Dirt Hawker

Just got the same error while trying to e-mail another user...

I do a lot of traveling and utilize the following sources. In Europe I just use internet cafes, even the smallest towns usually have one. Domestically you can't beat libraries, some are more strict than others, but most will let anyone with a valid drivers license use the web. I just DL an easygps.loc to a floppy and then pop it in my laptop. If you are still interested in going the Wi-Fi (802.11b) route there are numerous and growing public nets (ie. Legal) out there. Try www.personaltelco.net Additionally most larger ISP have locally dial-up numbers throughout the country. I have a Sisna.com account just for this reason. Their mail and customer service suck, but I only use them for the dial-up numbers. Hope this helps dave

quote: Wallace the traveling cache....check out where this cache is now hiding... and then check out near by caches. Looks kind of lonely out there.. You didn't mention that the only way to get to that part of Alaska is via a private plane or 100mi+ ferry ride. Wallace could be there awhile. Hopefully more GeoCachers will be taking Alaskan cruises. I also could use it as an excuse to cruise the inner passage myself. If you look at the previous location it was pretty remote also; I thought Wallace was going to be there awhile. The accessibility of the cache is not always relevant...I placed California Dreamin' in "Giddy-Up" on 4/15 and it's still there... dave I don't worry about typos, Jamie proofreads for me.

quote: Wallace the traveling cache....check out where this cache is now hiding... and then check out near by caches. Looks kind of lonely out there.. You didn't mention that the only way to get to that part of Alaska is via a private plane or 100mi+ ferry ride. Wallace could be there awhile. Hopefully more GeoCachers will be taking Alaskan cruises. I also could use it as an excuse to cruise the inner passage myself. If you look at the previous location it was pretty remote also; I thought Wallace was going to be there awhile. The accessibility of the cache is not always relevant...I placed California Dreamin' in "Giddy-Up" on 4/15 and it's still there... dave I don't worry about typos, Jamie proofreads for me.

American Coot - Glad to hear there is some interest. I would recommend going on a weekday, as it is a pretty popular place for camping and fishing. As to water quality...Well the clarity is good, but I personally wouldn't vouch for the safety of any water in the Central Valley. I would have rather placed it in a river, but none of the rivers in my area have any visibility. For those that consider themselves water challenged I didn't use a boat to place this one and I'm not a strong swimmer. You might consider putting your GPSr in a jar, unless you want to test the water resistance of your unit. Also the state is sponsoring a kids fishing derby there this weekend. I guy pulled a 54lb stripper out of there last year... Railroads - I visited a cache that was within 20' of the tracks. And while I was putting the cache back a train came around the curve and the Engineer leaned out of his cab to see what I was doing. As I had used my dirt bike to get to the cache site, I was expecting to see the sheriff waiting at my truck when I got back. You people would have liked this one. It was buried and then had a ~40lb rock on top of it. It wasn't obvious at all, if I hadn't happened to notice that there was dirt on one side of the rock (where it had been rolled recently) I wouldn't have figured it out. Thanks dave

American Coot - Glad to hear there is some interest. I would recommend going on a weekday, as it is a pretty popular place for camping and fishing. As to water quality...Well the clarity is good, but I personally wouldn't vouch for the safety of any water in the Central Valley. I would have rather placed it in a river, but none of the rivers in my area have any visibility. For those that consider themselves water challenged I didn't use a boat to place this one and I'm not a strong swimmer. You might consider putting your GPSr in a jar, unless you want to test the water resistance of your unit. Also the state is sponsoring a kids fishing derby there this weekend. I guy pulled a 54lb stripper out of there last year... Railroads - I visited a cache that was within 20' of the tracks. And while I was putting the cache back a train came around the curve and the Engineer leaned out of his cab to see what I was doing. As I had used my dirt bike to get to the cache site, I was expecting to see the sheriff waiting at my truck when I got back. You people would have liked this one. It was buried and then had a ~40lb rock on top of it. It wasn't obvious at all, if I hadn't happened to notice that there was dirt on one side of the rock (where it had been rolled recently) I wouldn't have figured it out. Thanks dave

11 pages worth of posts in a month...I guess I'm going to have to check this forum more often. So... PDAs - get one, there a great toy. I use mine the most while traveling for dictionaries, street & subway maps, notes, and solitaire. For Geo-Caching use the pathetique site, a must have. Until I started using this I would just DL the cords for all the caches in an area and go, not bothering to look at or print the cache page. While this made for good (real) hunting, it was lousy for theme caches...as I wouldn't have the right item(s) to trade. Now that is not a problem. Harder caches in our (your) area - I think the caches that are hidden in this area are harder. You guys seem to be more into hiding the cache from the Geo-Cacher, while (in my limited experience) most others just hide the cache from the casual eye. Not good or bad just different, to each their own. I'll pass on looking for the altoids tin in waist high grass. I've been spending my time Geo-Dashing as that allows for more exploring and site seeing, which I enjoy more than looking under rocks. Underwater Cache - I hope some of you will give mine a try, if you do please drop me a line. I would like to observe, I have concerns about the mechanism for replacing the cache after retrieval. Thanks dave

