Semper Questio

Yep. That is one of my common primary sources. Here's another great Texas history resource. And here are some useful links courtesty of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and her is the site for The Presidio La Bahia. But when researching the Alamo, Goliad and many other aspects of the Texas Revolution, be careful. There are a LOT of guesses, suppositions, theories, misstatements, assumptions, and outright lies out there. If you have not yet had the chance, you should visit the Bob Bullock State History Museum in Austin.

Thanks, WH

That number was from an article that was preliminary and incomplete. The historical record gives names of 189 Texian and 9 Tejano defenders that were killed at the Alamo, plus as many as 15 (maybe more) survivors plus more defenders who were sent out as couriers or for other reasons and did not make it back before the seige was over. Most of the defenders were Texian (Americans who colonized Texas), some were native Tejano, there were Americans from all across most of the US. And in addition to the above countries, there were also defenders from Scotland, Germany, and France. That does not count the countries of origin of many of the Texians and Americans who were themselves relatively recent immigrants from Europe. Given that, there is quite an opportunity for not only waymarks for monuments or markers at the origins of the defenders, but also for places along their travels that led to their roles in Texas' fight fir independence and their gravesites. This same theme could be used to expand the category to include all veterans of the Texas War for Independence from the opening shots in Gonzales, TX to the final surrender of Santa Ana at San Jacinto. Most people do not realize it, but the Fight for Texas was a truly international effort.

Ah. Makes much more sense now! If you look at the delete waypoint dialog box that WH mentioned, you will see there is a check box there where you can uncheck the option to add the waypoint to the GSAK ignore list. In the dialog it is referred to as something like "And prevent waypoint from being added later" or some such thing. Uncheck that and it will no longer do that by default. I've always thought there should be separate "delete" and "delete and ignore" functions. This is not the first time this has bitten someone. And I don't recall. Can anyone say definitively if the ignore list is global or is there one for each database?

You can show up and particiapte in the main event, other events, lab caches, and other goings-on, but all Challenge competitors have to be pre-registered.

I looked in my bookmark lists and could not find an ignore lilst That's interesting. It should be in the list, in alphabetical order, as "Ignore List". I do not recall if it shows in the list if you have no caches ignored. Are you sure the caches in question are being ignored and ar enot showing for some other reason? Can you tell us more of what you are seeing? You can verify a cache's ignore status by pulling one of them up, click the ignore link on the page, and se if it asks you if you want to ignore it (meaning it is not already ignored) or restore it (meaning it is now ignored).

You can find the ignore list in your list of bookmark lists. You can edit it like any other bookmark list. If you need more detials on that, let us know. Also, you can go to a specific cache and click the "Ignore" link in the upper right area of the cache page. This link acts as a toggle. So if the cache is being ignored, clicking it will bring up a screen askin you if you want to "restore" it (stop ignoring it).

I would first post an NM and in that log I would point out that there is a log entry the CO can use to adjust the listed coordinates of the cache. If, after a week or 2 the coordinates were not adjusted, I would post an NA asking the reviewer to prompt the CO for new coords or archive it.

Yeah, it happens. Most of the travelers I have released are now missing or hung up. Not much of anything you can do about it. If it is of great personal value to you, don't release it.

If we could edit a route that would not be needed. Just be happy you have a barely functional feature now. Keep in mind that you can CUSTOMIZE a route when you are creating it by dragging the route line where you want it. You just can't EDIT the route once it has been saved. I just did it today. Yes, it is definitely a pain and you have to be more careful not to save the route until you have it just the way you want it, but it IS doable.

Ah. Missed that. Thanks, Toz.

I had never tried this before so the results were a bit baffling at first. Here's what happened. I have a PQ for the Bastrop, TX area in preparation for the upcoming Texas Challenge. I clicked the preview icon on my PQ list and got the list displayed just fine. But then I thought I could just click the "Placed" column header to sort the list and see if there were any new caches in the area. When I did that, an event in Houston popped up to the top of the list. Well, that was much further away than expected! Then I noticed there were only 100 items returned - the number of caches being pulled by my Bastrop PQ. I then tried the other column sorts. Looking at all of those results, and then playing with a few other PQ settings, it seems that the column sorts "work", using the count limit and the radius of the PQ. However, if your radius is left to default to 500 or is set at some number higher than actually needed for the results you want (for instance, if your results are only in a 10 mile radius but you said 50 in the PQ), then the result of the sort returns the first "n" caches in that entire radius meeting the sort criteria. So, for example, in my first encoutner, my count was set at 100 caches, but the distance was left to default at a 500 mile radius. So when I sorted by a column, say descending by date placed, I got the first 100 caches within that 500 mile radius most recently placed. If I then clicked ascending by date placed, I then got the oldest 100 caches within that 500 mile radius. All of the column sorts worked in this fashion. Is this a bug or an "undocumented feature"?

