Hunyocks3

that's not the reason, a GPX file can handle any number of waypoints (geocaches are also waypoints) and different types of them too. it's more that not everybody wants to have those waypoints actually loaded as waypoints, and/or some GPX parsing applications expect only to find geocache waypoints in the GPX file and nothing else. i suspect the delivery of those additional waypoints has been added some time after the original PQ feature was introduced. ... so... I'm still a little confused... if the reason for splitting the waypoints into a separate file is because not everybody wants them loaded as waypoints... what are they loaded as, by putting them into a separate GPX file, if they are not loaded as waypoints?

Hi - I've been using Pocket Queries successfully for a while and I don't have a problem - just a question. Some Pocket Queries come with an extra "-wpts.gpx" file... so for example, if my PQ is called "caches" the zip file would contain 2 files - caches.gpx and caches-wpts.gpx. It's apparent that the extra file must be "waypoints" - but what is that extra file for? Are those for caches that have extra waypoints like trail heads, parking, etc.? Is there a reason why those extra waypoints would be needed in an extra file instead of the main GPX? If so, then I'm assuming the reason for the -wpts.gpx file would be that the main GPX file can't handle more than one waypoint per geocache? Thanks in advance -

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That's one "log" I wouldn't sign either!

Totally agree. That being said - all things being equal - I like the "regular" size best. For me not so much for the trading swag, but because they can be used for coins and travel bugs. For my kids, for the swag and because they are typically easier for the kiddos to find. Which sometimes means easier for me to spot, and "suggest" that they check what's under that big chunk of bark...

Totally agree. That being said - all things being equal - I like the "regular" size best. For me not so much for the trading swag, but because they can be used for coins and travel bugs. For my kids, for the swag and because they are typically easier for the kiddos to find. Which sometimes means easier for me to spot, and "suggest" that they check what's under that big chunk of bark...

sigh... thanks for the feedback... I was afraid of this... I wasn't missing any particular strategy, just missing the darn container...

LOL! Sleep, work... ("well, I wouldn't say "missing" it Bob")

So I've been gecaching for about a month, with 49 finds. Still pretty new at it, but I've already developed a good sense for how and where containers might be hidden and generally don't have much trouble finding containers in logs, stumps, under rocks, in holes, etc. I get to GZ, look around, and usually see a likely hiding spot. I've been pretty successful with pill-bottle or 35mm film container sizes and up. However, I've had a few DNF's that have some things in common... very small caches, and GZ is generally in some small trees or mix of scrub brush and trees with no "obvious" hiding spots - no hollow stumps, no piles of bark or rocks, no rotting logs, no nooks or crannies in the trees... just a lot of thin branches on the trees and brush. I've found a couple caches in areas like this, that have been hung from a branch like a tree ornament... but on the DNF's I haven't seen anything hung from or attached to the branches... So, from a more experienced cacher point of view - are there any tips, tricks, things you would look for, etc. if you went to a GZ like this, and didn't see a bison tube or something hanging from a tree branch? Maybe there is some clever manner of concealment I haven't come across yet that I'm not considering? Before I bug each of the cache owners for a clue (hate to do that!), just wanted to see if there were some particular strategies or methods in generally that I could apply. Thanks in advance - Hunyocks3

I've been geocaching for just about 1 month, so my first was just a couple of weeks ago! Went to a local REI and was talking with an employee about GPS and he mentioned there was a cache somewhere around the store. I pulled it up on my iPhone, walked out of the store, and judging by the coordinates the lamp post was the ONLY place it could be... but you're right, I didn't know those things lifted up! Also learned the metal ones make an awful racket when you lift them up and set them back down.

I've only been geocaching for about a month, but I have a sneaking suspicion I've forgotten to sign at least a log or two. I usually go caching with at least one child, sometimes two (both boys, 7 and 3) and like most kids their age, they generate their own Sphere of Chaos (like the Bermuda Triangle, except trains of thought also get lost inside). If you have boys, no explanation is necessary; if you don't then none will suffice... One of these days, I'll probably take the log and leave my pen in the container LOL.

Hi all - The family just got into geocaching, so I bought a set of travel bugs for us to release... any suggestions for fun, creative ideas for things to attach to travel bugs? And where would you find / buy / make them? What about things to NOT attach to travel bugs? Thanks in advance - Hunyocks3

I'm in McKinney - Collin County, north of Dallas. Just started geocaching - 14 finds as of this morning. Most of those finds were in Oklahoma last week during a vacation, so no Texas favorites yet. I've done all of them with my 7 year old, and a few with my 3 year old (both boys) and I think I'll probably be doing some of the more challenging ones myself!