Poidawg
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After logging, I send a seperate e mail to owners of caches which need help. The last one I visited, the log was so wet, If I had picked it upl it probably would have fallen apart. I did send an extra e mail to one cache owner because I was so impressed with the cache and how perfect the whole concept worked out.
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My 2 cents...Olympus and Canon do not farm out pieces to be made by other companies. Which can be a problem when needing to replace a part. You will be referred to the company which made the part in order to replace it...not good. If you are going to abuse the camera, you might think about getting a water-resistance case for the camera, or even get a camera made for the beach.
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I dont eat at McD's, and my friend collects the ones in their original packaging, so I grab them when I see them if there is nothing else I want to trade. This is kind of like the golfball thing, so many grmble about them, yet I have read from cachers who collect them. I would shun a broken toy as much as I would a dead, dirty cracked golf ball - but then I dont like golf balls clean either...
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Nereus' nickname is the earthshaker
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I agree on trying to find some caches first, I have gotten some great ideas from caches I have been to. Check the page where the cache information is and make certain you visit a micro, a small cache, a traditional-regular cache, a puzzle cache...there are so many. Some have themes, some don't. When reading your post I was reminded of one cache that did use a stump and the tupperware container was put into the middle of the stump and a stick which fit perfectly into the hole the cache was in, was put on top of the cache. The stick was perfect, it was large in diameter and unless you really looked at it, nobody could tell that the stick was not part of the broken top of the stump. Good luck, welcome to the sport/game.
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Wal Mart, K mart and you might try Cabela's on line - they are a wonderful outdoor gear supply store.
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I have found a couple of micros that were great hides, some I liked because of the container. One micro was in a loose brick on a wall close to a parking lot which is frequented everyday by a huge amount of people. I was amazed it had not been used to smash someones car window (it is in a rather seedy part of town). I found a regular/tradional cache that was anything but, and loved it for the container used, it's placement was perfect for the whole concept. One cache I found was a simple container inbedded in a concrete blob making it look like a rock and the placement of this cache was just in a perfect spot, it was not surrounded by rocks, but it looked totally natural just sitting there hiding a great cache underneath. I had to e mail the owner and let him know he had made my day. Some caches are placed in beautiful locations and even tho the cache was nothing great, the location was the best part of the day. I want to know what your favorite cache was and why. Was it that the container was unique? was it the theme? the place the cache took you to or through? was it a puzzle cache? was it just the creative genius that made you like it? how about the pure wicked, devious nature of the cache container and hide? I have marvelled at the creativeness of some of the containers out there and checked out the thread on the photos...wow!
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Before I bought my GPS I found a few caches using Topozone. I did not log them because I was not certain I would be able to afford a GPS and continue to cache...I am also into Orienteering and I think those skills I learned Orienteering made it possible for me to locate those caches before getting the GPSr. I love both sports and only wish there were Orienteering Courses every weekend in my area.
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I just noticed REI has the Approach 2 on sale, about half off. Must order through their online catalog.
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I know nothing about ease of use. I do know that REI brought in a rep from National Geographic and the guy set up his GPSr to his lap top with the NG software in there. He was able to go deeper into the topos than any other map system. He could put in and take out waypoints, determine altitude, and e mail his trail chose all from the same software, it was truly impressive. He had the system set up so that he could pinpoint waypoints he took photos at in order to print them out into a personal album later. The software was truly impressive. I think there were three levels of the map system he showed and then California had the last and best or most detailed Topo system, I live in California and dont know if the other states had this available or not. He had numerous GPSr's and did alot of travelling. He mountain biked and hiked everywhere. He had a detalied list of the trails he covered and of the travels he made. If you have an REI near you, you might want to find out if they have a National Geographic / GPS forum....Of course everyone in the class wanted the system. I realized I just dont travel enough to warrant the cost. I dont know about DeLorme...
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I am looking for pretty basic stuff, I would rather listen to the radio than a computer telling me which way to go, but that is personal preference. If the Z22 only downloads waypoints that is okay by me, I am not going to be upset if I can not autoroute. Money is a HUGE factor here, so I have to get what the budget allows. Thanks again for the information on the garmin site, and to check with other GPSR's. I appreciate it.
