Wayfinders

I suffer not from Xenophobia (Xenomuggaphobia?).

This cache is currently way under the waters of the mighty Delaware, as it has been many times. Awesome example of how good ammo boxes are at surviving the elements.

Well, that's one way to knock it up to 5 star difficulty.

Towards Bath from Cherryville or Nazareth?

I think it's a fantastic idea and I'd do my best to attend. I've got a kayak. Any ideas as to where you would like to hold the event?

They are aerial targets. The difference in size is relative to the height of the flight. Low level flights and photography are for more precise three dimensional mapping. Since the altitude of the plane is lower, the target can be smaller. For higher altitude flights the target obviously needs to be bigger to show up on the photograph. It's not easy, painting those big crosses on roadways. People will flatten your safety cones, run over your paint and threaten to sue without a bat of an eyelash anymore. Sad. I prefer to lay down tarpaper in a field and paint my white lines on that. That way after the photos are taken I can pick them up and leave no trace. The Surveyor provides the coordinates and elevation of the point to the aerial mapping company and they provide base mapping to the Surveyor. I have heard that single horizontal lines across a road were used to time cars and determine speed by the police. This was probably true in the days before radar. Looking at aerial photographs, those lines these days seem to be there to mark the approach of airport runways.

Real soon after I started caching I realized a trend of Stayfloopy's signatures in cache logbooks. And I'm sure, like everyone else thought it was a pretty normal name and it's origins did not pique my imagination none what-so-ever. But... I am proud to say that I'm privy to that information now, because I asked him about it about 3 minutes after meeting him . Congratulations!

Well now, that would explain my December DNF's That link did not work for me so here's another.

The bearing on you GPS unit could also be called an azimuth. A bearing of 146 would tell you that you are traveling in a southeast direction. Think of it as a circle. A circle has 360 degrees. Due north is 0 degrees. Due east 90 degrees. Due south 180 degress and due west 270. Now imagine an + in the circle, dividing it into 4 quadrants. The first quadrant (0-90 degrees) represents northeasterly direction. Going clockwise......the second quadrant (90-180 degrees) represents southeasterly direction. The third (180-270 degrees) represents southwesterly direction. And finally the fourth quadrant (270-360 degrees) represents northwesterly direction. For great information on getting started in geocaching you can visit Geocaching-U I hope this helps, and welcome!

Yeah, a lot of people think my enthusiasm towards geocaching is strange. Then again I was already strange before discovering the sport.......... Besides, a cynic is a person who when they smell flowers.......they look around for the funeral.

I believe that unit has a setting to "lock to road" or something of the sort. You'll want to turn that off to navigate the trail. I'd check the manual for that feature or something similar. Hope this helps, and welcome!

The only trails you want to be seeing are the ones you hike on!

There should be a treasure chest icon used specifically for caches. If you used a flag or other icon, it would only come up as a waypoint on a Garmin, not a cache. Hope this helps!

Andrew, if you want to know where the property lines are hire a Surveyor. This is the only way for you to truly know the boundaries of the property. Your desire to save money is understandable and common thought among landowners, but you may be opening yourself up to liabilities and legal action should you encroach on adjoiners while foresting or making improvements to the property. If the property was surveyed recently, you may find the name of the Surveyor at the end of the legal description. If this information is not provided in the description ask the attorney who handled the closing if he or she knows who did the work. This will save you money, since this Surveyor has already done the field work and boundary analysis. This way you won't have to hire one who has to start from scratch. Recreational GPS units and public GIS systems that provide coordinate information are currently one of the most dangerous items to the landowner should they hold them as accurate information. I hope this advice helps, and I wish you luck in your endeavor.

Yeah, I'll admit it.........I have.

The wonderful adventures I've had geocaching with my daughter, family and friends. The great people I have met. The release of everyday stress the sport offers. 45 lbs left on the trail in a little over a year.

