Let's Look Over Thayer

I've been trying to contact Curl Factor about another cache, The Treasure of the Three Stars (GCM5H8), which I haven't been able to find in several attempts. I have had equally little success in contacting him. (If someone has the coords, let me know and I'll contact you privately to compare my coords -- it's always possible that I'm looking in the wrong place...) The problem with just replacing the cache is that Hangman's Highway is listed as disabled. Someone will have to re-enable it. Perhaps it would be better to ask for it to be archived and open up that space for a new cache that will actually be maintained by its owner. (It took three months from the time it filled up with water until it was disabled and it's been many months since it was disabled. )

looks like pictures are starting to be uploaded. I will upload some when I get a chance. I am still trying to figure out what this picture was of? Just refer back to the discussion of "pizzle caches" that appeared on the San Diego thread the other day...

I agree. There is something about finding a jeep or coin the wild that makes it special. You actually had to work for it. You had to get there before the other guy. You didn't just copy down a number on a piece of paper. I have dropped a few coins into caches with this very goal in mind. The swiftness in which these coins have disappeared has been highly discouraging. Sure, I expected them to evaporate eventually, but to have them disappear so quickly was very disappointing. It's quite an ironic thing that most geocoin "travellers" don't actually travel. It's even more so given that there is such a high value placed on coins that are "trackable". (I'm waiting for someone to release a coin that is truly trackable -- one that, when it goes missing, I can type the tracking number into LoJack... ) I hope that you have much better luck than I. (And by the way, C4, as one who found a coin that I released into the wild and who moved it along promptly, you have my sincere and hearty thanks! )

"pizzle"?

Now only that, but there's some guy in New Jersey who poached the same idea! (See GCPTJK) (Now if I could just apply this information to cracking the coordinates... )

Has anyone put together a bookmark page of TT's San Diego caches? It used to be easy to keep track, but now that they are mostly adopted by others, it's much harder to know how many tens of caches remain to taunt you...

which cache requires a ladder? SCC #3 If'n y'all don't want to carry a ladder all the way out there, ya' might want to chat with ol' Tucson Thompsen. He's figger'd out a way to do it with a 6 foot pole.

In the old days (but not as old as Miragee's REI number ), it would typically take about 12-20 minutes for a GPS to acquire satellites when first powered on. The toughest thing was acquiring the first satellite. Once it had that, it could decode ephemeris data that told it what other satellites should be in view and the next two or three satellites could be acquired faster. Now a days, the GPSr manufacturers have developed various tricks to shorten the acquisition time but if a lot of time and/or distance has passed since the unit was turned on, it's going to take longer than normal to find and lock onto a set of satellites.. Edit: The Etrex that I just got (courtesy of the Jeep contest) woke up thinking that it was in Taiwan (I looked at the map display)...it took about 10 minutes to figure out that it "...wasn't in Kansas anymore..."

Can you beat 1968? (I was just a kid then and it was my dad's coop number but it was my money and so it still counts...)

Congrats to bitmap -- who bagged his 600th by taking on CHUD!

Do these conversations sound familiar? Q. Dad, will you explain the theory of relativity to me? I don't understand why time goes slower at great speed. A. It's because you keep changing time zones. See, if you fly to California, you gain three hours on a five-hour flight, right? So if you go at the speed of light, you gain more time, because it doesn't take as long to get there. Of course, the theory of relativity only works if you're going west. Q. Why do my eyes shut when I sneeze? A. If your lids weren't closed, the force of the explosion would blow your eyeballs out and stretch the optic nerve, so your eyes would flop around and you'd have to point them with your hands to see anything. Q. How do bank machines work? A. Well, let's say you want 25 dollars. You punch in the amount and behind the machine there's a guy with a printing press who makes the money and sticks it out this slot. Q. Sort of like the guy who lives up in our garage and opens the door? A. Exactly. If so, please seek help. Statistics show that children who had a "Calvin's Dad" are 5.7 times more likely to become a "Calvin's Dad" when they grow up. Break the cycle.

As long as there are TT caches that are not found, there's always something to do at work!

I didn't order any 'cuz they were gone before I even knew they were being offered. But since that's where I was born, I'd sure like to get my hands on one. If anyone has one that they would be willing to part with, please let me know... Thanks!

Does it really matter? So you announce it and it sells out in 30 seconds. You don't announce it and it sells out in 3 minutes. Either way, they are sold out.

Oooh! Nice pins! Sadly, we won't be out there in the desert with y'all this weekend to get them

Ooops...

OK, I'm jazzed!!!! My entry to the Jeep 4x4 Geocaching Challenge took 1st Place in the category "Traction"! Many, many thanks to any and all who nominated my entry!

Looks like someone took Night Hunter seriously...

We're up for it. Just let us know when.

What about TB's? Kathy (the wife/widow) thinks I should get some credit for adopting the Udesignit TB. Not that CWMI isn't bad enough as it is.... There probably ought to be an extra factor for solving TT caches, too! That's bound to drive your numbers up... (And maybe there should be a factor for time spent reading and responding to the San Diego Thread...)

OK, I e-mailed Bruce and offered to adopt it. We'll see what happens. I'll keep you all informed. If he lets me adopt it, I'll assemble a team to go for a little walkabout.... I just noticed that Walkabout disappeared from my list of caches still to be found. Checked to see if it was really gone. Yup, Zar's gone and archived it...

Hmmm, looks like mine is 3.23...

If you go to the Garmin webpage, you can order updates to MapSource. As Chuy says, it's not a download -- they send you a new CD of the latest version. It's also not cheap ($75 for City Select) but it is cheaper than buying a new copy of the software. Fortunately, you don't need to buy every update. Many people buy an update every other year or every third year...

It depends on what you mean, by "use" with your 60CS. Mapsource (in its various forms) is the only map software that let's you download maps to your Garmin GPS. However, most other mapping software (Topo! for instance) will let you upload/download waypoints, routes, tracks, etc. For what it's worth, I use MapSource City Navigator (it comes with the Garmin StreetPilot 2610 et al) for downloadable maps with my 60CS. This does not have topographic information in it, but it does allow me to do turn-by-turn routing to get to caches in unfamiliar areas. You can buy the Map Source City Select package for this purpose for the 60CS if you don't already have (or want to buy) a StreetPilot. I use Topo! for topographic maps. I can upload a track of where I've been and see the profile etc. The only thing that it doesn't let me do is download topo maps into my 60CS. This isn't important to me, but of course, it may be important to you. For what it's worth, I've used MapSource Topo as well as the City Navigator package. I don't have any major complaints nor have I had any problems with either variant of MapSource. Your mileage may vary...

Sign me up for a 2 screws.