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half-a-dozen

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  1. Don't panic! When you get to the 'Edit Position' screen, press 'Ent' to start entering the Latitude coords. Then use the 'Arrow' keys to scroll up or down to enter each number of the coordinates. After each number of the coordinate, scroll right with the 'Arrow' key to the next blank. When Latitude is what you want it to read, press 'Ent' again to start entering the Longitude part of the coordinates. Again, use the 'Arrow' keys to scroll up or down to enter each number of the coordinates. When you are satisfied with the coordinates keyed in, press 'Exit' - this will take you into another menu where you can further edit your newly created waypoint. At the bottom of the screen, you can use your 'Arrow' key to scroll through choices such as 'GoTo', 'Find on Map', 'Edit Name', 'Edit Symbol'. Lowrances are great units; you just have to do a bit of entering to put waypoints in manually. Hope I answered your question. Linda
  2. Both British Columbia Magazine, and Family Camping magazine feature articles about Geocaching in their most recent fall issues! Family Camping has 3 separate articles covering orienteering, GPSr, and Geocaching: the technology that gets your Kids Outdoors. http://www.andrewjohnpublishing.com/familycampingmagazine/ (sorry, only a cover pic of recent issue online) The Outdoor Advisor column in British Columbia Magazine covers GPS, and makes a reference to geocaching as well. http://www.bcmag.ca So, Canadian cachers get more publicity. L. of Half-a-Dozen
  3. seems to me the expert is holding the GPSr upside-down for his demonstration! L
  4. What a timely topic! As you can see, we're new at this activity, and I've been lurking the forums getting ideas about items for caches, etc. Kids thought the whoopee cushion I traded was a fab idea, but later I read someone didn't really care for these ... so, time to come up with something else. As an extension of my business I've done geocaching logo'd lunch bags, water bottle holders, and pouches. I'm hoping these items will be small enough to fit in most caches, appeal to a broad range of cache-hunters, and survive the rigours of cache life. But, I didn't include our name on anything, and therefore created anonymous sig items Thanks to the earlier posts here, I figure I'll just print up some kind of card to accompany the items, and ta-da, a signed sig item! Thanks always for the tips and advice. L.
  5. Wow! I admire all you intrepid geo-cachers with your little kids. As I remember, activities/outings with toddlers and/or small children were always 'entertaining' and certainly rewarding. I'd like to add that geo-caching is great for bigger kids too. We're brand new to all this, but the main appeal to geo-caching is it's something we can all do as a whole family. Our 4 kids range in ages from 9 to 17. They are all intrigued by the idea of a hunt, and of course the technology. We like to get out and about, and geo-caching looks like a great 'destination'. Sometimes, it's harder to find common interests as kids get older. I think geo-caching will really fit the bill. Starting when they're younger will give your family lots of years of fun together. Any grandparents out there who take the 'next generation' seeking? L.
  6. Hi, Red Oak, We're brand new too, and I just had to reply because I took real advantage of the Mothers' Day concept to get my GPSr too!! My family couldn't wait for me to figure out how to work everything, so we set out looking for a cache fairly close to home in an area we know a bit. First lesson, double-check how you enter the coords into your unit. A typo can really throw you off! Our map was directing us to the middle of some farmers' field, totally unaccessible. We gave up, and when driving back on the highway, someone's eagle eyes spotted a weathered sign, and looking across the field, we saw what we'd been looking for all along! Finding our first cache was just so exciting. Can't wait for the next outing!
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