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Yes indeed - you don't need any third party software - I've now figured out pocket queries and downloaded one and then when it updated "redownloaded" it and I have to say it's the best thing ever! To have all that info available for less than a minutes work - wow! I imagine this unit isn't for all the "hard core" cachers but I'm currently on a 10 day streak and have found around 30 caches - which is a lot for me! My only problem with this unit is the lack of a user manual - so there's been some trial and error - but other then that all good!! ps - I wish I remembered the name of the user that mentioned in a different thread that with the explorist gc you could just drag and drop pocket queries - thank you!!!

I tried to find a 1.5/1 so many times I lost count. It was off a main bike trail "a few steps" the only thing in the area was a county sign - it was metal. Ah hem... So the family and I looked we acutally looked at the sign for a few minutes and I even felt the inside but figured - nah nothing could really fit in there. And then I actually changed my jogging path to include that spot and stopped anytime there was no one else around. I had so much fun, and as the weeks went on - so many people kept logging how incredibly easy it was! Finally I was messing around one night on the internet and watched a video on geocaching basics that showed pics of nanos. Ah hem - took me about 4 seconds the next day to find it! Still get a big smile every time I jog by there!

I don't think it's so much a issue of being a newbie it's an issue of "entitlement". And people who refuse to take responsibility for themselves tend not to last in an activity like geocaching - so these kind of responses usually end up being by newbies. I just found my 75 cache today - still a newbie in my opinion - the other night I went out with my 4 and 6 year old children and got turned around on where I thought a cache was - the area looked a little hairy so I went by myself and ended up being tortured by stinging nettles! My fault, but my responsibility kept my children ok, and and the next morning --- I was out looking for the cache again. I do think newbie's could be given a little more latitude - but hey geocaching "communication" is often an internet only thing - and we all know that it takes more work to communicate well via the internet.

My husband and kids got me the gc for my birthday! Love it! Of course I was using a nuvi before this and it would go haywire on me anytime I even saw a tree. The gc is pretty cool, haven't figured out the pocket queries yet but I'm working on it (a little tech challenged I am!) Having a lot of fun playing with it so far. Happy Birthday to all of us