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Depending on price, I'd probably want one of each.

Okay, I'm not going to post the pictures but thought everyone might enjoy my stupid-caching-moment story. While doing this cache, I spotted a snapping turtle in the nearby lake and spent quite some time taking pictures of it. My caching companions came to see the turtle and said, "I think it's dead." After much discussion and over my protests, they poked it with a hiking stick. Yep, dead. So I have quite a few pictures of a dead turtle!

Seen yesterday at Rock Lake

I think technology is going to help make this more effective really soon. I think it is reasonable that most of us will have an internet enabled device that we carry with us in the near future. Look how effective it would be to track your whereabouts if you were logging a simple found it note and the time (of course you would go back and edit it later to include your story) on the cache page once you find it. So, all you would need to say is that you have gone caching and you will be logging your finds in real time. If there's a concern that something has gone awry, you pull up the persons profile and you've got coordinates and the time visited. Good point! In fact, I know someone who logs his finds as he goes. Think I'll have to have a talk with him to see how he goes about it.

Well, as I said before, I don't make these calls because I'm afraid of a blood thirsty maniac - I make them in case I get hurt on the trail. Yes, I'm careful but accidents still happen. And I always call from a parked car.

You'll enjoy the book. Not grim as the title suggests, but uplifting and even "empowering." I guess what motivated me to read it was that I noticed my personal space in public shrinking. I realized that glasses, baldness and a gray beard had changed the threat assessment that others assigned to me. Takes a little adjustment. If I live to be old and frail my threat status will sink still lower. Best to develop good habits of situational awareness now. I'm all for anything that helps me tap into my survival instinct. I'm always interested in these type of threads when they start because I always hope that I can glean some good information or tips from others. Somehow, they always seem to degenerate into gun topics or whatever this one has devolved into However, a couple of other things occurred to me that I do that I thought I'd pass along just in case someone like me is still reading this: 1) I know this probably seems simplistic but know how to change a tire - and make sure you actually have a usable spare in your car. I came back from a 6 mile hike one time to find a completely flat tire on my car. Funnily enough, on the whole hike I hadn't passed anyone and there was no one else parked in the lot I was in but as I'm in the middle of changing the tire (got the lug nuts off), I look up to see a fellow geocacher coming up the trail (he'd parked at the alternative parking lot after I'd passed by). While I was perfectly capable of changing that tire myself, he graciously offered to finish up for me and I gladly accepted. 2) I have an emergency car starter in my car. That way if my battery should die out in the middle of no where, I don't have to rely on my cell phone service working or the luck of someone coming along to jump off my car.

Since I'm really more concerned about getting hurt and being unable to get back to my car, my itinerary method works just fine.

Thank you Mule Ears for steering this back on track. I almost quit reading this thread because it did seem to degenerate into weirdness. And thanks for posting the book information – looks like something I’ll be buying soon. Since I’m female and I mostly cache alone, I’ll go ahead and post how I approach my caching. First and foremost, as others have said, I always, always, always listen to my gut. If I’m uncomfortable, I abort the hunt. I do carry pepper spray and make sure that it’s easily accessible. No sense in having it if it’s in my backpack where I can’t get to it in a hurry. I also leave an itinerary at home and with a friend or relative. Since my caching style is rather fluid, I don’t necessarily hit all the caches on the list or in the order they are on the list. So I call my answering machine and leave a message detailing arrival time and cache name. When I’m done, I call and leave another message on my answering machine with my departure time and next cache I plan to do. The person I’ve left my itinerary with knows I do this. When I get home, that person gets a phone call. Edited to add: In my caching area, we also have an "emergency caching phone number". This is someone who has volunteered to field calls and get appropriate help to you if you are in need. That number is programmed into my phone and is also part of the information included in my itinerary.

While I haven't gotten the error message you've received, I have noticed that when I pull up a bookmark with multiple pages, it comes up on page 1 but indicates it's on page 3. If I hit next, it goes to page 4, not page 2.

What a great idea! You should suggest it in the Website Forums.

GCV12P

Hi, That's one of my coins and it's a signature item - not a trackable coin. It's yours to do with as you wish. (Wasn't that a great cache?!)

I think this is for a two-coin set (based on the linked info). However, it sure isn't very clear here.

Based on the link, I think that's the price for a two coin set. However, it's not very clear here.

Well, I know how to do it on the Explorist 500 so assuming it's the same on the 600... Go to your list of geocaching points either with the GOTO or Menu buttons. Hit the Menu button and you should get two options: Find by Cache ID and Show Found Cache. Select the Show Found Cache option and this should show the caches you've marked as found in that folder. HTH.

I ordered 1 antique gold on May 9 and haven't received an invoice.

There's definitely a new Little Dude - just been watching Mom feeding him! It's hard to see him here: This is a better view - he has his beak open:

Somebunny loves me. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Easter Coin Bunny!

I'm looking for: PengoFamily - standard MN Loon (trade made) Here's my trade list.

Well, this didn't happen to me but I thought it was funny. This cache was at the top of this cliff with the stairs being over to the right: Two Bear Cubs posted the following: 'We were momentarily thwarted by the sheer rock cliff. Stood at bottom looking straight up it w/ drops of water hitting our foreheads from up above: "But the GPS says it's still 129 feet through this sheer rock." Bears are not always the brightest critters in the woods.'

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Non-trackable! But you MUST put one in a cache near me !

TB13A5C

I always like it when people post pictures of my travel bugs. Here are two I particularly enjoyed.

Here you go - Markwell. Happens on IE as well. I think it's on their list of things to fix, just don't know how far down it is.