mountainborn

Good advice, thanks, I was wondering about the snow levels and if the passes would be open. Our trip will not be a "hard core" caching trip, but will mostly be sight seeing, and enhancing our experience by grabbing a few caches along the way as they appear on the laptop's streets & trips. Admittedly we are flatland newbies and hope there are other tips and advice for us on these forums.

Very cool ! Just surfed it a bit. The drive line on the road is sure enough trail damage ! Will look for the GPX files next. Thanks !

This is not a search and destroy mission by jeepers from hell. All roads are maintained by the state of Colorado and go to old historical ghost towns and mines. The geocaches are placed within walking distance of the road. The jeeps do not leave the road. Thanks for the "bear syndrome" advice.

Leaving West Central Arkansas the last week of June, for Colorado, pulling a small fiberglass travel trailer. The plan is to spend the first night in Ouray, then scout for a boondocking campsite to use as a forward operating base while driving jeep trails and geocaching. Moving the camp after a few days, possibly to Silverton or Animas Forks, to access other jeep trails and geocaches. The travel trailer has a high lift axle and 15" tires with four shocks, so it will access somewhat rougher terrain to get to a campsite. Jeep and trailer pix at:http://www.mountainborn.com Never been there, don't have a clue, but we suspect that being flatlanders, we may need to spend the nights at around six or seven thousand feet in order to rest better, making day trips over those cool passes, ect.. Advice, suggestions and camping information much appreciated.

My Palm IIIxe has just about had it. I am sure it has been discussed often on these forums, but when I search I get the classic no result message of too many three character words. I think I would like to move up to a Pocket PC so I could recieve pocket queries directly using wifi. My older palm is a "iffy" thing to synch, cables and docking ports, ect., and upload to. Is this flawed thinking on my part ?

Strange image found in a old rock chimney while caching. What is it ?

Part of the dealing with muggles is the responsibility of the cache owner. Placement can guarantee muggling or trouble free caching. If you do not mind the constant maintenance then put it where the cacher has no chance to retrieve it un observed.

Chief of Police at 63 years of age and still patrolling.

So, after all that, > has any one ever placed a millitary MRE in a ammo can to see if it is wildlife muggled ? > They ( MRE's )are extremely well sealed because one of the reasons is that they can be cached at a operational rendezvous point. > So what about it anybody ever had a cache opened by wildlife so they can get to the MRE ?

Thanks for the advice, I guess that there are several more "newbie" mistakes that I will blunder thru. Every one has been so helpful and tollerant of this ol' hillbilly that is trying to learn this exciting sport. I hope to see you all out on the trail !

Thanks, I guess I just wasn't looking good enough.

This is a USA Geocoin #3A from Lisbon Maine. The number on the coin is (removed by moderator). I have looked for a place to log it on geocaching,com, but must have overlooked it. Is it listed in a manner I just do not recognise ?

What do I do with a geocoin ? I liked it, I picked it up. Now I would like to pass it on. So, where can I do that ? A Hillbilly newbie needs to know.

I wonder what happened to the 4 big radial engines? You can't carry one of those in a backpack. That very question came to mind in the crash site I mentioned in the origonal post. The engine was missing when the crash site was found by the authorities in 1954 or 1955. Later the story emerged that a local mountaneer tending his still in the storm that caused the crash, herd the impact. He was dumping used barrels of mash into hog troughs in the rain so the neighbors might not be able to smell it. After the storm he went looking and found the crash. He chopped the engine the rest of the way from the firewall and lashed it to a wing that had came off. Then he skidded it out with a team of mules. His children say that it fed them for quite a long time when times were hard. No one would talk about if there were any remains there while this was happening.

As a former leader of a wilderness search and rescue team, I have first hand knowledge of some aircraft crash sites. Most are in rough terain, but a few may be reached without too much effort. One in particular has been there since 1954 and there is debris and some personal effects still present at the crash site. I feel that this would pose a good challenge to the geocaching community as well as having a high intrest level. However I am concerned with legal and ethical issues. > Here are the parameters. The site is: Within one mile of an existing geocache. Located in National forrest. The site is in heavy timber. The site cannot be seen from any other location because of the timber. All remains were recovered by local athorities in 1954 or 1955. Aircraft parts are scattered over a large area. There are still some personal effects at the scene. Example: portable typewriter. > There is a campground within 3 miles . There is parking within 1.5 miles. It is on a mountain where only tree overstory would obstruct GPS signal. > I would like to hear any thoughts that members might have on this. Example; Do you think the children or grand children of the crash victim should be consulted, ect., ect.. Do you think this is something not palatable in general ? Thanks in advance for your input. mountainborn