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I have been searching for a post like this. Too bad nobody has responded. I too would like to have the TB goal and info. in my palm. I sometimes am in a hurry and can't look up the goals before I go out. If there isn't something attached to the TB with it's goal I almost hate to take it. Someone please respond if there is a way to get this info. into a palm pilot.

I researched for 1 month and was ready to buy a Garmin, then an Magellan, then a different Garmin, then a different Magellan, then I read about the Lowrance. I have the H2O(plus). I love it. Locks on great, stays locked on, great screen, great backlight. I have not had problems with it being power hungry either, but I don't leave it on all day. I turn it on intermittently until I actually need it to be on. I have the cigarette lighter adapter for the automobile. I use mine for Geocaching, road trips, will use it in the mountains this summer and fall. I had an eagle explorer for years and finally upgraded to the H2O late last year. Get the Plus (with MapCreate) for sure if you want to navigate city streets, and have map contours, etc. I have no problem finding where I am going in a foreign place. I set a waypoint for my destination and follow the roads on the screen. Auto routing would be great but I get along just fine without it. I can look up hotels, restaurants, all kinds of stuff, and the phone number and address is all right there on the GPS (you need MapCreate to do this). It is best to have a navigator so you aren't driving with a GPS in your hand. Dislikes.......it is a little big for those who want to go light, but the size accomodates the larger-better resolution screen. It is a little hard to learn, but my learning curve was not as steep as someone new to the Lowrance because the eagle explorer I had was very similar. I do agree with the VCR comment. Good luck.

I did format it. I forgot to add that. I have everything working now. Strange. Thanks.

Well I'm back. I just bought a SanDisk 1.0gb sd card today. Opened mapcreate and put the card in my reader and tried to register it........mapcreate doesn't even recognize there is a card in the reader. I tried to create a map and register the card that way and I get the standard -make sure a card is in the reader- when I hit okay I am prompted to put a card in the reader even though I have the new one in there. Do you think the card is bad??? Or am I not doing something correctly??

Another thing to do is learn what some people use to hide a cache. There is a discussion somewhere on here that has pictures of caches that are being used. There also is a discussion about people hating micros or something like that and in that discussion a lot of people talk about locations where they have found things (lamp post skirts, behind pop machines, handrails, magnetic stuff, etc.). Helped me out a ton. Puts my brain in the hider's perspective and not the rookie seeker's perspective. One of my few finds was under a lamp post skirt. I crawled around on my hands and knees in the snow for 25 minutes until I sat down on the lamp post base almost in tears and the skirt shifted. When I read that discussion and heard lamp post skirts are old hat I laughed like crazy. It also bummed me out because now I won't crawl around on the ground in the snow around any handrails. It's way funner to find out the hard way I think. Seriously though, don't pay much attention to the difficulty. If you aren't looking in the right spot you aren't going to see it anyway no matter what the difficulty.

I truly appreciate the congenial responses to my questions. I am very new and I want to stay true to the fundamental ideals of Geocaching. I admit that I would like to log a lot of TBs so that I can have a piece of their story and follow them around. I do feel compelled to try to help them along also. My problem is that I am going to have a major knee surgery soon and will be out of commission for a long time, so I don't want to have any bugs in my possession right now. I considered doing this pick-and-drop-in-the-same-cache idea so I would have more bugs to follow while I am gimpy.

I really appreciate your help. This is invaluable information for me. Thanks so much.

Okay. It worked. You are awesome thank you so much. The first map I loaded was .lcm So I thought they all had to be that file. I should have experimented a little more earlier but I was afraid. You know the bum deal of it all is that we can only have 5 cards whether maps are registered to them or not. What happens if you lost all 5 at one time for example? Or if the cards eventually have problems. Bummer deal.

Now for some questions: Is there etiquette or protocol for logging TBs? What if the TB is found in Wyoming and it states that the TB wants to go to Florida. Then the finder moves the bug to Los Angeles. Is that considered not helping it on its way? I am in Wyoming where towns are small and each cache may only be 10 minutes apart. So, if I pick up a TB and move it across town is that considered not helping it on its way? Do these examples give the bug owner the right to delete a log? Where is the line drawn? I think this is a personal thing and if there are no rules against it and it doesn't counter Geocaching etiquette then it should be considered acceptable. Hence, if this is considered acceptable then deleting a log should not be acceptable, unless there are specific instructions attached to the TB stating that it needs to be moved to be logged. Lastly, why should anyone care if someone is inflating their numbers? Most Geocachers try for landmark goals (100 finds, etc) and unless they are counting they won't know if a goal has been reached.

This question popped into my head this morning when I noticed a log that reflected this activity has taken place. Part of Geocaching that I really enjoy is to find TBs and Coins, log them, and then track them. I like to watch MY numbers. I can see my progress and how far I am away from certain goals. I can jar my memory about what happened on the hunt. I want to see how many caches, bugs, and coins I have found. If I don't log them I will not have record of my finds. So I am happy to see this discussion.

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Thank you everyone. kb7sei you hit everything on the head. thanks again

I am buying a Lawrence H2O plus, and am very new to the expandable memory cards. I read in the mapcreate literature that you can only register 5 cards. I am not sure I like this. My question is can you treat these cards like a regular PC floppy disc? For instance: can you save a map to a card, then later erase that map and put a new map on the card? And, does the gps read the cards like a floppy when you are in the map mode, or does the entire card get downloaded to the gps and it works like a hard drive? Also, if you buy a very large memory card and fill it up with maps, does this effect the way the gps operates in the field? (slower?, eats batteries more?, etc.) If this is the case then I only want to save my immediate hunting/geocaching area for speed and battery life, but if the cards cannot be overwritten then I will have 5 cards used up in one year. Finally, I am glad I found this forum. I have been researching what gps I want to buy for two weeks. I had an old-timer Eagle explorer(lowrance i believe) and it worked very well up until recently when it stopped locking in as fast as it used to. I probably had that gps for 8 or 9 years??? That's pretty good. thanks for any help