Chrysalides

The correct path and Foldernames are: \Garmin\gpx That's right. Create a "GARMIN" folder on your microSD, then create a "GPX" folder inside the GARMIN folder. Place GPX file in the GPX folder.

You win the thread.

Don't forget the use of a pen . (that was just a random video I found on youtube. I think I also saw this in a movie but I can't recall which one)

Yeah, just point and laugh. Don't take it too seriously. I guess that person could use this "streak" to qualify for a challenge cache. If it is your challenge, feel free to challenge (heh) them on it. Otherwise, meh ¯\_(シ)_/¯.

The filename doesn't actually matter. It can be named anything. It's the contents of the file that determines what the Oregon 450 displays. With premium membership, if I use "Send to GPS", it also writes to my Oregon as GCxxxx.GPX. But I see the name, description, hint, logs, etc. because I have premium membership.

The eTrex 20 does not have a magnetic compass, so the compass screen only points in the correct direction when you're moving. To use it, you select a geocache to navigate to, then go to the compass screen. Pick the most likely direction and start walking, After a few seconds, the compass arrow will point towards the cache. Use the arrow and the distance indicator to make your way towards the cache. Models with a magnetic compass (a Hall effect sensor) - like the eTrex 30 - will show the correct direction to move in when you're standing still. It's nice to have, but not necessary.

I'm not sure what was K13's original intent. Did he mean that the cache should not be published since it requires special equipment? That is dependent on the situation and the reviewer (subject to appeal to Groundspeak), but there is no rule that a cache requiring special equipment with no alternative will not be allowed.

I like that one better Wikipedia tells me that "Bag End" in Lord of the Rings is coined to make fun of the use of "cul-de-sac" in the English language. This thread has been a wealth of trivia for me. First amadou, now a language lesson

Good point. One of those I found - a tupperware type box that leaked - had abundant growth inside. A few of the logs before my find went something like "I'm happy to report that the science experiment is doing well and that the culture is fluorishing".

Many geocachers are willing to spend lots on their personal equipment, but I'm not so sure they're willing to spend so much when it comes to something that is only useful in another's geocache - assuming it is your own cache, you can just change out the logsheet or logbook. Much easier to just add a new logsheet in a baggie when possible. It is an intriguing solution, I must admit. Have you tried it with paper to see how well it works? I also wonder if it is so expensive because it is marketed towards fly fishermen, not that there's anything we can do about that...

The lip balm is poured into the container while molten, so that does seem reasonable that it stays mostly inside. Water poured into a chapstick container will slowly leak out over a couple of hours. I thought the "turn knob to extract log" mechanism for a chapstick is rather interesting. I found some (unused) ones with a lanyard attachment cap, may try to use that as a container. But does water get in? I left one floating on top of a bucket of water for a few hours with a piece of paper inside. It felt damp but was not soaking wet.

The lip balm is poured into the container while molten, so that does seem reasonable that it stays mostly inside. Water poured into a chapstick container will slowly leak out over a couple of hours. I thought the "turn knob to extract log" mechanism for a chapstick is rather interesting. I found some (unused) ones with a lanyard attachment cap, may try to use that as a container.

$30 to dry out someone's wet log, I'm not surprised if no one uses it You'd have to be familiar with the fly fishing community to understand why people in that community would pay $30 to dry their flies. I remember someone asking for a recommendation for a "beginners fly rod" in a fly fishing forum I used to read and someone responded that they should by a Winston fly rod, which starts at around $700. BTW, I find it odd that that Amadou patch is for CDC files. CDC, or Cul de Canard (french for Duck Bottom) are the feathers from, well, the bottom of a duck and are naturally water resistant due the secretion of the preen gland. Forget about stone paper, someone should create duck butt paper. Oh, I'm not surprised that fly fishermen use this for drying flies. They'd probably get that portable hair dryer if it does a better job (but I don't think it does). I think they're just about as crazy as any geocacher. What I meant was that I'm not surprised no geocacher would use this to dry logsheets they come across while geocaching. Duck butt paper sounds like toilet paper for ducks...

$30 to dry out someone's wet log, I'm not surprised if no one uses it You'll probably have it stained with ink as well. Hmm, maybe a ghetto DIY version using a pad of paper towels. Won't dry anywhere near as well, I'm sure, but significantly less expensive. Just for laughs I entered "drying paper" into Chrome and one of the suggestions for autocompletion is "drying paper logs". Hmm, I didn't realize it's such a hot (heh) topic. Clicked on it. Apparently, "paper log" doesn't mean what I thought it means. Some people turn old newspaper into log (as in wooden log) shapes for burning. There's even a "paper log maker" on Amazon for doing this.

I was mistaken for a surveyor once. A resident in the neighborhood thought I was surveying some land to be developed. She wasn't in favor of development. At the end of the encounter there were two somewhat confused person

I think it's actually a legitimate question from a noob. What, who needs a pen, when you can just scan a bar code, and move on to the next one? We are literally dinosaurs around here. That'll happen when you put out a free intro app into the Android and iphone marketplace. Didn't we have a discussion about "newbies" vs "noobs" a few threads ago?

I was not aware that anything gets resolved in the forums. Where did you read that? Definitely not. The forums here is littered with equine carcasses.

Leaving a sincere thank you log is being generous and community spirited. Being derisive of those who did not is not.

No. Turd and lame are actually what I had in mind. Newbie isn't necessarily degoratory. Noob (which I don't believe you ever used) is.

And name calling. That's the part that I'm most against. They can wring their hands all they want.

Does it take ink easily compared to regular paper? Gel ink, ball point pen, pencil? You're a lot more optimistic than I am

Try to update it again? Sorry, I'm really grasping at straws here.

I went on two long trips so far with only my Chromebook. I could copy pocket queries to my GPSr, copy new maps to it, and download field notes and upload them to gc.com without any issues. I didn't use any additional software on it.

You have much better memory than I do. I found about that number on my busiest day, and there's about 3 or 4 that I totally have no recollection of at the end of the day. I remember every DNF clearly, however, and I have a very vivid memory of the one with a very ripe roadkill not far away, unfortunately

No. It can be Chirp only. http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=303