CaptCosmic

This sounds like a lot of fun. Putting this in the calendar so I can discuss with LadyCosmic.

Good MPH? Or good MPG? The two are usually mutually exclusive.

Might want to add an FAQ about a Discover Pass being needed for access to Fort Canby State Park.

Sounds like fun! I'll have to see if I can convince the wife to come.

The Washington State Geocaching Association (WSGA) has a chapter for your area. The chapters meet semi-regularly for various events. Check out the WSGA website for more info.

I guess this would exclude Bloated Festering Head.

I third FugeFinders!

Some people just won't RSVP, will they?

I know. Was just relating my usage of the attributes.

I use the "not at night attribute" whenever I place a cache in a location that is explicitly closed at night. For example, the local park where I have two caches is closed at night (posted at the park entrance). So, those caches both have the not at night attribute. For my cache that is down a trail and off in the woods, its probably not smart to hunt it at night, but it isn't prohibited. So, no attributes.

I suspect he means exclude ZIP codes that refer exclusively to PO Boxes.

Hotel reservations made. Can't wait for the fun to begin!

Woo Hoo! Looking forward to this. Had a blast at the Belfair one. Now to find someone to watch the kids so the misses and I can come.

I love that song!

Of course the problem with using GE in remote regions of Oregon is the issue of having net connections. My Verizon phone would display the message "Your kidding, right?" most of the time I was in remote areas. Wasn't suggesting GE for use on the road. Only using it as an example of an app that can read location from an attached GPS. Heaven knows I wouldn't want to see the data bill from GE while traveling.

If you need to load a bunch of waypoints with customized names to your GPS, GSAK is probably the easiest way to go. It allows you to specify how waypoints should be named. For tracking your progress across the desert, many GPSs (Garmin for sure), allow you to plug them into the computer using USB. Then, compatible programs can read current location off the GPS in real-time. I know Google Earth supports this, and I'm sure other mapping programs do as well. Good luck on your adventure!

Those were certainly some interesting roads. I hope the suspension on the minivan didn't take too much of a beating. Thanks for putting this all together for us. Already making plans to attend the next one.

Thanks for keeping the list updated. We all appreciate the work, even though we don't mention it!

One of these days, I'll get out to an HotM. Snowshoeing sounds like it'd be a lot of fun. Just don't know that I can convince the wife to let me go.

Get a good raincoat with a hood that extends far enough over your head that you can use it to shield logs from rain. Also, wouldn't hurt to get some Rite-in-the-Rain logs to replace those soggy messes you encounter from time to time.

I started with a Garmin eTrex Venture HC that served me well for several months before I upgraded it to a Garmin eTrex Vista HCx.

Finally uploaded the KML file for anyone who wants it. You can get it from my website. (direct download)

The layer puts a series of boxes representing the page boundries on the map. You can then load up your My Find GPX into Google Earth, and see which pages have cache finds, and which don't.

Those aren't the foundries for the current map set. They dint match what I pulled from the map itself.

Thanks for the info. I just grabbed them straight off the map pages. Thanks though.