Rick618

I looked in another geocachers ride the other day and saw the array of gadgets and power 12v power cables. Yesterday, after parking on the side of the road all a tilt, I had to move the gps power cable around the Sirius reciver and having to unplug one of the cell phone power adapters I got caught in the twisted cord from the radar detector. It looked like a bad hair day had happened right over the radio display or an electronic yarn ball had exploded near the vent. No pda/laptop (yet) but there is 2 cell phones (work and home phone), Sirius, radar detector, and now the gps power cord and only 3 outlets. Looks like its time to run some seperate power or direct back to the panel.

http://www.gpsgeek.com/ After looking at pfrank, which seems like a good group of guys, I just bought some cables from the above listed company through eBay for a Garmin III+. They had 'em at a decent price, they shipped 'em quick, and I'm now able to both power my unit in the truck and have the ability to upload/download to the pc. The only cable tha I saw that had software was the serial/USB adapter which are drivers I would guess. After almost 100 finds this premium option sounds pretty good as I've hand inputed all the ones that are in there now. Idea for a new thread...how much 12v stuff do you have plugged into your cigrette lighters? Rick

There is likely a city attn that you could talk with as well. Your this far in so whats a little deeper? It's a park, people come and go all the time. Public servants, how soon they forget. Old 3rd grade confuseus saying, sometimes better to ask for forgiveness than permission

One that I found recently sounds similar, where the piece of pipe was located was not the logical place for an actual cleanout. In the hollow under the plug was a film canister. A few holes in the bottom with some gravel should eliminate standing water. Those plugs with male threads that have a square on the top are not watertight unless snugged down, if they are loose enough to turn by hand they will leak. The other style has a male adaptor that you screw a cap with female threads onto, more obvious but more water proof. I would agree that in most cases burying should be avoided, consider that each cache is a learning experience so do you want kids or adults opening actual sewer cleanouts on other caches? I like the idea of the cleanout even though you have to use a pointy object to place, same as the fake pop up sprinkler head.

Another WalMart-esque cache The fella that put the above one together has a local Wally series and another at some of the eating establishments. In that one the cache location is different in every one and no lamp skirts are used. Another at a wally competitor used a bolt with a hole drilled through it, mono line tied to the cache and the whole thing setting in a hole of a manhole. You lift the bolt up and the cache follows.

It was while doing the third or fourth cache that I caught on to the waypoint/goto option. Makes life much easier.

I think that the question pertains to the contest, it would be nice if there were a link added/edited to the "about this" item line. About this item: I am a 2005 White Jeep Travel Bug. I'm part of a contest for 2005. Visit back on June 6, 2005 for more details about the contest and to find out how to enter. http://jeep.geocaching.com/contest/rules.aspx

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...38-168e04a44ade Remember, it's just a game.

Thankyou for the cache

There was a story I read or maybe heard on the radio...memory needs an upgrade! Anyway. the idea was that some Canadian pot growers were selling to US. They would receive payment then hike across the border to leave the stash. The buyer would get the coordinates and there would be no face to face between the two. Along land borders, smugglers typically transport drugs by commercial, private, and rental vehicles; snowmobiles; and all-terrain vehicles. They also walk across the border carrying drugs in backpacks. Intelligence reports indicate that drug smugglers increasingly are using night-vision optics and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment to navigate in remote areas. Drug shipments are secreted in duffel bags or luggage and in hidden compartments of commercial and private vehicles, or they are commingled with legitimate cargo in commercial vehicles crossing the border. 120+ pages from 2003 govt report, page 26 is where the above came from. http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/MarAvail.pdf