welch

quote:Originally posted by lvsKatz: Read newspaper article Mar.15, did GPS research all day 3-16 and reading your boards, too. (THANKS ALL - terrific site, well done, 3 cheers!) Bought Garmin eTrex Venture Mar.17 (Ebay, $145.00 brand new...). Also I know where my first cache is, but I was waiting for the GPS...(so close to my house it's scary, I even know which tree it's in, I think!! >^,^< ) Anyway, the GPS arrived yesterday, Mar.20 (WOW a Great eBay seller) and I have two questions about North, as referred to in the manual. Page 14, Satellite Page - "Selecting Track-Up or North-Up" skyview orientation...what does this mean??? Page 47, Reference/Setup - "Heading Displays, North Reference" I understand User entry, but what do True, Magnetic & Grid North mean? Which one should I use???? OK, that's 3 questions, and yes, I am totally hooked already. Thanks all for your time, and happy hunting!! >^,^< i dont have a venture and dont have the the first two options you have questions about, and the 3rd one doesnt matter, are you sure your not making simple things complicated?

quote:Originally posted by lvsKatz: Read newspaper article Mar.15, did GPS research all day 3-16 and reading your boards, too. (THANKS ALL - terrific site, well done, 3 cheers!) Bought Garmin eTrex Venture Mar.17 (Ebay, $145.00 brand new...). Also I know where my first cache is, but I was waiting for the GPS...(so close to my house it's scary, I even know which tree it's in, I think!! >^,^< ) Anyway, the GPS arrived yesterday, Mar.20 (WOW a Great eBay seller) and I have two questions about North, as referred to in the manual. Page 14, Satellite Page - "Selecting Track-Up or North-Up" skyview orientation...what does this mean??? Page 47, Reference/Setup - "Heading Displays, North Reference" I understand User entry, but what do True, Magnetic & Grid North mean? Which one should I use???? OK, that's 3 questions, and yes, I am totally hooked already. Thanks all for your time, and happy hunting!! >^,^< i dont have a venture and dont have the the first two options you have questions about, and the 3rd one doesnt matter, are you sure your not making simple things complicated?

quote:Originally posted by King Pellinore: Who has placed the most caches, overall or in your area? Are they 'quality' caches, or are they flimsy? King Pellinore havent done enough caches to give a qualified answer.

Do you know of any artcles about geocaching from iowa?? 3 from the Waterloo/Cedar Falls courier http://www.wcfcourier.com/life2001/010419site.html http://www.wcfcourier.com/life2001/020111local.html http://www.wcfcourier.com/life2001/020111geocaching.html and one from the Des Moines Cityview http://www.dmcityview.com/dmcityview/myarticles.asp?H=1&S=576&P=480968&PubID=8468 any more? has anything been on local tv or radio stations?

this neocacher wants some help, see link http://opentopic.Groundspeak.com/0/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1750973553&f=3000900883&m=3730987804

quote:Originally posted by Nitefall: Thank you all, for the info... On a side note... On about June 1st... I will be releasing 16 Ducklings with TravelBugs attached from a cache in the Boston area... They are trying to make it to Seattle before I do... If you happen to see one please help him along. Thanks... are they instructed to travel I-90 like yourself?

thank you to everyone that replied, you've been very helpful.

thank you to everyone that replied, you've been very helpful.

whenever someone posts or replies, it tells there selected name(nick name). but ive noticed, maybe this is new to new* forums, that under the nick names theres always a 2nd name. sometimes it says they are geocacher or charter member, depending if the person has paid the extra fee to become charter member. but other people have neither, they have a totally different name? is this their geocaching site name? or what is it??

whenever someone posts or replies, it tells there selected name(nick name). but ive noticed, maybe this is new to new* forums, that under the nick names theres always a 2nd name. sometimes it says they are geocacher or charter member, depending if the person has paid the extra fee to become charter member. but other people have neither, they have a totally different name? is this their geocaching site name? or what is it??

quote:Originally posted by pottsie: Any other Iowans here? Where are you from? How did you get started Geocaching? yes, i live about 15-20 miles west of Cedar Rapids, found out about geocaching from another web site.

I-90 doesnt actually cross iowa, but its rather close to the IA-MN state line. caches that appear to be close to your planned route are as follows: western wisconsin http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=5966 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=17162 In Iowa or Minnesota http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=8013 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=7231 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=6262 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=6263 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=8474 http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=2785 and in South Dakota http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?ID=13235 hope this helps [This message was edited by welch on March 20, 2002 at 04:00 PM.]