54 38.867 05 40.100 I use a program called "Corpscon" which is freeware from the Army Corps of Engineers. This software has a DMS converter included, but it's not that user friendly. There are many cachers / code writers out there that have created easy to use converters. If you do a thread search, many will pop up. If you did copy and paste those coordinates the colon may be the problem. Welcome to the obsession!

I've got software here at the old computer. Try these: 54 39.650 05 40.333

Looks familiar.....kinda like the wall in my office.

I agree. So......if it's not a button....it's a......nutton?? But it can't be nuttin......cause it's somethin'........

I would NEVER trust a boundary line on a recreational GPSr, as well as any maps available online or in fold out pamphlets. Its just mapping, not geometry. Basically a pretty picture and no more. To me even the USC&GS quad sheets are a mere reference, and nothing more. I guess what I'm trying to say is if you place a cache on public property adjoining DNRA lands based on coordinates scaled from mapping you could be in for an uncomfortable experience should a ranger find it and claim it TO be on DNRA lands. You're only argument would be that you scaled it from mapping and that's not precision.....so.....you'd lose. Not trying to be a wise guy here, just offering some facts. And Woodlit.......could you place a cache I can log without jumping out of an airplane??? I get on the second rung of the ladder......and I want my Mommy

I went and got a free account at photobucket. Works fine for me and they make it very easy for forum posts. Please share!

Thank you RV Campers!! Very inventive and original swag!

I would consider the "Delaware Valley" to be the west side along the river. The one and only event I've attended was in Pennsylvania, that is the closest club to me. Not to get too off topic, but this information came to me in an email....sort of a little education for those facinated with us Jerseyans. My apologies to the "609'ers".....like I said.....it's from an email. You know you're from Jersey when . . You don't think of fruit when people mention "The Oranges." You know that it's called Great Adventure, not Six Flags. A good, quick breakfast is a hard roll with butter. You've known the way to Seaside Heights since you were seven. You know that the state isn't one big oil refinery. At least three people in your family still love Bruce Springsteen, and you know the town Jon Bon Jovi is from. You know what a "jug handle" is. You know that WaWa is a convenience store. You know that the state isn't all farmland. You know that there are no "beaches" in New Jersey--there's the shore--and you don't go "to the shore," you go "down the shore." And when you are there, you're not "at the shore"; you are "down the shore." You know how to properly negotiate a circle. You knew that the last sentence had to do with driving. You know that this is the only "New" state that doesn't require "New" to identify it (try . Mexico . . . York ..! . . Hampshire-- doesn't work, does it?). You know that a "White Castle" is the name of BOTH a fast food chain AND a fast food sandwich. You consider putting mayo on a corned beef sandwich a sacrilege. You don't think "What exit?" is very funny. You know that people from the 609 area code are "a little different." Yes they are! You know that no respectable New Jerseyan goes to Princeton--that's for out-of-staters. The Jets-Giants game has started fights at your school or local bar. You live within 20 minutes of at least three different malls. You refer to all highways and interstates by their numbers. Every year you have at least one kid in your class named Tony. You know the location of every clip shown in the Sopranos opening credits. You've gotten on the wrong highway trying to get out of the mall. You know that people from North Jersey go to Seaside Heights, and people from Central Jersey go to Belmar, and people from South Jersey go to Wildwood. It c an be no other way. You weren't raised in New Jersey--you were raised in either North Jersey, Central Jersey or South Jersey. You don't consider Newark or Camden to actually be part of the state. You remember the stores Korvette's, Two Guys, Rickel's, Channel, Bamberger's and Orbach's. You also remember Palisades Amusement Park. You've had a boardwalk cheese steak and vinegar fries. You start planning for Memorial Day weekend in February.

Boy, I've never seen such political boundary lines....with, obviously, the least amount of donations coming from the northwest and southeast And what's with all this "Route" talk....."Route 78, Route 195"???? Any red-blooded Jerseyan would know it's simply "78" and "195". Next thing you know you guys will want to pump your own gas into the cachemobile On a serious note, I've always wondered if a "Delaware Valley" Geocachers club would work....covering most of Hunterdon County