g3geoblazers
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First off, MY WIFE ROCKS!
Came home today to the tune of "Hey honey...hooked you up." It's a great gift and will be here just in time for our trip from FL to PA later this week.
I was wondering if anyone out there could give me a brief fill in on what I can expect with the new unit. I am upgrading from a Sportrak Pro (which has seen over 700 finds and know as "old reliable".) to a spanking new Explorist 600. I've been researching all evening online and in the forums and have learned alot but nothing works like true info from others. Any feedback is welcome!
Thanks- g3geoblazers
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I am leaving tomorrow morning, and will be in Van Horn, TX, tomorrow night...then onto Dallas first thing Friday, arriving sometime in the afternoon...
Magellan Nav1000? Check.
Magellan 2000? Check.
O.C.B.? Check.
Luggage and clothes? Naaa, I will just wash everything up after two days and wear them again...
That's the cowboy way!
Let the journey begin.
Nice.
We just ran into JasonD in Baton Rouge who met up with us on LS-87 cache. We're moving along nicely. Internet the whole way so far. 654.1 miles driven, 402 left to go! Oh, don't forget to come find us at GW4. We here Odin from "G3 Labs" (*coughs*hint*CheckTheCacheNameInHideNSeek).. I hear Ammo Can and 5 Geo Coins.. Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
More later,
Joe
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Anybody seen them online yet? I've been watching for them. I was going to tell them to roll down the windows and turn the radio up real loud to stay awake.
Have fun at GW4!
hah! Great idea. We're on the road now. THr will be some intermittent coverage throughout the trip, but we're online. G3RoadTrip. We have talked to OB Jets already! Feel free to hit us up as we'd love to talk to some of you!
Joe
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952 miles to go...
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We've registered for the Event.
We've planned our route.
We've checked wireless coverage charts.
We registered our AIM Name... Registered our AIM Name? That's right, AIM. For this trip we decided to try and stay connected the whole route there. We're hoping to talk to others who are doing the same along the way... or just other who want to keep us awake. That works too.
If you'd like to keep up with us along the way, we're leaving on Wednesday afternoon and driving until we're tired. We will be under the AIM Screen Name G3RoadTrip.
We'd love to hear from you!
Joe and Richard
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Okay...before everyone freaks out again....I was tired....."Oaklahoma"...yeah that spelling was just stupid.......you can stop sending e-mails now....LOL.
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NEFGA contingent building up: - 1143 miles each way (Fl to TX) for us!
A good friend / fellow cacher to go along, Wireless broadband in the truck (he's an IT guy what do you expect) the vacation time is approved, permission slip from wife is signed, and I'll be darned if this wasn't my excuse to get her to agree to a new SUV in the next week. Reservations through reserveamerica.com were easy! $63.00 and we're all set for the weekend. It's all falling into place and we can't wait.
We're planning a few "side jumps" to Georgia and Oaklahoma since the route takes us soooo close on the way it's hard to pass up the chance to grab two more state stats during the trip. GW3 was a great event and we can't wait for GW4!
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NEFGA contingent building up: - 1143 miles each way (Fl to TX) , good friend / fellow cacher to go along, Wireless broadband in the truck (IT guy what do you expect) the vacation time is approved, permission slip from wife is signed, and I'll be darned if this wasn't my excuse to get her to agree to a new SUV in the next week. Reservations through reserveamerica.com were easy! $63.00 and we're all set for the weekend. It's all falling into place and we can't wait.
We're planning a few "side jumps" to Georgia and Oaklahoma since the route takes us soooo close on the way it's hard to pass up the chance to grab two more state stats during the trip. GW3 was a great event and we can't wait for GW4!
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Picked up a palm M515 for less than $50 with shipping on ebay- GSAK (free) and Cachemate ($8) and off you go. It works great and really makes things easier. I thought about more expensive / new models and have to say that if this one gets trashed in the field I'm not going to feel too bad! Already have all my waypoints and routes loaded in for the GW4 trip from Florida to Texas.........
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Here's a little more info about it:
Mirror of that Story on EU Space Agency Site
WIKI Page for Galileo Satellite Navigation
Hope that helps. Definitely check out the WIKI entry for it.