What is commonly referred to here as "The Texas Challenge" is the annual state-wide mega event referenced to by niraD. Generally, it is a competition between regions of Texas. It runs Thursday 3/20 through Sunday 3/23 in and around Bastrop, TX. Yes, non-Texans are welcome and can either band together or can join a Texas regional team. However, registrations for competitive part of the event have been closed for a while. If anyone wants to come to the event as a general attendee, no registration is required and you can just show up. Fair warning, lodging is probably kinda hard to come by now and camping space in thenearby state park is probably booked up as well so if you come, you may have to look furhter out for a place to stay. There are a few other events being held in the area around the event and there are going to be lab caches opened up on Thursday morning. Event Cache Page TXGA Event Page Visit Bastrop Page

Given the facts you state, I would grab it from the person who is holding it, "visit" it to the cache you found it in (or drop and retrieve it - called "dipping" it) to mark that it had been there, and move it along.

Good job folks! Thanks!

Good job folks! Thanks!

That cemetery at Harmony Hill (there is a cache there) is a beautiful place. LOTS of photo ops there!

You are probably already aware, but I just realized that going to someone's profile and clicking on the link to look at their recent posts no longer works either.

Sorry. My bad. I misread that. For some reason I thought it said "didn't know".

I don't know how large your property is or how many caches are already on it, but this could present a problem for you in regards to the proximity rule. In case you have not seen it, that rule is that the final cache location, or any stage of a cache with a physical container, cannot be any closer the 1/10 of a mile to another physical stage or final location. Now, what you can do to deal with this is communicate with the existing cache owners and see if you can work with them to incorporate their caches into your program. Some ar eopen to this kind of thing, some aren't, but it can't hurt to ask. Thanks for bringing that up. I did know about this rule, and fortunately the existing caches have been planted in a way that still allows for more of our own caches. We have 80 acres and there is an island that has to be accessed by canoe or kayak that I may end up planting a cache on. Furthermore, we are positioned on a river with public land along the banks. I'd guess I can still plant 5-10 more. To be honest, it seems that several of these caches are not being maintained, and some of the logs reinforce that assumption. It isn't a problem until it is, I guess. Apparently, although you said you've done some research, it appears you overlooked the most fundamental research in placing a cache. You need to read the Geocache Listing Requirements and Guidelines. Then you need to read them again and then read them one more time. Be sure you understand them. If there are any questions, come back in here and ask or contact your local cache reviewer (look at the "Published" entry at the start of logs on a local cache). This, along with finding some caches and talking to cachers (and letterboxers if you can find some in your area) will fill in a lot of your information gaps. Also be very careful about the public land claim. Not that I doubt what you say, but placing caches on private property is a big deal. You just need to be aware of that. Good luck.

Already reported yeaterday.

I don't know how large your property is or how many caches are already on it, but this could present a problem for you in regards to the proximity rule. In case you have not seen it, that rule is that the final cache location, or any stage of a cache with a physical container, cannot be any closer the 1/10 of a mile to another physical stage or final location. Now, what you can do to deal with this is communicate with the existing cache owners and see if you can work with them to incorporate their caches into your program. Some ar eopen to this kind of thing, some aren't, but it can't hurt to ask.

I strongly suggest you contact local geocachers and enlist some help. They can be of great benefit in teaching you the ropes and helping you with prepping and hiding a variety of caches as well as putting together classes. In fact, there are probably cachers nearby that already have at least some training material you can use or use as a starting point. To that end, look for local caching groups online and go to some caching events to meet cachers. You could event host a meet and greet event yourself. Good luck.

Can anyone give a better idea of when it last worked properly? I know it was good at about 2:30pm - 3pm US central time yesterday. It seems I also used it later - about 5pm, but I can't swear to it.

Yup. Same here. Don't know when it started, but I noticed it this morning. I only access via PC. So far today I've only used IE9 on Win7.