11 pages worth of posts in a month...I guess I'm going to have to check this forum more often. So... PDAs - get one, there a great toy. I use mine the most while traveling for dictionaries, street & subway maps, notes, and solitaire. For Geo-Caching use the pathetique site, a must have. Until I started using this I would just DL the cords for all the caches in an area and go, not bothering to look at or print the cache page. While this made for good (real) hunting, it was lousy for theme caches...as I wouldn't have the right item(s) to trade. Now that is not a problem. Harder caches in our (your) area - I think the caches that are hidden in this area are harder. You guys seem to be more into hiding the cache from the Geo-Cacher, while (in my limited experience) most others just hide the cache from the casual eye. Not good or bad just different, to each their own. I'll pass on looking for the altoids tin in waist high grass. I've been spending my time Geo-Dashing as that allows for more exploring and site seeing, which I enjoy more than looking under rocks. Underwater Cache - I hope some of you will give mine a try, if you do please drop me a line. I would like to observe, I have concerns about the mechanism for replacing the cache after retrieval. Thanks dave

I share your concern. I would like to see a move to more quality and less quantity. As to urban caches, while I don't hunt them, I think they are just as valid as any other cache.

I share your concern. I would like to see a move to more quality and less quantity. As to urban caches, while I don't hunt them, I think they are just as valid as any other cache.

quote: Can anyone tell me of any caches on or v.near the Pacific Crest or John Muir trails. Searching using the zipcode is difficult.Thanks Peregrinus Have you tried using the view cache map function or how about DL'ing all caches in CA to Streets & Trips or similar mapping software. Just some ideas. Dirt Hawker

But there are a lot of urban caches in my area that use city parks and college campuses, perhaps you can find the same in your area. Also rest-stop caches are usually pretty accessible, and you can drive right up to most virtual caches. Happy Hunting.

It would be nice to have a way to "acknowledge" a cache you never intend hunt. This would not give you credit for the find, but the search would treat them as found and not display them. There are a large (and growing) number of urban caches in my area that I have no interest in searching for, so a way to keep them from cluttering up my search page would be appreciated.

Its been a good trip was able to hit 10 caches on the way from Los Banos to Yuma, Az. Had trouble finding a home for Georges camera bug, none of the caches I was hitting were big enough. The only cache that was, was 17mi on a 4x4 only road. Although I did startle two Big horn sheep at the cache sight, first time I've seen them in the wild. Got some good pics. So yesterday I revisited Mitry lake and left the camera there. That cache is about as easy as they get over here. They take their caching seiously, no city or paved road caches. Hopefully the 600+mi will get Georges camera off to a good start. Thanks dave

Anyone know of a way to filter out caches on the "Nearest Cache" page? There are some that I don't intend to ever hunt, so I would just assume not have to look around them each time. I appreciate the help. Thanks dave

quote:Originally posted by Ron Streeter:Then naturally, we go away and come back later, each person stopping at his/her "zero" point (or 5 feet or whatever). My 12XL's "zero" point is a 11.1' circle (assuming 11 sat coverage.) what receivers are you guys using that you can get a zero point? Also if I'm mistaken about the resolution of the 12XL please let me. Thanks dave

quote:You can go back and edit your log, (I think) but I'm more intrested in knowing when the camera is empty. My log was/is fine, I was referring to yours. If you record that you have taken a picture with a camera in the caches physical log book (that little note book in each cache), the next person to retrieve the camera knows they don't need to take a photo at the cache. Your camera will last longer if you only get 1 photo at each cache location... quote:I just noticed, you didn't log the bug on the bug page. Write what ever you want on the bug log page. You can include how many pictures you took. As I responded to your e-mail I wasn't able to log the TB until tonight, hopefully nobody went looking for it between 5:30pm and 10:30pm. Also I thought you might be sending me an e-mail to ask how I was going to handle the "Wallace" cache while he is in transit; So, I change the coordinates to somewhere in the Pacific until Wallace is placed in a new cache. At which time I update the cache page with the new coordinates. Thanks dav

quote:Originally posted by georgeandmary:I don't quite understand what's you want for this cache. It sounds like you're going for the travel bug idea. How would you claim this cache? Just log it like a regular cache. quote:Are you constantly going to update the coordinates as the toy moves through the US and the world. george Yep, As people e-mail me telling me where they have left Wallace I will update the Coordinates to match the parent host cache. Let me know if I'm still not being clear. dave P.S. I'm taking your camera bug to Az this weekend, you didn't write in the log if you had taken a photo of the "Steep Station" cache or not, so I took one

I'm taking the liberty of stretching the boundaries of this group a little to the South (Los Banos). I'm new to GeoCaching, just completed my 10th Cache Saturday and also my first non-find (Dragonfly.) Got interested after hearing the segment on NPR a couple of weeks ago. Dragged my Mother along to my 1st (and 2nd) out of state cache last week while visiting her in Yuma, Az. I enjoy a lot of traveling and look forward to adding a GeoCaching component. dave