Joe
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Wow! what a quick response from everyone- Thanks so much for the input- checking ebay now. Of coarse the other member of the team is still laughing (right now as a matter of fact) because of his setup but what ya gonna do. Maybee I'll show him a new cache and leave him lost in the woods somewhere!
Thanks again -everyone!
g3
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One half of the team is using a mobile broadband hookup with a laptop in his truck-yes, he's an IT guy. It's great for when we're out hunting together and we can do some record runs. Unfortunately, it doesn't help me when we are apart!
I'm looking into getting at least a new / used PDA so I can save some $$$ on all the ink I'm using (and my teacher wife is complaining about) So any suggestions from the peanut gallery as to which ones work best out there in the field would be great.
Thanks- g3geoblazers
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Well on the plus side the Geocacher was not connected to the crime and Geoachers were not portrayed as a bunch of geeks. On the other hand BURIED CACHES, give me a break. The writers must have done enough research to understand what Geocaching is to use it in the script, I seriously doubt the dramtic effect would have been ruined if the cache had been hidden in the normal manner.
Can I have my wasted hour back.
hah. I would say that the only upside was that we weren't portrayed as the Geo-Killers © that I thought they were making us out to be through the middle of the show...
Joe
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I'm sure they were as intently watching [also read as "wasting their life away"] as we were...
Actually, here in Seattle, it is not on for a few more hours. We're just paying attention to this thread.
High-fives for listening to us East-Coasties...
Wait till you see it. After the first 20 minutes or so there isn't much there about caching. [ EDIT: Well, actually nothing really about caching itself...]
At least they used a screenshot of the NEW geocaching.com front page. They pull up some page after that reading something on the screen that is unfamiliar to me... It was in a web browser but they removed the address so I have no idea what the heck that was...
Joe
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Disclaimer is already Up WOW
Heck yeah. I'm sure they were as intently watching [also read as "wasting their life away"] as we were...
Joe
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I was amused at the fact that when they showed that "map" that everything was so nicely spaced. They should have used a real, non-contrived looking map.
That was a hella-nice looking topo map though...
Joe
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Man, all I gotta say is some of this stuff really makes us look BAD. You know how ignorant people can be! "You are all psycho-geo-killers!" Ooo. Geo-Killers. I should copyright that.
Joe
G3 Geoblazers
Copyright © 2005 Geo-Killers. (heee hee. I couldn't resist!)
Well that might keep the muggles away!
Hmm, that's good point. Never thought of it that way. It's over now. Could have been worse I 'spose...
Joe
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Man, all I gotta say is some of this stuff really makes us look BAD. You know how ignorant people can be! "You are all psycho-geo-killers!" Ooo. Geo-Killers. I should copyright that.
Joe
G3 Geoblazers
Copyright © 2005 Geo-Killers. (heee hee. I couldn't resist!)
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Yikes! I couldn't imagine getting picked up by the BP... *shakes head*Joe
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We didn't actually get stopped by the police but had a VERY close call. We were looking for a cache in front of a 1 acre electrical substation in Jacksonville and I parked near the gate that enters the area. We walked out near the main road where the GPS led us. We spent 10-15 minutes checking trees, moving rocks, (the usual), etc looking and were starting to give up on that one for the day when a police cruiser pulled into the other entrance of the zone, backed his car in and proceeded to watch us as we loaded up and left. Rather close call. I saw those brochures at the front of this thread. Definitely going to have to carry those with us.
Joe
G3 Geoblazers
We just ran into JasonD in Baton Rouge who met up with us on LS-87 cache. We're moving along nicely. Internet the whole way so far. 654.1 miles driven, 402 left to go! 
Yikes! I couldn't imagine getting picked up by the BP... *shakes head*
Maintainance Ethics?
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We are very active cache owners and can tell you that the help is usually gladly accepted! We have become known for adopting struggling caches in our area and helping to improve and maintain as many as we can to keep things up and running for others to find.
When out hunting ourselves, we keep a basic "cache medic kit" in the backpack and larger one in the suv with extra logs, baggies, pens, and even some basic re-stock items. We're always happy to help because others have helped us! If it's major repair, we make an attempt to contact the owners if we will be in the area for a while, therwise we take care of what we can.
For us we get alot of joy from the hunt, the game, and keeping things fresh for others to find!