Just hooked up my GPS to my serial port. I've got a Garmin GPS II+, and I managed to find a Y adapter cable to GPS/Serialport/12v power. Anyway, I JUST installed EasyGPS and was able to Xfer WP's to my GPS. With this one, I just hit PAGE until it pulls up the NEAREST WAYPOINTS list, and the closest will be on top. I then hit GOTO (it'll highlight the nearest WP) and ENTER. Then it shows me either a real rough map (eg, a straight line) to the WP or give me a compass readout and a distance reading (as the crow flies, of course). I think yours has a similar feature, but I'm not sure. Maybe this helps - I hope it does! -MB Think I'll sign up for the premium services and start downloading crap straight to my GPS tonight. Yeah! Wish me luck!

As for the email, Yahoo.com, Hotmail.com, and I think Juno to name a few have no filtering, unless you want it. They've both got SPAM filters, but they can be disabled/enabled at will. And I'm pretty sure you can also set it to deliver anything with the word "Geo" or "GPS" or "cache" to your inbox, even if it would otherwise be marked as spam. Besides, those kinds of accounts are free. And you can access on *any* PC with an internet connection.

Bad coords were maddening when I first started. I guess I got used to it. But it's always cool to get some right on. (Like when you look down, you're standing on an ammo can marked "Geocache.") As Cache Chasers posted, waiting a bit and doing 3 readings yields really good results.

My 2nd reply in these here forums. Here are my 2-bit responses: 1) Forums: There's a LOT of stuff written here. This little face sums it up: There's no way I can read all of it - I'd rather be outside! 2) Rules: I haven't hidden a cache yet, but I will. Oh yes. It'll rate 1 on terrain, and 5 on difficulty. Still thinking about details. Maybe a ... nevermind. No clues. Not yet. Give me a few more months, and it'll be worth it. (Note - This is how I'm gonna hide *my* cache, and I don't care how you hide yours; it's a matter of personal pride - don't force people into rules, maybe a little friendly competition.) 3) Rulebook: As for a guidebook/list of rules, how 'bout making a bigger FAQ section? (Like Aliens - I read about them once? forgot where) 4) Suggestion: Lastly, I've been putting the words "bike friendly" into all the (both) caches I find that are just that - in case there's a search feature that'll let someone look for those words. If anyone else would care to do that, I for one would appreciate it. (eg, You're allowed to take bikes on trails, repelling equipmnt. not req'd). That's all I have to whine about. "Hookt on fonix werkt 4 mee."

You never know who's in your own family. either. My dad occasionally referenced his surveying days in Korea, and when I mentioned benchmark hunting, he showed me some newspaper articles of when his company the 537th Eng. Company, 30th Battalion surveyed the Okefenoke Swamp in southern Georgia. We were able to find description of the sites and a couple others around the country. He told me of how they built a tower at one site, and his buddy almost fell off, and he told me of another site where a crazy old retired general came out to salute them as they tried not to fall off their survey tower.