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  1. I'm a little over an hour away, more like 1.5 hours! I echo the thought to go to the MiGO site and join us, we've got friends all over Michigan!! If you find yourself down near the MI/OH border on US127, shoot me a line!!!

     

    Amber, if you can, you should try to get to the event in the Lansing area every month. Events are the best place to meet other cachers in your area.

  2. Hello, I will be in the area of Sterling Hights first week of April. Are there any caches which you can recommend ? It would be no problem if the caches are not direct in this area, because I have a car with me.

    Thanks and regards from Germany

    Maggus

     

    Welcome to Michigan when you get here. You might want to post this question in the MIGO forums

     

    http://www.migoonline.org/

  3. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...ba-9edfe23f230e

     

    The finds were logged just like any other cache though it appears to have gone missing over a year ago.

     

    I have found Oakland Transit half a dozen times or so in the past. The cache owner is the last one to have picked it up, and still has it. Since he hasn't cached in a few years, I'm assuming he doesn't plan to hide it again. Several of us have tried emailing him about adopting it since there are so few of them, but all emails go unanswered.

  4. The first ones were listed as caches and called travelers since there was no such thing as a TB. Several cachers started their own aprox. the same time, so I'm not sure if you can find who started the first one. Mt10Bike, MountanMan and several others had some out there. Here is a link to one that is still active. Has had quite a ride, visiting Canada, Groundspeak HQ 2-3 times, has crossed the country several times, been lost, revived, but still goes on tickin.

     

    http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...3b-873f144a593b

    It is too bad it is listed as a cache and not a traveller since this means we can't see the mileage. :D

     

    It would have been difficult to list it as a traveler since travelers didn't exist. The only listings were for caches.

     

    BTW, these travelers were also the birth of traveling caches, there are still a few of them moving around too.

  5. Like VonHorst said, try looking for another one. There are several within a mile of there that have all been found this year.

     

    UNLESS,,,,,,,your going for a FTF on your first find like I did.

  6. Here is one example of why the rule came about. Read the description for this hunt.

     

    http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...db-03be0a26718e

    That one was archived back in 2001. Maybe the guidlines about digging were not published then? I seem to remember seeing the video of the first ever cache actually being buried! That was only a year earlier.

     

    Yep, quite a few were hidden the way the first one was, take a 5gal pail, sink it into the ground up to the lid, then cover it with logs, leaves, etc.

    If I recall correctly, the rule for burying caches didn't take effect until Sept 01.

  7. The first ones were listed as caches and called travelers since there was no such thing as a TB. Several cachers started their own aprox. the same time, so I'm not sure if you can find who started the first one. Mt10Bike, MountanMan and several others had some out there. Here is a link to one that is still active. Has had quite a ride, visiting Canada, Groundspeak HQ 2-3 times, has crossed the country several times, been lost, revived, but still goes on tickin.

     

    http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...3b-873f144a593b

  8. Can't you get electonics for less over there than here stateside? What ever unit you buy, you should be able to get the handbook downloaded in English off the net. Most of the newer units have multiple languages in them, so you may have to change it to english. What about at the PX, do they have GPSr's available?

    As to your question, like xMts said, it might take a little longer to get a signal, but only the first time. When you turn the unit off, it remembers where it was at that time, then when you turn it back on, it assumes you are still in the same general area and looks for the sats that should be in the sky there at that time and day. If you have moved somewhere else, expecially several hundred/thousand miles away, those sats won't be there, so it has to do a broad search to find what ones are in that area. Once it finds one, the others are found more quickly since it now knows what ones should be in the vicinity of that one.

    I had no trouble using mine in Hong Kong or Nepal when I was there.

  9. I work in dt Detroit at the PO. Would love to meet and do some caching. Haven't been in the Woodhaven area in a while, so there would be lots of new caches for me. Plus, we could go to Belle Isle, about 35 caches on the island, still about 10 I havent found. Send me a PM to set up a time and place to meet. BTW, late mornings/early afternoons would work great, I start work at 3:30.

  10. Greetings from Louisiana,

    We will be visiting southwest Michigan in early Nov. (St. Joseph) Is there a list of favorite caches in this area? Any events planned for that time?

     

    Thanks, SelgoJA

     

    Welcome to MI SelgoJA. Hope you have a nice trip. You might want to direct your question here. http://www.migoonline.org/ I haven't been to the SW area in a while, but someone should be able to give you some feedback. You'll have to set up an account to access the forums.

  11. Most McDonald's restaurants have free wifi...

    http://www.mcdonalds.com/wireless/find_hotspot.html

    From following the link to the provider from McD's site, I'm not positive that this is free wifi.

     

    I couldn't quote something specific, or guide you to a point that mentions it, but I think that most McDonald's do charge a fee for wifi.

    McDonalds do charge, and I believe that most if not all Starbucks charge as well. Panera Bread does have free access. You can go to their website to find their locations.

  12. As others have said, with coins, there are so many with a great design on them, that they just dissappear in no time. With TBs, the same applies, there is the 'cuteness factor'. The cuter the TB is, the more likely it will disappear.

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