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Excellent! Thanks everyone. I have looked at them, and will try to get to as many as I can. Dino-irl, I am logging on to that forum. I am really looking forward to this trip! See you around the trail. Paul AKA Planemaker

Hello from Canada, I am visiting Amsterdam in May. I am only in town for a day, so any suggestions on caches, sites to see that I should not miss? Thanks! Planemaker

Hello from Canada! I am going on vacation for a ten days in Ireland (Dublin, Waterford, Cork, "The ring of Kerry", Shannon). While I am visiting I would like to do some caching (leaving unique Canadian TB's while I am here!), any suggestions on caches that I should not miss? If we meet on the hunt, I would love to share a Guinness too! Thanks! Planemaker

Hi folks, Back from a tour in Afghanistan! I am looking forward seeing you on the trail. Cheers! Paul

A fishing vest is a good idea. I use a small daypack. They are reasonably inexpensive at Mountain Equipment CoOp.

much the same deal here. Ex Scout (Canada), Air Cadets, but I was Air Reserve.

Try this link..... http://ghcaching.servehttp.com/towns.php I hope this helps! cheers! Planemaker

C-152/C-172, Glider pilot here. Looking for a good spot near my local airport in a nearby park.

Welcome to the addiction!

Your welcome. You are not forgotten.

Well, it was not as bad as I feared. It was pretty inexpensive advertising. Everyone on this bard should adopt a L&O newbie and show them how it is really done.

Today, actually. down by the river, behind a bush. Going at it pretty hard. Didn't notice me, so I snuck off, and left them in peace.

To all the WW2 and Veterans in general, Thank you for your service. Least we forget. Paul Captain, Ret Canadian Forces

I feel your pain.......I have lost 2 cell phones that way. I think that the belt clip manufacturers get a commission everytime a cell phone is replaced!

12 years in the Canadian Air Reserve Captain, Logistics Corps 2 Tactical Helicopter Wing Headquarters 400 Tactical Helicopter Squadron Canadian Forces School of Administration and Logistics 2 summers at the Blackdown Army Cadet Training Centre Per Audra Ad Astra

Use WGS84 for your datum, unless otherwise specified. Use Degrees, Minutes, Decimal Minutes (such as W 122 48.366) unless there is some reason to use some other format. True and Magnetic north are different. Where I am magnetic North is 18 degrees east of True North. But which one you use in your GPS does not matter unless there is some specified reason for one or the other. True points to the North Pole, Magnetic points (like your compass) to Northern Canada. When using a compass in conjunction with your GPS you want to either adjust your compass to match true, or adjust your GPS to match Magnetic so both are on the same page. True North to Magenetic North depends on where you are on the planet. The magnetic meridians do not coincide with the true meridians because the north magnetic pole does not coincide with the true (geographic) pole. Avver avereaged over a thousand years the position of the magnetic pole will roughly conincide with the true (geographic) pole, however they can (and are now) be very far apart. In 1999 the north Magentic pole was 1,200km (750 miles) south of the Magnetic Pole. Variation depends on where you are on the planet. They draw Isogonic lines on maps to join areas that have the same variation. To Convert True and Magnetic Headings (In the northern hemesphere only!): Magnetic to True Westerly Variation Subtract Easterly Variation Add True to Magnetic Easterly Variation Subtract Westerly Varation Add An easy way to remember this is: Variation West, Magnetic Best, Variation East, Magnetic Least. For example: To convert a magnetic bearing of 80 deg to a true bearing when the varation is 10 deg West: 80-13 Deg W=True Bearing of 6 deg In Oshawa the varation is 11 degrees west. I hope this helps!

I like my Garmin Legend.....and now have to upgrade because I can't read the screen anymore. But other than that I would not hesitate to recomend it to anyone. Very user friendly

Nope.......went caching today, and did my CITO clean up then.

IMHO I would get an inexpensive PDA to take caching with you. Speaking for myself if I droped my Treo 650 in a stream, or on a rock I would be very mad at myself for doing it. Yes you can buy GPS modules for PDA's but they are not designed for a rough and tumble life as a caching tool. That is my 2cents worth and welcome! Planemaker

I use a Cell Phone mount. Garmin and Magellan also have more expensive "custom mounts". Anyway that is my two cents Cheers! planemaker

Welcome to the addiction! Cheers! Planemaker

According to the "Canadian Aviation Regulations" which are pretty close to the FAA's rules, that an Aircraft Crash Site, remains closed to outsiders until the Accident Investigation Team has completed it's investigation. The Owner of the Aircraft has control of the site, but if they abandon the crashed aircraft, then it is pretty much open. Be respectful of the site....remember it is a place where someone has lost their life.

Maybe it is just my friends.....but everyone of my woman friends that I have talked to about Geo Caching, and have gone out on a hunt, have become in varing degrees interested in our sport. Of course it helps if all your friends are techies like mine! Cheers! Planemaker

Is there any interest in a BBQ/event cache this summer? If anyone is interested send me an email...... Any assistance with the logistics/planning would be a great help! Thanks....

I used to be apathetic......but I don't care anymore...... Seriously......Everyone who has visited my cache has logged his visit! Planemaker