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Man that creeps me out! Sometimes ignorance is bliss if you want to get a good nights sleep in a hotel.

Now that is about the coolest thing I've seen come down the pike in a long time. It'll probably keep you from stepping on a scorpion. I'd still give your boots a healthy upside down shake in the morning. After years of misspent early manhood sleeping on the floor of the Mojave, Sonoran, and Baja deserts, I never once was stung by a scorpion. Just dumb luck, no doubt. Many minerals fluoresce nicely, like scheelite, an ore of tungsten. So this thing could be fun looking for fluorescing creatures and rocks. ed: doh! fluor, not flour

Bwahahahahaha!

A snow shovel and the floor mats would've been cheaper than a tow. Throw a couple sand bags in the bed, too.

How about a hotel shower caps cache?

Snakes are cool!

Congratulations! Misery loves company! Just kidding, the joys of parenthood are unlike any other.

Still using that relict from the Stone Age - a Magellan 315.

Blaming liberals for preventing more refineries from being constructed is oversimplifying the problem and is frankly just plain ignorant. There really isn't a shortage of refinery capacity. Constructing a refinery represents a substantial capital investment and a minimum of four years lead time. Increasing the refinery capacity may lower the cost of fuel but also reduces profits. There is little incentive then to increase refinery capacity. Oil companies control the output of their refineries. They can charge whatever they want and whatever the market will bear. They have every right to do so. Deal with it and quit blaming liberals for your problems.

I recently read a newspaper article where Toyota Prius hybrids are now outselling Hummers. I don't imagine it will be too long before we see hybrid SUVs.

I first used a GPS at work about 3 years ago while doing a noise survey for a power plant siting. The GPS provided data on the distance and bearing from the survey point to the proposed power plant site. From that experience I saw the potential for using it while hiking, fishing, and traveling. Soon after I bought my own GPSr. Then I saw an article in the newspaper about geocaching. I checked out the website and went on from there.

Search and rescue is best left to the professionals and volunteers who have the proper skills and training. These folks are already all too familiar with the GPS. The last thing we need is a bunch yahoos running around, getting hurt, getting in the way, and causing a big clusterfritz. If you are serious then look into volunteering for your local SAR unit, ski patrol, or fire department where you can get the proper training.

If someone were willing to pay me 20% more than my current salary plus expenses to go geocaching then I'd probably turn "pro." Otherwise, I'll keep my amateur status.

For those with a further interest in studying birds and recording your observations go to this website Cornell Lab of Ornithology Click through to "All About Birds" and "Report Your Observations." There are some fun projects to participate in. It could add a new dimension to your caching experience.

Today we had an injured bald eagle end up on our driveway that we share with the neighbors. I had just pulled up to the house from a swim at the local pool with the boys. The neighbors had found the eagle and called animal control. The animal control officer already had it in the back of the truck but she kindly opened the back up so we could get a look. The officer had placed a towel over its head to calm it. The eagle was on its way to a shelter for injured wildlife. We do get eagles around here regularly. I've seen them perched in the tall trees in the woods behind our house. I enjoy birding but not on any competitive level. I don't know how many species are on my list. I just enjoy watching and learning to identify the different birds. I usually have my binoculars with me while caching.

I'm 48 but I sure don't feel like it, still skiing fast. My lovely wife of nearly 14 years is 38 My older son is 9 and we share the same birthday. My younger son is 8. My wife is clearly outnumbered.

Is this what a multi with legs looks like?

If you open the cache and the contents are wet, that's OK, too.

Costco's Kirkland-brand Trail Mix.

"Saving Private Ryan" - trying to find a human cache with no fixed coordinates.

"The Shawshank Redemption" - man I loved that movie. Great story by Stephen King. It makes it on a lot of top ten best movies. The cache find scene is classic.

I haven't had any experience with these. As a cache container, they look like they wouldn't be durable. But they look like they'd keep a log book dry for awhile. BTW, great link to other cool stuuf.

Its unfortunate and sad. They were highly experienced and I'm sure they knew the risks. They were mountain rescuers who had seen their share of tragedies. Its awfully hard on those who are left behind. We lost someone in my office to an avalanche near Crystal Mountain last year. He was an experienced back country skier. I was in a van pool with him for awhile and we would chat about back country skiing, which is one of the things I cut way back on after becoming a responsible husband and parent. Its hard to walk by someone's office knowing they're gone.

We got to this one using a small row boat from YMCA Camp Orkila: Freeman Island I have an Old Town Discovery 158 canoe and I have this not-too-far-from-home cache on my to do list: Goose Island