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Thank you, the more details you can give me the better. I am new at computing as well as at caching.
Oh dear, the I,Que series from Garmin is WAY too expensive for me to even think about purchasing. The Z22 is less than $100. and the keyboard is $70....No where near the amounts the garmin series are. And I would prefer not to travel with my lap top...SO the more specifics on the Z22 the better, but thank you just the same
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so the Z22 haas enough memory and whatever else is needed for auto routing and waypointing to work...this is great news, thanks
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I am wondering about a Palm Z22 for auto routing and for storing waypoints. Any thoughts on this product. I dont need it for much more. I would like to go paperless, and the Palm is pretty inexpensive and without all the bells and whistles I dont need.
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Check to make certain the WAAS is enbaled.
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You are right on the mark with your comments, and these are "bugs" that will have to be worked out so that it does not become so complicated that people wont do it. My idea was that cachers were ideal people to treat trees for a number of reasons, *they are in the area where these tree are located, *they are looking in places most people would not be looking, *they can log the tree treatments -when, where etc...I would love to know which would be the best way possible to log this information. Maybe a link could be provided by GC.com, who knows
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You brought up some good considerations. Thank you very much
I polled some people in my general area and asked if they were interested in doing this. Just as part of a geocaching. There was a pretty good return of interested people, especially when finding out that there was no poisons involved. The reason it would be under Waymarking is purely because no cache is involved in the information being logged or looked at. It was a request of geocaching.com. Since geocaching is specifically about caching and not in making pregnant mosquitoes homeless.
So, the Waymarking would be just for logging and interest would be just for those interested in keeping the skeeter population low. Maymarking along a cache route to treat trees may just be "taking the scenic route" once a cache is found and logged. It gives the cacher something to do on the way back to the car or if personal interest is high, on the way to the cache and even in the surrounding areas. It would depend on the area completely. The caches I am thinking of a "BUN SERIES" all in open space district lands. There are about 10 or so caches, and they are not on the beaten path. There are at least 6 different ways to get to these caches. Up fire roads, up trails, and since they are all in open space, the possibilites are endless. I sometimes take deer trails back from a cache. I am into nature and like to chcek out my surroundings a bit more. Which opens up more possibilites. So I think it would all depend on the area, the interest of the individual cacher, tree population, time of treatment etc. I dont think all the trees will be treated at the same time or even in the same year, which is why I needed a place for logging the information. Waymarking would provide that very option. Plus it might increase the positive image of geocaching among the general public. I have talked to a den mother of a boy scout troop, wanting to know if they might be interested in getting involved as well. If I saw a local park with a number of tree holes with water in them, I could arrange a meet, get cachers and scouts together and make a great day of it. The possibilities, as I see it right now are huge. I dont think your assumption is wrong, I just think that treating the tree holes would not be a "four years is up lets treat the trees" situation. Cachers looking for a place to hide in open space, might just pick up the treatment before going, and along the way notice if any trees need treatment, log the information and if a cacher coming is interested in mosquito treating, they could check the log ahead of time. There may be more that one tree needing treatment, I would like to have that possibility open, to log that a tree has been treated and have a heads up for those who are caching to keep an eye out for trees needing treatment. Especially in the woods or in open space, there are numerous ways to get to a cache...I appreciate your interest and keep coming with the questions and comments the more I get ironed out now- the better. Thank you
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How about this one.
Goals are deceptive - the unaimed arrow never misses
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Michaels IS a great place to get items from, Check out their sale areas, Not just the dollar areas, but the discontinued Items, I found a bunch of cool dog related things 2 for a dollar. They also have great party bags, where you can get the miniature balls (like hacky sacks) and other better than gumball machine items. I find I drop more of these inexpensive things into a cache, to make up for the fact that they are inexpensive.
