The Hazelnuts

Apparently, I've been slow to realize that I haven't received my weekly geocaching newsletter on my comcast email account. I'll be calling them tomorrow but have no confidence that they'll be able to resolve it. Sigh.

Got one! They are really nice. Since we live in Texas, we HAD to get one...

I'm a big sucker for cute coins like this! I had to get one.

1. 300 2. 200 3. 500 tie - 1500 Beautiful trees!!! And cute coins!

1. Participating - Check! - sent e-mail Nov. 17th 2. Received Name - Check! - got name on Nov. 25th 3. Mission Complete - Check! mailed on Dec. 3rd - should have gotten there by the 5th or 6th - OPEN IT! OPEN IT! 4. Santa Arrived - Check! The mailman just delivered the package! I got a Geocache America geocoin, a Go Paperless geocoin (these are really cool - I had never heard of them - they light up and blink - Awesome!), and a Canals of Indiana geocoin - I wonder if this one is a clue as to who my secret santa is???? I also got two pins!! THANK YOU SECRET SANTA!!!!!!!!!! This was a ton of fun and I want to do it again next year!

1. Participating - Check! - sent e-mail Nov. 17th 2. Received Name - Check! - got name on Nov. 25th 3. Mission Complete - Check! mailed on Dec. 3rd - should have gotten there by the 5th or 6th - OPEN IT! OPEN IT! 4. Santa Arrived - not yet!

Goose! 100

Goose! 100

I nominate Bearly Sane.

This is a lot of fun since I get to meet and learn about someone new! 1. Participating - Check! - sent e-mail Nov. 17th 2. Received Name - Check! - got name on Nov. 25th 3. Mission Complete - Researched and waiting on coins to arrive in the mail 4. Santa Arrived

Could not resist the cute icon!!!

Thanks. Yes, I've got a ton of caches we've earmarked to find in and around Yellowstone. We are very excited about visiting this area. We are flying into Billings, so I thought, well....maybe we can find an earth cache in Montana.

I'm going to Yellowstone this summer and can't find any Earth Caches in Montana. I looked on some of the bookmark lists for USA earth caches, but no luck. Are there any?

I nominate Geek-Qualizer!!!!!!!!!!! He has been extremely helpful to anyone who asks for help. He stays out of the politics and has shown great character.

12 trading trinkets I like the 12 smiley icons that someone listed earlier.

I found one in a Houston-area cache - and it was near an airport. WHOO HOO! I never got one of the Santa coins. Thank you, Geocoin Fairy!

Icon, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When can we expect an icon for this coin????

Thanks. I've forwarded your text to the owner of the cache.

I don't know when this change happened, but a cache owner can no longer edit the coordinates of their cache. The option offered now is to post a note telling what the new coordinates are. I tried finding one recently and it was a big DNF - Big Ditch (GCW1BN). After reading the logs, the owner had posted a note saying that the coordinates that they had submitted were wrong and here are the right coordinates. Well, the right and wrong coordinates were quite different. Does this mean that before we go out and find a cache, we have to scroll down and read all of the logs to make sure that the owner hasn't posted a log with the right coordinates? That would certainly be a big pain in the behind.

Today, I got the Earth geocoin that you sent to me. Thanks!

Someone on the Houston Geocaching Forum had a similar problem with his Explorist 500. He removed the small washer from the cable connector and now he can attach it to the GPS. I did the same thing and had success as well.

Has anyone tried the universal battery charger that Escout sent the link for? I have an Explorist 600. I am having big time problems attaching the cable to the back of the GPS unit. I think the threads on the unit are stripped or something. So I need a battery charger for the Magellan 3.7 volt Li-ion battery. Does this kind of thing exist? Any advice?

I got my nut geocoin in the mail yesterday. Love it! But it didn't come with an activation code. Where can I get that?

I mailed you a Team Thorny geocoin today. Can't wait to see where it travels to!!