Stumpy75

I just discovered that my app also started opening it's navigation in Uber... Still trying to work through it.

Here's the best info I have ever found on how to do it... http://www.floridageocaching.com/paperless.htm

Glad you and your kids were ok! Guess that's one of the reasons I always take a compass with me. I just don't trust modern electronics enough. As long as you knew the general direction of the car, a compass would easily get you there...

Who, Whoo! Like a wise old owl! Then stand back to let others look.

Double post.... Sorry..

I had a similar experience like Clan Riffster had. I was early season squirrel hunting about 20 years ago. Was sitting with my back against a nice hickory tree, and out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a cat coming towards me, and then beginning a stalk... As it got closer, I realized that it was a Bobcat. I let it get about 20' away, and then sat up quick and said BOO! Just like you might picture a domestic cat, this one arched it's back, jumped straight up in he air, and beat tracks out of there. My squirrel hunting was over for the day, as I couldn't stop laughing every time I thought about it! My guess is that you ended up sneaking up on the cat, and kind of startled it, and of course, it's then going to react. However, I'm fairly sure that it would really have liked to go the other way real fast, just like you did!

Couple of winters ago, my caching partner and I were walking back from a cache, when all of the sudden, I was on my but&, and my partner was wondering why I was making snow angels! I had stepped on a piece of glare ice under 2" of snow, and went down hard... MCL strain, and I was limping around for 2 weeks afterwards. However, we did get 15 more caches that day!

I do like caches in cemeteries. There is so much history in them. That's one of the reasons I got into geocaching... people tell so much history in their cache pages, and cemeteries are the best place to think about the history of the area! At an early age, I went with my grandfather to many cemeteries as he was putting together our family history. We would verify the grave site of one of our ancient relatives, and then talk about the times that they lived in. Then we would look around at other family plots, and speculate what lives they lived. In my area, and in many other areas too, the old cemeteries are always on the high ground. Why? Because, according to my grandfather, they were closer to heaven! Memories... So, no, cemeteries are not places to be afraid of or not to go into. Respectful...of course, but what greater respect could you show to the people buried there than to think about them and the life they lived, even if you don't really know who they were? Look at the pioneer family with 8 markers of kids under 2 years of age. Tough life back then. We can't even imagine how tough it might have been back then, but by looking and thinking, we ARE remembering them. Do any of their current relatives even know where those graves are? One of my caches is in a cemetery that is in the middle of a commercial area now. Back when it was in use, the early landowners and people the surrounding streets in the area are named for are buried there. I did some research, and did a write-up on who started this cemetery and who is buried there, and what impact they had on the area. That's history, and there would be no other way to really tell about it. A guardrail micro in the area just would just not be the same... The cache itself(a multi) makes the finder look for the oldest marker in the cemetery(early 1800s), get some info off of it, and then leads them to the edge of the cemetery, where the actual cache is hid...past the markers of the family that the road out front is named after. History and remembrance... I agree that cemetery hides should be on the edges of cemeteries, out of respect for the people. However, hides near or on markers, as long as they are relatives of the owner, IMHO, are ok too. In those cases they are there for people to come and see and remember the owners relative. Isn't this respect and remembrance? Of course, when entering any cemetery, if a service is in progress that you might disturb, just leave... You can get the cache some other time. But if you are there, and nobody, or only a few people are around, have fun with the cache. And then look around at the graves and think of the history and the people who have lived in the area before you. This is the best respect you can show them. Have fun!

Simple way to keep coin hogs from wanting a coin. Drill a hole in it. Not worth anything then, except to move from cache to cache as intended.

Yes, but now it's listed as a "sport", which is still banned by my company... Guess once it got on the Websense radar, I was out of luck...

We could call them "English", like the Amish call people not in their faith... I never knew much about Harry Potter until I got into Geocaching...

I've had a couple encounters....all good! The 1st one, I was looking for a cache on a college campus. Just as I found it, a police offocer comes around the corner and asks what I'm doing there. At the same time, it began to rain. Hard! I quickly explained what I was doing and he said fine, and jogged back to his car, which was parked next to mine. As I got back there, his partner yelled at me about being a little crazy to geocache in the rain, and they drove off! 2nd time, I had walked back to the back of a small town park early on a Sunday morning. Coming back to the car, there was a police car next to mine. As I walked up, the officer asked if I had found it. After I said yes, I had, he then asked for some hints! He had just started caching a month or so before and had DNFed this one twice! I made sure I gave him a lot of nice hints!

