[How did you serve?]

I did not have the opportunity to serve in the armed services due to a serious and disqualifying illness, although I tried and exhausted every opportunity. So, I would like to say:

 

God bless all of you veterans; active, reserve and guard. God protect you and yours and keep you and yours.

 

In behalf of one grateful citizen, thank you for your service.

[Help Finding First Aid Kit (box Actually)]

Yeah, that Coghlans #0002 is the one in that cool Coglans yellow. I checked Campmor before I posted here and couldn't find it. Searched again under first aid kit and Coghlans with no luck.

 

I'll check garts and that Wally World if I get desperate.

 

Thanks.

I too see that Campmor no longer carries it. Sorry for that piece of bad info.

[Help Finding First Aid Kit (box Actually)]

www.campmor.com They sell 'em.

 

Coghlans makes the first aid kit. It's their part number 0002. www.coghlans.com

[Ran Into Fellow Cachers?]

I'm a neeeeewbie, and I have only one cache of my own. However, the day after I placed my cache at a popular mountain bike trail, I was riding there and I passed two hikers on different parts of the trail. To see hikers and dog walkers is common, but the daypacks seemed out of place... When I got back to my car, there were two other cars in the parking lot, and they each had some form of geocaching symbol. The next day, I checked my cache's log, and there were two entries..... (!)

[The Ten Essentials,]

This is my list which complements my Caching essentials list...

 

1 Knife

2 Flashlight plus spare batteries and bulb

3 Broad area map, waterproofed

4 Compass (backup)

5 Whistle

6 Heliostat (signal mirror)

7 First aid kit

8 Personal meds and spare glasses

9 Insect repellant (DEET and permethrin)

10 Sun Block

11 Fire making kit with tender, candle and three means of making fire

12 Rain gear (usually anorak or poncho)

13 Extra clothes, esp. hat, gloves, socks

14 Extra food and means to procure and prepare

15 Extra water and means to purify

16 Cell phone

17 Altoids survival kit

18 Large contractor bags

19 Milspec. parachute "550" cord

20 Duct tape

21 Tarp or ground sheet

[Geocache Container]

Am I the only one concerned about a cache requiring someone opening an electrical junction box? If it's a cache, that's one thing, but if it's a real live junction box with 220v, well, that's significantly more dangerous than the now banned swiss army knives!