Swagaholics

Because Noobs like me have the membership, we have no clue what we are doing with the membership and we need Uber Geniuses like you? If that didn't work... It only averages to be .0821917808219178 cents a day and you could probably find that on your way to a cache if you just included U.S. Currency Cashe to your query? Oh wait... you aren't a Premier Member anymore.

Eddie, I have a bit of experience using GPS's to navigate to specific points on a map. When it comes to this activity, I just need the hours to find the hidden swag and log it in but all in due time. I wish Magellan Tech support could have helped me work the issue out but for the hour they were assisting me they could not. I hope you can understand that after seeing how uncomplicated the iphone was compared to the three hours trying to upload caches how frustrating it was to be experiencing this from a device that is brad new and dedicated to Geocacheing. Just think of how many I could have found in those three hours! I guess that's why you guys enjoy this activity so much.

So, $199 later I thought I had the answer to this question as I purchased a Magellan eXplorist GC. It seemed like a sensible purchase, good reviews, good price yadda yadda yadda... What Magellan fails to state is that they are experiencing "a rare difficulty" that does not allow the communicator to communicate with Groundspeak. I must say my wife's iphone was seemlessly navigated to within 2 feet of our last cache, logged it in and found the next cache all within an hour of us being Muggles. A trip back to the store to return the $200 paperweight then back to the drawing board for me and the family. I will be keeping my eye on what transpiers on this thread.

Our first real world experience has come to an end. Late this Sunday evening the wife and I are laughing at our first try at Geocacheing. Two stuborn adults and three itchy young kids left our 2nd successful find excited about the adventures to come. Even though our departure for our first cache was spur of the moment we ended the day 2 for 2 with wild aspirations of Geocacheing imortality! Before our computer is put to rest there has been surfing for offroad Geocacheing vehicles, hiking boots, pants, bug spray and multiple ways of hydrating and feeding on the go. If this is a prelude of things to come, I'd say we have found a healthy fun filled (if not cheap) past time. Stay tuned for more ridiculous Swagaholics family adventures...