I've been stopped quite a few time, but more by Game Wardens. Most of the time, it's just how you doing, and what up, and after talking a bit, we both move on. However, one small town officer was waiting next to my truck when I came out of a wooded area after finding a cache on an early Sunday morning. After asking me what I was doing, and me explaining geocaching, he asked me for a hint. He'd DNFed it twice! And then there was the time in a park that I came out of a thick area to find 2 rangers, a county sherriff and a dog catcher on the trail. I think they were as shocked to see me as I was them. They were hunting for a pack of wild dogs, and after talking about dogs and caching, we both went on our way.

Earlier this fall, I had a run in with a porcupine. Kind of funny actually. Here's my log from County Line Stump . ------------------- Found the cache at dusk. Last one of the day. TNLNSL Thanks! Little did I know that I would have even more fun times getting back into my truck after finding the cache! As I approached my truck in the failing light, I noticed this large dark blob right next to the drivers door. Hmmm. Don’t remember that when I got out. Uh oh… It just moved to put it’s back to me and those things sure look like quills… Yep, it’s a porcupine all right!! Downwind of the engine compartment of my truck getting warm. Ok, no problem. Just yell at it and clap your hands and they usually leave. Nope, not this one. All that did was get his quills up again. Ok, plan B. Remote start the truck. Nope, now he just hunkered down for more heat. Plan C. Hit the alarm. Now the quills are back up. And it’s starting to rain/snow. Hard… Time for plan D. Gather sticks and stones and start bombing him. After many hits with trigs, pebbles, rocks and chunks of wood, he finally decides that maybe this is not a good spot to sit after all, and very slowly(as only a porky does) waddles far enough away so I can get in the truck!! I’m wet, cold and laughing as I quickly jump in! This is one I won’t forget!!!

Same problem here. I would assume they know about it... The PQs I recieved earlier today did not reflect the changes I made on them, even though I previewed them 1st. Hope it gets corrected soon, as I was planning a trip this coming weekend.

Pls disregard this post. Being discussed on another thread..... Stumpy75 Anyone else having problems getting one tonight, or is the problem on my end? I can't seem to edit existing PQs... When I try, I get an error mesage. Thanks

As has been said, it's so neat to learn about what had been at a site and the history of an area. I LOVE these kind of caches and I specifically look for those kind of caches!

I just went paperless today(about 3 hours ago...). Had an older Palm IIIxe that was almost given to me, so I downloaded GSAK and Cachemate and was up and running in about an hour. I'm still playing with both programs, but I do have the full cache descriptions on the PDA, which is the thing I really wanted. I have a Garmin 76C, and have been using Garmin's software(City Select) to upload waypoints to the GPSr. I'm still deciding if I want to just continue that or use GSAK for uploading to both. GSAK uses 8 character names(all my GPSr will take), while the Garmin software uploads the waypoint number. Probably take a few caching trips to figure out which I like best. I was looking on e-bay for a PDA before this one turned up, and the prices there are pretty cheap. You don't need one with all the bells and whistles if all you are going to do is load up the cache pages to it. I'm sure my paper usage is going to go WAY down now!

I changed mine a month ago. Took about an hour to get everything updated, even the archieved ones that I had found. Also updated my caches with no problems.

I started with a Garmin GPS45 that is 11 years old. It tracks 8 satelites SEQUENTIALLY, not in paralell like the new GPSrs. Takes forever to settle down. Has a removable antenna that is attached to the side of the GPSr, and I have been accused of having a GPSr that was so old it had a crank on the side! Found my 1st 250 with that one. So, no, your reciever is not too old! As others have said, once within 20', start looking. Sometimes triangulating will help. That's where you walk towards where you think it might be from 3-4 different directions. Each time, you might be in a slightly different spot when the GPSr says you are close, but somewhere in the middle of those 3 or 4 spots will be where it is most of the time.

I have always carried a compass. I have an old Silva Ranger.(30 years old). I just don't feel right in the woods without it. I know that I will be able to find my way if/when the GPSr loses signal in heavy growth. Also use it as others have mentioned...get a good read with the GSPr and then take a shot and walk along that line.

Tahiti...in early February

Would you believe I use a Garmin 45? Had it left over from my boat. Has some problems under trees, but has an external, movable antenna that seems to help it out. No mapping, autorouting or anything fancy. Just a git me to a Lat-Lo input(Waypoints). Unfortunately, it is a 1994 model, so the accuracy is +-40'. Fine for a lake, but kind of tough for caching. On some I have to come at it from several directions to triangulate the cache better. It even has a MOB Button(Man OverBoard) for fast inputs(I use it to mark my car). Looking at the Garmin 60 series sometime in the future(soon I hope).