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Well I think your vision is a bit limited...this concept is more than just in one area, it may not be just where one cache is. Cachers interested in the area they are going to cache in can take the polymer with them, if they see a tree hole with water or mosquito larva in it, on the way or in the area then they can treat it. Since there are so many caches in the open spaces in the area I live in, the possibilities are endless. The program would expand as cachers see trees needing to be filled. Along the way to a cache, there may be several trees which need to be treated, not just one. I found a good dozen trees with tree hole mosquito larva in them within a few feet of the path on the way to one cache. Depending on the way the program would work, I might need to go back to the area to retreat, or other cachers could learn about the trees needing treatment by logging on and learning which areas needed some polymer. So this is not just like one square foot area needing one tree treated once every four years.
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I am interested in starting up a new category.
Recently while caching in Northern California, I noticed a huge umber of mosquito larva in tree holes. I thought that is was possible to connect geocaching and boyscouting and mosquito abatement. So I contacted my local Mosquito abatment department and asked them what the deal was with irradicating mosquitoes from these tree holes. They said they have a special polymer which when it gets wet it expands. Put in a tree hole, the mosquitoes no longer have a place to lay their eggs. The polymer dries out every summer and is good for four years. My local Mosquito abatement department is seriously considering my idea. They like the fact that cachers would be able to log their tree treatments and they would have access to the information, as would other cachers wishing to treat an area, reducing confusion and double treatment. Tree hole mosquitos are directly involved in Heartworm, which is usually fatal in dogs - the treatment is horrendous if not caught early. And it is possible these guys also transmit West Nile Virus. The treatment is easy, get checked out with regard to how to treat the trees and pick up the polymer, then log which trees you have treated using your gps unit, and then log your work on line....what do you think? I did some polling and found a number of people are interested in the project and would be willing to carry the polymer and treat the trees affected. Right now the mosquito abatement supervisor is putting my idea to his board. I just need to tae care of the details like having a waypoint web page in order to log the information...Thank you for responding
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Okay, lead me to that forum....tell me where to go...(it is not often I ask people to do that!!!) Okay proposals. got it...
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Okay, lead me to that forum....tell me where to go...(it is not often I ask people to do that!!!)
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I am interested in starting up a new category.
Recently while caching in Northern California, I noticed a huge umber of mosquito larva in tree holes. I thought that is was possible to connect geocaching and boyscouting and mosquito abatement. So I contacted my local Mosquito abatment department and asked them what the deal was with irradicating mosquitoes from these tree holes. They said they have a special polymer which when it gets wet it expands. Put in a tree hole, the mosquitoes no longer have a place to lay their eggs. The polymer dries out every summer and is good for four years. My local Mosquito abatement department is seriously considering my idea. They like the fact that cachers would be able to log their tree treatments and they would have access to the information, as would other cachers wishing to treat an area, reducing confusion and double treatment. Tree hole mosquitos are directly involved in Heartworm, which is usually fatal in dogs - the treatment is horrendous if not caught early. And it is possible these guys also transmit West Nile Virus. The treatment is easy, get checked out with regard to how to treat the trees and pick up the polymer, then log which trees you have treated using your gps unit, and then log your work on line....what do you think? I did some polling and found a number of people are interested in the project and would be willing to carry the polymer and treat the trees affected. Right now the mosquito abatement supervisor is putting my idea to his board. I just need to tae care of the details like having a waypoint web page in order to log the information...Thank you for responding
Wildflower Cache
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I live in the North Bay of California and was going to post this in the West and Southwest forum, but really this can be done anywhere a field of wildflowers are going to be blooming...
I am totally into wildflowers. I go out every year and photograph them and try to identify them. I am wondering if anyone would be interested in a seasonal wildflower cache. It would have to be seasonal and I could place it in the middle of a wildflower field which I know would be blooming. I could put a wildflower ID book into the cache and an afternoon among the wildflowers could be had by all. There would not have to be any trading. Just bring a drink and a sandwich or some other delictable munchie, bring the dog and the kids and have a blooming good time, what do you think? Do you think it should have trades as well? I can get used ID books for very little - so that would not be a problem if it was covetted and taken home by someone.