chasandmeg

That's the one I was interested in. I went to the earlier presentations but had to leave before the Park Service talk.

They were not recorded. It is a thought though to consider for the future. The upside is the info will be made available in a wider forum. The downside, some may not attend if they can get the info online, plus having to get them online. I attended a few. The one given by the National Park Service was my favorite. Giving their side of the story, and ways to work with parks.

Were the sessions recorded for viewing by non-attendees? How about the power-point slides?

If the Triton 400 is still available I would be interested.

What GPS receivers will work with the new Garmin Chirp beacon? The website says units with appropriate technology but doesn't say whether my Colorado will work. How about 60CSx, Dakota or Oregon?

DEG/MIN.MMM is the most commonly used format in geocaching.

An archived cache is one that has bben permanently inactictivated for any of a number of reasons. The cache page and logs remain on the geocaching site but will not show up in searches for active caches. The container is no longer at the coordinates and you should not go looking for it.

Welcome to the game! An Etrex Legend is plenty sensitive enough to get started. To reduce frustration levels, start with 1 or 2 star difficulty caches that are "regular" sized rather than "small" or "micro" This info is found in the header of the cache page. Also read the last few logs to get an idea how much trouble others have had finding it. One last piece of advice is, don't expect the cache to directly at your feet when the GPSr says "0 feet " especially in heavy tree cover. You typically have to search a 20' (or more) radius circle for most. Network with other local cachers (email through profile pages) to join in group outings or events.

I'd be glad to hide one in the Boston area.

How about if you log a DNF on a cache and later on go back and find it? Do you delete the previous DNF or let it stand and re-log with a smilie?

Ther are many ways. The easiest ones I use are: If you know of a cache in the area of interest, you can click on the "find other nearby caches" link on the cache page or "Google Maps" in the map section of the cache page. If you do not know of any caches in the area you are interested in, check the area by "Google Earth" if you have the geocache option selected. This will show all caches in the area. Of course puzzle caches or multis may not show up in the proper area.

Thanks, that seems to have done it.

I have been enjoying using Google Earth to spot local caches. This feature recently stopped working for me and I get a note saying my KML subscription has expired. It directs me to my Geocaching.com account page, but I can't find any useful info there. Has this happened to anyone else? What can I do? Thanks for any help.