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Another very technical book, especially if you are having trouble sleeping , is Geodesy: The Concepts by Vanicek & Krakiwsky. I liked the book I saw listed on Amazon.com How to Lie With Maps. I am very tempted to order it. -Donna G

Most power companies buy a "right of way" from the property owners. They own the right to put up lines and maintain them, but the property owner still owns the land. Where a line crosses Crown land (in Ontario), the hydro company gets a Crown Easement, or for a smaller line they may get a Land Use Permit. Donna G

As in my reply here I think it looks like one of Tripper's waypoints. Donna G

That looks very similar to the copper tags that Tripper uses as waypoint markers in his multi caches. As he is mostly an Ottawa area cacher, I would bet that it belongs to one of his multi's. (his caches can be tricky - I've tried a few of the ones around my neck of the woods ) -Donna G [This message was edited by Donna G on October 14, 2003 at 02:16 PM.]

I have had a Lock & Lock container in place for over a year now & it is still in great shape! It is well protected from the elements in a little "cave". Donna G

I've seen caches around here either placed above the snow line (in the crotch of a tree, or tied to a branch), or small pieces of flagging tape tied above the snow line & near enough to the cache that a cacher could spot it and wouldn't have to dig through too much snow. -Donna G

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I have never had an avatar, so here is my first test. -Donna G

We cache as a family, 1so no competition. Hub was told about the site, but I was the one who logged on, registered & insisted he get me a GPSr for Xmas! I think I am more into it than him, but he enjoys getting out for the hike. When we don't have the kids with us (which isn't often) we go for the slightly longer hikes. Our careers involve in mapping, so we like to relate caching to our jobs. The best part about caching is that our kids, who hate hiking, love going caching! -Donna G

Hey DustyJacket, I hope someday you get a chance to log this TB or this one. I'm hoping they make it the States so lots of Benchmarkers will get a chance to see them! -Donna G

Gee, I should learn to read the fine print! As a note of interest - I have had a Lock & Lock container as a cache container for over a year now and it is still in great shape. It is hidden in a fairly well sheltered spot, but is sitting on the ground. Now for its second Canadian winter! -Donna G

Canadian Home Depot flyer has a 22 piece Lock&Lock set for $19.99 - less than a dollar a cache! Enjoy! -Donna G

"And if we are lost, then we are lost together" - Blue Rodeo -Donna G

Look for my TB "Locationless Benchmark" It is an unused benchmark from Ontario's Office of the Surveyor General. I got permission to turn it into a TB. It will hopefully be heading south into the States soon. -Donna G

Keep the faith. I have just had my first TB logged after being held for 366 days. It has now travelled over 1700 miles. Is there a record for the longest held TB to resurface? -Donna G

Maybe Took Nothing, Left Something, No Log. Has the log book gone AWOL? -Donna G

Welcome to caching! Tripper has placed a few nice caches along the rail trails in the Peterborough areaTrestle Rail Trail is a nice one that we finally did this weekend. I'm sure there are some good hiding places along the old rail trails around Lindsay. It would be nice to have caches all along the Trans Canada Trail system! Check out the above cache and maybe Peterborough's First and Indian River Rail Bed to give you some ideas. Happy trails, Donna G

Welcome, Have fun caching in the Toronto area. You are blessed to be in a cache dense part of the Province. There are already around 15 caches in Algonquin Park, so you may want to look for hiding places closer to home. Also, as a non-native resident of Ontario who has lived north of the French River (Sault Ste. Marie), people who live north of the French River laugh at Torontonians who refer to Haliburton & Algonquin as "Northern Ontario". Good luck & happy caching, Donna G

Is this what you are looking for? -Donna G

16. When you come to a fork in the trail you never pick the correct (shortest) direction. -Donna G

quote:Originally posted by Lefty Writer:[homer simpson voice]mmmmm, fast foooood [/homer simpson voice] Being a fast food junkie myself, what is "Chip Wagons?" A somewhat regional fast food chain here in SE Texas called "Whataburger" is my absolute fave... P carpe cerevisi http://www.texasgeocaching.com Ahhh my southern friend, you must travel north to experience the "chip wagon" or "chip truck" as they are also known. They are roadside, mobile fast food fixes. Many are converted school buses. All sell wonderfully greasy, homemade fries, burgers, onion rings, hot dogs, etc. I usually note in my cache logs if there is a nearby chip truck! -Donna G

Actually, the only scrapbook I keep is for our caching adventures. And I'm behind by 4 finds! -Donna G

This Link will take you to the page where you sign up for a free account. You can then access the database by the station # (CCM58), or by Lat/Long (I could only find this one by a lat/long search) I also use the NRCAN website alot to do conversions of NAD27 coords to NAD83 coords and Lat/long to UTM conversions. -Donna G

quote:Originally posted by davwil:Have any of you folks been to the "HillTop" in Fredericton"? (HINT HINT) Switching is a matter of causin' effects. I have! - steak & eggs breakfast, mmmmmmmmm. Also good - nacho night at the Lunar Rogue Pub -Donna G

quote:Originally posted by wicka: ditto to trimbles trek! Why cant you leave this alone gm100? does it make you feel special? everyone has been telling you to leave it alone and you havnt!!!! I also understand that it was a geocacher who brought this all to the attention to the ontario parks staff!! DUMB!!! if you bring the government into this sport it will cost us all!!! just leave it alone, even when they dont respond you STILL bother. If anyone is going to ruin it for us it will be you. Just go geocaching and stop trying to play "geocaching ombudsman" Who started all this crap in the first place? Please read this thread. It was posted by a Parks Ontario staff member. This is what started all this. Some Parks Ontario staff knew about geocaching and removed caches from parks long before gm100guy sent his letter to the Minister. Whitetail in Pres Qui'le Provincial Park was removed and I know one was removed in Lady Evelyn Smoothwater Park (it was placed on sacred native ground and filled with tacky "Indian" trinkets so I'm told). At least now Parks staff is being educated about what geocaching is and how it is not harmful, but beneficial to parks. I believe Parks staff have the right to know where caches are in the Park system because it is their mandate to protect fragile, vulnerable and endangered species and habitats. To this point they need to make sure someone isn't placing a cache in the middle of a fragile ecosystem. I am working with Parks Ontario because I was approached by them. So far it has been positive. I really feel we will get a solution that everyone can live with. If you don't feel Parks staff has a right to know what is going on in the Parks, and that you don't need permission, I will be over to place a cache in your flower bed sometime soon Happy caching, -Donna G