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spiderteam

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  1. Thanks, APK ... I searched a week or so ago before that thread started, and didn't check again before posting. That thread seems to be the one to check out. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
  2. I hope I'm not posting in the wrong topic, but I would like to get some recommendations regarding a GMRS unit. Am looking for the most bang for the buck. What's important? Range, battery life, bells and whistles look great but usually reduce bang for bucks. Any of ya'll experienced in GMRS and have a recommendation or thumbs down? Thanks to all
  3. quote:Originally posted by cyarnell: I dont know if this is typical or not but I finally found someone to borrow a GPS from and my friend and I went looking for the closest one today. Found it after looking for about half an hour, wow we just sat in the woods and looked at the thing first for awhile did not open it, cant believe we really did it! Then we opened it up with so much excitement, wodnering what was it it. My friend and I have been reading the boards here for a few days and expected stuff like light sticks and keychains and cards and toys and whatnot we brought a little mini toolkit to put in. but it was full of religious stuff, mostly traks from a church plus a bunch of jesus pins and stuff. some bumper stickers saying "god said it I beleive it" and some mini bibles too. the website said it was full of "goodies". we didn't think this was goodies. is this normal for goecaching cus a lot of the ones in our area were put there by the same person as the one we found. we looked at the persons profile they are obviously very religious. I am sorry your first experience geocaching turned into a disappointment. I can see where that comes from when the cache contains nothing of interest to you. I suggest you borrow that GPS again and try another cache (or two or three even). This time, lower your expectations just a bit. I find that caches rarely contain something I want to have. When that happens, I leave my signature and my signature item. The fun is in the hunt and the find. Sometimes I do find a real goodie. Since you've read the boards, you know many caches degrade in goodies. Don't let one experience sour you on the experience. Try again. I think you will find that you really enjoy it, no matter what is in the box when you find it. Enjoy!
  4. quote:Originally posted by DonnaG: Being a person who stares at hardcopy and digital maps of Ontario all day - and having recently updated our data for First Nations Lands of Ontario - I'm pretty sure that the most northerly point of the lower 48 States is Northwest Angle of Lake of the Woods, Minnesota. At that point the International Boundary goes south to the 49th parallel. The point of land is cut off from the rest of Minnesota and can only be accessed by boat, or by crossing the International Boundary twice. -Donna G. http://www.multimediapalace.com/flags-ca/ns-flag1s.gif - "The Home of Our Hearts" The same can be said for Point Roberts, Washington. You either have to go by boat or go to Canada first. I wonder if there are other places like that as well?
  5. quote:Originally posted by Dreadnought: I also heard of a bomber wreck in the Olympic pennisula near hurricane ridge. I will be in that area next month, if anyone knows about this or it's coords let me know. http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/4497_300.jpg Several (no, make that many) years ago I stumbled upon that wreckage while backpacking in the Buckhorn Wilderness Area. The hike in is long, but not too difficult. Along the trail there is a side trail going up the hill if I remember correctly, which leads you directly to the crash site. It was kind of eerie wandering about the wreckage. Thanks EraSeek for the link, I can now find out the story behind the site. Unfortunately, when I was there, it was in the before time, when I had no cares about latitude and longitude, so I don't have coordinates. For us, it was a weekend trip with the Mountaineers who were TRYING to teach me how to backpack!
  6. quote:Originally posted by Dreadnought: I also heard of a bomber wreck in the Olympic pennisula near hurricane ridge. I will be in that area next month, if anyone knows about this or it's coords let me know. http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/4497_300.jpg Several (no, make that many) years ago I stumbled upon that wreckage while backpacking in the Buckhorn Wilderness Area. The hike in is long, but not too difficult. Along the trail there is a side trail going up the hill if I remember correctly, which leads you directly to the crash site. It was kind of eerie wandering about the wreckage. Thanks EraSeek for the link, I can now find out the story behind the site. Unfortunately, when I was there, it was in the before time, when I had no cares about latitude and longitude, so I don't have coordinates. For us, it was a weekend trip with the Mountaineers who were TRYING to teach me how to backpack!
  7. Although I'm usually a lurker, I just gotta put in a good word about Brian's service. I signed up after finding one of his travel bugs and it works wonderfully. The only down side is when the hints are in the form of pictures as they aren't transferred to the Visor. If I really need the picture, I note it on the Visor and take paper copies of what I need for the next trip out. Now, we just go --- if we need more than what's in the Visor, we usually can figure it out before spending an hour searching some obscure location. Jeremy, if you can work something out with Brian to keep this going, it sure is the single best companion to www.geocaching.com. Kudos to both Brian and Jeremy. spidertea [This message was edited by spiderteam on March 29, 2002 at 05:31 PM.]
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