Kookykraut

I was caching in the woods in the northern part of the state when I stumbled across a bear cub. Knowing that cubs are never too far from their mamas I decided to get going before I encountered the sow. Too late! The mother was charging right at me. I climbed a tree in a big hurry and the bear started to come after me. I broke off a branch and started swatting the bear and soon she climbed down and proceeded to shake the tree. Being that it was a good sized tree she couldn't do much and finally left. Thinkink it was safe, I started down, but before I could make it, I heard the bear returning. Back up I went as the bear showed up accompanied by another bear. The 2 of them shook the tree but again the tree held and soon they gave up and left. Again I started down only to hear them returning as I was nearing the bottom. Back up I went. The bears had returned and when I looked down I knew I was in trouble. Each bear was carrying a beaver.

I just emptied one of the 52 oz folger cans and will give it a try soon. I've even thought of putting another lidded container inside the can for double protection during our wet fall and wetter spring in Wisconsin.

Folger's coffee has changed to plastic containers in the past year. Beside the 36 ounce they have a 52 which is a really nice size and a smaller which is probably about 20 some ounces. They seal well. I've been considering using one to see how they will hold up. The downside to plastic is the attitude I have toward it. The first seven or eight caches I found were all in ammo boxes and they spoiled me. Now when I find a rubbermaid cache with soggy contents I think that Ammo containers are the way to go. Besides, the Ace Hardware near me has them for 4.00 each or three for ten bucks.

I've been using Duracells and Energizers in my Explorist 200 and have gotten fairly long life from them. This last weekend I used rechargable nickel hydites and the accuracy of my unit was way off and erratic. I don't know if the batteries had anything to do with it but when I put alkalines back in the unit responded better. A friend thinks that may be possible because the rechargables actually have a lower voltage than alkalines (about 1.2vcompared to 1.5v) I do know that a friends Garmin E-Trek has a window for setting the type of battery used. I cannot find this on the explorist.