Basal Pinacoid

One of my first cache finds was on a municipal water tower that was next to some apartments. A guy who lived in those apartments came out as we were (unsuccessfully) searching and asked what we, and all the other cachers that had been there before us, were looking for. He had watched numerous cachers from his kitchen table and finally came over to ask what was going on. We explained geocaching, and he helped us find it. The cache is still there and I often wonder if the man ever took up caching....

Like many others have stated, winter caching can be more enjoyable than summer caching because of the lack of bugs, muggles, heat and thorns. In many cases, you don't even need a GPSr because snow geo-trails will lead you right to the cache. The downside is the lack of daylight.

Can you explain the bolded part in a little more detail? I will also have my Nuvi 360 with, and that is set up for geocaching too. Do you export from teh Nuvi to the Garmin directly? Do you load the caches as POIs on the Colorado? I'm not sure I know how to do that. Thanks!

Thanks for all the great ideas. Sorry about the wrong forum and all the typos.

What is the best method for finding caches during a road trip and at various destinations? My Oregon only holds 2000 caches, but I have GSAK and will have my laptop with. I just would like to hear what methods veteran cachers use on long road trips and once they get to a destination to load caches. I've come up with: 1. Cache along a route? (this one is good, would need a different method once I've arrived at my destinations). 2. Run PQs at each nightly stop/ (server could go down, leaving no caches on my GPSr). 3. Load caches before I leave (chance of having archived, many DNF's loaded). 4. Scope out which caches I'd like to get before leaving (limited to which ones I choose; may miss some cool ones). 5. ??? TIA

My SO geocaches with a 360, and I use my Oregon, and we both find about the same number of caches. We got a Speck case that makes it a little easier to hold onto (won't protect it from water or falls, but it gives extra security). Definitely give it a go; it works quite well for him.

Thanks! You gave a great explanation. I can't justify buying a new unit now (I just bought the Oregon a few months ago), but I love gadgets! I'll start saving now!

Check this: http://forums.delorme.com/viewtopic.php?t=16498&start=0 And you might search there for RRLover psots, I think that he uses a Mac. Norm? Thanks for the info! Do you know if they plan on making them Mac compatible right out of the box in the future? I'd rather not buy Parallels & a copy of Windows right now.

Can the PN-40 be used on a Mac? Amazon lists the platform as Windows only. I heard GSAK in this thread, is that necessary? (I know that GSAK won't work on a Mac). I have an Oregon 400t that I absolutely love, but the satellite imagery part intrigues me...

I'd love to find something like that. I really like to find home made crafts in caches. My absolute favorite was a home made fabric cover for those pocket packs of kleenex tissue. It is really nifty and I love it for holding those tissue packets together, as they are prone to letting the tissues all fall out once they are opened and placed in a backpack!